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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1997-112-O-97• ORDINANCE NUMBER 112-0-97 AN ORDINANCE authorizing and providing for the issue of not to exceed $11,000,000 Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1997, of the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, for the purpose of defraying the cost of improving and extending the present waterworks system of said City and of refunding outstanding Water Revenue Bonds of said City, prescribing all the details of said • bonds, and providing for the collection, segregation and distribution of the revenue of the waterworks system of said City. Adopted by the City Council on the loth day of November 1997. Published in Pamphlet Form by the Authority of the City Council on the 11 th day of November 1997. 670340.01.06 7462061TVM Final - @5 Nov 97 • • 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS • PREAMBLES PAGE ...................................................................................................I SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS................................................................................6 SECTION 2. INCORPORATION OF PREAMBLES .................................................. 11 SECTION 3. DETERMINATION TO ISSUE BONDS ............................................... 11 SECTION 4. DETERMINATION OF USEFUL LIFE ................................................ 11 SECTION 5. BOND DETAILS ........................................................................... 11 SECTION 6. BOOK ENTRY PROVISIONS........................................................... 13 SECTION 7. EXECUTION............................................................................... 15 SECTION 8. REDEMPTION.............................................................................. 15 SECTION 9. AMENDMENT............................................................................. 19 SECTION 10. REGISTRATION OF BONDS; PERSONS TREATED AS OWNERS ........... 20 SECTION 11. FORM OF BOND.......................................................................... 22 SECTION 12. BONDS LIMITED OBLIGATIONS.................................................... 28 SECTION 13. FISCAL YEAR AND DEPOSIT OF REVENUES .................................... 28 • SECTION 14. ACCOUNTS AND FLOW OF FUNDS ................................................ 29 SECTION 15. GENERAL COVENANTS................................................................ 33 SECTION 16. PARITY BONDS........................................................................... 40 SECTION 17. SALE OF BONDS; BOND ORDER .................................................... 42 SECTION 18. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS; CALL OF THE PRIOR BONDS ............... 44 SECTION 19. CONTINUING DISCLOSURE.......................................................... 46 SECTION 20. TAX-EXEMPT BONDS.................................................................. 46 SECTION 21. PERTAINING TO THE BOND REGISTRAR ......................................... 62 SECTION 22. PROVISIONS A CONTRACT........................................................... 64 SECTION 23. DEFEASANCE............................................................................. 64 SECTION 24. SEVERABILTTY............................................................................ 64 SECTION 25. SUPERSEDER.............................................................................. 64 SECTION 26. PUBLICATION............................................................................. 65 • ORDINANCE NO. 112-0-97 AN ORDINANCE authorizing and providing for the issue of not to exceed $11,000,000 Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1997, of the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, for the purpose of defraying the cost of improving and extending the present waterworks system of said City and of refunding outstanding Water Revenue Bonds of said City, prescribing all the details of said bonds, and providing for the collection, segregation and distribution of the revenue of the waterworks system of said City. PREAMBLES WHEREAS A. The City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois (the "City"), has a population in excess of 25,000 as determined by the last official census and, accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois and particularly Article VII, • Section 6(a) thereof, the City is a home rule unit and as such may exercise any power or • perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs, including, but not limited to, the power to tax and to incur debt. B. The City has heretofore issued the following outstanding and validly subsisting and unpaid water revenue bonds: I. WATER REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1980 Original Principal Amount: $5,000,000 Dated: May 1, 1980 Originally Due Serially: 1985-2006 Amount to be refunded: $2,850,000 Bearer Bonds Numbered 1 to 1,000 — Denomination $5,000 Each is • r] Bonds and Bonds to Be Refunded Due January 1 and Described as follows: AMOUNT ORIGINAL BONDS AMOUNT TO BE RATE OF YEAR DUE ($) REFUNDED ($) INTEREST (%) 1999 350,000 350,000 7.00 2000 350,000 350,000 7.00 2001 350,000 350,000 7.00 2002 350,000 350,000 7.00 2003 350,000 350,000 7.00 2004 350,000 350,000 7.00 2005 350,000 350,000 7.00 2006 400,000 400,000 7.00 which bonds (the "1980 Prior Bonds") are subject to redemption (among other dates) on January 1, 1998, the next available call date, at the redemption prices of par plus accrued interest and a premium as follows on said date of January 1, 1998: AGGREGATE YEAR PREMIUM (%) PREMIUM ($) 999 1.00 3,500 2000 2.00 7,000 2001 3.00 10,500 2002 4.00 14,000 2003-2006 5.00 72,500 II. WATER REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1988 Original Principal Amount: $1,000,000 Dated: October 1, 1988 Originally Due Serially: 1990-2001 Amount to be refunded: $450,000 Bonds and Bonds to Be Refunded Due January 1 and Described as follows: M AMOUNT ORIGINAL BONDS AMOUNT TO BE RATE OF YEAR DUE ($) REFUNDED ($) INTEREST (%) • 1999 50,000 50,000 6.80 2000 75,000 75,000 6.80 2001 325,000 325,000 7.00 which bonds (the "1988 Prior Bonds") are subject to redemption (among other dates) on January 1, 1998, the next available call date, at the redemption price of par plus accrued interest and a premium of 0.75% ($3,375 in the aggregate for all the 1988 Prior Bonds); and III. WATER REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1990 Original Principal Amount: $11,055,000 Dated: September 1, 1990 Originally Due Serially: 1993-2003 Amount to be refunded: $6,370,000 • Bonds and Bonds to Be Refunded Due January 1 and Described as follows: AMOUNT ORIGINAL BONDS AMOUNT TO BE RATE OF YEAR DUE ($) REFUNDED ($) INTEREST (%) 1999 1,110,000 1,110,000 6.80 2000 1,195,000 1,195,000 6.90 2001 1,055,000 1,055,000 7.00 2002 1,490,000 1,490,000 7.10 2003 1,520,000 1,520,000 7.10 which bonds (the "1990 Prior Bonds") are subject to redemption (among other dates) on January 1, 1998, the next available call date, at the redemption price of par plus accrued interest and a premium of 0.75% ($47,775 in the aggregate for all the 1990 Prior Bonds). -3- • C. Interest rates are currently more favorable in the market for tax-exempt • municipal bonds than they were at the time the 1980 Prior Bonds, the 1988 Prior Bonds and the 1990 Prior Bonds (collectively, the "Prior Bonds") were issued, and it is possible to refund the Prior Bonds to achieve a net aggregate dollar and present value savings. D. Pursuant to the home rule powers of the City and the provisions of Division 129 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as amended (collectively, such constitutional grant of power and such Code being the "Act" as more particularly defined below), and other applicable law, the City has been and is authorized to issue water revenue bonds for waterworks system purposes, including the proposed refunding as described (the "Refunding") of the Prior Bonds. E. The City Council, further, has reviewed the status of the System (as defined below), and it is deemed advisable, necessary and for the best interests of the City that • certain improvements and replacements be constructed and installed, including the replacement of certain low lift engines, a new underground storage tank, roof replacement • and filter rehabilitations, together with all necessary pipes, valves, fittings, connections, ancillary facilities and appurtenances, costs of engineering, legal and financing services, and contingencies, and the total estimated cost of such project (the "Project") is the sum of $500,000, all in accordance with the plans and specifications, heretofore prepared by the Superintendent of Water and Sewers, and approved by the City Council and now on file in the office of the City Clerk for public inspection. F. The City does not have funds available for the purpose of paying the cost of the Project, and it is advisable for the City to utilize the savings from the Refunding by borrowing for the Project and in evidence thereof to issue its water revenue bonds. in G. Pursuant to the Act, and other applicable law, the City has been and is authorized to issue water revenue bonds for the Project. • H. The City Council (the "City Council") of the City has issued water revenue bonds, as follows: NAME AND ORIGINAL PURSUANT TO CURRENTLY DATE AMOUNT ($) ORDINANCE OUTSTANDING ($) Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1980 May 1, 1980 5,000,000 25-0-80 3,200,000 Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1988 October 1, 1988 1,000,000 60-0-88 500,000 Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1990 11,055,000 92-0-90 7,395,000 Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1992 3.600,000 39-0-92 3,220,000 so all which said currently outstanding bonds aggregate the principal amount of $14,315,000 (such bonds being the "Currently Outstanding Bonds"); and I. Pursuant to the provisions of the ordinances (the "Currently Outstanding Bond Ordinances") adopted by the City Council authorizing the Currently Outstanding Bonds, no additional bonds shall be issued to share ratably and equally in the income derived from the operation of the System ( "Parity Bonds" as defined below) unless the revenues for the fiscal year then next preceding were sufficient to comply with the specific restrictions set forth in the Currently Outstanding Bond Ordinances; and the City Council has caused an audit of the earnings of the System to be made for the last preceding fiscal year and does hereby determine that such earnings comply with the covenants and restrictions provided for in and by each of the Currently Outstanding Bond Ordinances and, further, that such earnings were • -5- sufficient to permit the issuance of the proposed additional water revenue bonds for the • Refunding and the Project as Parity Bonds as authorized by the provisions of this Ordinance. I. The City Council does hereby determine that it is advisable and in the best interests of the City to borrow not to exceed $11,000,000 at this time pursuant to the Act as hereinafter defined for the purpose of paying the costs of the Refunding and the Project and, in evidence of such borrowing, issue its water revenue bonds in the principal amount of not to exceed such amount. Now THEREFORE Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, in the exercise of its home rule powers, as follows: Section 1. Definitions. Words and terms used in this Ordinance shall have the meanings given them, unless the context or use clearly indicates another or different meaning is intended. Words and terms defined in the singular may be used in the plural and vice -versa. Reference to any gender shall be deemed to include the other and also inanimate • persons such as corporations, where applicable. A. The following words and terms are as defined in the preambles hereto. City City Council Currently Outstanding Bonds Currently Outstanding Bond Ordinances Project Prior Bonds 1980 Prior Bonds 1988 Prior Bonds 1990 Prior Bonds Refunding 0 B. The following words and terms are defined as set forth. "Act" means the Illinois Municipal Code, as supplemented and amended, and the • home rule powers of the City under Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and in the event of conflict between the provisions of said code and home rule powers, the home rule powers shall be deemed to supersede the provisions of said code. "Bond Order" means the Bond Order as authorized to be executed by the Designated Officials of the City as set forth in Section 17 of this Ordinance and by which the final terms of the Bonds will be established. "Bond Register" means the books of the City kept by the Bond Registrar to evi- dence the registration and transfer of the Bonds. "Bond Registrar" means American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, a bank having trust powers, or a successor thereto or a • successor designated as and bond registrar hereunder. "Bond Year" for a series of bonds means a twelve-month period beginning the day after principal of Outstanding Bonds of any series are annually to become due (such day of the year being the initial date) and ending on the day preceding the next initial date; e.g., for bonds with principal due on January 1 of various years, the Bond Year would be January 2 of a given year through January 1 of the next year. "Bonds" means the not to exceed $11,000,000 Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1997, authorized to be issued by this Ordinance. