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EXHIBIT SERVICES • Financing Plan WM Financial Strategies will develop a financing plan that will include recommendations with respect to the timing of the Certificate sale, a maturity schedule, redemption features, reserve funding,and other terms required to market the Certificates. 3 • Document Preparation WM Financial Strategies will assist the City and Special Tax Counsel in the development of the authorizing ordinance,lease agreement,indenture,and other documents. 9 • Official Statement Preparation WM Financial Strategies will prepare the Preliminary and Final Official Statement (collectively the "Official Statement") to be used in conjunction with the sale of Certificates (except for the description of the Certificate documents which will be the responsibility of Special Tax Counsel). In order to assist the City in fulfilling its disclosure obligations, WM Financial Strategies will prepare the Official Statement in a form consistent with the Government Finance Officers Association's Disclosure Guidelines. In preparing the Official Statement, WM Financial Strategies will collect, research, develop and compile data for use therein and shall attempt to remove as much of this responsibility as possible from the City's staff. • Trustee and Printer Selection t WM Financial Strategies shall assist the City in selecting a Trustee and an official statement printer through a competitive proposal process. • Certificate Marketing i. WM Financial Strategies shall develop a marketing plan for the sale of Certificates including i advising whether to sell the Certificates based on competitive bidding or competitive proposals. For a negotiated sale, WM Financial Strategies shall prepare a request for proposals, appraise the proposals received, recommend the firm to be selected and finalize the terns of the sale to reflect the City's best interest. • Rating WM Financial Strategies shall use its best efforts in obtaining the highest possible rating for the issue. The process to be utilized for this purpose will include making a credit review of the City, advising the City of the findings, rehearsing possible rating questions, making an analysis of areas which can be expected to be raised by the rating agency, preparing supplemental reports and schedules for the rating agency, and preparing for a possible visit i to the rating agency,if desirable. g s: i a 3 i