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associated with any pooled commercial paper or similar interim financing program; and (H) any other costs of a similar nature incurred in connection with issuance of such Obligations. Uniform Assessment Collection Act: sections 197.3632 and 197.3635, Florida Statutes, or any successor statutes authorizing the collection of non-ad valorem assessments on the same bill as ad valorem taxes, and any applicable regulations promulgated thereunder. SECTION 1.02 INTERPRETATION; TITLE AND CITATION. (A) Unless the context indicates otherwise, words importing the singular number include the plural number and vice versa; the terms "hereof," "hereby," "herein," "hereto," "hereunder," and similar terms refer to this Ordinance; and the term "hereafter" means after, and the term "heretofore" means before, the effective date of this Ordinance. Words of any gender include the correlative words of the other gender, unless the sense indicates otherwise. (B) This Ordinance, being necessary for the welfare of the inhabitants of the City, particuiarly the owners of property located within the Assessed Areas, shall be liberally construed to affect the purposes hereof. (C) This Ordinance shall be known and cited as the "Local Improvement and Related Service Assessment Ordinance." SECTION 1.03 GENERAL FINDINGS. It is hereby ascertained, determined and declared that: (A) Pursuant to Article VIII, Section 2(b) of the Florida Constitution and sections 166.021 and 166.041, Florida Statutes, the City Commission has all powers of local self-government to perform municipal functions and to render municipal services except when prohibited by law and such power may be exercised by the enactment of legislation in the form of City ordinances. (B) The City Commission may exercise any government, corporate, or proprietary power for a municipal purpose except when expressly prohibited by law, and the City Commission may legislate on any subject matter on which the Florida Legislature may act, except those subjects described in (a), (b), (c), and (d) of section 166.021 (3), Florida Statutes. The subject matter of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of section 166.021 (3), Florida Statutes, are not relevant to imposition of assessments related to Local Improvements or Related Services within the City. Ordinance No. 04-1137 Page 5 of 23