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. "Defeased Obligations" means (i) noncallable direct full faith and credit obligations of the United States of America ("Directs"), (ii) certificates of -7- participation in a trust comprised exclusively of Directs or cash, which certificates are • noncallable and nonredeemable, or (iii) obligations the complete and timely payment of which is fully guaranteed by the United States of America, which obligations are noncallable and nonredeemable. "Depository" means The Depository Trust Company, an New York limited trust company, its successors, or a successor depository qualified to clear securities under applicable state and federal laws. "Designated Officials" means the City Manager and Finance Director of the City, acting together. "Escrow Agent" means American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, a bank having trust powers, or a successor thereto or a successor designated as Escrow Agent hereunder. • "Escrow Agreement" means the agreement by and between the City and the Escrow Agent as authorized in Section 18 hereof and set forth as Exhibit A. "Financial Advisor" means R.V. Norene & Associates, Inc., the financial advisor to the City for the sale of the Bonds. "Fiscal Year" means a twelve-month period beginning March 1 of a given year and ending on the last day of February of the following year, or such other fiscal year as the City may select. "Maximum Annual Debt Service" means an amount of money equal to the highest future principal and interest requirement of all Outstanding Bonds required to be deposited into the Bond and Interest -Account continued and maintained by this Ordinance in any Fiscal Year, including and subsequent to the Fiscal Year in which the computation is made; and, provided, that any Outstanding Bonds required to be 0 redeemed pursuant to mandatory redemption from said Bond and Interest Account shall be treated as falling due on the date required to be redeemed (except in the case • of failure to make any such mandatory redemption) and not on the stated maturity date of such Outstanding Bonds. "Net Revenues" means Revenues minus Operation and Maintenance Costs. "Operation and Maintenance Costs" means all costs of operating, maintaining and routine repair of the System, including wages, salaries, costs of materials and supplies, taxes, power, fuel, insurance, purchase of water or sewage treatment services (including all payments by the City pursuant to long term contracts for such services to the extent provided in such contracts); but excluding debt service, depreciation, or any reserve requirements; and otherwise determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for municipal enterprise funds. Money in this account shall not be used to pay the costs of extraordinary or unusual repairs and maintenance, • capital expenditures, or to provide for any transfer in lieu of corporate taxes, or general supervision or administrative charges by the City. "Ordinance" means this Ordinance, numbered 112-0-97, and passed by the City Council on the loth day of November 1997. "Outstanding Bonds" means Currently Outstanding Bonds, Bonds and Parity Bonds which are outstanding and unpaid; provided, however, such term shall not include, for purposes of this Ordinance, any such Currently Outstanding Bonds which shall cease to be "Outstanding Bonds" under the applicable Currently Outstanding Bond Ordinance or any such Bonds or Parity Bonds (i) which have matured and for which moneys are on deposit with proper paying agents, or are otherwise properly available, sufficient to pay all principal thereof and interest thereon, or (ii) the 0 provision for payment of which has been made by the City by the deposit in an • irrevocable trust or escrow of funds, which may be invested in Defeasance Obligations, the principal of and interest on which will be sufficient, with any funds left uninvested, to pay at maturity or as called for redemption all the principal of and interest on such Currently Outstanding Bonds, Bonds or Parity Bonds. "Parity Bonds" means a bond or bonds or any other obligation to be issued subsequent in time to the Bonds and which will share ratably and equally in the earnings of the System with the Currently Outstanding Bonds and the Outstanding Bonds. "Revenues" means all gross revenues or income from whatever source derived from the System, including (i) investment income; (ii) connection, permit and inspection fees and the like; (iii) penalties and delinquency charges; (iv) capital • development, reimbursement, or recovery charges and the like; (v) annexation or pre - annexation charges insofar as designated by the City Council as paid for System • connection or service; but excluding expressly (a) non -recurring income from the sale of property of the System; (b) governmental or other grants; (c) advances or grants made from the City; and as otherwise determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for municipal enterprise funds. "System" refers to all property, real, personal or otherwise owned or to be owned by the City or under the control of the City, and used for waterworks purposes, and any and all further extensions, improvements and additions to the System. "Tax-exempt" means, with respect to the Bonds, the status of interest paid and received thereon as not includible in the gross income of the owners thereof under the -10- Code for federal income tax purposes except to the extent that such interest will be taken into account in computing an adjustment used in determining the alternative • minimum tax for certain corporations and in computing the "branch profits tax" imposed on certain foreign corporations. "Water Fund" means the "Water Revenue Fund of the City of Evanston." C. Definitions also appear in the preambles hereto or in specific sections, as appear below. The table of contents preceding and headings in this Ordinance are for the convenience of the reader and are not a part of this Ordinance. Section 2. Incorporation of Preambles. The City Council hereby finds that the recitals contained in the preambles to this Ordinance are true and correct and does incorporate them into this Ordinance by this reference. Section 3. Determination To Issue Bonds . It is necessary and in the best interests of the City to issue the Bonds to provide for the Refunding to achieve a net debt service • savings and to acquire and construct the Project for the public health, safety and welfare; and it is hereby found and determined that such issuance is for a proper public purpose, is in the public interest, and is authorized by the Act and the Currently Outstanding Bond Ordinances. Section 4. Determination of Useful Life. The City Council does hereby determine the period of usefulness of the System to be not less than 40 years from the date of the Bonds. Section 5. Bond Details. There shall be issued and sold the Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $11,000,000. The Bonds shall each be designated "Water Revenue Bond, Series 1997"; be dated as of December 1, 1997, or such other date, not earlier than November 1, 1997, and not later than the date of issuance, as may be stated in • -11- • the Bond Order (the "Dated Date"); and shall also bear the date of authentication thereof. The Bonds shall be in fully registered book -entry form (as more particularly described below and defined as "Book Entry Form"), shall be in denominations of $5,000 or integral multiples thereof (but no single Bond shall represent principal maturing on more than one date), and shall be numbered consecutively in such fashion as shall be determined by the Bond Registrar. The Bonds shall mature serially on January 1 of the years from 1999 and up to and including the year 2006 (subject to the right of prior redemption) as shall be set forth in the Bond Order, and in such principal amounts as shall be set forth in the Bond Order; provided, however, that the sum of the principal of and interest on the Bonds during any Bond Year shall not exceed the sum of the principal of and interest on the Prior Bonds during such Bond Year by an amount in excess of $10,000. Each Bond shall bear interest, at a rate not to exceed 7.00% per annum, from the later of its Dated Date as herein provided • ' or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, until the principal amount of such Bond is paid or duly provided for, such interest (computed upon the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) being payable on January 1 and July 1 of each year, commencing on July 1, 1998. Interest on -each Bond shall be paid by check or draft of the Bond Registrar, payable upon presentation thereof in lawful money of the United States of America, to the person in whose name such Bond is registered at the close of business on the applicable record date (the "Record Date"), and mailed to the registered owner of the Bond as shown in the Bond Registrar or at such other address furnished in writing by such Registered Owner, or in immediately available funds as may be agreed with the Depository for so long as the Depository is the registered owner as of a given Record Date. The Record Date shall be the 15th day of the month preceding any regular interest payment date or a redemption on the first day of any month and the 15th -12- day preceding any other interest payment date which may be occasioned by a redemption of • Bonds on a day other than the first day of any month. The principal of or redemption price due on the Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation thereof at the principal corporate trust office of the Bond Registrar located in the City of Chicago, Illinois, or at successor Bond Registrar and locality. Section 6. Book Entry Provisions. The Bonds shall be initially issued in the form of a separate single fully registered Bond for each of the maturities of the Bonds. