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than 98% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of delivery of the Bonds, <br />if any. The term of each series of Bonds shall be not longer than thirty-five (35) years from the <br />date of issuance of each series. The Mayor is further authorized to carry out, on behalf of the City, <br />the terms and conditions set forth therein, consistent with the provisions of this Ordinance. <br />SECTION VII. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to obtain a legal <br />opinion as to the validity of the Bonds from Baker & Daniels LLP, bond counsel, of South Bend, <br />Indiana, and to furnish such opinion to the purchaser of the Bonds. The cost of said opinion shall <br />be considered as part of the costs incidental to these proceedings and shall be paid out of the <br />proceeds of the Bonds or by the Borrower. <br />SECTION VIII. The Mayor and the Clerk are authorized and directed to execute, <br />attest, deliver, and affix or imprint by any means the City seal to, the Financing Documents and the <br />Bonds approved herein on behalf of the City and, by their execution of such documents, they may <br />approve any changes therein without further approval of the Common Council or the Commission <br />excepting, however, such changes as must be approved pursuant to IC 36-7-12-25 and <br />IC 36-7-12-27. The signatures of the Mayor and the Clerk on the Bonds may be manual or <br />facsimile signatures. <br />SECTION IX. The Bonds shall be sold pursuant to the Official Statement. The <br />Mayor or the Clerk are hereby authorized to approve a form of Official Statement and to deem <br />"final" the Official Statement, as of its date, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 15c2-12 <br />promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Rule"), subject to <br />completion as permitted by the Rule. The Common Council hereby authorizes the Mayor to <br />execute the final Official Statement if so requested by the purchaser of the Bonds and further <br />authorizes the distribution of the deemed final Official Statement in such manner, at such times, <br />for such periods and in such number of copies as may be required by the Rule. If requested by the <br />purchaser of the Bonds, the Mayor and the Clerk are hereby authorized, with respect to each series <br />of Bonds, to approve a continuing disclosure agreement and to execute the same on the date the <br />Bonds are issued if so requested by the purchaser of the Bonds. Each of the Mayor and the Clerk <br />are authorized to execute any other documents and take such other action that may be necessary or <br />desirable to consummate the issuance and sale of the Bonds and the loan of the proceeds thereof to <br />the Borrower. The Clerk is authorized to arrange for delivery of the Bonds to the purchaser <br />thereof, payment for which will be made to the Trustee named in the Trust Indenture. <br />SECTION X. The Bonds shall never constitute a general obligation, an <br />indebtedness of, a pledge of the faith and credit of the City, the State of Indiana (the "State") or any <br />political subdivision thereof, or a charge against the general credit of the City, the State or any <br />political subdivision thereof, nor are they payable in any manner from revenues raised by taxation, <br />and the Bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues and security interests pledged to their <br />payment as authorized by the Trust Indenture. <br />SECTION XI. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Ordinance shall be <br />held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity or unenforceability of such <br />section, paragraph or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance. <br />BDDBOI 4206748v1 - 4 - <br />