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of Accounts. Copies of all such statements and reports shall be kept on file in the office of the Controller. SECTION 18. Rate Covenant. The City shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, establish, maintain and collect just and equitable rates and charges for the use of and the services rendered by said Sewage Works,to be paid by the owner of each and every lot,parcel of real estate or building that is connected with and uses said Sewage Works by or through any part of the sewage system of the City, or that in any way uses or is served by such Works. Such rates or charges shall be sufficient in each year for the payment of the proper and reasonable expenses of operation, repair and maintenance of the Works, for depreciation and improvement, for payments in lieu of taxes, and for the payment of the sums required to be paid into the Sinking Fund. Such rates or charges shall, if necessary, be changed and readjusted from time to time so that the revenues therefrom shall always be sufficient to meet the expenses of operation, repair andYppp maintenance, depreciation and improvement, and the requirements of the Sinking Fund; and such rates or charges shall be in an amount sufficient in each year to produce Net Revenues at least equal to 1.1 times the greater of the average annual debt service on the Prior Bonds,the Refunding Bonds and all bonds on a parity therewith or the debt service payable during the next succeeding twelve (12) calendar months on the Prior Bonds, the Refunding Bonds and all bonds on a parity therewith. For these purposes, the interest rate on variable rate debt shall be assumed to be the average interest rate thereon in the preceding calendar year. SECTION 19. Defeasance. If, when the Refunding Bonds or a portion thereof shall have become due and payable in accordance with their terms or shall have been duly called for redemption or irrevocable instructions to call the Refunding Bonds or a portion thereof for redemption shall have been given,and the whole amount of the principal,premium,if any, and the interest so due and payable upon such Refunding Bonds or any portion thereof then outstanding shall be paid,or(i) sufficient moneys, (ii) direct non-callable obligations of(including obligations issued or held in book-entry form on the books of) the United States of America, the principal of and the interest on which when due without reinvestment will provide sufficient money, or (iii) any combination of the foregoing,shall be held irrevocably in trust for such purpose,and provision shall also be made for paying all fees and expenses for the payment, then and in that case the Refunding Bonds or such designated portion thereof shall no longer be deemed outstanding or secured by this Ordinance or entitled to the pledge of the Net Revenues. SECTION 20. Additional Bonds. The City reserves the right to authorize and issue additional bonds, payable out of the revenue of its Sewage Works, ranking on a parity with the Refunding Bonds and any outstanding Prior Bonds for the purpose of financing the cost of future additions, extensions and improvements to the Sewage Works or to provide for a complete or partial refunding of the Refunding Bonds or other bonds payable out of the revenues of the Sewage Works, subject to the following conditions: a) The interest on and principal of all bonds payable from the revenues of the Sewage Works shall have been paid to date in accordance with the terms thereof, provided, this condition shall be deemed satisfied if any required amount is to be provided from the proceeds of the parity bonds or other funds of the City. 17 -