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#059 07-20-54 Create Sewer Improvement No. FundAtte a yo r The motion for the adoption of the foregoing, resolution was duly seconded by Member Rahn and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Bies, Foss, Huebsch, Rahn and Stark, and the following voted against the same; None, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted, and was signed by the Mayor, whose signa- ture was attested by the Clerk. Resolution No. 59 July 20, 195+ Member Stark introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION CREATING SEWER IMPROVEMENT NO, 1 FUND, PROVIDING FOR AND APPROPRIATING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND GENERAL TAXES TO THE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE THEREOF, AND DIRECTING ISSUANCE OF SE TR IMPROVEMENT NO. 1 BONDS, SERIES A AND B BE I,T RESOLVED, by the Village Council of the Village of Golden Valley, Minnesota, as follows: 1. This Council has investigated the facts necessary to ascertain and does hereby find, determine and declare that the Village of Golden Valley has duly entered into a contract for the construction of that portion of Sewer Improvement No. 1 of the Village located within its corporate limits with Peter Lametti and Lame ti & Sons, of St. Paul, Minnesota, pursuant to public advertisement for bids as required by Minnesota Statutes 1953, Chapter 429, and said contractors have furnished a bond for the performance of said contract as required by law; that the Village has, by joint agreement with the City of Minneapolis, contracted for the construction of that portion of said improvement situated within the cor- porate limits of the City of Minneapolis; that the total cost of said improvement to the Village will be approximately equal to and not less than $750,000, according to present estimates, including all items of cost from the inception to the completion thereof, and all fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith; that the total benefits resulting from said construction to the assessable lots, pieces and parcels of AJdn affected thereby and the Village at large will be 1 1 substantially in excess of the total cost thereof; and that it is necessary that the sum of 0750,000 be borrowed at this time,'by the issuance of general obligation improvement bonds of the Village in accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1953, Chapter 129, as hereinafter provided, in order to finance the costs and expenses of constructing said impro- vement. 2. There is hereby created a special fund to be designated ,as the "Sewer Improvement No. 1 Fund", to be held and adminis- tered by the Village Treasurer separate and apart from all other funds of the Village. Said fund shall be continued and maintained in the manner herein specified until all of the improvement bonds now or hereafter issued primarily pay- able from said fund, and interest on such bonds, shall have been fully paid. In said fund there shall be maintained two separate accounts, to be disignated as the "Construction Account" and "Sinking Fund Account", respectively. The proceeds of sale of the improvement bonds herein authorized and of bonds hereafter authorized and issued to pay any part of the cost of said improvement, less any accrued interest received thereon, shall be credited to the Construction Account, from which there shall be paid, costs and expenses of making said improvement, as incurred and allowed, and the moneys in said account shall be used for no other purpose; provided, that if the moneys on hand in the Sinking Fund Account described below are at any time insufficient to meet the payment of maturing principal and interest on any out- standing bonds which are primarily payable from said fund, moneys Ln said Construction Account may be used to the extent necessary to pay all such principal and interest when due; and further provided, that if upon completion of said impro- vement there shall remain any unexpended balance in said Construction Account, such balance shall be transferred to the Sinking Fund Account. There shall be credited to the Sinking Fund Account all collections of the special assess- ments and general taxes herein or hereafter levied or agreed to be levied for the payment of bonds issued primarily payable from said fund, and all accrued interest received upon delivery of such bonds. The moneys in said account shall be held and used only for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds, as such payments become due. The full faith and credit of the Village shall be and are hereby pledged to pay the Series A and B bonds herein authorized, and the principal and interest thereof shall be paid out of any funds in the treasury, if the moneys on hand in said improvement fund are at any time insufficient to meet the payment of maturing principal and interest on said bonds, and on all other bonds primarily payable from said fund. 3- It is hereby determined that the sum -of