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17. CERT'IFICA.TE OF COMPLETION Upon satisfactory completion of the rehabilitation and upon the request of Developer, or at its own election, the City of Santa Ana shall issue a Certificate of Completion. Such Certificate of Completion shall be, and shall so state, conclusive determination of satisfactory completion of the rehabilitation. If City declines to furnish a Certificate of Completion after written request from Developer, the Executive Director shall, within thirty (30) days after receipt of the request, provide Developer with a written statement of the reasons therefore. The statement shall contain a description of the action Developer must take to obtain a Certificate of Completion. If the reason therefore is that the Developer has not completed a minor portion of the Rehabilitation, City may, in its sole and absolute discretion, issue the Certificate of Completion upon the posting with City of a bond or other form of security acceptable to the Executive Director in the arnount of the fair value of the uncompleted work. A Certificate of Completion is not evidence of compliance with or satisfaction of the Loan Documents or any obligation of Developer to any other party whatsoever, including any holder of a mortgage or deed of trust. A Certificate of Completion is not "notice of completion" referred to in Section 3093 of the California Civil Code, 18. INDEMNIFICATION 18.t Nonliab_ility„of City. Developer acknowledges and agrees that: (a) The relationship between Developer and City is and shall remain solely that of borrower and lender, City neither undertakes nor assumes any responsibility to review, inspect, supervise, approve (other than for aesthetics) or inform Developer of any matter in connection with the rehabilitation, including matters relating to: (i) the performance of the rehabilitation work, (ii) architects, contractors, subcontractors and material men, or the workmanship of or materials used by any of them, or (iii) the progress of the rehabilitation, and Developer shall rely entirely on its own judgment with respect to such matters and acknowledges that any review, inspection, supervision, approval or information supplied to Developer by City in connection with such matters is solely for the protection of City and that neither Developer nor any third party is entitled to rely on it; (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of any Loan Document: (i) the City are not a partner, joint venture, alter -ego, manager, controlling person or other business associate or participant of any kind of Developer and City does not intend to ever assume any such status; (ii) City's activities in connection with the Loan(s) shall not be "outside the scope of the activities of a lender of money” within the meaning of California Civil Code Section 3434, as rnodified or recodified from time to time, and City does not intend to ever assume any responsibility to any person for the quality or safety of the .Property; and (iii) City shall not be deemed responsible for or a participant in any acts, omissions or decisions of Developer; 32