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96-053 - 05-22 Sale $1,050,000 Obligation Improvement Bonds Series 1996AResolution 95-53 • Councilmember introduced the Jollowing resolution and moved its adoption, which motion was seconded by Councilmember RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE, AWARDING SALE, PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND DETAILS AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF $1,050,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BONDS, SERIES 1996A BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Golden Valley, Minnesota (the Issuer), as follows: Section 1. Authorization and Sale. 1.01. Authorization. This Council, by resolution duly adopted on April 2, 1996, authorized the issuance and public sale of $1,050,000 General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1996A (the Bonds) of the Issuer to finance the construction of the improvement projects more fully described in the April 2, 1996 resolution (the Projects). 1.02. Sale. Pursuant to the Terms of Proposal and the Official Statement prepared on behalf of the Issuer by Springsted Incorporated, sealed proposals for the purchase of the Bonds were received at or before the time specified ,41 for receipt of proposals. The proposals have been opened, publicly read and considered and the purchase price, interest rates and net interest cost under the terms of each proposal have been determined. The most favorable proposal received is that of in and associates (the Purchaser), to purchase the Bonds at a price of $ plus accrued interest on all Bonds to the day of delivery and payment, on the further terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. 1.03. Award. The sale of the Bonds is hereby awarded to the Purchaser and the Mayor and City Manager are hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract on behalf of the Issuer for the sale of the Bonds in accordance with the terms of the proposal. The good faith deposit of the Purchaser shall be retained and deposited by the Issuer until the Bonds have been delivered, and shall be deducted from the purchase price paid at settlement. Section 2. Bond Terms: Registration: Execution and Delivery. 2.01. Issuance of Bonds. All acts, conditions and things which are 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 valid issuance of the Bonds having been done, now existing, having happened and having been performed, it is . now necessary for the City Council to establish the form and terms of the Bonds, to provide security therefor and to issue the Bonds forthwith. 2.02. Maturities: Interest Rates • Denominations and Payment. The Bonds shall be originally dated as of June 1, 1996, shall be in the denomination of $5,000 each, or any integral multiple thereof, of single maturities, shall mature on February 1 in the years and amounts stated below, and shall bear interest from date of issue until paid or duly called for redemption at the annual rates set forth opposite such years and amounts, as follows: Year Amount Rate Year Amount Rate 1998 $125,000 2003 $55,000 1999 145,000 2004 60,000 2000 150,000 2005 60,000 2001 155,000 2006 70,000 2002 160,000 2007 70,000 The Bonds shall be issuable only in fully registered form. The interest thereon and, upon surrender of each Bond at the principal office of the Registrar described herein, the principal amount thereof, shall be payable by check or draft issued by the Registrar described herein. Upon initial delivery of the Bonds pursuant to Section 2.07 and upon any subsequent transfer or exchange pursuant to Section 2.06, the date of authentication shall be noted on each Bond so delivered, exchanged or . transferred. 2.03. Dates and Interest Pa=ent Dates. Interest on the Bonds shall be payable on each February 1 and August 1, commencing February 1, 1997, to the owners of record thereof as of the close of business on the fifteenth day of the immediately preceding month, whether or not such day is a business day. 2.04. Redemption. Bonds maturing in 2005 and later years shall be subject to redemption and prepayment at the option of the Issuer, in whole or in part, in such order of maturity dates as the Issuer may select and within a maturity by lot as selected by the Registrar in multiples of $5,000, on February 1, 2004, and on any date thereafter, at a price equal to the principal amount thereof and accrued interest to the date of redemption. The Clerk shall cause notice of the can for redemption thereof to be published as required by law, and at least thirty days prior to the designated redemption date, shall cause notice of call for redemption to be mailed, by first class mail, to the registered holders of any Bonds to be redeemed at their addresses as they appear on the bond register described in Section 2.06 hereof, but no defect in or failure to give such mailed notice of redemption shall affect the validity of proceedings for the redemption of any Bond not affected by such defect or failure. Official notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, ithe Bonds or portions of Bonds so to be redeemed shall, on the redemption date, become due and payable at the redemption price therein specified and from and after such date -2- (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the redemption price) such Bonds or portions of Bonds shall cease to bear interest. Upon partial redemption of any Bond, a new Bond or Bonds will be delivered to the owner without charge, representing the remaining principal amount outstanding. 2.05. Appointment of Initial Registrar. The Issuer hereby appoints in . Minnesota, as the initial bond registrar, transfer agent and paying agent (the Registrar). The Mayor and Manager are authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Issuer, a contract with the Registrar. Upon merger or consolidation of the Registrar with another corporation, if the resulting corporation is a bank or trust company authorized by law to conduct such business, such corporation shall be authorized to act as successor Registrar. The Issuer agrees to pay the reasonable and customary charges of the Registrar for the services performed. The Issuer reserves the right to remove the Registrar upon thirty days' notice and upon the appointment of a successor Registrar, in which event the predecessor Registrar shall deliver all cash and Bonds in its possession to the successor Registrar and shall deliver the bond register to the successor Registrar. 