04-97 Tree Planting Bond $50,000

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The Notes are to be issued in anticipation of bonds for the 'purpose of acquiring motorized equipment for various departments of the City, acquiring furnishings and equipment for various departments of the City, renovating the service garage by repairing the roof and installing air conditioning, improving streets and municipal properties by clearing, trimming and planting trees and preparing an inventory thereof, improving various sites, improving the Refuse Garage and the parking lot therefor, improving certain streets by installing traffic signalization devices, constructing improvements to the City's water system, acquiring motor vehicles and related equipment for use in carrying out functions of various deparUnents of the City, renovating, furnishing and equipping municipal buildings and improving municipal sites and rights-of-way, acquiring a pumper truck, together with all necessary appurtenances 'thereto, for the fh:e department of the City and paying the property owners' portion, in anticipation of the levy and collection of special assessments, and the City's portion of the cost of improving Forest Road from Clifton Road north to a cul-de-sac and Clifton Road from Clifton Boulevard southerly to Lake Road by reconstruction and replacement of the base and resurfacing with reinforced concrete, including the necessary installation and replacement of curbs, aprons and sidewalks, together with all necessary appurtenances thereto, and tree lawn restoration. The Notes, unless paid from other sources and subject to the provisions of federal bankruptcy law and other laws affecting creditors' rights, are to be paid from the proceeds of the levy of ad valorem taxes on all property subject to ad valorem taxes levied by the City, which taxes are within the ten-mill limitation imposed by law. Any fees of the Ohio Municipal Advisory Council shall be the responsibility of the successful bidder. The Notes will be prepared in typewritten or xerographicaily reproduced form at the expense of the City. If the original purchaser requests printed Notes, the original purchaser must pay the expense of printing. Delivery will be made without charge at such place in the State of Ohio as the original purchaser shall designate, provided that other mutual satisfactory arrangements for delivery outside the State of Ohio at the expense of the original purchaser may be made. It is anticipated that delivery will be made approximately on May 9, 1997. The original purchaser must pay for the Notes on the date of delivery in Federal Reserve Funds of the United States of America. The City deems the enclosed Preliminary Official Statement to be final as of its date within the meaning of paragraph Co)(1) of Section 240.15c2-12 ("Rule 15c212") of the General Rules and Regulations,. Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The City will furnish the original purchaser within seven business days of April 29, 1997, twenty-(20) copies of the final Official Statement, and the original purchaser is authorized to reproduce and circulate at its expense such final Official Statement in sufficient quantity to comply with paragraphs (1>)(3) and of Rule 15c2-12 and the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. · If the original purchaser has purcliased the Notes for reoffering to the public, the original purchaser will be required to provide to the City, prior to the delivery of the Notes; the initial offering price of each maturity of the Notes to the public (excluding bondhouses, brokers and other intermediaries), which prices shall be expressed as a dollar amount (the "initial offering prices"). Regardless of whether the original purchaser has purchased the Notes for reoffering or for holding for its account, the original purchaser will be required to provide to the City, prior to the delivery of the Notes, the yield on the Notes, being that yield which, when used in computing present value of all payments of principal and interest to be paid on the Notes, produces an amount equal to the issue price of the Notes, the "issUe price" being (a) the aggregate of the initial offering prices plus accrued interest, if any, or (b) if the Notes are purchased by the original purchaser for holding for its account, the price paid to the City by the original purchaser, including any accrued interest. The original purchaser will also be required to execute a certificate prepared by Bond Counsel and dated the closing date (a) setting forth the issue price, Co) stating that (1) 10% or more in par amount of each maturity of the Notes was sold to the public at or below the initial offering prices or (2) the Notes were I t:\ FL:NIX~ 14282\ 142821".CA.~ 1D 2