WHEREAS, the Petition, which is on file with the Clerk of Council, has been signed by the Owner, as the owner of one hundred percent (100%) of the Project Site, and proposes the necessity of the Project and financing the Project through the cooperation of the District; and

WHEREAS, the Petition and Supplemental Plan request that the Project Site be added to the District and that the City levy special assessments on the Project Site to pay the costs of a special energy improvement project to be provided on the Project Site, all as described more particularly in the Petition and the Supplemental Plan (the “Project”); and

WHEREAS, the Petition is for the purpose of developing and implementing special energy improvement projects in furtherance of the purposes set forth in Section 2o of Article VIII of the Ohio Constitution, including, without limitation, the Project, and further, the Petition identifies the amount and length of the special assessments to be imposed with respect to the Project; and

WHEREAS, by the Petition, the Owner requests that the Project be paid for by special assessments assessed upon the Project Site (the “Special Assessments”) in an amount sufficient to pay the costs of the Project, which is estimated to be $1,355,000.00, including the costs identified in Section 5 of this Resolution, and requests that the Project be undertaken cooperatively by the City, the District, and such other parties as the City may deem necessary or appropriate; and

WHEREAS, Ohio Revised Code Section 1710.02(F) provides that a political subdivision which has approved a petition for special assessments for public improvements in an energy special improvement district and a plan pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Sections 1710.02(F) and 1710.06 shall levy the requested special assessments pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Chapter 727; and

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the future addition of any real property in any municipal corporation or township contiguous to the municipal corporations or townships in which a portion of the territory of the District is located, it is necessary, and this Council has determined, to approve the addition of such real property to the territory of the District, all in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1710; and

WHEREAS, this Council, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 1710.02(G)(4), has determined that the energy special improvement project to be constructed and implemented on the Project Site is not required to be owned exclusively by the City for its purposes, for uses determined by this Council, as the legislative authority of the City as those that will promote the welfare of the people of the City; to improve the quality of life and the general and economic well-being of the people of City; to better ensure the public health, safety, and welfare; to protect water and other natural resources; to provide for the conservation and preservation of natural and open areas and farmlands, including by making urban areas more desirable or suitable for development and revitalization; to control, prevent, minimize, clean up, or mediate certain contamination of or pollution from lands in the state and water contamination or pollution; or to provide for safe and natural areas and resources; and,