not less than Six Hundred Fifty Thousand and No -100 Dollars ($650,000.00) of the cost of Sewer Improvement No. 1 shall be paid by special assessments upon all assessable lots, pieces and parcels 100 of land situated within Sewer District No. 1 of the Village, heretofore created, which amount will not exceed the total benefits to be conferred by said improvement upon all of said properties. The Village hereby covenants and agrees that it will do and perform, as soon as may be, all acts and things necessary for the final and valid levy of special assessments against said properties in an amount not less than said sum. In the event that any such assessments bp. at any time held invalid with respect to any lot, piece, or parcel of land, due to any error, defect or irregularity in any action or proceeding taken or to be taken by the Village or this Council or any of the Village's officers or employees, either in the making .of such assessment or -in the performance of any condition precedent thereto, the Village and this Council hereby covenant and agree that they will forthwith do all such further acts and take all such further proceed- ings as may be required by law to make such assessment a valid and binding lien upon such property. Said assessments shall be payable in 20 equal, consecutive, annual installments, the first of said installments to be payable with general taxes for the year 1954, collectible with such taxes during the year 1955• Deferred installments shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent (6%) per annum, from the date of the resolution levying said assessment until December 31 of the year in which the installment is payable. 4- It is hereby determined that the estimated collections of the special assessments herein agreed to be levied and the general ad valorem taxes levied in paragraph 5 hereof, will produce at least 5% in excess of the amounts needed to meet when due the principal and interest payments on the 6750,000 Sewer Improvement No. 1 Bonds, Series A and B, of the Village hereinafter authorized to be issued. The Village reserves the right to issue further series of bonds of said issue, on such terms as to maturities, interest rates,.redemption privileges, and other matters as it may consider to be advisable , to the amount necessary to complete said impro- vement, such additional series of bonds also to be payable primarily from the Sinking Fund Account of the Sewer Impro- vement No. 1 Fund, in the same manner as and on a parity with the bonds of Series A and B. Said S ;ries A and B Bonds and all of the additional series of bonds of said issue which may be issued as herein provided, shall be entitled to share equally in the moneys of said fund, without proirlt y by reason of date of issuance or inclusion in a particular series. How- ever, before further bonds may be issued primarily payable from said fund, in addition to those herein authorized, the Village shall first be required to provide or to have provided for the levy of general ad valorem taxes and special assess- ments in an aggregate amount such that if such taxes and assessments are collected in full they will provide at least 5% in excess of the amounts needed to meet when due.the principal and interest payments on all bonds outstanding which are payable primarily from said fund at the time such additional bonds are issued. 1 5s For the purpose of providing, together with the estimated collection of the special assessments appropriated to the Sinking Fund Account of the Sewer Improvement No. 1 Fund of the Village, amounts not less than 5% in excess of the amounts needed to meet when due the principal and interest payments on each and all of the bonds herein authorized, there shall be and is hereby levied a direct, annual, ad valorem tax on all property in the Village for the years and in the amounts as follows: Year Amount Year Amount 1954 X9,500.00 1965 $4,000-00't 1955 4,000-00 6u1' 1966 4,000-00 cal f 1956 4000.00 1967 4 500.00 1957 4,000.00 1968 52000.00 1958 4000.00 1969 5,500.00 1959 4000.00 1970 6,000.00 196o -- 4000.00 1971 6,500.00 1961 4000.00 1972 7,500.00 1962 4000.00 1973 7!500.00 �oit�7 1963 4000.00 s 1964 4000.00 When collected, said taxes shall be credited as provided in paragraph 2 hereof, and they shall be irrepealable as Long as any of said bonds are outstanding and unpaid; provided, that the Village reserves the right and power to reduce the levies in the manner and to the extent permitted by the Minnesota Statutes 1953, Section 475.61. 