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3.02. The City Administrator is directed to obtain a copy of the proposed approving legal opinion of Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, Minneapolis, Minnesota, which is to be complete except as to dating thereof and to cause the opinion to be printed on or accompany each Bond. Section 4. Payment: Security: Pledges and Covenants. 4.01. (a) The Bonds are payable from the Improvement Bonds, Series 1998 Debt Service Fund (Debt Service Fund) hereby created, and the proceeds of general taxes hereinafter levied (Taxes), and special assessments (Assessments). .levied or to be levied for the improvements described in Section 1.01 (Improvements) financed by the Bonds are hereby pledged to the Debt Service Fund. If a payment of principal or interest on the Bonds becomes due when there is not sufficient money in the Debt Service Fund to pay the same, the City Administrator is directed to pay such principal or interest from the general fund of the City, and the general fund will be reimbursed for the advances out of the proceeds of Assessments and Taxes when collected. There is appropriated to the Debt Service Fund (i) capitalized interest financed from Bond proceeds, if any, (ii) any amount over the minimum purchase price paid by the Purchaser, and (iii) the accrued interest paid by the Purchaser upon closing and delivery of the Bonds. (b) The proceeds of the Bonds, less the appropriations made in paragraph (a), together with any other funds appropriated for the Improvements and Assessments and Taxes collected during the construction of the Improvements will be deposited in a separate construction fund (which may contain separate accounts for each Improvement) to be used solely to defray expenses of the Improvements and the payment ,of principal and interest on the "Bonds prior to the completion and payment of all costs of the Improvement. Any balance remaining in the construction fund after completion of the Improvements may be used to pay the cost in whole or in part of any other improvement instituted under the Act. When the Improvements are completed and the cost thereof paid, the construction account is to be closed and subsequent collections of Assessments and Taxes for the Improvements are to be deposited in the Debt Service Fund. 4.02. It is hereby determined that the Improvements will directly and indirectly benefit abutting property, and the City hereby covenants with the holders from time to time of the Bonds as follows: (a) The City has caused or will cause the Assessments for the Improvements to be promptly levied so that the first installment will be collectible not later than 1999 and will take all steps necessary to assure prompt collection, and the levy of the Assessments is hereby authorized. The City Council will cause to be taken with due diligence all further actions that are required for the construction of each Improvement financed wholly or partly from the proceeds of the Bonds, and will take all further actions necessary for the final and valid levy of the Assessments and the appropriation of any other funds needed to pay the Bonds and interest thereon when due. DJK-148161 CE155-15