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<br />4 <br />OF TAXATION OR FOR WHICH ANY SUCH ENTITY HAS LEVIED OR PLEDGED ANY FORM <br />OF TAXATION. LAVWMA HAS NO TAXING POWER. <br /> <br />Security for the Payments <br /> <br />Security for the Obligation to Make the Payments. Pursuant to the Sewer Service <br />Contract, the Members pledge and create, in favor of LAVWMA and the Trustee for the 2021 <br />Bonds, a lien on the Net Revenues of their respective Sewer Systems, to pay to LAVWMA the <br />Payments owed under the Sewer Service Contract in order for LAVWMA to pay debt service on <br />the 2021 Bonds. See “SECURITY FOR THE 2021 BONDS – Sewer Service Contract” for the <br />definition of Net Revenues. <br /> <br />There are three important limitations with respect to this pledge of Net Revenues: <br /> <br />First, this lien on Net Revenues is subordinate to the Members’ existing <br />“Obligations” that are secured by a pledge of Net Revenues (as defined in “SECURITY <br />FOR THE 2021 BONDS – Sewer Service Contract” below) as well as Obligations secured <br />by a pledge of Net Revenues to be issued in the future by the Members to finance or <br />refinance improvements to their respective Sewer Systems. For avoidance of doubt, the <br />Net Revenues of the District do not include District Local Charges and the Net Revenues <br />of Pleasanton do not include Pleasanton Local Charges or Pleasanton Local Maintenance <br />and Operation Costs. <br /> <br />Second, for DSRSD and Pleasanton, “Net Revenues” are not defined in the Sewer <br />Service Contract to include all of the fees, rates and charges collected by DSRSD and <br />Pleasanton in connection with their respective Sewer Systems; DSRSD and Pleasanton <br />have only pledged regional service charges as security for their obligation to make the <br />Payments. . See Table 2 for historical Net Revenues and historical debt service coverage. <br /> <br />Third, Pleasanton, in its capacity as the largest customer of DSRSD’s Sewer <br />System, is only obligated to levy regional charges and fees established by DSRSD <br />(Regional Service Charges, Regional Capacity Reserve Fees and Regional Capacity <br />Reserve Buy-In Fees) and to transfer the amount collected to DSRSD. <br /> <br />Rates Covenant by the Members. Pursuant to the Sewer Service Contract, the Members <br />have covenanted to undertake certain actions with respect to rates and charges and their <br />respective Sewer System. See “SECURITY FOR THE 2021 BONDS – Rate Covenants” below. <br /> <br />No Joint Obligation. The obligation of the Members to pay the Payments is a several, <br />but not joint obligation, and there is no cross-collateralization of the Payment obligation among <br />the Members. See “SECURITY FOR THE 2021 BONDS.” <br /> <br />Limited Abatement. The obligation of the Members to make Payments for Fixed <br />LAVWMA Maintenance and Operation Costs is subject to abatement in the discretion of the <br />Members during any period in which there is a material interruption in the Sewer Service to the <br />Members. The Members’ Payments for their Fixed Cost Allocation for Debt Service are not <br />subject to abatement. <br />