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described in Section 8) of the City are pledged for the timely payment of the debt charges on the Bonds; and that no statutory or constitutional limitation of indebtedness or taxation will have been exceeded in the issuance of the Bonds. Section 12. Retention of Legal Services. The legal services of the law firm of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP be and are hereby retained. Those legal services shall be in the nature of legal advice and recommendations as to the documents and the proceedings in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the Bonds and rendering a related legal opinion upon delivery of the Bonds, all as set forth in the form of engagement letter dated as of October 6, 2015, now on file in the office of the Clerk of Council. In providing those legal services, as an independent contractor and in an attorney-client relationship, that firm shall not exercise any administrative discretion on behalf of this City in the formulation of public policy, expenditure of public funds, enforcement of laws, rules and regulations of the State, any county or municipal corporation or of this City, or the execution of public trusts. For those legal services that firm shall be paid just and reasonable compensation and shall be reimbursed for actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing those legal services. The Mayor is authorized and directed to sign and deliver the engagement letter, and, to the extent they are not paid by the Original Purchaser in accordance with the Purchase Agreement,the Director of Finance is authorized and directed to make appropriate certification as to the availability of funds for those fees and any reimbursement and to issue an appropriate order for their timely payment as written statements are submitted by that firm. Section 13. Compliance with Open Meeting Requirements. This Council finds and determines that all formal actions of this Council and of any of its committees concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were taken, and that all deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in those formal actions were held, in meetings open to the public in compliance with the law. Section 14. Effective Date. This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health safety and welfare of this City and for the further reason that this ordinance is required to be immediately effective, which is necessary to enable the City to timely retire the Outstanding Note and take advantage of current favorable market conditions for the long-term financing of the improvements described in Section 2, and thereby to preserve its credit and achieve interest cost savings; wherefore, this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor. Passed: £2/641, 4' , 2015 Attest: G'vt.e _ Clerk of-Council President of•o cil Approved: /0i(0 , 2015 ibtOfj, 9/;.q 1 S' Mayor --TZt/►tv bCtC - 18 -