<br />tax-exempt obligations" and as not to be taken into account under subparagraph (D) of Section
<br />265(b)(3) of the Code, without necessity for further designation, by reason of subpazagaph (Dxii)
<br />of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code. Further, the City represents and covenants that, during any time
<br />or in any manner as might affect the status of the Notes as "qualified tax-exempt obligations", it has
<br />not formed or participated in the formation ot or benefitted from or availed itself ot any entity in
<br />order to avoid the purposes of subparagraph (C) or (D) of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code, and will
<br />not form, participate in the formation of, or benefit from or avail itself of, any such entity. The City
<br />further represerrts that the Notes are not being issued as part of a direct or indirect composite issue
<br />that combines issues or lots of tax-exempt obligations of different issuers.
<br />The Director of Finance, as the fiscal officer, or any other officer of the City having
<br />responsibility for issuance of the Notes is hereby authoriz,ed (a) to make or effect any election,
<br />selection, designation, choice, consern, approval, or waiver on behalf of the City with respect to the
<br />Notes as the City is permitted or required to make or give under the federal income taac laws,
<br />including, without limitation thereto, any of the eiections provided for in Section 148(f)(4)(C) of the
<br />Code or available under Section 148 of the Code, for the purpose of assuring, enhancing or
<br />protecting favorable tax treatmern or status of the Notes or imerest thereon or assisting compliance
<br />with requiremerns for that purpose, reducing the burden or expense of such compliance, reducing
<br />the rebate amount or payments of penalties, or making payments of special amounts in lieu of
<br />making camputations ta determine, or paying, excess eamings as rebate, or obviating those amounts
<br />or paymerrts, as determined by that officer, which action shall be in writing and si,gned by the
<br />officer, (b) to talce any and a11 other actions, make or obtain calculations, make payments, and make
<br />or give reports, covenants and certifications of and on behalf of the City, as ma.y be appropriate to
<br />asswe the exclusion of irrterest from goss income and the intended tax status of the Notes, and (c)
<br />to give one or more appropriate certificates of the City, for inclusion in the transcript of proceedings
<br />for the Notes, setting forth the reasonable expectations of the City regarding the amourrt and use of
<br />ail the proceeds of the Notes, the facts, circumstances and estimates on which they are based, and
<br />other facts and circumstances relevant to the tax treatmerrt of the interest on and the tax status of the
<br />Notes.
<br />Each covenant made in this Section with respect to the Notes is also made with respect to a11
<br />issues any portion of the debt service on which is paid from proceeds of the Notes (and, if differem,
<br />the original issue and any refunding issues in a series of refundings), to the extent such compliance
<br />is necessary to assure exclusion af irrterest on the Notes from gross income for federal income tax
<br />purposes, and the officers identified above are authorized to take actions with respect to those issues
<br />as they aze authorized in this Section to take with respect to the Notes.
<br />Section 11. The Clerk of Council is directed to deliver to the County Auditor a certified
<br />copy of this ordinance.
<br />Section 12. This Council determines that a11 acts and conditions necessary to be done or
<br />performed by the City or to have been met precedern to and in the issuing of the Notes in order to
<br />make them legal, valid and binding general obligations of the City of North Olmsted have been
<br />performed and have been met, or will at the time of delivery of the Notes have been performed and
<br />have been met, in regular a.nd due form as required by law; that the full faith and credrt and general
<br />property taxing power (as described in Section 9) of the City are pledged for the timely paymetrt of
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