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The foregoing tax levies are such that if collected in full they will produce, together with the collections of special assessments to be levied for the Improvements and the special assessments levied for the improvements financed by the Refunded Bonds, at least five percent (5%) in excess of the amount needed to pay when due the principal of and interest on the Bonds. This tax shall be irrevocably appropriated to the Bond Fund as long as any of the Bonds are outstanding and unpaid; provided that the City reserves the right and power to reduce the levies in the manner and to the extent permitted by Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.61. 5.06. Full Faith and Credit Pledged. The full faith and credit of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt and full payment of the principal of and the interest on the Bonds, and the Bonds shall be payable from the Bond Fund in accordance with the provisions and covenants contained in this resolution. It is estimated that the taxes and special assessments levied and to be levied for the payment of the Improvements will be collected in amounts not less than five percent (5%0) in excess of the annual principal and interest requirements of the Bonds. If the money on hand in the Bond Fund should at any time be insufficient for the payment of principal and interest then due, this City shall pay the principal and interest out of any fund of the City, and such other fund or funds shall be reimbursed therefor when sufficient money is available to the Bond Fund. If on February 1 in any year the sum of the balance in the Bond Fund plus the amount of taxes and special assessments theretofore levied for the Improvements and collectible through the end of the following calendar year is not sufficient to pay when due all principal and interest become due on all Bonds payable therefrom. in said following calendar year, or the Bond Fund has incurred a deficiency in the manner provided in this Section 5.06, a direct, irrepealable, ad valorem tax shall be levied on all taxable property within the corporate limits of the City for the purpose of restoring such accumulated or anticipated deficiency in accordance with the provisions of this resolution. Section 6. Defeasance. When all of the Bonds have been discharged as provided in this section, all pledges, covenants and other rights granted by this resolution to the holders of the Bonds shall cease. The City may discharge its obligations with respect to any Bonds which are due on any date by depositing with the paying agent on or before that date a sum sufficient for the payment thereof in full; or, if any Bond should not be paid when due, it may nevertheless be discharged by depositing with the paying agent a sum sufficient for the payment thereof in full with interest accrued to the date of such deposit._ The City may also at any time discharge its obligations with respect to any Bonds, subject to the provisions of law now or hereafter authorizing and regulating such action, by depositing irrevocably in escrow, with a bank qualified by law as an escrow agent fox this purpose, cash or securities which are general obligations of the United States or securities of United States agencies which are authorized by law to be so deposited, bearing interest payable at such time and at such rates and maturing on such dates as shall be required, without reinvestment, to pay all principal and interest to become due thereon to maturity. -15- 104