6. For the purpose of borrowing money to pay the costs of constructing Sewer Improvement No. 1, the Village shall forthwith issue and deliver to the purchaser thereof its negotiable coupon general obligation Sewer Improvement No. 1 Bonds, Series A and B. all dated July 11 1954• The bonds of Series A shall be in the principal amount of 06001000, shall be 600 in number and numbered from 1 to 600, inclusive each in the denomination of $1,000, and shall mature serially on January 1 in the amount of $30,000 in each of the years 1956 through 1975. Bonds of Series A numbered 1 through 450 shall be without option of prior payment, but those numbered 451 through 600, which mature in the years 1971 through 1975, shall each be subject to redemption by the Village on Jan- uary 1, 1970 and any July 1 or January 1 thereafter, at par and accrued interest, in numerical order of serial numbers, but such redemption may be made only if all bonds of Series B or any -other series of bonds primarily payable from the Sewer Improvement No. 1 Fund of the Village have been fully paid or called for redemption and prepayment. The bonds of Series B shall be in the principal amount of $150,000, shall be 150 in number and numbered from 1 to 150, inclusive, each in the denomination of $1,0001 and shall mature serially on January 1 in the years and amounts as follows: MUM Year Amount Year Amount 1956 $101060 1966 $102000 1957 5,000 1967 5,000 1958 10,000 1968 10,000 1959 5,000 1969 5,000 1960 10,000 1970 10,000 1961 5,000 1971 5,000 1962 10,000 1972 109000 1963 5000 1973 5,000 1964 10,000 1974 10,000 1965 5,000 1975 5000 Bonds of Series B numbered through 40 shall be without option of prior payment, but those numbered 41 through 150, which mature in the years 1961 through 1975, shall be each subject to redemption by the Village on January 1, 1960 and any July 1 or January 1 thereafter, in inverse order of serial numbers, at par and accrued interest plus a premimum of $25for each bond so redeemed prior to January 1, 1965, or no premimum for any bond redemed on or after January 1, 1965., All redemptions of bonds of Series A or B shall be made upon notice of call for redemption .mailed not less than 30 days prior to the date specified for redemption to the bank at which principal and interest are then pay- able, and eo the holder, if known, of each bond to be redeemed. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to maintain a register of the names, addresses, and bond numbers of holders of redeemable bonds, insofar as such information is made available to him, for .the purpose of giving such notice'of redemption Bonds of Series A and B maturing in the years set forth below shall bear interest at the respective rates per annum set forth opposite such maturity years, as follows: Series A Maturity Years 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 Interest Rate 3% 0 3% 3% Series B Maturity Years Interest 1956 0 1957 3% 1958 1959 31960 3%% 1961 3� 1962 3' 1963 31 1965 3 1966 3-� 1967 3-T 1968 3-� 1969 33 1970 31 1971 3T 1972 3F 1973 A 1974 3T 1975 32 Rate 1 1 n Such interest shall be payable on January 1, 1955 and semi- annually thereafter on July 1 and January 1 of each year. Principal of and interest on said bonds shall be payable at Northwestern National Bank.of.Minneapolis, at Minneapolis, and the Village hereby agrees to pay the reasonable and customary charges of such paying agent for the receipt and disbursement thereof. 7. Said improvement bonds shall be in substantially the following form: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MINNESOTA. (COUNTY OF HENNEPIN VILLAGE OF GOLDEN VALLEY SEWER IMPROVEMENT NO. 1 BOND, SERIES A (B) No. $1,000.00 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the Village of Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota, acknowledges itself to be indebted and for value received promises to pay to bearer the sum of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS on the first day of January, 19 , or, if this bond is prepayable as stated below, on a date prior thereto on which it shall have been duly called for redemption, and to pay interest thereon from the date hereof until said principal sum is paid, or until this bond if prepayable, has been duly called for redemption, at the rate of per cent (_):per annum, payable January 1, 1955 a�semiannually thereafter on July 1 and January 1 of each year, interest to maturity being represented by and payable in accordance with and upon presentation and surren- der of the interest coupons appurtenant hereto. Both princi- pal and interest are payable at the main office of the Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis, in Minneapolis in any coin or currency of the United States of America which on the respective dates of payment is legal tender for public and private debts. For the prompt and full payment of said principal and interest as the same respectively become due the full faith, credit, and unlimited taxing powers of said Village have been and are hereby irrevocably pledged. This bond is one of a series in the aggregate principal amount of $6002000 ($150,000) all of like date and tenor except as to serial number, (Interest rate) maturity, and redemption privilege, and all part of an issue of bonds issued for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred and to be incurred in constructing Sewer Improvement No. 1 in said Village, and is issued pursuant to