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of each such Bond shall be registered in the Bond Register in the name of the Depository or a designee or nominee of the Depository (the "Nominee"). Except as otherwise expressly provided, all of the outstanding Bonds from time to time shall be registered in the Bond Register in the name of the Nominee (and accordingly in Book Entry Form as such term is used in this Ordinance). Any City officer, as representative of the City is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to execute and deliver a Letter of • Representations or to utilize a previously executed Blanket Letter of Representations (either such being the "Letter of Representations") in customary form for the Depository, to effectuate such Book Entry Form for the Bonds. Without limiting the generality of the authority given with respect to entering into such Letter of Representations, it may contain Provisions relating to (a) payment procedures, (b) transfers of the Bonds or of beneficial interests therein, (c) redemption notices and procedures unique to the Depository, (d) additional notices or communications, and (e) amendment from time to time to conform with changing customs and practices with respect to securities industry transfer and payment practices. With respect to Bonds registered in the Bond Register in the name of the Nominee, neither the City or its Director of Finance nor the Bond Registrar shall have any responsibility or obligation to any broker -dealer, bank or other financial institution for • -13- which the Depository holds Bonds from time to time as securities depository (each such • broker -dealer, bank or other financial institution being referred to herein as a "Depository Participant") or to any person on behalf of whom such a Depository Participant holds an interest in the Bonds. Without limiting the meaning of the immediately preceding sentence, the City, the Director of Finance, and the Bond Registrar shall have no responsibility or obligation with respect to (a) the accuracy of the records of the Depository, the Nominee, or any Depository Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Bonds, (b) the delivery to any Depository Participant or any other person, other than a registered owner of a Bond as shown in the Bond Register or as otherwise expressly provided in the Representations Letter, of. any notice with respect to the Bonds, including any notice of redemption, or (c) the payment to any Depository Participant or any other person, other than a registered owner of a Bond as shown in the Bond Register, of any- amount with • respect to principal or redemption price of or interest on the Bonds. No person other than a registered owner of a Bond as shown in the Bond Register shall receive a Bond certificate • with respect to any Bond. In the event that (a) the City determines that the Depository is incapable of discharging its responsibilities described herein and in the Letter of Representations, (b) the agreement among the City, and Bond Registrar, and the Depository evidenced by the Letter of Representations shall be terminated for any reason or (c) the City determines that it is in the best interests of the City or of the beneficial owners of the Bonds either that they be able to obtain certificated Bonds or that another depository is preferable, the City shall notify the Depository and the Depository shall notify the Depository Participants, and the Bonds shall no longer be restricted to being registered in the Bond Register in the name of the Nominee. Alternatively, at such time, the City may determine that the Bonds shall be registered in the name of and deposited with a successor depository -14- operating a system accommodating Book Entry Form, as may be acceptable to the City, or is such depository's agent or designee, but if the City does not select such alternate book -entry system, then the Bonds shall be registered in whatever name or names registered owners of Bonds transferring or exchanging Bonds shall designate, in accordance with the provisions hereof. Section 7. Execution; Authentication. The Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the City by the manual or duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested by the manual or duly authorized facsimile signature of its City Clerk, as they may determine, and shall have impressed or imprinted thereon the corporate seal or facsimile thereof of the City. In case any such officer whose signature shall appear on any Bond shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such Bond, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officer had remained in office until delivery. All Bonds shall have thereon a certificate of authentication, substantially in the form here- • inafter set forth, duly executed by the Bond Registrar as authenticating agent of the City and showing the date of authentication. No Bond shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under this Ordinance unless and until such certificate of authentication shall have been duly executed by the Bond Registrar by manual signature, and such certificate of authentication upon any such Bond shall be conclusive evidence that such Bond has been authenticated and delivered under this Ordinance. The certificate of authenti- cation on any Bond shall be deemed to have been executed by it if signed by an authorized officer of the Bond Registrar, but it shall not be necessary that the same officer sign the cer- tificate of authentication on all of the Bonds issued hereunder Section 8. Redemption. The Bonds may be subject to redemption prior to maturity at the option of the City, from any available funds, in whole or in part on any date as -15- provided in the Bond Order, and if in part, in such order of maturities as shall be selected • by the City, and if less than an entire maturity, in integral multiples of $5,000, selected by lot by the Bond Registrar as hereinafter provided, at the redemption price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount being redeemed) of not to exceed 103% of par plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, as provided in the Bond Order. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the Bond Order may provide for non -callable Bonds. With respect to an optional redemption of any Bond or Bonds, unless moneys sufficient to pay the redemption price of and interest on the Bonds to be redeemed shall have been received by the Bond Registrar prior to the giving of the notice of redemption, such notice may, at the option of the City, state that such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt of such moneys by the Bond Registrar on or prior to the date fixed for redemption. If such moneys are not received, such notice shall be of no force and • effect, ,the City shall not redeem such Bonds, and the Bond Registrar shall give notice, in the same manner in which the notice of redemption shall have been given, that such moneys • were not so received and that such Bonds will not be redeemed. The City shall, at least 45 days prior to a redemption date (unless a shorter time period shall be satisfactory to the Bond Registrar), notify the Bond Registrar of such redemption date and of the maturities and principal amounts of Bonds to be redeemed. For purposes of any redemption of less than all of the Bonds of a single maturity, the particular Bonds or portions of Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot not more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Bond Registrar for the Bonds of such maturity by such method of lottery as the Bond Registrar shall deem fair and appropriate; provided, that such lottery shall provide for the selection for redemption of Bonds or portions thereof so that any $5,000 Bond or $5,000 portion of a Bond shall be as likely to be called for redemption -16- as any other such $5,000 Bond or $5,000 portion. The Bond Registrar shall promptly notify • the City in writing of the Bonds or portions of Bonds selected for redemption and, in the case of any Bond selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Unless waived by the registered owner of Bonds to be redeemed, official notice of any such redemption shall be given by the Bond Registrar on behalf of the City by mailing the redemption notice by first class mail not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to each registered owner of the Bond or Bonds to be redeemed at the address shown on the Bond Register or at such other address as is furnished in writing by such registered owner to the Bond Registrar. All official notices of redemption shall include the name of the Bonds and at least the information as follows: (a) the redemption date; (b) the redemption price; (c) if less than all of the outstanding Bonds of a particular maturity are to be • redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of Bonds within such maturity, the respective principal amounts) of the Bonds to be redeemed; (d) a statement that on the redemption date the redemption price will become due and payable upon each such Bond or portion thereof called for redemption and that interest thereon shall cease to accrue from and after said date; and (e) the place where such Bonds are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price, which place of payment shall be the principal corporate trust office of the Bond Registrar. Unless moneys sufficient to pay the redemption price and interest on the Bonds to be redeemed shall have been received by the Bond Registrar prior to the giving of such notice of redemption, such notice may, at the option of the City, state that said redemption shall be • -17- conditional upon the receipt of such moneys by the Bond Registrar on or prior to the date • fixed for redemption. If such moneys are not received, such notice shall be of no force and effect, the City shall not redeem such Bonds, and the Bond Registrar shall give notice, in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given, that such moneys were not so received and that such Bonds will not be redeemed. Official notice of redemption having been given as described, the Bonds or portions of Bonds so to be redeemed shall, subject to the provision for conditional redemption as stated above, become due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the City shall default in the payment of the redemption price), such Bonds or portions of Bonds shall cease to bear interest. Neither the failure to mail such redemption notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular registered owner of a Bond, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other registered owners. Notice • having been properly given, failure of a registered owner of a Bond to receive such notice shall not be deemed to invalidate, limit or delay the effect of the notice or redemption action • described in the notice. Such notice may be waived in writing by a registered owner of a Bond entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by registered owners shall be filed with the Bond Registrar, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. In lieu of the foregoing notice, so long as the Bonds are held in Book Entry Form, notice may be given as provided in the Letter of Representations, and the giving of such notice shall constitute a waiver by the Depository and its Nominee, as registered owner, of the foregoing notice. Upon surrender of such Bonds for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Bonds shall be paid by the Paying Agent at the redemption price. The procedure for the payment of interest due as part of the -18- redemption price shall be as herein provided for payment of interest otherwise due. Upon • surrender for any partial redemption of any Bond, there shall be prepared for the registered owner a new Bond or Bonds of like tenor, of authorized denominations, of the same maturity, and bearing the same rate of interest in the amount of the unpaid principal. If any Bond or portion of Bond called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly provided for, bear interest from the redemption date at the rate borne by the Bond or portion of Bond so called for redemption. All Bonds which have been redeemed shall be cancelled and destroyed by the Bond Registrar and shall not be reissued Upon the payment of the redemption price of Bonds being redeemed, each check or other transfer of funds issued for such purpose shall bear the CUSIP number identifying, by issue and maturity, the Bonds being redeemed with the proceeds of such check or other transfer. As part of their respective duties hereunder, the Bond Registrar and Paying Agent shall prepare and forward to the City a statement as to • notice given with respect to each redemption together with copies of the notices as mailed and published. Section 9. Amendment. The rights and obligations of the City and of the registered owners of Outstanding Bonds may from time to time be modified or amended by a supplemental ordinance adopted by the City Council with the written consent of the holders and registered owners of not less than two-thirds of the principal amount of all Outstanding Bonds (excluding any of said bonds owned by or under the control of the City); provided, that no such modification or amendment shall extend or change the maturity of or date of redemption prior to maturity, or reduce the interest rate on, or permit the creation of a preference or priority of any Outstanding' Bond or Outstanding Bonds over any other Outstanding Bond or Outstanding Bonds, or otherwise alter or impair the obligation of the • -19- City to pay the principal of, interest on or redemption price of any of the Outstanding Bonds • at the time, place, rate, and in