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ORDINANCE NO. [ () ( (0(— C <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, <br />AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE <br />LEASE WITH THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND BUILDING <br />CORPORATION DATED AS OF APRIL 1, 2003, AS AMENDED, <br />PREVIOUSLY ENTERED INTO FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND <br />EQUIPPING OF A NEW CENTRAL FIRE STATION AND <br />RENOVATING AND EXPANDING THE POLICE STATION AND <br />REGARDING CERTAIN RELATED MATTERS <br />STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br />The Common Council (the "Common Council ") of the City of South Bend, Indiana (the <br />"City "), previously approved and authorized the issuance and sale by the City of South Bend <br />Building Corporation (the "Building Corporation ") of its first mortgage revenue bonds to finance <br />the costs of the construction and equipping of a new central fire station and the renovation and <br />expansion of the police station (collectively, the "Project ") pursuant to Ordinance No. 9415 -03 <br />adopted by the Common Council on April 28, 2003. The City previously entered into a lease for <br />the Project with the Building Corporation, which lease is dated as of April 1, 2003, and which <br />lease has been subsequently amended (the "Lease "). <br />The Building Corporation issued its first Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 2003, in the <br />aggregate principal amount of Twenty -one Million Three Hundred Thirty -five Thousand and <br />00 /100 Dollars ($21,335,000.00), which bonds are presently outstanding in an aggregate <br />principal amount of Fourteen Million Five Hundred Five Thousand and 00 /100 Dollars <br />($14,505,000.00) (the "Prior Bonds ") to finance the costs related to the Project. The Common <br />Council desires that the Building Corporation proceed to refund the Prior Bonds to permit the <br />City and the Building Corporation to reduce the lease rentals payable by the City under the terms <br />of the Lease with the Building Corporation. The proceeds of such refunding bonds will be used <br />to refund of the Prior Bonds and to pay the costs of issuance of the refunding bonds, which <br />refunding bonds would be issued in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Sixteen Million <br />One Hundred Thousand and 00 /100 Dollars ($16,100,000.00) (the "Refunding Bonds "). <br />Additionally, the Common Council desires that the City and the Building Corporation amend the <br />Lease following the sale of the Refunding Bonds to reduce the semiannual lease payments <br />payable under the Lease by the City to correspond to the debt service for the Refunding Bonds as <br />established pursuant to the terms of sale of the Refunding Bonds. <br />BDDB01 9217411v1 <br />