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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 authorized (a) to make or effect any election,
<br />selection, designation, choice, consent, 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 tax laws,
<br />including, without limitation thereto, any of the elections 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 treatment or status of the Notes or interest thereon or assisting compliance
<br />with requirements 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 computations to determine, or paying, excess earnings as rebate, or obviating those amounts
<br />or payments, as determined by that officer, which action shall be in writing and signed by the
<br />officer, (b) to take any and all 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 may be appropriate to
<br />assure the exclusion of interest from gross 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 amount and use of
<br />all 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 treatment of the interest on and the tax status of the
<br />Notes.
<br />Section 11. If in her judgment it is appropriate, the Director of Finance is authorized to
<br />request a rating on the Notes from Moody's Investors Service, Inc., S&P Global Ratings or Fitch
<br />IBCA, or two or all of those rating agencies, as she determines is in the best interest of the City.
<br />The expenditure of the amounts necessary to secure any such rating or ratings on the Notes
<br />and to pay the other financing costs (as defined in Section 133.01 of the Revised Code) in
<br />connection with the Notes, to the extent not paid by the original purchaser in accordance with a note
<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 and all such other financing costs,
<br />except to the extent paid by the original purchaser in accordance with a note purchase agreement,
<br />from the proceeds of the Notes to the extent available and otherwise from any other funds lawfully
<br />available and that are appropriated or shall be appropriated for that purpose.
<br />Section 12. The legal services of the law firm of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP be and are
<br />hereby retained. Those legal services shall be in the nature of legal advice and recommendations as
<br />to the documents and the proceedings in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the
<br />Notes (and the consolidated issue of which they are expected to be a part) and rendering at delivery
<br />a related legal opinion, all as set forth in the form of engagement letter dated as of January 1, 2019,
<br />now on file in the office of the Clerk of Council. In providing those legal services, as an
<br />independent contractor and in an attorney-client relationship, that firm shall not exercise any
<br />administrative discretion on behalf of this City in the formulation of public policy, expenditure of
<br />public funds, enforcement of laws, rules and regulations of the State, any county or municipal
<br />corporation or of this City, or the execution of public trusts. For those legal services that firm shall
<br />be paid just and reasonable compensation and shall be reimbursed for actual out-of-pocket expenses
<br />incurred in providing those legal services. The Mayor is authorized and directed to sign and deliver
<br />the engagement letter, and the Director of Finance is authorized and directed to make appropriate
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