the currency provided therein, or alter or impair the obligations of the City with respect to the Tax-exempt status, the registration, transfer, exchange or notice of redemption of Bonds, without the express consent of the holders and registered owners of all the Outstanding Bonds affected; nor shall any such modification or amendment reduce the percentage of the holders and registered owners of Outstanding Bonds required for the written consent of such modification or amendment without the consent of the holders and owners of all of the Outstanding Bonds. Ownership of Bonds for purposes of consent by the registered owners thereof shall be conclusively proved by the Bond Register. In obtaining or receiving the consents of regis- tered owners, the City may establish reasonable rules of procedure including, without limi- tation, rules .relating to (i) a record date to fix the registered owners who are entitled to • vote, (ii) solicitation of proxies and (iii) a meeting of the registered owners for the taking of actions. The registered owners of Bonds may vote their Bond interest in fractional shares. In is the event that Bonds are registered in the name or names of nominees or depositories, consent of such owners by proxy in accordance with the applicable customs of the securities industry or rules of the Securities Exchange Commission, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board or other association or agency having jurisdiction shall be sufficient. Section 10. Registration of Bonds; Persons Treated as Owners. The City shall cause books (the Bond Register) for the registration and for the transfer of the Bonds as provided in this Ordinance to be kept at the principal corporate trust office of the Bond Registrar, which is hereby constituted and appointed the registrar of the City for the Bonds. The City is, authorized to prepare, and the Bond Registrar or such other agent as the City may designate shall keep custody of,. multiple Bond blanks executed by the City for use in the transfer and -20- exchange of Bonds. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance relating to the Bonds in Book Entry Form, any Bond may be transferred or exchanged, but only in the manner, subject to • the limitations, and upon payment of the charges as set forth in this Ordinance. Upon surrender for transfer or exchange of any -Bond at the principal corporate trust office of the Bond Registrar, duly endorsed by or accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer or exchange in form satisfactory to the Bond Registrar and duly executed by the registered owner or an attorney for such owner duly authorized in writing, the City shall execute and the Bond Registrar shall authenticate, date and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees or, in the case of an exchange, the registered owner, a new fully registered Bond or Bonds of like tenor, of the same maturity, bearing the same interest rate, of authorized denominations, for a like aggregate principal amount. The Bond Registrar shall not be required to transfer or exchange any Bond during the period from the close of business on the Record Date for an interest payment to the opening of business on such • interest payment date or during the period of 15 days preceding the giving of notice of redemption of Bonds or to transfer or exchange any Bond all or a portion of which has been called for redemption. The execution by the City of any fully registered Bond shall constitute full and due authorization of such Bond, and the Bond Registrar shall thereby be authorized to authenticate, date and deliver such Bond; provided, however, the principal amount of Bonds of each maturity authenticated by the Bond Registrar shall not at any one time exceed the authorized principal amount of Bonds for such maturity less the amount of such Bonds which have been paid. The person in whose name any Bond shall be registered shall be deemed and regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and payment of the principal or redemption price of or interest on any Bond shall be made only to or upon the order of the registered owner thereof or said owner's legal representative. All such r1 U -21- • payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No service charge shall be made for any transfer or exchange of Bonds, but the City or the Bond Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Bonds except in the case of the issuance of a Bond or Bonds for the unredeemed portion of a Bond surrendered for redemption. Section 11. Form of Bond. The Bonds shall be in substantially the form hereinafter set forth; provided, however, that if the text of the Bonds is to be printed in its entirety on the front side of the Bonds, then the second paragraph on the front side and the legend "See Reverse Side for Additional Provisions" shall be omitted and the text of paragraphs set forth for the reverse side shall be inserted immediately after the first paragraph. 7 E -22- [Form of Bond - Front Side] • REGISTERED REGISTERED NO. $ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF COOK CITY OF EVANSTON WATER REVENUE BOND, SERIES 1997 See Reverse Side for Additional Provisions Interest Maturity Dated Rate: Date: Date: December 1, 1997 CUSIP Registered Owner: 40 Principal Amount: KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, a municipality, home rule unit and political subdivision of the State of Illinois (the "City") hereby acknowledges itself to owe and for value received promises to pay to the Registered Owner identified above, or registered assigns as hereinafter provided, solely from the Water Revenue Fund of the City as hereinafter provided and not otherwise, on the Maturity Date identified above (subject to right of prior redemption), the Principal Amount identified above and to pay interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30- day months) on such Principal Amount from the later of the Dated Date of this Bond identified above or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for at the Interest Rate per annum identified above, such interest to be • -23- payable on July 1, 1998, and semiannually thereafter on January 1 and July 1 of each year until said Principal Amount is paid or duly provided for. Payment of interest shall be made to the Registered Owner hereof as shown on the registration books of the City maintained by American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, as paying agent and bond registrar (the "Bond Registrar"), at the close of business on the applicable record date (the "Record Date"). The Record Date shall be the 15th day of the month preceding any regular interest payment date or a redemption on the first day of any month and the 15th day preceding any other interest payment date which may be occasioned by a redemption of Bonds on a day other than the first day of any month. Interest shall be paid by check or draft of the Bond Registrar, payable upon presentation in lawful money of the United States of America, mailed to the address of such Registered Owner as it appears on such registration books or at such other address furnished in writing by such Registered • Owner to the Bond Registrar, or as otherwise agreed by the City and the Bond Registrar and a qualified securities clearing corporation as depository, or nominee, for so long as this • Bond shall be in Book Entry Form as provided for same. Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Bond set forth on the reverse hereof, and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. It is hereby certified and recited that all acts, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this Bond have been done and have happened and have been performed in regular and due form of law and that provision has been made for depositing into the Water Fund the entire Revenues received from the operation of the System to be applied in the manner as set forth in the Ordinance; and the City hereby covenants and agrees that it willfix and maintain rates for the use and service of the System -24- and collect and account for the Revenues derived therefrom sufficient at all times to pay . Operation and Maintenance Costs, to promptly pay principal of and interest on all bonds issued by the City which are payable solely from the Revenues of the System, and to provide an adequate depreciation fund, and to comply with all the covenants of and to maintain the accounts created by the Ordinance. The City further covenants that in each Fiscal Year the Net Revenues shall be adequate to produce an amount sufficient to provide not less than 125% of the principal and interest requirements of all Outstanding Bonds for such Fiscal Year. This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Bond Registrar. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be executed with the manual or duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested by the manual or duly authorized facsimile signature of • its City Clerk and its corporate seal or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or reproduced hereon, all as appearing hereon and as of the Date4 D,4 ntified above. // r, City of Evans County, Illinois ATTEST: City Cl�rk� f Evanston Cook Cou ty, Illinois [SEAJ-] Bond Registrar and Paying Agent: American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago Chicago, Illinois • -25- • • [Form of Certificate of Authentication] CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION Date of Authentication: This Bond is one of the Bonds described in the within -mentioned Ordinance and is one of the Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1997, of the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois. American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, as Bond Registrar [Form of Bond - Reverse Side] CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS WATER REVENUE BOND, SERIES 1997 This bond and the bonds of the series of which it forms a part ( "Bond" and "Bonds" respectively) are of an authorized issue of Million Thousand Dollars ($ ) of. like Dated Date and tenor except as to maturity, privilege of redemption and rate of interest. The Bonds are payable solely.from the Revenues derived from the operation of the waterworks system of the City (the "System") after payment of Operation and Maintenance Costs, and not otherwise, and are issued under authority of the provisions of Division 129 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as supplemented and amended, and as further supplemented and, where necessary, superseded, by the powers of the City as _ a home rule unit under the provisions of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 (such code and powers being the "Act"), for the purpose of improving the System and providing for a certain refunding of water revenue bonds previously issued and payable from revenues of the System, all as more fully described in Ordinance Number 112-0-97, passed by the City Council of the City on the loth day of November 1997 (the "Ordinance"), -26- to which reference is hereby expressly made for further definitions and terms and to all the provisions of which the holder and registered owner by the acceptance of this Bond assents. • THIS BOND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY PROVISION OR LIMITATION. This Bond is subject to provisions relating to amendment; registration, transfer and exchange; redemption and notice and procedure for redemption; and such other terms and provisions relating to security and payment as are set forth in the Ordinance. Under the Act and the Ordinance, the Revenues from the operation of the System shall be deposited into the Water Fund, which shall be used only and is hereby pledged for paying Operation and Maintenance Costs, paying the principal of and interest on all bonds of the City that are payable by their terms only from the Revenues of the System, providing an adequate depreciation fund, and in making all payments required to maintain the accounts established under the terms of the Ordinance. Parity Bonds may be issued pursuant to the terms of the Ordinance. Outstanding Bonds issued and authenticated pursuant to the Ordinance are coequal as to the lien on the Revenues of the System for their payment and share ratably, without any preference, priority, or distinction, the one over the other, as to the source or method of payment and security of the Outstanding Bonds. The City and the Bond Registrar may deem and treat the Registered Owner hereof as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of princi- pal hereof, premium, if any, hereon and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the City nor the Bond Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. -27- • [Form of Assignment] ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned sells, assigns and transfers unto [Here insert identifying number such as TID, SSN, or other] (Name and Address of Assignee) the within Bond and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint as attorney to transfer the said Bond on the books kept for registration thereof with full power of substitution in the premises. 