Authorizing the Issuance of Revenue Bonds re: improvements to the Waterworks, not to exceed Twenty-Two Million Five hundred thousand dollars (22,500,000); including the issuance of notes in anticipation of Bonds.

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The City irrevocably pledges the entire Net Revenues of the works to the prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds and any bonds ranking on a parity therewith, including the Waterworks Revenue Bonds of 1993 (the "Parity Bonds") authorized by the Parity Ordinance, to the extent necessary for such purposes, and covenants that it will establish proper rates and charges for services rendered by the utility as aze sufficient in each year for the payment of the proper and reasonable expenses of operation, repair and maintenance of the works and for the payment of the sums required to be paid into the Sinking Fund under the provisions of the Act and the Ordinance. If the City or the proper officers thereof shall fail or refuse to so fix and collect such rates or charges, or if there be a default in the payment of the interest on or principal of this bond, the owner of this bond shall have all of the rights and remedies provided for in the Act. The City covenants that for so long as the Bonds and any bonds issued on a parity therewith, including the Parity Bonds, remain outstanding it will set aside and pay into the Sinking Fund a sufficient amount of the Net Revenues for the payment of (a) the principal of and interest on all bonds which by their terms are payable from the Net Revenues, as such principal and interest shall fall due, (b) the necessary fiscal agency charges for paying bonds and (c) an additional amount to maintain the reserve required by the Ordinance. Such required payments shall constitute a first charge upon all the Net Revenues. Reference is made to the Ordinance for a more complete statement of the revenues from which and conditions under which this bond is payable, a statement of the conditions on which obligations may hereafter be issued on parity with this bond, the manner in which the Ordinance may be amended and the general covenants and provisions pursuant to which this bond has been issued. The bonds of this issue maturing on and after January 1, 2007 are redeemable at the option of the City on January 1, 2006, or any date thereafter, on thirty (30) days' notice, in whole or in part, in any order of maturities selected by the City and by lot within a maturity, at 100% of face value, together with the following premiums: 1 % if redeemed on January 1, 2006 or thereafter before January 1, 2007; and 0% if redeemed on January 1, 2007, or thereafter prior to maturity; plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. Each minimum authorized denomination in principal amount shall be considered a separate bond for purposes of partial redemption. Notice of such redemption shall be mailed by first-class mail not more than sixty (60) days and not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for -12-