Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Provide advice and assistance regarding the legal requirements of various municipal financing structures. 2. Assist with preparation of official statements and proper disclosure to prospective bidders and bond purchasers. Provide advice, as needed, concerning tax issues, securities, and disclosure responsibilities of the City with respect to its debt issuances. Provide additional advice concerning compliance with SEC Rule 15c2-12, and representations regarding whether Bond Counsel is aware of any facts or omissions of facts that would make the City’s disclosure untrue or misleading. 3. Attend meetings with City council and City staff, bid openings, bond sales, and other meetings, as requested by the City Attorney. 4. Prepare all necessary legal documents in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of bonds, certificates, notes and other debt instruments, including notices of intent to issue, ordinances and resolutions authorizing issuance, bid documents, closing certificates, paying agent/registrar agreements, escrow agreements, trust indentures, and other documentation as required by the City, the Attorney General of Texas, the Texas Bond Review Board, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, the rating agencies, insurance providers, and applicable Federal agencies. All ordinances prepared by Bond Counsel shall follow the drafting guidelines contained in the Law Department’s Ordinance Drafting Handbook. 5. Render opinions that the City’s bonds are binding obligations of the City and are validly issued under Texas law and that the interest on the bonds is excludable from gross income tax under federal law. Render additional opinions as required for debt issuance.