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47 counsel, ArentFox Schiff LLP, San Francisco, California. The fees of Bond Counsel, Disclosure Counsel and Underwriter’s counsel are contingent on the sale and closing of the 2024 Bonds. NO MATERIAL LITIGATION No litigation is pending or threatened concerning the validity of the 2024 Bonds. Neither the Authority nor the City is aware of any litigation pending or threatened questioning the political existence of the Authority or the City or contesting the City’s power to fix water rates and charges, or the power of the governing body of the Authority or the City Council or in any way questioning or affecting: (i) the proceedings under which the 2024 Bonds are to be issued; (ii) the validity of any provision of the 2024 Bonds, the Installment Sale Agreement or the Indenture; (iii) the pledge of Net Revenues under the Installment Sale Agreement or the pledge of Revenues under the Indenture; or (iv) the titles to office of the present members of the governing body of the Authority or the City Council. There are a number of suits and claims pending against the City, which may include personal injury, wrongful death and other suits and claims against which the City may self- insure. The aggregate amount of the self-insured liabilities of the City which may result from such suits and claims will not, in the opinion of the City, materially impair the ability of the City to pay the Installment Payments securing the 2024 Bonds as they become due. There is no litigation pending, with service of process having been accomplished, against the City which if determined adversely to the City would, in the opinion of the City, materially impair the ability of the City to pay the Installment Payments securing the 2024 Bonds as they become due. RATING S&P Global Ratings, a division of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) has assigned its municipal bond rating of “___” to the 2024 Bonds. This rating reflects only the views of S&P, and an explanation of the significance of this rating, and any outlook assigned to or associated with this rating, should be obtained from S&P. Generally, a rating agency bases its rating on the information and materials furnished to it and on investigations, studies and assumptions of its own. The Authority has provided certain additional information and materials to S&P (some of which does not appear in this Official Statement). There is no assurance that this rating will continue for any given period of time or that this rating will not be revised downward or withdrawn entirely by S&P, if in the judgment of S&P, circumstances so warrant. Any such downward revision or withdrawal of any rating on the 2024 Bonds may have an adverse effect on the market price or marketability of the 2024 Bonds. CONTINUING DISCLOSURE The City will covenant for the benefit of owners of the 2024 Bonds to provide certain financial information and operating data by not later than nine months after the end of the City’s fiscal year, or March 31, of each year (based on the City’s current fiscal year-end of June 30), commencing March 31, 2025, with the report for the 2023-24 fiscal year (the “Annual Report”) and to provide notices of the occurrence of certain listed events.