2.06. Registration. The effect of registration and the rights and duties of the Issuer and the Registrar with respect thereto shall be as follows: • (a) Register. The Registrar shall keep at its principal corporate trust office a bond register in which the Registrar shall provide for the registration of ownership of Bonds and the registration of transfers and exchanges of Bonds entitled to be registered, transferred or exchanged. 0 (b) Transfer of Bonds. Upon surrender for transfer of any Bond duly endorsed by the registered owner thereof or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Registrar, duly executed by the registered owner thereof or by an attorney duly authorized by the registered owner in writing, the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Bonds of a like aggregate principal amount and maturity, as requested by the transferor. The Registrar may, however, close the books for registration of any transfer after the fifteenth day of the month preceding each interest payment date and until such interest payment date. (c) Exchange of Bonds. Whenever any Bonds are surrendered by the registered owner for exchange the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver one or more new Bonds of a like aggregate principal amount and maturity, as requested by the registered owner or the owner's attorney in writing. -3- • (d) Cancellation. All Bonds surrendered upon any transfer or exchange shall be promptly canceled by the Registrar and thereafter disposed of as directed by the Issuer. (e) Improper or Unauthorized Transfer. When any Bond is presented to the Registrar for transfer, the Registrar may refuse to transfer the same until it is satisfied that the endorsement on such Bond or separate instrument of transfer is valid and genuine and that the requested transfer is legally authorized. The Registrar shall incur no liability for the refusal, in good faith, to make transfers which it, in its judgment, deems improper or unauthorized. (f) Persons Deemed Owners. The Issuer and the Registrar may treat the person in whose name any Bond is at any time registered in the bond register as the absolute owner of the Bond, whether the Bond shall be overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of, the principal of and interest on the Bond and for all other purposes; and all payments made to any registered owner or upon the owner's order shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. (g) Taxes. Fees and Charges. For every transfer or exchange of Bonds • (except for an exchange upon a partial redemption of a Bond), the Registrar may impose a charge upon the owner thereof sufficient to reimburse the Registrar for any tax, fee or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer or exchange. • (h) Mutilated. Lost. Stolen or Destroyed Bonds. In case any Bond shall become mutilated or be destroyed, stolen or lost, the Registrar shall deliver a new Bond of like amount, number, maturity date and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of any such mutilated Bond or in lieu of and in substitution for any Bond destroyed, stolen or lost, upon the payment of the reasonable expenses and charges of the Registrar in connection'therewith; and, in the case of a Bond destroyed, stolen or lost, upon filing with the Registrar of evidence satisfactory to it that the Bond was destroyed, stolen or lost; and of the ownership thereof, and upon furnishing to the Registrar of an appropriate bond or indemnity in form, substance and amount satisfactory to it, in which both the Issuer and the Registrar shall be named as obligees. All Bonds so surrendered to the Registrar shall be canceled by it and evidence of such cancellation shall be given to the Issuer. If the mutilated, destroyed, stolen or lost Bond has already matured or been called for redemption in accordance with its terms it shall not be necessary to issue a new Bond prior to payment. -4- E (i) Authenticating Agent. The Registrar is hereby designated authenticating agent for the Bonds, within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.55, Subdivision 1, as amended. 2.07. Execution. Authentication and Delivery. The Bonds shall be prepared under the direction of the Clerk and shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by the signatures of the Mayor and the Manager, provided that the signatures may be printed, engraved or lithographed facsimiles of the originals. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature shall appear on the Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of any Bond, such signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if he had remained in office until delivery. Notwithstanding such execution, no Bond shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any security or benefit under this Resolution unless and until a certificate of authentication on the Bond has been duly executed by the manual signature of an authorized representative of the Registrar. Certificates of authentication on different Bonds need not be signed by the same representative. The executed certificate of authentication on each Bond shall be conclusive evidence that it has been authenticated and delivered under this Resolution. When the Bonds have been prepared, executed and authenticated, the Finance Director shall deliver them to the Purchaser upon payment of the purchase price in accordance with the contract of sale heretofore executed, and the Purchaser shall not be obligated to see to the application of the purchase price. 2.08. Securities Depository. (a) For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the following meanings: "Beneficial Owner" shall mean, whenever used with respect to a Bond, the person in whose name such Bond is recorded as the beneficial owner of such Bond by a Participant on the records of such Participant, or such person's subrogee. "Cede & Co." shall mean Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC, and any successor nominee of DTC with respect to the Bonds. "DTC" shall mean The Depository Trust Company of New York, New York. "Participant" shall mean any broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution for which DTC holds Bonds as securities depository. "Representation Letter" shall mean the Representation Letter pursuant to which the Issuer agrees to comply with DTC's Operational Arrangements. (b) The Bonds shall be initially issued as separately authenticated fully registered bonds, and one Bond shall be issued in the principal amount of each -5- stated maturity of the Bonds. