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<br />collected by the same officers, in the same marmer, and at the same time that <br />taxes for general purposes for each of those years are computed, certified, levied, <br />extended, and collected, The tax must be placed before and in preference to all <br />other items and for its full amount, The money derived from that tax levy must be <br />placed in the Bond Retirement Fund of the City and is irrevocably pledged for the <br />payment of the Debt Service on the Notes, when and as that Debt Service falls <br />due, If any of the following amounts are available for the payment of the Notes <br />and are appropriated for that purpose, the amount of the tax levy in each year <br />must be reduced by the amount available and appropriated: <br /> <br />(1) Any surplus in the Bond Retirement Fund, <br /> <br />(2) Proceeds received from the sale of the Bonds or any notes issued to refimd <br />or renew the Notes, <br /> <br />(3) Any other money lawfully available to the City, <br /> <br />Section 11. Federal Tax Matters. The City covenants that it will take those actions <br />required to maintain the Federal Tax Status on the Notes and that it will not take or permit to be <br />taken any actions that would adversely affect that Federal Tax Status, Without limiting these <br />covenants, the City specifically covenants as follows: <br /> <br />(a) Private Activity Bonds. The City will apply the proceeds received from the sale <br />of the Notes to pay costs of the Project, to retire the Outstanding Notes, and to pay <br />the Financing Costs in connection with the Notes, The City will not permit the <br />use of the Project by any person, will not secure or derive the money for payment <br />of Debt Service on the Notes by any property or payments, and will not loan the <br />proceeds of the Notes to any person, all in a marmer as to cause the Notes to be <br />"private activity bonds" within the meaning of Code Section 141(a), <br /> <br />(b) Arbitrage. The City will restrict the use of proceeds of the Notes in the marmer <br />and to the extent as may be necessary, after taking into account reasonable <br />expectations at the time of the delivery of and payment for the Notes, so that the <br />Notes will not constitute "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of Code Section <br />148, The Director of Finance or any other official having responsibility for <br />issuing the Notes, is authorized and directed, alone or in conjunction with any <br />other officer, employee, or consultant of the City, to sign and deliver a certificate <br />of the City, for inclusion in the transcript of proceedings for the Notes, setting <br />forth the reasonable expectations of the City on the Closing Date, regarding the <br />amount and use of the proceeds of the Notes in accordance with Code Section <br />148, If required, the City will limit the yield on any "investment property" (as <br />defined in Code Section 148(b)(2) acquired with the proceeds of the Notes, <br /> <br />(c) Arbitrage Rebate. Unless the gross proceeds of the Notes are expended in <br />accordance with one of the spending period exceptions set forth in Treas, Reg, <br />§1.I48-7, the City will pay the amounts required by Code Section l48(f)(2) to the <br /> <br />7 <br />