0 Dated: • Signature Guaranteed: NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the Registered Owner as it appears upon the face of the within Bond in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever: Section 12. Bonds Limited Obligations. The Bonds shall be payable solely from the Net Revenues as derived from the operation of the System, and shall not constitute an indebtedness of the City within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation. Section 13. Fiscal Year and Deposit of Revenues. Upon the issuance of any of the Bonds, the entire System, for the purpose of this Ordinance and while any of the Bonds remain Outstanding Bonds, shall be operated on a Fiscal Year basis. All of the Revenues -28- shall be set aside as collected and be deposited into a bank account separate and apart from • all other City accounts and heretofore designated, accounted for and defined herein as the "Water Fund." The Water Fund shall constitute a trust fund for the sole purpose of carrying out the covenants, terms and conditions of this Ordinance. Section 14. Accounts and Flow of Funds. The functions and obligations of the Water Fund shall be continued and maintained by the maintenance in the Water Fund of separate special accounts (the "Accounts") designated severally the "Operation and Maintenance Account"; "Bond and Interest Account"; "Bond Reserve Account"; "Depreciation, Improvement and Extension Account"; and "Surplus Revenue Account." Until the Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1992, of the City, shall be no longer Outstanding Bonds under the definitions applicable to such Bonds, the provisions of Ordinance Number 39-0-92 (the "Series 1992 Bond Ordinance") shall govern the application of Revenues to the Accounts. Thereafter (and not before such time), there shall be set aside on a given day of • each month as selected by the chief financial officer of the City, without any further official action or direction, all moneys held in the Water Fund of the City, in accordance with the following priorities: A. Operation and Maintenance Account. There shall first be credited to the Operation and Maintenance Account an amount sufficient to pay the reasonable Operation and Maintenance Costs of the System for the current monthly period. Money in the Operation and.Maintenance Account shall be used to pay Operation and Maintenance Costs. Money in this account shall not be used to pay the costs of extraordinary or unusual repairs and maintenance, capital expenditures, or to provide for any transfer in lieu of corporate taxes, or general supervision or administrative charges by the City. • -29- • B. Bond and Interest Account. There next shall be credited to the Bond and Interest Account and held, in cash and investments, a fractional amount of the interest becoming due on the next succeeding interest payment date on Outstanding Bonds and also a fractional amount of the principal becoming due or subject to mandatory redemption on the next succeeding principal maturity or mandatory redemption date of Outstanding Bonds until there shall have been accumulated and held, in cash and investments, in the Bond and Interest Account in or before the month preceding such maturity date of interest or maturity or mandatory redemption date of principal, an amount sufficient to pay such principal or interest, or both. In computing the fractional amount to be set aside each month in the Bond and Interest Account, the fraction shall be so computed that a sufficient amount will be set aside in said Account and will be available for the prompt payment of such principal of and interest on all Outstanding Bonds and shall be not less than 1/6th of the interest becoming • due on the next succeeding interest payment date and not less than 1/12th of the principal becoming due or subject to mandatory redemption on the next succeeding principal payment or mandatory redemption date on all Outstanding Bonds until there is sufficient money in said Account to pay such principal or interest, or both. In the event different series of Outstanding Bonds have different Bond Years, the requirement of depositing 1/6th of interest and 1/12th of principal as stated above shall be applied separately with respect to each such series. Credits to the Bond and Interest Account may be suspended in any Fiscal Year at such time as there shall be a sufficient sum, held in cash and investments, in said Account to meet principal and interest requirements in said Account for the balance of such Fiscal Year, but such credits shall again be resumed at the beginning of the next Fiscal Year. All moneys in said Account ( "Bond Moneys") shall be used only for the purpose of paying interest on and principal of Outstanding Bonds as follows: • -30- (1) Bond Moneys shall be applied to the payment of interest when due and • principal or redemption price when due at maturity or as redeemed pursuant to mandatory redemption from the Bond and Interest Account, or (2) On or before 65 days preceding any mandatory redemption date, Bond Moneys up to the amount of the redemption requirement on such mandatory redemption date plus interest due on related Term Bonds on such date may be applied (a) to the purchase of Term Bonds of the maturity for which such mandatory redemption requirement was established at prices (including commissions and charges, if any) not exceeding par and accrued interest to such mandatory redemption date or (2) to the redemption of such Bonds, without premium, pursuant to optional redemption provisions applicable thereto. Upon the purchase or redemption of Term Bonds of any maturity pursuant to this paragraph (2), an amount equal to the principal amount of such Bonds or applicable portion thereof so purchased or redeemed shall be • deducted from such mandatory redemption requirement thereafter to become due on such Bonds and any excess over the amount of such requirement shall be deducted from the future requirement for such Bonds as the City shall determine. C. Bond Reserve Account. At the time of the delivery of any Bonds, there shall be on deposit to the credit of the Bond Reserve Account an amount equal to Maximum Annual Debt Service. The Bond Reserve Account shall be maintained in said amount. In the event of a withdrawal from the Bond Reserve Account resulting in the amount on deposit to the credit thereof being less than the required amount, the City covenants to replenish the Bond Reserve Account to the required amount at the rate of $12,150 per month. In the event Parity Bonds are issued, the City will accumulate to the credit of the Bond Reserve Account the amount of Maximum Annual Debt Service at the rate of the greater of (1) $12,150 per • -31- • month or (2) such amount per month such that in not less than 100 months after delivery and with credits each month in the amount of not less than 1/100th of the difference between Maximum Annual Debt Service on all Outstanding Bonds and the amount on deposit to the credit of this Account at the time of such delivery. Amounts to the credit of the Bond Reserve Account shall be used to pay principal of or interest on the Outstanding Bonds at any time when there are insufficient funds available in the Bond and Interest Account to pay the same and shall be transferred to said Account for said purpose. D. Depreciation, Improvement and Extension Account. There next shall be credited to the Depreciation, Improvement and Extension Account the sum of $5,100 per month, or such greater amount as may be designated from time to time by the City Council. The moneys in the Depreciation, Improvement and Extension Account shall be used (1) to provide an adequate allowance for depreciation as shall be determined from time to time by • the City Council in its sole discretion, (2) to pay the cost of extraordinary maintenance, necessary repairs and replacements, or contingencies, or for improvements, repairs or • replacements to the System required by any agency of the State of Illinois or the United States Government, in order that the System may at all times be able to render efficient service, (3) if not so needed, for improvements or extensionsof the System, and (4) at any time required, for the payment of principal of or interest on any Outstanding Bonds when there are no other funds available for that purpose in order to prevent a default and shall be transferred to the Bond and Interest Account for such purpose. At any time as moneys on deposit to the credit of the Depreciation, Improvement and Extension Account exceed the sum of $400,000, amounts in excess thereof may be transferred to any other account within the Water Fund of the City at the discretion of the City Council. -32- All proceeds received from the disposition of any property of the System shall be • credited to Depreciation, Improvement and Extension Account. E. Surplus Revenue Account. All revenues remaining in the Water Fund, after all credits have been made to the respective accounts hereinabove provided for, shall be credited to the Surplus Revenue Account, and the amount so credited shall be held and used for the following purposes: 1. For making up any deficiency necessary to credit accounts enumerated in paragraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, with the required amounts therefor for each month as hereinabove provided. 2. For paying principal of and interest on any junior lien water revenue bonds (subordinate issue). 3. For transfer to any other account of the fund, or at the discretion of the City Council for any lawful corporate purpose, including, but not limited to, any • extraordinary costs of operation and maintenance of the System not otherwise provided for, or any authorized payments in lieu of taxes, general supervision and administrative charges by the City. 4. For any lawful corporate purpose, in the discretion of the City Council. Section IS. General Covenants. Until the Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1992, of the City, shall be no longer Outstanding Bonds, the covenants and provisions of the Series 1992 Bond Ordinance shall apply for all Outstanding Bonds. Thereafter, the City covenants and agrees with the holders and registered owners of the Outstanding Bonds as follows: A . Investments. Money to the credit of the Water Fund prior to the monthly accounting and to the credit of the Operation and Maintenance Account may be invested pursuant to any authorization granted to municipal corporations by Illinois statute or court is -33- is decision. Moneys to the credit of the Bond and Interest Account, the Bond Reserve Account, the Depreciation, Improvement and Extension Account, and the Surplus Revenue Account may be invested from time to time in (a) direct full faith and credit obligations of the United States of America, whether bonds, notes, bills or otherwise called (collectively referred to herein as "Directs"); (b) certificates of participation in a trust or trust receipts from a trust comprised solely of Directs; (c) shares in a money market or mutual fund comprised more than 95% at all times of Directs or agreements to repurchase such obligations; (d) obligations unconditionally guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States Government, (e) obligations which are tax-exempt under Section 103(a) of the Code but are not private activity bonds under Section 141(a) of the Code, if rated at the time of purchase "AA" or better by a nationally recognized ratings service for municipal bonds; (f) the Public Treasurers' Investment Pool of the State of Illinois; (g) certificates of • �, deposit or time deposits of any bank, as defined by the Illinois Banking