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of such Bonds shall be registered in the bond register in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. The Registrar and the Issuer may treat DTC (or its nominee) as the sole and exclusive owner of the Bonds registered in its name for the purposes of payment of the principal of or interest on the Bonds, selecting the Bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed, if any, giving any notice permitted or required to be given to registered owners of Bonds under this resolution, registering the transfer of Bonds, and for all other purposes whatsoever; and neither the Registrar nor the Issuer shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Registrar nor the Issuer shall have any responsibility or obligation to any Participant, any person claiming a beneficial ownership interest in the Bonds under or through DTC or any Participant, or any other person which is not shown on the bond register as being a registered owner of any Bonds, with respect to the accuracy of any records maintained by DTC or any Participant, with respect to the payment by DTC or any Participant of any amount With respect to the principal of or interest on the Bonds, with respect to any notice which is permitted or required to be given to owners of Bonds under this resolution, with respect to the selection by DTC or any Participant of any person to receive payment in the event of a partial redemption of the Bonds, or with respect to any consent given or other action taken by DTC as registered owner of the Bonds. So long as any Bond is registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, the Registrar shall pay all principal of and interest on such Bond, and shall give all notices with respect to such Bond, only to Cede & Co. in accordance with DTC's Operational Arrangements, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to fully satisfy and discharge the Issuer's obligations with respect to the principal of and interest on the Bonds to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No person other than DTC shall receive an authenticated Bond for each separate stated maturity evidencing the obligation of the Issuer to make payments of principal and interest. Upon delivery by DTC to the Registrar of written notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of Cede & Co., the Bonds will be transferable to such new nominee in accordance with paragraph (e) hereof. (c) In the event the Issuer determines that it is in the best interest of the Beneficial Owners that they be able to obtain Bonds in the form of bond certificates, the Issuer may notify DTC and the Registrar, whereupon DTC shall notify the Participants of the availability through DTC of Bonds in the form of certificates. In such event, the Bonds will be transferable in accordance with paragraph (e) hereof. DTC may determine to discontinue providing its services with respect to the Bonds at any time by giving notice to the Issuer and the Registrar and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. In such event the Bonds will be transferable in accordance with paragraph (e) hereof. (d) The execution and delivery of the Representation Letter to DTC by the Mayor or Manager is hereby authorized and directed. (e) In the event that any transfer or exchange of Bonds is permitted under paragraph (b) or (c) hereof, such transfer or exchange shall be accomplished upon receipt by the Registrar of the Bonds to be transferred or exchanged and appropriate instruments of transfer to the permitted transferee in accordance with the provisions of this resolution. In the event Bonds in the form of certificates are issued to owners other than Cede & Co., its successor as nominee for DTC as owner of all the Bonds, or another securities depository as owner of all the Bonds, the provisions of this resolution shall also apply to all matters relating thereto, including, without limitation, the printing of such Bonds in the form of bond certificates and the method of payment of principal of and interest on such Bonds in the form of bond certificates. 2.09. Form of Bonds. The Bonds shall be prepared in substantially the following form: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN CITY OF GOLDEN VALLEY GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BOND, SERIES 1996A Interest Rate Maturity Date Date of Original Issue CUSIP No. • June 1, 1996 REGISTERED OWNER: CEDE & CO. PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: THE CITY OF GOLDEN VALLEY, COUNTY OF HENNEPIN, MINNESOTA (the Issuer), acknowledges itself to be indebted and hereby promises to pay to the registered owner named above, or registered assigns, the principal sum specified above on the maturity date specified above, with interest thereon from the date hereof at the annual rate specified above, payable on February 1 and August 1 in each year, commencing February 1, 1997, to the person in whose name this Bond is registered at the close of business on the fifteenth day (whether or not a business day) of the immediately preceding month, all subject to the provisions referred to herein with respect to the redemption of the principal of this Bond before maturity. Interest hereon shall be computed on the basis of a 360 -day year composed of twelve 30 -day months. The interest hereon and, upon presentation and surrender hereof, the principal hereof are payable in lawful money of the United States of America by check or draft or other agreed means of payment by in Minnesota, as Bond Registrar, Transfer Agent and Paying Agent (the Registrar), or its designated successor under the Resolution described herein. For the prompt and full payment of such principal and interest as the same -7- . respectively become due, the full faith and credit and taxing powers of the Issuer have been and are hereby irrevocably pledged. This Bond is one of an issue in the aggregate principal amount of $1,050,000 issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the City Council on May 7, 1996 (the Resolution) to finance the costs of local improvements, and is issued pursuant to and in full conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota thereunto enabling, including Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 429 and 475. The Bonds are issuable only in fully registered form, in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof, of single maturities. Bonds maturing in 2005 and later years are each subject to redemption and prepayment at the option of the Issuer, in whole or in part, in such order of maturity dates as the Issuer may select and, within a maturity, by lot as selected by the Registrar in multiples of $5,000 on February 1, 2004, and on any date