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WHEREAS, the Financing is to be secured by the revenues of the District and payments made <br />by Pleasanton to the District under the Regional Agreement; <br />WHEREAS, the District has been advised by its Financial Advisor and Underwriter that unless <br />the Regional Agreement is modified as hereinafter provided, the District will not be able to market the <br />Financing at reasonable interest rates, if at all; and <br />WHEREAS, Pleasanton and the District have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this <br />Agreement; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the material covenants <br />hereinafter contained, the parties hereto hereby formally covenant, agree and bind themselves as follows: <br />Section 1. Capitalized Terms. All terms capitalized but not defined herein shall have the <br />meanings given to said terms in the Installment Sale Agreement, being executed in concurrently herewith <br />in connection with the Financing, a copy of which is on file with the City Clerk of Pleasanton and the <br />Secretary of the District Board. <br />Section 2. Provisions Relating to Regional Agreement. In order to secure the Treatment Plant <br />Bonds, the District and Pleasanton hereby agree, for the benefit of the Trustee and the holders of the <br />Treatment Plant Bonds, as follows: <br />(a) Termination. The District and Pleasanton hereby surrender their right to terminate the <br />Regional Agreement pursuant to Section 18, unless and until the Treatment Plant Bonds are Discharged; <br />provided, however, that if both Pleasanton and the District decide to have another public agency (the <br />"Regional Agency") assume responsibility for operation of the Regional Facilities, the Regional <br />Agreement may be terminated to reflect said change in operation of the Regional Facilities, subject to the <br />following: <br />(i) the Regional Agency shall assume all obligations of the District and Pleasanton hereunder; <br />(ii) said proposed termination of the Regional Agreement shall be approved in writing by the <br />Bond Insurer, if the Treatment Plant Bonds are then insured, or, if the Treatment Plant Bonds are not then <br />insured, any Rating Agency then rating the Treatment Plant Bonds shall state in writing that said <br />termination of the Regional Agreement will not cause a reduction or withdrawal of the rating then in <br />effect on the Treatment Plant Bonds; and <br />(iii) the Sewer Service Contract shall be amended to incorporate all relevant provisions of the <br />Regional Agreement, including specifically the rate setting mechanism contained in Section 10 of the <br />Regional Agreement. <br />(b) Third Party Beneficiary. The trustee for the Treatment Plant Bonds and any financial <br />institution providing insurance or a letter of credit to secure the Treatment Plant Bonds shall be third- <br />party beneficiaries of the Regional Agreement. <br />(c) Amendment of Regional Agreement. The District and Pleasanton will not amend the <br />Regional Agreement so as to materially adversely affect the holders of the Treatment Plant Bonds, which <br />shall be determined by the Rating Agency then rating the Treatment Plant Bonds indicating in writing that <br />such amendment would or would not result in a downgrading to the rating then in effect for the Treatment <br />Plant Bonds, or, if the Treatment Plant Bonds are then insured by a Bond Insurer, such amendment shall <br />be considered not to materially adversely affect the holders of the Treatment Plant Bonds if such <br />