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e e (c) Such Additional Bonds are made to mature on March 15th in each of the years in which they are scheduled to mature, (d) The City shall establish a reserve fund for such Additional Bonds by providing a cash reserve fund therefor, a surety bond in lieu thereof, or a combination of such cash reserve fund and surety bond, all as the City Council deems reasonable and appropriate provided that (i) the amount of any such cash reserve fund or the coverage of any surety bond in lieu thereof or the amount of such cash reserve fund and the coverage of such surety bond when added together shall at least equal the maximum annual debt service requirements of such Additional Bonds, not to exceed the maximum pennitted by applicable regulations, procedures, or published rulings of the Internal Revenue Service (the "Reserve Minimum"); (ii) if any cash reserve fund is funded by making transfers of Net Revenues in the System Fund, such transfers shall be made each month in an amount reasonably sufficient to reach the Reserve Minimum (or the portion thereof which is to be provided by such cash reserve fund) within a period of not more than five years after such Additional Bonds are sold and delivered; (iil) any such cash reserve fund may be combined with the Reserve Fund herein provided for the Bonds and with the cash reserve fund provided for any Additional Bonds then outstanding in order ratably to secure all Parity Bonds then outstanding and the Additional Bonds then being issued; (iv) any such surety bond provided in lieu of a cash reserve fund shall be issued by an insurance company or association of companies whose insured obligations are rated by Moody's Investors Service and by Standard & Poor's Rating Group in their highest rating categories; and (v) any such surety bond may be written (or amended) to provide coverage not only for such Additional Bonds but also pro rata for the Parity Bonds then outstanding, provided, any existing cash reserve fund or surety fund in lieu thereof which secures any such outstanding Parity Bonds is extended ratably to secure the Additional Bonds then being issued. It is the City's intention hereby to provide maximum flexibility with respect to the reserve fund to be provided for any Additional Bonds which may be issued hereafter and the foregoing provisions shall be liberally construed in order to achieve that objective without materially prejudicing the rights and interests of the owners of any Parity Bonds at the time outstanding. SECTION 15. GENERAL COVENANTS. The City further covenants, warrants, and agrees that in accordance with and to the extent required or pennitted by law while the Parity Bonds are outstanding and unpaid: (a) Perfonnance, It will faithfully perfonn at all times any and all covenants, undertakings, stipulations, and provisions contained in each Parity Bonds Ordinance, and in each and every Parity Bond; it will promptly pay or cause to be paid the principal of and interest on every Parity Bond, on the dates and in the places and manner prescribed in the Parity Bonds Ordinances; and it will, at the times and in the manner prescribed, deposit or cause to be deposited the amounts required to be deposited into the Interest and Sinking Fund and the Reserve Fund; and any holder of the Parity Bonds may require the City, its officials and employees to carry out, respect, or enforce the covenants and obligations of the Parity Bonds Ordinances by all legal and equitable means, including specifically, but without limitation, the use and filing of mandamus proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction against the City, its officials and employees. (b) City's Lel!al Authority, It is a duly created and existing home rule city of the State of Texas, and is duly authorized under the laws of the State of Texas to create and issue the Parity Bonds; it has the lawful power to pledge the revenues supporting the Bonds and has lawfully exercised said power under the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, including said power existing under Articles 1111 to 1118, both inclusive, Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, as amended; the Bonds issued hereunder shall be ratably secured by said pledge of income, in such manner Ihat one Bond shall have no preference over any other Bond; all action on its part for the creation and issuance of said obligations has been duly and effectively taken; and said obligations in the hands of the holders and owners thereof are and will be valid and enforceable special obligations of the City in accordance with their tenns, (c) Title. It has or will obtain lawful title to the lands, buildings, structures, and facilities constituting the System; it will defend the title to all the aforesaid lands, buildings, structures, and facilities, and every part thereof, for the benefit of the holders and owners of the Parity Bonds, against the claims and demands of all 14