thereafter, at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to the date of redemption. The Issuer will cause notice of the call for redemption to be published as required by law and, at least thirty days prior to the designated redemption date, will cause notice of the call thereof to be mailed by first class mail to the registered owner of any Bond to be redeemed at the owner's address as it appears on the bond register maintained by the Registrar, but no defect in or failure to give such mailed notice of redemption shall affect the validity of proceedings for the redemption of any Bond not affected by such defect or failure. Official notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Bonds or portions of Bonds so to be redeemed shall, on the redemption date, become due and payable at the redemption price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the redemption price) such Bonds or portions of Bonds shall cease to bear interest. Upon partial redemption of any Bond, a new Bond or Bonds will be delivered to the registered owner without charge, representing the remaining principal amount outstanding. As provided in the Resolution and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Bond is transferable upon the books of the Issuer at the principal office of the Registrar, by the registered owner hereof in person or by the owner's attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender hereof together with a wf ritten instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Registrar, duly executed by the registered owner or the owner's attorney; and may also be surrendered in exchange for Bonds of other authorized denominations. Upon such transfer or exchange the Issuer will cause a new Bond or Bonds to be issued in the name of the transferee or registered owner, of the same aggregate principal amount, bearing interest at the same rate and maturing on the same date, subject to reimbursement for any tax, fee or governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer or exchange. H: • 0 The Bonds have been designated by the Issuer as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" pursuant to Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The Issuer and the Registrar may deem and treat .the person in whose name this Bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof, whether this Bond is overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and neither the Issuer nor the Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. 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 preliminary to and in the issuance of this Bond in order to make it a valid and binding general obligation of the Issuer in accordance with its terms, have been done, do exist, have happened and have been performed as so required; that, prior to the issuance hereof, the City Council has by the Resolution covenanted and agreed to levy special assessments upon property specially benefited by the local improvements financed by the Bonds, and ad valorem taxes on all taxable property in the Issuer, which will be collectible for the years and in amounts sufficient to produce sums not less than five percent in excess of the principal of and interest on the Bonds of this issue when due, and has appropriated such special assessments and taxes to its General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1996A Sinking Fund for the payment of such principal and interest; that if necessary for payment of such principal and interest, additional ad valorem taxes are required to be levied upon all taxable property in the Issuer, without limitation as to rate or amount; that the issuance of this Bond, together with all other indebtedness of the Issuer outstanding on the date hereof and on the date of its actual issuance and delivery, does not cause the indebtedness of the Issuer to exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness; and that the opinion printed hereon is a full, true and correct copy of the legal opinion given by Bond Counsel with reference to the Bonds, dated as of the date of original delivery of the Bonds. This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under the Resolution until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been executed by the Registrar by manual signature of one of its authorized representatives. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Golden Valley, County of Hennepin, Minnesota, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be executed on its behalf by the facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Manager and has caused this Bond to be dated as of the date set forth below. (facsimile signature - City Manager) CITY OF GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA 0 (facsimile signature - Mayor) • CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION Date of Authentication: This is one of the Bonds delivered pursuant to the Resolution mentioned within. as Registrar Authorized Representative [Insert legal opinion] The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to the applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM -- as tenants UTMA................................ as Custodian for................... in common (Cust) (Minor) under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act ...... (State) TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common Additional abbreviations may also be used. ASSIGNMENT For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the within Bond and all rights thereunder, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said Bond on the books kept for registration of the within Bond, with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: NOTICE: The assignor's signature to this assignment must correspond with. the name as it appears upon the face of the within Bond in every -10- 0 particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. Signature Guaranteed: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Bond Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature guaranty program" as may be determined by the Bond Registrar in addition to or in substitution for STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE: [end of bond form] Section 3. General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1996A Construction Fund. There is hereby established on the official books and records of the Issuer a General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1996A Construction Fund (the Construction Fund), and the Finance Director shall continue to maintain the Construction Fund until payment of all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the