Act, provided such bank is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or a successor corporation to • the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and provided further that the principal of such deposits in excess of the insured amount is secured by a pledge of obligations as described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above in the full principal amount of such excess. Such investments must also be legal and proper investments for the City. Such investments may be sold from time to time as funds may be needed for the purpose for which the Accounts have been created. To the extent moneys in the Accounts are held uninvested and on deposit in demand accounts, such amounts shall be added to the amount invested pursuant to clause (g) above, and the sum so derived subject to the limitations as set forth therein. Investments in the Accounts shall mature or be subject to redemption at the option of the holder thereof prior to the time when needed. After making provision for the payment -34- of any amount of excess arbitrage profits, as provided in the Code, attributable to investment • earnings or profits to the Rebate Fund for the appropriate issue or issues of Outstanding Bonds, all earnings or profit, on any funds so invested in the Bond and Interest Account shall be retained therein. After making provision for the payment of any amount of excess arbitrage profits, as provided in the Code, attributable to investment earnings or profits to the Rebate Fund for the appropriate issue or issues of Outstanding Bonds, all earnings or profit, on any funds so invested in the Bond Reserve Account shall be credited upon receipt to the Bond and Interest Account. The City may take credit for such earnings or profits (not transferred to the Rebate Fund) in any monthly accounting for the Bond and Interest Account in any Fiscal Year. All interest or profit earned on any funds so invested in other Accounts shall be credited to the Water Fund. Moneys in any of said accounts shall be invested by the City, if necessary, in investments restricted as to yield, which investments may be in United States Treasury Obligations —State and Local Government Series, if • available, and to such end the Comptroller shall refer to any investment restrictions covenanted by the City or any officer thereof as part of the transcript of proceedings for the issuance of the Bonds, and to appropriate opinions of counsel. B. Accounts Excesses. Any amounts to the credit of the Accounts in excess of the then current requirements therefor may be transferred by the City Council to such other Account or Accounts of the Water Fund as they may in their sole discretion designate. C. Maintain System. The City will maintain the System in good repair and working order, will operate the same efficiently and faithfully, and will punctually perform all duties with respect thereto required by the Constitution and laws of the State of Illinois and the United States. • -35- • D. Rates. The City will establish and maintain at all times reasonable fees, charges and rates for all users of the service of the System, and provide for the collection thereof and for the segregation and application of the Revenues in the manner provided by this Ordinance, and sufficient at all times to pay the reasonable Operation and Maintenance Costs, to pay the principal of and interest on all revenue bonds of the City which by their terms are payable from the Revenues, and to provide for the creation and maintenance of the respective accounts as provided in Section 14 of this Ordinance, and from time to time make all needful and proper repairs, replacements, additions and betterments thereto, so that the System may at all times be operated properly and advantageously, and when any equipment or facility shall have been worn out, destroyed or otherwise is insufficient for proper use, it shall be promptly replaced or repaired so that the value and efficiency of the System shall be at all times fully maintained. The City covenants • that the City will establish and maintain fees, charges and rates that will be adequate to produce Net Revenues in an amount not less than 125% of the principal .and interest 0 requirements for all Outstanding Bonds for the then current Fiscal Year. In the event that the Bond Year for any series of Outstanding Bonds does not end on the first day of the Fiscal Year, then, for purposes of calculation hereunder, therequirement for any Fiscal Year shall be deemed to be the greater of the requirement of the two Bond Years occurring in part in such Fiscal Year. Charges for service rendered the City shall be made against said City, and payment for the same from the corporate funds shall be made monthly into the Water Fund, as Revenues, in the same manner as other Revenues are required to be deposited. No free service of the System shall be furnished to any person, firm, organization or corporation, public or private, and to the extent permitted by law it is expressly herein covenanted and -36- agreed that the City will not grant a franchise for the operation of any other or competing • waterworks system within the City, and that the Bonds herein authorized to be executed shall constitute legally enforceable liens on the Revenues. E. Rules. The City will establish such rules and regulations for the control and operation of the System necessary for the efficient and economical operation thereof, and rates and charges shall be fixed and revised from time to time as may be necessary to produce funds sufficient for all purposes herein provided. F. Accounting. The City will make and keep proper books and accounts (separate and apart from all other records and accounts of said City), in which complete entries shall be made of all transactions relating to the System, and hereby covenants that within 210 days following the close of each Fiscal Year it will cause the books and accounts of the System to be audited annually by independent certified public accountants showing the receipts and disbursements on account of the System. Each such • audit, in addition to whatever matters may be thought proper by the accountants to be included therein, shall, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, include the following: 1. A statement in detail of the income and expenditures of the system for such Fiscal Year, and including credits to the various accounts provided herein. 2. A balance sheet as of the end of such Fiscal Year. 3. The accountant's comment regarding the manner in which the City has carried out the accounting requirements of this ordinance, and the accountant's recommendations for any changes or improvements in the operation of the System. n U -37- • 4. A list of all insurance policies in force at the end of the Fiscal Year, setting out as to each policy the amount of the policy, the risks covered, the name of W 0 the insurer, and the expiration date of the policy. 5. The number of metered water customers and the number of unmetered water customers at the end of the year, and the quantity of water pumped and billed. All expenses incurred in the making of the audit required , by this section shall be regarded and paid as an Operation and Maintenance Cost. In addition, statements of revenues and expenditures of the System shall be furnished to the City Council at least quarterly during each Fiscal Year. G. No Sale, etc. The City will not sell, lease, loan, mortgage, or in any manner dispose of or encumber the System (subject to the reserved right of the City to -issue additional obligations as provided in Section 16 of this Ordinance); provided, however, that this covenant shall not prevent said City from disposing of any property which in the judgment of the City Council is no longer useful or profitable in the operation of the System. The proc--eds from the sale of any property shall be credited to the Depreciation, Improvement and Extension Account. H. Contract; Enforcement. The provisions of this Ordinance shall constitute a contract between the City and the holders and registered owners of the Bonds, and after the issuance of the Bonds, no changes, additions or alterations of any kind shall be made hereto, except as hereinabove provided for amendments hereto. Any holder or registered owner of a Bond or Bonds issued hereunder may proceed by civil action, mandamus, or other proceeding to enforce or compel performance by the officials of said City of all duties required by law, the Act and this Ordinance, including the making and collecting of sufficient charges and rates for the water services supplied by the System and • the application of the income and revenue therefrom. I. Insurance. The City will carry insurance on the System of the kinds and in the amounts which are usually carried by private parties operating similar properties, covering such risks as shall be recommended by a competent insurance consultant employed by the City for the purpose of making such recommendations. Alternatively the City shall self -insure or provide insurance by means of a self-insurance pool with other units of local government, provided that either private insurance is not available at a reasonable cost or the City or the pool shall have assets or shall have created a self-insurance reserve fund in an amount as shall be determined by a competent insurance consultant to be not unreasonable in view of the risks insured. All moneys received for property loss under such insurance policies or from the self-insurance reserve fund or pool shall be deposited to the credit of the Depreciation, Improvement and Extension Account and used in making good • the loss or damage in respect of which they were paid, either by repairing the property damaged or making replacement of the property destroyed, and provision for making good such loss or damage shall be made within 270 days from the date of the loss. The proceeds derived from any and all policies for workers' compensation or public liability or from the self-insurance reserve fund or pool for such purposes shall be paid into the Operation and Maintenance Account and used in paying the claims on account of which they were received or shall be used to reimburse any account from which the claim was previously paid. The payment of premiums, regular payments to a pool and regular accumulations for a reserve fund required under the provisions of this covenant shall be considered an Operation and Maintenance Cost. • Section 16. Parity Bonds. It is hereby covenanted and agreed that, while any of • the Bonds issued hereunder are Outstanding Bonds, the City will not issue any other bonds • or obligations of any kind or nature having a pledge on the Revenues which is prior to the lien on the Revenues of the Bonds. Until the Water Revenue Bonds, Series 1992, of the City, shall be no longer Outstanding Bonds as provided in the Series 1992 Bond Ordinance, the covenants and provisions of the Series 1992 Bond Ordinance shall apply to the issuance of Parity Bonds and other obligations payable from the Revenues. Thereafter, no obligations or bonds of any kind shall be issued which are payable from the Revenues except upon compliance with one of the options (A) through (D) set out below. A. Parity Bonds may be issued for the purpose of paying the cost of repairs, replacements, renewals, improvements and extensions to the System or for refunding Outstanding Bonds upon compliance with the following conditions: 1. The amounts required to be credited monthly to the respective accounts described in subsections (A) through (D), inclusive, of Section 14 of this Ordinance must have been credited in full up to the date of the authorization of such Parity Bonds by the City Council. 2. The Net Revenues of the System as shown by the most recently available audit of an independent certified public accountant, which audit shall be for either the most recent Fiscal Year or the preceding Fiscal Year if (a) the most recent Fiscal Year has ended within 210 days of the date of issuance of the proposed Parity Bonds and (b) the audit for the most recent Fiscal Year is not yet available, or the Adjusted Net Revenues of the System for such year (as defined herein) must equal not less than 130% of Maximum Annual Debt Service for all Outstanding Bonds as computed immediately after the issuance of the proposed Parity Bonds; but only for those Fiscal -40- Years in which the Outstanding Bonds immediately prior to any such issuance will • continue to be Outstanding Bonds as provided herein. 