09-11 BAN to improve Detroit Ave

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Code, and will not form, participate in the formation of, or benefit from or avail itself of, any such entity. The City further represents that the Notes are not being issued as part of a direct or indirect composite issue that combines issues or lots oftax-exempt obligations of different issuers. The Director of Finance or any other officer of the City having responsibility for issuance of the Notes is hereby authorized (a) to make or effect any election, selection, designation, choice, consent, approval or waiver on behalf of the City with respect to the Notes as the City is permitted to or required to make or give under the federal income tax laws, including, without limitation thereto, any of the elections provided. for in Section 148(f)(4)(C) of the Code or available under Section 148 of the Code, for the purpose of assuring, enhancing or protecting favorable tax treatment or status of the Notes or interest thereon or assisting compliance with requirements for that purpose, reducing the burden or expense of such compliance, reducing the rebate amount or payments or penalties, or making payments of special amounts in lieu of making computations to determine, or paying excess earnings as rebate, or obviating those amounts or payments, as determined by that officer, which action shall be in writing and signed by the officer, (b) to take any and all other actions, make or obtain calculations, make payments, and make or give reports, covenants and certifications of and on behalf of the City, as may be appropriate to assure the exclusion of interest from gross income and the intended tax status of the Notes, and (c) to give one or more appropriate certificates of the City, for inclusion in the transcript of proceedings for the Notes, setting forth the reasonable expectations of the City regarding. the amount and use of all the proceeds of the Notes, that facts circumstances and estimates on which they are based, and other facts and circumstances relevant to the tax treatment of the interest on and the tax status of the Notes. Section 11. If, in the judgment of the Director of Finance, the filing of an application for (a) a rating on the Notes by one or more nationally-recognized rating agencies, or (b) a policy of insurance from a company or companies to better assure the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, is in the best interest of and financially advantageous to this City, the Director of Finance is authorized to prepare and submit those applications, to provide to each such agency or company such information as may be required for the purpose, and to provide further for the payment of the cost of obtaining each such rating or policy, except to the extent otherwise paid in accordance with the Note Purchase Agreement, from the proceeds of the Notes to the extent available and otherwise from any other funds lawfully available and that are appropriated or shall be appropriated for that purpose. To the extent the Director of Finance has taken such actions, those actions are hereby ratified and confirmed. Section 12. The Director of Finance is directed to deliver a certified copy of this Ordinance and the Final Terms Certificate to the County Fiscal Officer. Section 13. The Clerk of Council is directed to give public notice of the passage of this Ordinance in accordance with Article III, Section 12 of the Charter. Section 14. This Council deterrrunes that all acts and conditions necessary to be done or performed by the City or to have been met precedent to and in the issuing of the Notes in order to make them legal, valid and binding general obligations of the City have been. performed and have been met, or will at the time of delivery of the Notes Have been performed and have been met, in regular and due form as required by law; that the full faith and credit and general property taxing