construction of the Projects have been paid. To the SConstruction Fund there shall be credited from the proceeds of the Bonds, exclusive of unused discount and accrued and capitalized interest, an amount equal to the estimated cost of the Projects and from the Construction Fund there shall be paid all construction costs and expenses. There shall also be credited to the Construction Fund all special assessments collected with respect to the Projects, until all costs of the Projects have been fully paid. After payment of all construction costs, the Construction Fund shall be discontinued and any Bond proceeds remaining therein may be transferred to the other funds or accounts established for construction of other improvements instituted pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429. All special assessments on hand in the Construction Fund when terminated or thereafter received, and any Bond proceeds not so transferred, shall be credited to the General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1996A Sinking Fund of the Issuer. Section 4. General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1996A Sinking Fund. So long as any of the Bonds are outstanding and any principal of or interest thereon unpaid, the Finance Director shall maintain a separate debt service fund on the official books and records of the Issuer to be known as the General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1996A Sinking Fund (the Bond Fund), and the principal of and interest on the Bonds shall be payable from the Bond Fund. The Issuer irrevocably appropriates to the Bond Fund (a) any amount in excess of $1,041,600 received from the Purchaser; (b) all taxes and special assessments levied -11- • and collected in accordance with this Resolution; and (c) all other moneys as shall be appropriated by the City Council to the Bond Fund from time to time. There are hereby established two accounts in the Bond Fund, designated as the "Debt Service Account" and the "Surplus Account." There shall initially be deposited into the Debt Service Account upon the issuance of the Bonds the amount set forth in (a) above. Thereafter, during each Bond Year (i.e., each twelve month period commencing on February 2 and ending on the following February 1), as monies are received into the Bond Fund, the Finance Director shall first deposit such monies into the Debt Service Account until an amount has been appropriated thereto sufficient to pay all principal and interest due on the Bonds through the end of the Bond Year. All subsequent monies received in the Bond Fund during the Bond Year shall be appropriated to the Surplus Account. If at any time the amount on hand in the Debt Service Account is insufficient for the payment of principal and interest then due, the Finance Director shall transfer to the Debt Service Account amounts on hand in the Surplus Account to the extent necessary to cure such deficiency. Investment earnings (and losses) on amounts from time to time held in the Debt Service Account and Surplus Account shall be credited or charged to said accounts. If the aggregate balance in the Bond Fund is at any time insufficient to pay all interest and principal then due on all Bonds payable therefrom, the payment . shall be made from any fund of the Issuer which is available for that purpose, subject to reimbursement from the Surplus Account in the Bond Fund when the balance therein is sufficient, and the City Council covenants and agrees that it will each year levy a sufficient amount of ad valorem taxes to take care of any accumulated or anticipated deficiency, which levy is not subject to any constitutional or statutory limitation. • Section 5. Special Assessments. The Issuer hereby covenants and agrees that, for the payment of the cost of the Projects, the Issuer has ,done or will do and perform all acts and things necessary for the final and valid levy of special assessments in an amount not less than 20% of the cost of each of the improvements financed by the Bonds. The Issuer estimates it will levy special assessments in the aggregate principal amount of $210,680. It is estimated that the principal and interest on such special assessments will be levied and collected in the years and amounts shown on Appendix I attached hereto. In the event any such assessment shall at any time be held invalid with respect to any lot or tract of land, due to any error, defect or irregularity in any action or proceeding taken or to be taken by the Issuer or by the City Council or by any of the officers or employees of the Issuer, either in the making of such assessment or in the performance of any condition precedent thereto, the Issuer hereby covenants and agrees that it will forthwith do all such further things and take all such further proceedings as shall be -12- . required by law to make such assessment a valid and binding lien upon said property. Section 6. Pledge of Taxing Powers. For the prompt and full payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds as such payments respectively become due, the full faith, credit and unlimited taxing powers of the Issuer shall be and are hereby irrevocably pledged. In order to produce aggregate amounts which, together with the collections of special assessments and other amounts as set forth in Section 5, will produce amounts not less than 5% in excess of the amounts needed to meet when due the principal and interest payments on the Bonds, ad valorem taxes are hereby levied on all taxable property in the Issuer. The taxes will be levied and collected in the following years and amounts: Levy Years Collection Years Amount 1996-2005 1997-2006 See Appendix IT- Levy Computation The taxes shall be irrepealable as long as any of the Bonds are outstanding and unpaid, provided that the Issuer reserves the right and power to reduce the tax levies in accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.61. Section 7. Defeasance. When all of the Bonds have been discharged as • provided in this section, all pledges, covenants and other rights granted by this Resolution to the registered owners of the Bonds shall cease. The Issuer may discharge its obligations with respect to any Bonds which are due on any date by depositing with the Registrar on or before that date a sum sufficient for the payment thereof in full; or, if any Bond should not be paid when due, it may nevertheless be discharged by depositing with the Registrar a sum sufficient for the payment thereof in full with interest accrued from the due date to the date of such deposit. The Issuer may also