AN ORDINANCE
BY:
NO.
AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING TO PROCEED WITH THE ACQUISITION, INSTALLATION, EQUIPMENT, AND IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF OAKWOOD, OHIO IN COOPERATION WITH THE DAYTON REGIONAL ENERGY SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

WHEREAS, the Council (“Council”) of the city of Oakwood, Ohio (the “City”) duly adopted Resolution No. ______ on ________, 2020 (the “Resolution of Necessity”), (i) declaring the necessity of acquiring, installing, equipping, and improving energy efficiency improvements, including, without limitation, LED lighting, high efficiency boilers, high efficiency chillers, building controls, electrical equipment, a building transformer, and related improvements (the “Project,” as more fully described in the Petition referenced in this Ordinance) located on real property owned by Beth Abraham Synagogue (the “Owner”) within the City (the “Property”, as more fully described in Exhibit A to the Petition); (ii) providing for the acquisition, installation, equipment, and improvement of the Project by the Owner, as set forth in the Owner’s Petition for Special Assessments for Special Energy Improvement Projects (the “Petition”), including by levying and collecting special assessments to be assessed upon the Property (the “Special Assessments”) in an amount sufficient to pay the costs of the Project, which is estimated to be $1,355,000.00 in the Petition, including other related costs of financing the Project, which may include, without limitation, the payment of principal of and interest on nonprofit corporate obligations issued to pay the costs of the Project and other interest, financing, credit enhancement, and issuance expenses and ongoing trustee fees and Dayton Regional Energy Special Improvement District (“District”) administrative fees and expenses; and (iii) determining that the Project will be treated as a special energy improvement project to be undertaken cooperatively by the City and the District; and

WHEREAS, the claims for damages alleged to result from, and objections to, the Project have been waived by one hundred percent (100%) of the Owners; and no claims for damages alleged to result from, or objections to, the Project have been filed within the times prescribed by Ohio Revised Code Sections 727.15 and 727.18;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OAKWOOD, STATE OF OHIO:

SECTION I.

That each capitalized term not otherwise defined in this Ordinance or by reference to another document shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Petition and/or the Resolution of Necessity.