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52 proposed to be assessed therefor, based upon the benefits received by each such lot, tract or parcel, in an aggregate principal amount not less than twenty percent (20%) of the cost of the Improvements and each of the improvements refinanced by the Series 2006A Bonds and the Series 2007A Bonds. In the event that any such assessment shall be at any time held invalid with respect to any lot, piece or parcel of land, due to any error, defect or irregularity in any action or proceeding taken or to be taken by the City or this Council or any of the City's officers or employees, either in the making of such assessment or in the performance of any condition precedent thereto, the City and this Council hereby covenant and agree that they will forthwith do all such further acts and take all such further proceedings as may be required by law to make such assessments a valid and binding lien upon such property. 4.04. Ad Valorem Taxes. The full faith and credit and taxing powers of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt and full payment of the principal of and interest in the Bonds as the same become respectively due. In order to produce, together with the anticipated collections of the special assessments levied with respect to the Improvements and each of the improvements refinanced by the Series 2006A Bonds and the Series 2007A Bonds, aggregate amounts not less than 5% in excess of the amounts needed to meet when due the principal and interest payments on the Bonds, ad valorem taxes are hereby levied on all taxable property in the City, the taxes to be levied and collected in the following years and amounts: Lever Collection Years Amount SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE 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. 4.05. 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%) 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 I 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 4.04, a direct, iirepealable, 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. -16-