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issuance of the Bonds, (ii) determine, and to certify or otherwise represent, when the official <br />statement is to be "deemed final" (except for permitted omissions) by the City as of its date or is a <br />final official statement for purposes of paragraph (b) of the Rule, (iii) use and distribute, or authorize <br />the use and distribution of those official statements and any supplements thereto in connection with <br />the original issuance of the Bonds, and (iv) complete and sign the final official statement and any <br />supplements thereto, together with such certificates, statements or other documents in connection <br />with the finality, accuracy and completeness of those official statements and any supplements as they <br />may deem necessary or appropriate. <br />(c) Agreement to Provide Continuing Disclosure. For the benefit of the holders and <br />beneficial owners from time to time of the Bonds, the City agrees, as the only obligated person with <br />respect to the Bonds under the Rule, to provide or cause to be provided such financial information and <br />operating data, financial statements and notices, in such manner, as may be required for purposes of <br />paragraph (b)(5)(i) of the Rule. In order to describe and specify certain terms of the City's continuing <br />disclosure agreement for that purpose, and thereby to implement that agreement, including provisions <br />for enforcement, amendment and termination, the Mayor and the Director of Finance, are authorized <br />and directed to sign and deliver, in the name and on behalf of the City, the Continuing Disclosure <br />Certificate, in substantially the form as is now on file with the Clerk of Council, with any changes or <br />amendments that are not inconsistent with this ordinance and not substantially adverse to the City and <br />that are approved by the Mayor and the Director of Finance on behalf of the City, all of which shall be <br />conclusively evidenced by the signing of that Certificate or amendments to it. The agreement formed, <br />collectively, by the Bonds, this paragraph and that Certificate, shall be the City's continuing <br />disclosure agreement for purposes of the Rule, and its performance shall be subject to the availability <br />of funds and their annual appropriation to meet costs the City would be required to incur to perform it. <br />(d) Application for Rating or Bond Insurance. If, in the judgment of the Mayor or the <br />Director of 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 Mayor or the Director of Finance may prepare and submit <br />those applications. The Director of Finance is also authorized to provide to each such agency or <br />company such information as may be required for the purpose and, if it is, in her judgment, in the best <br />interest of and financially advantageous to the City, to accept a commitment for insurance issued by a <br />nationally recognized municipal bond insurance company insuring the payment when due of the <br />principal of and interest on all or any portion of the Bonds. <br />The expenditure of the amounts necessary to secure a rating or ratings on the Bonds or an <br />such policy and to pay the other financing costs (as defined in Section 133.01 of the Revised Code) in <br />connection with the Bonds, to the extent not paid by the Original Purchaser in accordance with the <br />Purchase Agreement, is authorized and approved, and the Director of Finance is authorized to <br />provide for the payment of the cost of obtaining each such rating, any such policy and all such other <br />financing costs, except to the extent paid by the Original Purchaser in accordance with the Purchase <br />Agreement, from the proceeds of the Bonds to the extent available and otherwise from any other <br />funds lawfully available and that are appropriated or shall be appropriated for that purpose. <br />-11- <br />