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EXHIBIT "A" <br />SCOPE OF SERVICES <br />Attorneys shall perform all of the following services as bond counsel in connection with <br />the issuance and sale of the Bonds for the purpose of providing financing for the Project: <br />a. Consultation and cooperation with City, the Authority and City staff <br />to assist in the formulation of a coordinated financial and legal <br />issuance of the Bonds. <br />b. Preparation of all legal proceedings for the authorization, issuance <br />and delivery of the Bonds; including (a) preparation of a resolution of <br />the governing boards of the City and the Authority authorizing the <br />issuance and sale of the Bonds and approving related documents <br />and actions, (b) preparation of all financing documents, including an <br />installment purchase contract and indenture of trust, (c) preparation <br />of all documents required for the closing of the issue, (d) supervising <br />the closing, and (e) preparation of all other proceedings incidental to <br />or in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds. <br />c. Advising the City, from the time Attorneys are hired as Bond Counsel <br />until the Bonds are issued, as to compliance with federal tax law as <br />required to ensure that interest on the Bonds is exempt from federal <br />income taxation. <br />Upon completion of proceedings to Attorneys' satisfaction, providing <br />a legal opinion (the "Bond Opinion") approving the validity and <br />enforceability of the proceedings for the authorization, issuance and <br />delivery of the Bonds, and stating that interest on the Bonds is (a) <br />excluded from gross income for purposes of federal income taxes <br />and (b) exempt from California personal income taxation. The Bond <br />Opinion will be addressed to the Authority, and may also be <br />addressed to the underwriter of the Bonds and other participants in <br />the financing. <br />Review those sections of the official statement or other form of <br />offering or disclosure document to be disseminated in connection <br />with the sale of the Bonds involving summary descriptions of the <br />Bonds, the legal proceedings leading to the authorization and sale <br />of the Bonds, the legal documents under which the Bonds will be <br />issued, and federal tax law and securities law provisions applicable <br />to the Bonds, as to completeness and accuracy. <br />Page 9 of 10 <br />REV: 01-26-1715 <br />ATTY/AGR/2017.019/JONES HALL WATER BOND REFUNDING 2017 <br />