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"Book-entry form" or "book-entry system" means a form or system under which
<br />(i) the beneficial right to principal and interest may be transferred only through a book entry and
<br />(ii) physical notes are issued only to a Depository or its nominee as owner, with the Notes
<br />"immobilized" to the custody of the Depository, and the book entry is the record that identifies
<br />the owners of beneficial interests in that principal and interest.
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<br /> "Depository" means any securities depository that is a clearing agency under
<br />federal law operating and maintaining a book-entry system to record beneficial ownership of the
<br />right to principal and interest, and to effect transfers of notes, in book-entry form, and includes
<br />and means initially The Depository Trust Company (a limited purpose trust company), New
<br />York, New York.
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<br /> "Participant" means any participant contracting with a Depository under a book-
<br />entry system and includes security brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies, and clearing
<br />corporations.
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<br /> Section 5. The Notes shall be sold at not less than the par value thereof by the
<br />Fiscal Officer at private sale in a manner determined by the Fiscal Officer to be in the best
<br />interest and welfare of the City and at an interest rate not exceeding that specified in Section 3 of
<br />this ordinance. 'The Director of Law shall obtain the services of qualified Bond Counsel, and his
<br />selection of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, Bond Attorneys, Cleveland, Ohio, as Bond Counsel
<br />for the Notes is hereby confirmed, approved and ratified. The Fiscal Officer shall cause the
<br />Notes to be prepared, and have the Notes signed and delivered, together with a tree transcript of
<br />proceedings with reference to the issuance of the Notes, to the original purchaser thereof upon
<br />payment of the purchase price. The proceeds from the sale of said Notes, except the accrued
<br />interest thereon, shall be paid into the proper fund and used for the purpose for which the Notes
<br />are being issued under the provisions of this ordinance. The proceeds of the Notes also may be
<br />used to pay; and are hereby appropriated to pay, those certain costs of issuance set forth in
<br />Section 133.15(B), Ohio Revised Code; any such costs also may be paid out of any other
<br />lawfully available moneys of the City, which monies are hereby appropriated to such purpose;
<br />any such costs may be paid from the same sources from which the principal of and interest on the
<br />Notes are paid, which monies are hereby appropriated for such purpose. Any accrued interest
<br />shall be paid into the Bond Retirement Fund to 'be applied to the payment of the principal and
<br />interest of the Notes in the manner provided by law.
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<br /> The City covenants that it will restrict the use of the proceeds of the Notes in such
<br />manner and to such extent, if any, as may be necessary so that the Notes will not constitute
<br />arbitrage bonds under Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
<br />"Code"). The Fiscal Officer, as the fiscal officer, or any other officer of the City having
<br />responsibility for the issuance of the Notes shall give an appropriate certificate of the City, for
<br />inclusion in the transcript of proceedings for the Notes, setting forth the reasonable expectations
<br />of the City regarding the amount and use of all the proceeds of the Notes, the facts,
<br />circumstances, and estimates on which they are based, and other facts and circumstances relevant
<br />to the tax treatment of interest on the Notes.
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<br /> The City covenants that it (a) will take or cause to be taken such actions which
<br />may be required of it for the interest on the Notes to be and remain excluded from gross income
<br />for federal income tax purposes, and (b) will not take or permit to be taken any actions which
<br />would adversely affect that exclusion, and that it, or persons 'acting for it, will, among other acts
<br />of compliance, (i) apply the proceeds of the Notes to the governmental purpose of the borrowing,
<br />(ii) restrict the yield on investment property acquired with those proceeds, (iii)make timely
<br />rebate payments to the federal government, (iv)maintain books and records and make
<br />calculations and reports, and (v) refrain from certain uses of proceeds, all in such manner and to
<br />the extent necessary to assure such exclusion of that interest under the Code. The Fiscal Officer
<br />and other appropriate officers are hereby authorized and directed to take any and all actions,
<br />make calculations and rebate payments, and make or give reports and certifications as may be
<br />appropriate to assure such exclusion of that interest.
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<br /> Section 7. The Fiscal Officer is authorized and directed to execute a
<br />continuing, disclosure certificate (the "Disclosure Certificate") setting forth the City's
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