Addendum No 2 to Billing Services Agreement - Billing Services for Carriage Hills Project – St. Joseph County Regional Water & Sewer District

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1.1.1. The City shall perform the billing described herein in accordance with its normal billing schedule and current practices and procedures, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties as set forth in this Agreement (the “Billing Cycle”). 1.1.2. At least thirty (30) days prior to the first Billing Cycle described below in Section 1.1.3, the District shall provide the name and address of eachresidential customer of the Sub-District to be billed, on behalf of the District, under this Agreement. Thereafter, the District shall be responsible for notifying theCity, in writing,of anychanges to such list of residential customers. The City agrees to make the District’s requested changes within fifteen (15) days of notification by the District. 1.1.3.The first Billing Cycle shall occur by October 31st, 2020. 1.1.4. Each billing shall display the Sub-District’s Rates and Charges (as defined below) charged during the Billing Cycle, either individually or in the aggregate. 1.1.5. As a recipient of a federally assisted program related to the Bonds held by USDA, the District is required to include certain nondiscrimination language under the USDA’s Departmental Regulation 4300-003 Equal Opportunity Public Notification Policy (“Nondiscrimination Statement”). The District shall provide the City with the minimum required Nondiscrimination Statement for inclusion on the bill, and the City shall use its best efforts to include the minimum required Nondiscrimination Statement. In the event the City is unable to include the minimum required Nondiscrimination Statement, it shall notify the District and the City shall have no further responsibility with respect to the Nondiscrimination Statement. The District shall be solely responsible for providing residential customers of the Sub-District a copy of the full Non-Discrimination Statement. 1.2.Sub-District Rates and Charges. The City will charge and collect from each residential customer within the Sub-District: he then current standard monthly rate charged by the City to each of its residential (i)t customers within the Sub-District under Section 17-21 of the City Municipal Code, as may be amended from time to time, which rate is included in Ordinance No. 2019-01 adopted by the District on June 3, 2019 (the “District Rate Ordinance”), less a credit equal to an amount as established by the formula set forth in the District Rate Ordinance (collectively, the “City Treatment Rates and Charges”), plus (ii)all charges owed to the District by each of its residential customerwithinthe Sub- District, including, without limitation, the amount due to USDA for principal and interest payable on the Bonds (the “Debt Service Rate”) and all administrative fees and expenses established in the District Rate Ordinance or otherwise (“Additional Charges” and together with the Debt Service Charges, the “Sub-District Rates and Charges”), as may be amended from time to time. 1.3.Rate Increases. Sub-District Rates and Charges may be amended from time to time at the discretion of the District. If the Cityadopts an increase to the sewer rates described in Section 1.03(i) hereof, the District shall use its best efforts to immediately proceed to adopt an amendment 2