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or give reports, covenants and certifications of and on behalf of the City, as may be appropriate to <br />assure the exclusion of interest from gross income and the intended tax status of the Bonds, and (c) <br />to give one or more appropriate certificates of the City, for inclusion in the transcript of proceedings <br />for the Bonds, setting forth the reasonable expectations of the City regarding the amount and use of <br />all the proceeds of the Bonds, the facts, circumstances and estimates on which they are based, and <br />other facts and circumstances relevant to the tax treatment of the interest on and the tax status of the <br />Bonds. <br />To the extent permitted by law and a determination it is in the best interests of the City, <br />the Director of Finance is authorized to designate the Bonds as "qualified tax-exempt <br />obligations" for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code. <br />Section 9. Official Statement and Continuin¢ Disclosure. <br />(a) Primary Offering Disclosure -- Official Statement. The Preliminary Official <br />Statement of the City relating to the original issuance of the Bonds substantially in the form now on <br />file with the Clerk of Council is approved. The distribuflon and use of the Preliminary Official <br />Statement is hereby approved. The Mayor and the Director of Finance are each authorized and <br />directed to complete the Preliminary Official Statement, with such modifications, completions, <br />changes and supplements, as those officers shall approve or authorize for the purpose of preparing <br />and determining, and to certify or otherwise represent, that the revised Preliminary Official <br />Statement is a "deemed final" official statement (except for permitted omissions) by the City as of <br />its date for purposes of the Rule. <br />Those officers are each further authorized and directed to complete and sign on behalf of the <br />City, and in their official capacities, a fmal official statement for purposes of the Rule, and are <br />further authorized to use and distribute, or authorize the use and distribution of, that fmal official <br />statement and supplements thereto in connecfion with the original issuance of the Bonds as may in <br />their judgment be necessary or appropriate. Those officers and each of them are also authorized to <br />sign and deliver, on behalf of the City, and in their official capacities, such certificates in connection <br />with the accuracy of the Preliminary. Official Statement and the final official statement and any <br />amendment thereto as may, in their judgment, be necessary or appropriate. <br />(b) Application for Rafing or Bond Insurance. If, in the judgment of the Director of <br />Finance, the filing of an application for (i) a rating on the Bonds by one or more <br />nationally-recognized rating agencies, or (ii) a policy of insurance from a company or companies to <br />better assure the payment of principal of and interest on the Bonds, is in the best interest of and <br />financially advantageous to this City, the Director of Finance is authorized to prepare and submit <br />those applications, to provide to each such agency or company such information as may be required <br />for the purpose, and to provide further for the payment of the cost of obtaining each such rating or <br />policy, except to the extent otherwise paid in accordance with the Bond Purchase Agreement, from <br />the proceeds of the Bonds to the extent available and otherwise from any other funds lawfully <br />available and that are appropriated or shall be appropriated for that purpose. To the extent the <br />Director of Finance has taken such actions, those actions are hereby rafified and confirmed. <br />13 <br />