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No dealer, broker, salesman or other person has been authorized by the Authority, the Financial Advisor or the <br />Underwriters to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this Official Statement <br />or the Final Official Statement and, if given or made, such information and representations must not be relied upon as <br />having been authorized by the Authority, the Financial Advisor or the Underwriters. This Official Statement or the Final <br />Official Statement does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there by any sale of the <br />District by any person in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful for such person to make such offer, solicitation or sale. The <br />information set forth herein has been obtained from the Authority and other sources which are believed to be reliable, but <br />it is not to be conttined as a representation by the Financial Advisor or Underwriters. The information aad expressions of <br />opinion herein are subject to change without notice, and neither the delivery of this Official Statement or the Final Official <br />.Statement nor any sale made thereafter shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no <br />change in the affairs of the Authority or in any other information contained herein, since the date hereof. <br />IN CONNECTION WITH TITS OFFERING OF THE BONDS, THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR <br />EFFECT' TRt1NSACIIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE BONDS AT A <br />LE4EL ABOVE THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN IvIARKET. SUCH STABILIZING, <br />IF COMMENCED, MAY BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME. <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Page <br /> <br />• <br />Roster of City Officials ............................................iii <br />Introduction to the Official Statement .................. 1 <br />Description of the Securities .................................. 3 <br />Authorization of the Bonds ............................... <br />.. <br />Purpose of the Bonds ......................................... 3 <br />Security ................................................................... 3 <br />Cash Flow ............................................................... 3 <br />Redemption Provisions ........................................ 4 <br />Interest Computation ........................................... 4 <br />Rating ...................................................................... 4 <br />4 <br />Tax Matters ............................................................ <br />. <br />. 5 <br />... <br />....... <br />Certification ............................................... <br />Legal Matters ......................................................... 5 <br />Miscellaneous ........................................................ 5 <br />The City ...................:................................................. 6 <br />General Information ............................................ 6 <br />Economic and Demographic Information........... 6 <br />General Information Concerning the City........ 6 <br />Population .............................................................. 9 <br />Retail Sales and Buying Income .....................•• <br />: <br />Building Permits .................................................. 10 <br />Medical Facilities ................................................. 10 <br />Page <br />........................................ <br />ortation <br />s <br />T it <br />.............. <br />p <br />ran <br />......................................... <br />Education 11 <br />..................... <br />.................................... <br />. <br />btedness <br />d <br />I 11 <br />.... <br />................... <br />e <br />n <br />Direct General Obligation Debt of the City .... 11 <br />Revenue Debt of the City ................................... 12 <br />Capital Leases ...................................................... 12 <br />Lease Rental Revenue Debt Issues by the <br />South Bend Redevelopment Authority......... 13 <br />Overlapping Debt ................................................ 14 <br />Financial Information ............................................. ].4 <br />Financial Reports ................................................. 14 <br />Results of Operations . ....... .......... """"' <br />• <br />Budgetary Process ............................................... 14 <br />Cash and Investments .......................................... 16 <br />Property Valuations and Taxes ............................. 17 <br />Principal Taxpayers ............................................. 19 <br />AppendiA A - Financial Statements <br />Appendix B -Lease Agreement <br />Appendix C - Excerpts of the Trust Agreement <br />Appendix D - Form of Legal Opinion and <br />Tax Matters <br />Appendix E - Notice of Intent to Sell <br />ii <br />