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Regular City Council Minutes -10/21/02 Page 12 administered within the confines and intent of the bond Issue. Councilmember Maschka asked if any of the uses had been changed since the initial bond issue request. Dr. Cureton responded negatively; further stating that all funds for the radio station had been segregated. Councilmember Kough spoke in favor of the bond issue and the college; both as a Councilmember and a neighbor of the facility, stating it was the Council's duty to see that these institutions are advancing as needed. Finance Director Miller spoke regarding this particular financing request differing from past issues, in that the Cityis Bond Counsel was not prepared to provide an unqualified opinion. Mr. Miller stated that, if the City Council chose to move forward, it would need to do so without the normal process and Bond Counsel opinion. Mr. Miller stated that staff had requested, and received, from Northwestern additional stipulations to ensure the safety of the City should the Council elect to move forward. Ms. Jenny Grain, of the City's Bond Counsel firm, Briggs & Morgan, spoke regarding their firm's rationale in not providing an unqualified legal opinion for the bond issue, following their review of the financing and whether it could be determined whether the financing was a direct aid to a religiously-affiliated institution. Ms. Grain referred to a series of cases on record that apply to whether a benefited institution was "pervasively sectarian." Ms. Grain reiterated that the firm of Briggs & Morgan stood by their legal opinion that the courts would probably find Northwestern College to be pervasively sectarian; while deferring to and respecting the different opinion shared by the firm of Ice Miller, as represented by Mr. Jeffrey Lewis. Councilmember Maschka asked Ms. Grain whether the fact that the funds were being used for office and housing