discharge its obligations with respect to any prepayable Bonds called for redemption on any date when they are prepayable according to their terms, by depositing with the Registrar on or before that date an amount equal to the principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, which are then due, provided that notice of such redemption has been duly given as provided herein. The Issuer may also at any time discharge its obligations with respect to any Bonds, subject to the provisions of law now or hereafter authorizing and regulating such action, by depositing irrevocably in escrow, with a bank qualified by law as an escrow agent for this purpose, cash or securities which are authorized by law to be so deposited, bearing interest payable at such time and at such rates and maturing or callable at the holder's option on such dates as shall be required to pay all principal and interest to become due thereon to maturity or earlier designated redemption date. • -13- . Section 8. Certification of Proceedings. 8.01. Registration of Bonds and Levy of Taxes. The Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the County Auditor of Hennepin Countyy and obtain a certificate that the Bonds have been duly entered upon the Auditor's bond register and the tax required by law has been levied. 8.02. Authentication of Transcript. The officers of the Issuer and the County Auditor are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and furnish to the Purchaser and to Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Bond Counsel, certified copies of all proceedings and records relating to the Bonds and such other affidavits, certificates and information as may be required to show the facts relating to the legality and marketability of the Bonds, as the same appear from the books and records in their custody and control or as otherwise known to them, and all such certified copies, affidavits and certificates, including any heretofore furnished, shall be deemed representations of the Issuer as to the correctness of all statements contained therein. 8.03. Official Statement. The Official Statement relating to the Bonds, dated April 23, 1996, prepared and delivered on behalf of the Issuer by Springsted Incorporated, is hereby approved. Springsted Incorporated, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Issuer to prepare and distribute to the Purchaser within seven business days from the date hereof, a supplement to the Official Statement listing the offering price, the interest rates, selling compensation, delivery date, the underwriters and such other information relating to the Bonds required to be included in the Official Statement by Rule 15c2-12 adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The officers of the Issuer are hereby authorized and directed to execute such certificates as may be appropriate concerning the accuracy, completeness and sufficiency of the Official Statement. Section 9. Tax Covenants: Arbitrage Matters: Reimbursement and Continuing Disclosure. 9.01. General Tax Covenant. The Issuer covenants and agrees with the registered owners from time to time of the Bonds that it will not take, or permit to be taken by any of its officers, employees or agents, any actions that would cause interest on the Bonds to become includable in gross income of the recipient under the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations (the Regulations), and covenants to take any and all actions within its powers to ensure that the interest on the Bonds will not become includable in gross income of the recipient under thel Code and the Regulations. In particular, the Issuer covenants and agrees that all proceeds of the Bonds deposited in the Construction Fund will be expended solely for the payment of the costs of the Projects (or other improvements authorized pursuant to Chapter • -14- 429). All improvements so financed will be owned and maintained by the Issuer and available for use by members of the general public on a substantially equal basis. The Issuer shall not enter into any lease, management, use or other agreement or contract with any non-governmental person relating to the use of the Projects or security for the payment of the Bonds which might cause the Bonds to be considered "private activity bonds" or "private loan bonds" pursuant to Section 141 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). 9.02. Certification. The Mayor and Manager being the officers of the Issuer charged with the responsibility for issuing the Bonds pursuant to this Resolution, are authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the Purchaser a certificate in accordance with the provisions of Section 148 of the Code, and applicable Regulations, stating the facts, estimates and circumstances in existence on the date of issue and delivery of the Bonds which make it reasonable to expect that the proceeds of the Bonds will not be used in a manner that would cause the Bonds to be "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of the Code and Regulations. 9.03. Arbitrage Rebate Exemption. It is hereby found that the Issuer has general taxing powers, that no Bond is a "private activity bond" within the meaning of Section 141 of the Code, that 95% or more of the net proceeds of the Bonds are to be used for local governmental activities of the Issuer, and that the aggregate face amount of all tax-exempt obligations (other than private activity bonds) issued by • the Issuer and all subordinate entities thereof during the year 1996 is not reasonably expected to exceed $5,000,000. Therefore, pursuant to the provisions of Section 148(f)(4)(D) of the Code, the Issuer shall not be required to comply with the arbitrage rebate requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) of Section 148(f) of the Code. 9.04. Qualified Tax -Exempt Obligations. The City Council hereby designates the Bonds as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code relating to the disallowance of interest expense for financial institutions, and hereby finds that the reasonably anticipated amount of qualified tax-exempt obligations (within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code) which will be issued by the Issuer and all subordinate entities during calendar year 1996 does not exceed $10,000,000. 