3. In the event there shall have been a change in the rates of the System from the rates in effect for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year, which change is in effect at the time of the issuance of any such Parity Bonds, then the Net Revenues as provided in this subparagraph (2) shall be adjusted to, reflect the Net Revenues of the System for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year as they would have been had said then existing rates been in effect during all of said year (the "Adjusted Net Revenues"). Any such Adjusted Net Revenues shall be evidenced by the certificate of a certified public accountant or an independent consulting engineer employed for that purpose, which certificate shall be approved by the City Council prior to the issuance of the Parity Bonds and filed with the City Clerk upon its approval. B. Parity Bonds may be issued to refund Outstanding Bonds if, upon the issuance 0 of such Parity Bonds, the amount of the principal and interest requirement for Outstanding Bonds for each Fiscal Year for which Outstanding Bonds immediately prior to such issuance will continue to be Outstanding Bonds as provided herein after the issuance of such Parity Bonds will not be greater than such requirement for each such Fiscal Year calculated immediately prior to the issuance of such Parity Bonds. C. Parity Bonds may be issued to refund Outstanding Bonds in order to avoid or remedy default in the payment of principal of or interest on such Outstanding Bonds; provided they are issued to avoid such default not earlier than three months prior to the due date of such principal or interest. D. Bonds or other obligations may be issued payable from the Revenues subordinate to the Outstanding Bonds. Such subordinate bonds shall be payable from or out • -41- • of the Surplus Revenue Account or may be made payable from such other fund or account as may be provided therefor, upon the transfer of moneys from the Surplus Revenue Account to such other fund or account. E. Parity Bonds may be issued payable on such payment dates as the City shall determine. In the event that the Bond Year for any series of Outstanding Bonds does not end on the first day of the Fiscal Year, then, for purposes of calculation hereunder, the requirement for any Fiscal Year shall be deemed to be the greater of the requirement of the two Bond Years occurring in part in such Fiscal Year. Section 17. Sale of Bonds; Bond Order. The Designated Officials are hereby authorized to proceed, without any further authorization or direction whatsoever from the City Council,. to sell and deliver the Bonds upon the terms as prescribed in this Ordinance. Reference is hereby made to the limitations set forth in Sections 5 and 8 of this Ordinance. • The Bonds shall be sold and delivered to the best bidder at public sale (the "Purchaser") at the price of not less than 97% of the par value of the principal amount thereof plus accrued • interest to the date of delivery. Such sale shall be made upon the advice (in the form of a written certificate or report) of the Financial Advisor that the net interest cost rate on the Bonds, calculated in accordance with customary market practice, does not exceed 7.00% and that the terms of the Bonds are fair and reasonable in view of current conditions in. the bond. markets.. As an additional limitation on the sale of the Bonds, the Financial Advisor's certificate or report (as hereinabove described) must set forth that the Refunding will provide a present value debt service savings to the City in an amount not less than the lesser of (a) $200,000 or (b) 2% of the aggregate principal amount of the Prior Bonds which are in fact refunded as part of the Refunding. -42- Nothing in this Section shall require the Designated Officials to sell the Bonds if in • their judgment, aided by the Financial Advisor, the conditions in the bond markets shall have markedly deteriorated from the time of adoption thereof, but the Designated Officials shall have the authority to sell the Bonds in any event so long as the limitations set forth in this Ordinance and the conditions of this Section shall have been met. Upon the sale of the Bonds, the Designated Officials and any other officers of the City as shall be appropriate, shall be and are hereby authorized and directed to approve or execute, or both, such documents of sale of the Bonds as may be necessary, including, without limitation, the Bond Order, Preliminary Official Statement, Official Statement, Bond Purchase Contract (as hereinafter defined), and closing documents. Prior to the execution and delivery of any such Bond Purchase Contract, the Designated Officials shall find and determine that no person holding any office of the City either by election or appointment, is in any manner interested either directly or indirectly, in his own name or in the name of any other person, association, trust • or corporation in said Contract with the Purchaser for the purchase of the Bonds. The distribution of the Preliminary Official Statement relating to the Bonds presented before this meeting is hereby in all respects authorized and approved, and the proposed use by the Purchaser of an Official Statement (in substantially the form of the Preliminary Official Statement but with appropriate variations to reflect the final terms of the Bonds) is hereby approved. A bond purchase contract for the sale of the Bonds to the Purchaser (the "Bond Purchase Contract"), as comprised of the Official Notice of Sale and Official Bid Form, is hereby in all respects authorized and approved. Upon the sale of the Bonds, the Designated Officials shall prepare the Bond Order, which shall include the pertinent details of sale as provided herein, and such shall be entered into the records of the City and made available to all City Council members at the next public meeting thereof. • -43- Section 18. Application of Proceeds; Call of the Prior Bonds. The proceeds derived • from the sale of the Bonds shall be used as follows: A. Accrued interest shall be credited to the Bond and Interest Account. B. The amount necessary from the proceeds of the Bonds shall be used to pay costs of issuance of the Bonds and shall be deposited into a separate fund to be designated the "Expense Fund." Any disbursements from such fund shall be made from time to time as necessary. Any excess in said fund shall be deposited into the Project Fund hereinafter created after six months from the date of issuance of the Bonds. C. The amount necessary from the proceeds of the Bonds, together with such money in the Bond and Interest Account allocable to the Prior Bonds as may be advisable for the purpose, shall be used to provide for the Refunding, and the payment of such expenses as may be designated, pursuant to the provisions of an Escrow Agreement with the Escrow Agent as is designated, all in accordance with the provisions of the Escrow • Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A to this Ordinance, made a part hereof by this reference, and hereby approved; the officers appearing signatory to such Escrow Agreement are hereby authorized and directed to execute same, their execution to constitute conclusive proof of action in accordance with this Ordinance, and approval of all completions or revisions necessary or appropriate to effect the Refunding. The Prior Bonds shall be called for redemption as provided in the Escrow Agreement; provided, however, that the bond registrar and paying agent for the Prior Bonds is hereby authorized and directed to mail and publish a notice of contingent redemption on or prior to December 1, 1997, pending the delivery of the Bonds shortly thereafter; at which time such redemption shall no longer be contingent. • D. The remaining proceeds of the Bonds shall be deposited into the "Waterworks • Construction Fund Account (1997) of the City of Evanston", hereby created (the "Project Fund"). The money in the Project Fund shall be held for the benefit of the City for the purposes herein provided, and for the benefit of the registered owners of the Bonds hereby authorized as their interests may appear, and said funds shall be withdrawn from time to time by the Comptroller of the City only upon submission to him of the following: (1) An order signed by the Mayor and City Clerk, or such other officers that may from time to time be by law authorized to sign and countersign orders on the Comptroller of the City, stating specifically the purpose for which the order is issued and indicating that the payment for which the order is issued has been approved by the City Council; and (2) For each order for withdrawal of funds by the Comptroller for payment to a contractor or contractors for work done in connection with the construction of the Project, such order shall be accompanied by a certificate executed by the engineer in charge of the construction, stating the nature of the work completed and the amount due and payable thereon. The costs of engineering, legal and financing services, the costs of surveys, designs, soundings, borings, rights -of -way, and all other necessary and incidental expenses, shall be deemed items of cost of construction of the Project. The moneys deposited into the Project Fund may be temporarily invested from time to time in lawful investments for City funds. All payments received as principal or interest derived from such investments shall be credited to the Project Fund. Said fund may be closed by action of the Comptroller upon its being fully depleted. • -45- • Section 19. Continuing Disclosure. The Mayor or the City Clerk of the City is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to execute and deliver the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking (the "Continuing Disclosure Undertaking") substantially in the form 0 attached hereto as Exhibit B to this Ordinance, made a part hereof by this reference, and hereby approved; the officer signatory to such Continuing Disclosure Undertaking being hereby authorized and directed to execute same, his or her execution to constitute conclusive proof of action in accordance with this Ordinance, and approval of all completions or revisions necessary or appropriate to such undertaking. When the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking is executed and delivered on behalf of the City as herein provided, the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking will be binding upon the City and the officers, employees and agents of the City, and the officers, employees and agents of the City are - hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do all such acts and things and to execute all such documents as may be necessary to carry out and comply with the provisions of the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking as executed. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the sole remedies for failure to comply with the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking shall be the ability of the beneficial owner of any Bond to seek mandamus or specific performance by court order, to cause the City to comply with its obligations under the Continuing Disclosure Undertaking. Section 20. Tax-exempt Bonds. The following certifications, .representations and covenants are made relating to the Tax-exempt status of the Bonds. 20.01. Covenant. The City covenants not to take any action or to neglect or refuse to take any action which would cause the Bonds not to be Tax-exempt. 