and in full conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota thereunto enabling. This bond is payable primarily from the 144 Sewer Improvement No. 1 Fund of the Village of Golden Valley, but the Council is required by law to pay maturing principal thereof and interest thereon out of any funds in the treasury if moneys on hand in said special fund are insufficient therefor. (Following paragraph for Series A, only) Bonds of this series numbered 1 through 450 (Maturing in the years 1956 through 1970) are payable on their respective stated maturity dates, without option of prior payment, but those numbered 451 through 600 (Maturing in the years 1971 through 1975) are each subject to redemption and prepayment at the option of the Village on January 11 1970 and any interest payment date thereafter, in numerical order of their serial numbers and at a price equal to the par value thereof, plus interest to accrue thereon to the date specified for redem- ption. The Village will mail notice of call of any of said bonds for redemption, not less than 30 days prior to the date specified for redemption,to the holder thereof, if known, and to the bank at which principal and interest are then payable. Holders of said bonds numbered 451 through.600 who desire to receive such notice may register their names and addresses and the numbers of such bonds with the Village Clerk. (Following .,paragraph for Series B only) Bonds of this series numbered 1 through 40 (maturing in the years 1956 through 1960) are'payable on their respec- tive stated maturity dates, without option of prior payment$ but those numbered 41 through 150 (maturing in the years 1961 through 1975) are each subject to redemption and pre- payment at the option of the Village on January 1, 1960 and any interest payment date thereafter, in inverse order of their serial numbers and at a price of par and accrued inter- est plus a premimum of $25.00 for each bond so redeemed prior to January 1, 1965 or no premimum for any bond redeemed on or after January 1, 1965. The Village will mail ngtice of call of any of said bonds for redemption, not less than 30 days prior to the date specified for redemption, tui the holder thereof, if known, and to the bank at which principal. and interest are then payable. Holders of said bonds number- ed 41 through 150 who desire to receive such notice may register their names and addresses and the numbers of such bonds with the Village Clerk. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED, COVENANTED AND AGREED that all acts, conditions, and things required by the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota to be done, to exist, to happen and to be performed precedent to and in the issuance of this bond in order to make it a valid and binding general obligation of said Village according to its terms have been done, do exist, have hap7ened and have been performed as so required; that prior to the issuance hereof the Village has covenanted and agreed that it will levy special assessments upon property benefited by said improvement, and has duly levied a direct, annual, irrepealable tax upon all taxable property within I the Village, which special assessments and taxes are collectible IL•I in the years and in aggregate amounts not less than 5% in excess of sums sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds of this issue as such principal and interest respectively become due, and have been irrevocably pledged and appropriated to said Sewer Improvement No. 1 Fund, and additional ad valorem taxes, if needed for said purpose, any be levied upon all such taxable property without limitation as to rate or amount; and that the issuance of this bond did not cause the indebtedness of said.Village to exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation. IT WITNESS WHEREOF the Village of Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota, by its Village Council, has caused this bond to be executed in its behalf by the signature of its Mayor; attested by the signature of the Village Clerk, and the corporate seal of the Village to be affixed hereto, and has caused the interest coupons appurtenant hereto to be executed and authenticated by the facsimile signatures of said officers, and has caused ,this bond to be dated as of July 1, 1954• ee. - ,..,� / w Mayor Attes (SEAL) (Form of Coupon) No. On the 1st day of January (July), 19�, the Village of Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota, will pay to bearer at the .main office of , in , , the sum of DOLLARS lawful money of the United States of America for in- terest then due on its Sewer Improvement No. 1 Bond, Series A (B), dated July 1, 1954, No. (Facsimile signature) Mayor (Facsimile signature) Village Clerk (Coupons numbered 32 and upwards attached to the bonds of Series _ A and coupons numbered 12 and upwards attached to the bonds of i Series B shall also include the phrase "Unless the bond described below is called for earlier redemptionit)