9.05. Reimbursement. The Issuer certifies that the proceeds of the Bonds will not be used by the Issuer to reimburse itself for any expenditure with respect to the Projects which the Issuer paid or will have paid more than 60 days prior to the issuance of the Bonds unless, with respect to such prior expenditures, the Issuer shall have made a declaration of official intent which complies with the provisions of Section 1.150-2 of the Regulations; provided that this certification shall not apply (i) with respect to certain de minimis expenditures, if any, with respect to the Projects meeting the requirements of Section 1.150-2(f)(1) of the Regulations, or (ii) with respect to "preliminary expenditures" for the Projects as defined in Section • -15- 1.150-2(f)(2) of the Regulations, including engineering or architectural expenses and similar preparatory expenses, which in the aggregate do not exceed 20% of the "issue price" of the Bonds. 9.06. Continuing Disclosure. (a) Purpose and Beneficiaries. To provide for the public availability of certain information relating to the Bonds and the security therefor and to permit the Purchaser and other participating underwriters in the primary offering of the Bonds to comply with amendments to Rule 15c2-12 promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 C.F.R. § 240.15c2-12), relating to continuing disclosure (as in effect and interpreted from time to time, the Rule), which will enhance the marketability of the Bonds, the Issuer hereby makes the following covenants and agreements for the benefit of the Owners (as hereinafter defined) from time to time of the Outstanding Bonds. The Issuer is the only obligated person in respect of the Bonds within the meaning of the Rule for purposes of identifying the entities in respect of which continuing disclosure must be made. If the Issuer fails to comply with any provisions of this section, any person aggrieved thereby, including the Owners of any Outstanding Bonds, may take whatever action at law or in equity may appear necessary or appropriate to enforce performance and observance of any agreement or covenant contained in this section, including an action for a writ of mandamus or specific performance. Direct, • indirect, consequential and punitive damages shall not be recoverable for any default hereunder to the extent permitted by law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall a default under this section constitute a default under the Bonds or under any other provision of this resolution. As used in this section, Owner or Bondowner means, in respect of a Bond, the registered owner or owners thereof appearing in the bond register maintained by the Registrar or any Beneficial Owner (as hereinafter defined) thereof, if such Beneficial Owner provides to the Registrar evidence of such beneficial ownership in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Registrar. As used herein, Beneficial Owner means, in respect of a Bond, any person or entity which (i) has the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or consent with respect to, or to dispose of ownership of, such Bond (including persons or entities holding Bonds through nominees, depositories or other intermediaries), or (b) is treated as the owner of the Bond for federal income tax purposes. (b) Information To Be Disclosed. The Issuer will provide, in the manner set forth in subsection (c) hereof, either directly or indirectly through an agent designated by the Issuer, the following information at the following times: (1) on or before 365 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 1996, the following -16- financial information and operating data in respect of the Issuer (the Disclosure Information): (A) the audited financial statements of the Issuer for such fiscal year, containing balance sheets as of the end of such fiscal year and a statement of operations, changes in fund balances and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, showing in comparative form such figures for the preceding fiscal year of the Issuer, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board as modified in accordance with the governmental accounting standards promulgated by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board or as otherwise provided under Minnesota law, as in effect from time to time, or, if and to the extent such financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with such generally accepted accounting principles for reasons beyond the reasonable control of the Issuer, noting the discrepancies therefrom and the effect thereof, and certified as to accuracy and completeness in all material respects by the fiscal officer of the Issuer; and (B) To the extent not included in the financial statements referred to in paragraph (A) hereof, the information for such fiscal year or for the period most recently available of the type contained in the Official Statement under the following headings: City Property Values, City Indebtedness, City Tax Rates, Levies and Collections, Funds on Hand, City Investments, Major Employers in the City and City -Issued Building Permits, which information may be unaudited. Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph, if the audited financial statements are not available by the date specified, the Issuer shall provide on or before such date unaudited financial statements in the format required for the audited financial statements as part of the Disclosure Information and, within 10 days after the receipt thereof, the Issuer shall provide the audited financial statements. Any or all of the Disclosure Information may be incorporated by reference, if it is updated as required hereby, from other documents, including official statements, which have been submitted to each of the repositories hereinafter referred to under subsection (c) or the SEC. If the document incorporated by reference is a final official statement, it must be available from the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. The Issuer shall clearly identify in the Disclosure Information each document so incorporated by reference. If any part of the Disclosure Information can no longer be generated because the operations of the Issuer have materially changed or been discontinued, such Disclosure Information need no longer be provided if the Issuer includes in the -17- Disclosure Information a statement to such effect; provided, however, if such operations have been replaced by other Issuer operations in respect of which data is not included in the Disclosure Information and the Issuer determines that certain specified data regarding such replacement operations would be a Material Fact (as defined in paragraph (2) hereof), then, from and after such determination, the Disclosure Information shall include such additional specified data regarding the replacement operations. If the Disclosure