20.02. Additional Definitions. Certain additional definitions for this Section are as follows: M. "Bond Counsel" means Chapman and Cutler or any other nationally recognized firm of attorneys experienced in the field of municipal bonds whose opinions are • generally accepted by purchasers of municipal bonds. "Bond Fund" for purposes of this section refers to that portion of the Bond and Interest Account allocable to the Bonds. "Closing" means the first date on which the City is receiving the purchase price for the Bonds. "Commingled Fund" means any fund or account containing both Gross Proceeds and an amount in excess of $25,000 that are not Gross Proceeds if the amounts in the fund or account are invested and accounted for, collectively, without regard to the source of funds deposited in the fund or account. An open-ended regulated investment company under Section 851 of the Code is not a Commingled Fund. "Control" means the possession, directly or indirectly through others, of either of the following discretionary and non -ministerial rights or powers over another entity: (a) to approve and to remove without cause a controlling portion of the governing body of a Controlled Entity; or (b) to require the use of funds or assets of a Controlled Entity for any purpose. "Controlled Entity" means any entity or one of a group of entities that is subject to Control by a Controlling Entity or group of Controlling Entities. "Controlling Entity" means any entity or one of a group of entities directly or indirectly having Control of any entities or group of entities. "Controlled Group" means a group of entities directly or indirectly subject to Control *by the same entity or group of entities, including the entity that has Control ' of the other entities. "Costs of Issuance" means the costs of issuing the Bonds, including underwriter's discount and legal fees, but not including the fees for any Credit Facility described at 20.27 of this Section. "Credit Facility" means the municipal bond insurance policy, if any, procured for the Bonds and issued by a Credit Facility Provider. "Credit Facility Provider" means an insurance company issuing a Credit Facility for the Bonds. • -47- "De minimis Amount of Original Issue Discount or Premium" means (a) any original issue discount or premium that does not exceed two percent of the stated • redemption price at maturity of the Bonds plus (b) any original issue premium that is attributable exclusively to reasonable underwriter's compensation. "Escrow Account" means the fund created and held pursuant to the Escrow Agreement. "External Commingled Fund" means a Commingled Fund in which the City and all members of the same Controlled Group as the City own, in the aggregate, not more than ten percent of the beneficial interests. "GIC" means (a) any investment that has specifically negotiated withdrawal or reinvestment provisions and a specifically negotiated interest rate and (b) any agreement to supply investments on two or more future dates (e.g., a forward supply contract). "Government Securities" means the obligations held and to be held under the Escrow Agreement. "Gross Proceeds" means allocable amounts in the Bond Fund, the Expense Fund, the Escrow Account, and the Reserve Fund. "Other System Accounts" means certain other accounts of the Water Fund in which money may be available to pay the Bonds, and consist of the Depreciation, Improvement and Extension Account and the Surplus Revenue Account. "Placed -in -Service" means the date on which, based on all facts and circumstances (a) a facility has reached a degree of completion that would permit its operation at substantially its design level and (b) the facility is, in fact, in operation at such level. "Prior Bond Proceeds" means amounts actually or constructively received from the sale of the issues of which the Prior Bonds were a part, including (a) amounts used to pay underwriter's discount or compensation and accrued interest, other than accrued interest for a period not greater than one year before the Prior Bonds were issued but only if it is to be paid within one year after the Prior Bonds were issued and (b) amounts derived from the sale of any right that is part of the terms of a Prior Bond or is otherwise associated with a Prior Bond (e.g., a redemption right). "Prior Project" means the facilities financed, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issues of which the Prior Bonds were a part. "Qualified Administrative Costs of Investments" means (a) reasonable, direct administrative costs (other than carrying costs) such as separately stated brokerage or selling commissions (other than a broker's commission paid on behalf of either the -48- City or the provider of a GIC to the extent such commission exceeds the present value of annual payments equal to 0.05 percent of the weighted average amount reasonably • expected to be invested each year of the term of the GIC (for this purpose, present value is computed using the taxable discount rate used to compute the commission or, if not readily ascertainable, a reasonable taxable discount rate)), but not legal and accounting fees, recordkeeping, custody and similar costs; (b) all administrative costs, direct or indirect, incurred by a publicly offered regulated investment company or an External Commingled Fund; or (c) in the case of purpose investments, costs or expenses paid directly to purchase, carry, sell or retire the investment and costs of issuing, carrying, or repaying the Bonds, and any placement agent fee or underwriter's discount. "Qualified Tax Exempt Obligations" means (a) any obligation described in Section 103(a) of the Code, the interest on which is excludable from gross income of any owner thereof for federal income tax purposes and is not an item of .tax preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax imposed by Section 55 of the Code; (b) an interest in a regulated investment company to the extent that at least ninety-five percent of the income to the holder of the interest is interest that is excludable from gross income under Section 103 of the Code of any owner thereof for federal income tax purposes and is not an item of tax preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax imposed by Section 55 of the Code; and (c) certificates of indebtedness issued by the United States Treasury pursuant to the Demand Deposit State and Local Government Series program described in 31 C.F.R. part 344. "Rebate Fund" means the fund, if any, established when necessary as described at 20.19 of this Section. "Rebate Provisions" means the rebate requirements contained in Section 148(f) of the Code and in the Regulations. "Regulations" means United States Treasury Regulations dealing with the tax- exempt bond provisions of the Code. "Reimbursed Expenditures" means amounts, if any, used from Sale Proceeds and investment earnings thereon to reimburse the City for an expenditure paid prior to Closing. "Reserve Fund" means the amount allocable to the Bonds on deposit to the credit of the Bond Reserve Account under this Ordinance. "Sale Proceeds" means amounts actually or constructively received from the sale of the Bonds, including (a) amounts used to pay underwriter's discount or compensation and accrued interest, other than accrued interest for a period not greater than one year before Closing but only if it is to be paid within one year after Closing and (b) amounts derived from the sale of any right that is part of the terms of a Bond or is otherwise associated with a Bond (e.g., a redemption right). .• "Sale Proceeds Funds" means funds into which Sale Proceeds are deposited, • being the Bond Fund (amount of accrued interest only), the Expense Fund, and the Escrow Account. "Tax Certificate" means any certificate or certificates (or relevant portions) to be executed by an officer of the City charged (among others) with the responsibility of issuing the Bonds (including the Mayor, the City Manager and the Director of Finance) setting forth certifications, representations or covenants relating to the Tax- exempt status of the Bonds, treated collectively. • "Transferred Proceeds" means Prior Bond Proceeds, plus investment earnings thereon, which have not been spent prior to the date principal on the Prior Bonds is discharged by payment from the Escrow Account. "Yield" means that discount rate which when used in computing the present value of all payments of principal and interest paid and to be paid on an . obligation (using semiannual compounding on the basis of a 360-day year) produces an amount equal to the obligation's purchase price (or in the case of the Bonds, the issue price as noted in 19.19), including accrued interest. "Yield Reduction Payment" means a rebate payment or any other amount, paid to the United States in the same manner as rebate amounts are required to be paid or at such other time or in such manner as the Internal Revenue Service may prescribe that will be treated as a reduction in Yield of an investment under the Regulations. 20.03. Purpose of the Bonds. The Bonds are being issued to finance the Project and the Refunding in a prudent manner consistent with the revenue needs of the City. A breakdown of the sources and uses of funds will be provided in the Tax Certificate at Closing. 20.04. The Project — Binding Commitment and Timing. The City has incurred or will, within six months of the Closing, incur a substantial binding obligation (not subject to contingencies within the control of the City or any member of the same Controlled Group as the City) to a third party to expend at least five percent of the Sale Proceeds of the portion of the Bonds allocable to the Project (the "Project Portion") on the Project. It is expected that the work of acquiring and constructing the Project and the expenditure of amounts deposited into the Project Fund will continue to proceed with due diligence through a date not later than three years after the Dated Date of the Bonds, at which time it is anticipated that all Sale Proceeds and investment earnings thereon will have been spent. It is expected that the Sale Proceeds deposited into the Project Fund, including investment earnings on the Project Fund will be spent to pay costs of the Project with due diligence and in accordance with the estimated drawdown schedule to be contained in the Tax Certificate. 20.05. Reimbursement. None of the Sale Proceeds or investment earnings thereon will be used for Reimbursed Expenditures. -50- 20.06. Working Capital. All amounts in the Sale Proceeds Funds will be used, directly or indirectly, to pay principal of, interest on, or redemption price of the Prior • Bonds, other than amounts spent for the following: (a) an amount not to exceed five percent of the Sale Proceeds of the Project Portion of the Bonds for working capital expenditures directly related to Capital Expenditures financed by the Project; (b) payments of interest on the Bonds to the extent allocable to the Project Portion of the Bonds for a period commencing at Closing and ending on the later of the date three years after Closing or one year after the date on which the Project is Placed -in -Service; (c) Costs of Issuance and Qualified Administrative Costs of Investments; (d) payments of rebate or Yield Reduction Payments made to the United States under the Regulations; and (e) principal of or interest on the Bonds paid from unexpected excess Sale Proceeds and investment earnings thereon. 20.07. Consequences of Contrary Expenditure. The City acknowledges that if amounts in the Sale Proceeds Funds and investment earnings thereon are spent for purposes other than as described at 20.06 hereof, a like amount of then available funds of the City will be treated as unspent Sale Proceeds. • 20.08. Investment of Bond Proceeds. Not more than 50% of the Sale Proceeds of the Project Portion of the Bonds and investment earnings thereon are or will be invested in investments (other than Qualified Tax Exempt Obligations) having a Yield that is substantially guaranteed for four years or more. No portion of the Bonds is being issued solely for the purpose of investing a portion of Sale Proceeds or investment earnings thereon at a Yield higher than the Yield on the Bonds. 20.09. No Grants. None of the Sale Proceeds or investment earnings thereon will be used to make grants to any person. 20.10. Hedges. Neither the City nor any member of the same Controlled Group as the City has entered into or expects to enter into any hedge (e.g., an interest rate swap, interest rate cap, futures contract, forward contract or an option) with respect to the Bonds or any of the issues of which the Prior Bonds were a part. The City acknowledges that any such hedge could affect the calculation of Bond Yield under the Regulations, and that the Internal Revenue Service could recalculate Bond Yield if the failure to account for the hedge fails to clearly reflect the economic substance of the transaction. 20.11. Abusive Transactions. Neither the City nor any member of the same Controlled Group as the City has employed a device or entered into any arrangements or understandings in connection with the issuance of the Bonds or the refunding of the Prior -51-