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THE BONDS General Description The Bonds are dated as of July 15, 2007 and will mature in the amounts and on the dates shown on the cover of this Official Statement. The Bonds are being issued in book entry form. Interest on the Bonds is payable February 1, 2008 and semiannually thereafter on August 1 and February 1. Interest on the Bonds will be payable to the holder (initially Cede & Co.) registered on the books of the Registrar as of the fifteenth day of the calendar month next preceding such interest payment date. Principal of and interest on the Bonds will be paid as described in the section herein entitled "Book Entry System." U.S. Bank National Association, St. Paul, Minnesota will serve as Registrar for the Bonds. The City will pay for registration services. Optional Redemption The City may elect on February 1, 2018, and on any day thereafter, to prepay Bonds due on or after February 1, 2019. Redemption may be in whole or in part and if in part at the option of the City and in such order as the City shall determine. If Tess than all the Bonds of a maturity are called for redemption, the City will notify DTC of the particular amount of such maturity to be prepaid. DTC will determine by lot the amount of each participant's interest in such maturity to be redeemed and each participant will then select by lot the beneficial ownership interests in such maturity to be redeemed. All prepayments shall be at a price of par plus accrued interest to the date of redemption. Book Entry System The Depository Trust Company ( "DTC "), New York, New York, will act as securities depository for the Obligations. The Obligations will be issued as fully- registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC's partnership nominee) or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. One fully- registered certificate will be issued for each maturity of the Obligations, in the aggregate principal amount of such maturity, and will be deposited with DTC. DTC is a limited - purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC holds and provides asset servicing for securities that its participants ( "Direct Participants ") deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the post -trade settlement among Direct Participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities through electronic computerized book -entry transfers and pledges between Direct Participants' accounts. This eliminates the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. DTC is a wholly -owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation ( "DTCC "). DTCC, in turn, is owned by a number of Direct Participants of DTC and members of the National Securities Clearing Corporation, Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, and Emerging Markets Clearing Corporation (NSCC, FICC, and EMCC, also subsidiaries of DTCC), as well as by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange LLC, and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly ( "Indirect Participants "). The DTC Rules applicable to its Participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about DTC can be found at www.dtcc.com and www.dtc.orq. -2-