Information is changed or this section is amended as permitted by this paragraph (b)(1) or subsection (d), then the Issuer shall include in the next Disclosure Information to be delivered hereunder, to the extent necessary, an explanation of the reasons for the amendment and the effect of any change in the type of financial information or operating data provided. (2) In a timely manner, notice of the occurrence of any of the following events which is a Material Fact (as hereinafter defined): (A) Principal and interest payment delinquencies; (B) Non-payment related defaults; (C) Unscheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial difficulties; (D) Unscheduled draws on credit enhancements reflecting financial difficulties; (E) Substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perform; (F) Adverse tax opinions or events affecting the tax-exempt status of the security; (G) Modifications to rights of security holders; (H) Bond calls; (I) Defeasances; (J) Release, substitution, or sale of property securing repayment of the securities; and (K) Rating changes. As used herein, a Material Fact is a fact as to which a substantial likelihood exists that a reasonably prudent investor would attach importance thereto in deciding to buy, hold or sell a Bond or, if not disclosed, would significantly alter the total information otherwise available to an investor from the Official Statement, information disclosed hereunder or information generally available to the public. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a Material Fact is also an event that would be deemed material for purposes of the purchase, holding or sale of a Bond within the meaning of applicable federal securities laws, as interpreted at the time of discovery of the occurrence of the event. 0(3) In a timely manner, notice of the occurrence of any of the following events or conditions: (A) the failure of the Issuer to provide the Disclosure Information required under paragraph (b)(1) at the time specified thereunder; (B) the amendment or supplementing of this section pursuant to subsection (d), together with a copy of such amendment or supplement and any explanation provided by the Issuer under subsection (d)(2); (C) the termination of the obligations of the Issuer under this section pursuant to subsection (d); (D) any change in the accounting principles pursuant to which the financial statements constituting a portion of the Disclosure Information are prepared; and (E) any change in the fiscal year of the Issuer. (c) Manner of Disclosure. The Issuer agrees to make available the information described in subsection (b) to the following entities by telecopy, overnight delivery, mail or other means, as appropriate: (1) the information described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b), to each 40 then nationally recognized municipal securities information repository under the Rule and to any state information depository then designated or operated by the State of Minnesota as contemplated by the Rule (the State Depository), if any; (2) the information described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b), to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board and to the State Depository, if any; and (3) the information described in subsection (b), to any rating agency then maintaining a rating of the Bonds at the request of the Issuer and, at the expense of such Bondowner, to any Bondowner who requests in writing such information, at the time of transmission under paragraphs (1) or (2) of this subsection (c), as the case may be, or, if such information is transmitted with a subsequent time of release, at the time such information is to be released. (d) Term: Amendments; Interpretation. (1) The covenants of the Issuer in this section shall remain in effect so long as any Bonds are Outstanding. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, the obligations of the Issuer under this section shall terminate and be without further effect as of any date on which the Issuer delivers to the -19- • Registrar an opinion of Bond Counsel to the effect that, because of legislative action or final judicial or administrative actions or proceedings, the failure of the Issuer to comply with the requirements of this section will not cause participating underwriters in the primary offering of the Bonds to be in violation of the Rule or other applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any statutes or laws successory thereto or amendatory thereof. (2) This section (and the form and requirements of the Disclosure Information) may be amended or supplemented by the Issuer from time to time, without notice to (except as provided in paragraph (c)(3) hereof) or the consent of the Owners of any Bonds, by a resolution of this Council filed in the office of the recording officer of the Issuer accompanied by an opinion of Bond Counsel, who may rely on certificates of the Issuer and others and the opinion may be subject to customary qualifications, to the effect that: (i) such amendment or supplement (a) is made in connection with a change in circumstances that arises from a change in law or regulation or a change in the identity, nature or status of the Issuer or the type of operations conducted by the Issuer, or (b) is required by, or better complies with, the provisions of paragraph (b)(5) of the Rule; (ii) this section as so amended or supplemented would have complied with the requirements of paragraph (b)(5) of the Rule at the time of the primary offering of the Bonds, giving effect to any change in • circumstances applicable under clause (i)(a) and assuming that the Rule as in effect and interpreted at the time of the amendment or supplement was in effect at the time of the primary offering; and (iii) such amendment or supplement does not materially impair the interests of the Bondowners under the Rule. is If the Disclosure Information is so amended, the Issuer agrees to provide, contemporaneously with the effectiveness of such amendment, an explanation of the reasons for the amendment and the effect, if any, of the change in the type of financial information or operating data being provided hereunder. (3) This section is entered into to comply with the continuing disclosure provisions of the Rule and should be construed so as to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (b)(5) of the Rule. -20- 0 Upon vote being taken on the foregoing resolution, the following voted in favor thereof: 0 and the following voted against the same: whereupon the resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. -21-