RE-BID ITB # 23-10-01 JOINT PROCUREMENT CENTRAL ISLAND

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EXHIBIT G-1 OPINIONS REQUIRED FROM COUNSEL TO BORROWER An opinion of the counsel of the Borrower, dated as of the Effective Date, to the effect that: (a)The Borrower has been duly created and validly exists as a municipality of the State under and pursuant to the laws of the State of Florida (the “State”) (including the Act), with good right and power to issue the WIFIA Bond. (b)The Borrower has the right and power under the laws of the State, including the Act, to enter into the Bond Authorization Documents, the Related Documents and the WIFIA Bond, and each has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrower, is in full force and effect, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its respective terms and conditions. (c)The execution and delivery by the Borrower of, and the performance of its respective obligations under, the Related Documents to which it is a party, have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational or regulatory action. (d)No authorization, consent, or other approval of, or registration, declaration or other filing with any governmental authority of the United States of America or of the State is required on the part of the Borrower for the execution and delivery by such party of, and the performance of such party under, any Related Document to which it is a party other than authorizations, consents, approvals, registrations, declarations and filings that have already been timely obtained or made by the Borrower. (e)The execution and delivery by the Borrower of, and compliance with the provisions of, the Related Documents to which it is a party in each case do not (i) violate the Organizational Documents of the Borrower, (ii) violate the law of the United States of America or of the State or (iii) conflict with or constitute a breach of or default under any material agreement or other instrument known to us to which the Borrower is a party, or to the best of our knowledge, after reasonable review, any court order, consent decree, statute, rule, regulation or any other law to which the Borrower is subject. (f)To the best of our knowledge, after due inquiry and except as set forth in Schedule 12(f) (Litigation) to the WIFIA Loan Agreement, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations against the Borrower by or before any court, arbitrator or any other Governmental Authority in connection with the Related Documents or the System (including the Project) that are pending. (g)The Borrower would not have the defense of sovereign immunity in any breach of contract action under the WIFIA Loan Agreement or the WIFIA Bond. EXHIBIT G-1-1