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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2002-28 - Authorizing Issuance, Awarding Sale, Prescribing Form And Details, and Providing for Payment Of $890,000 G.O. Equipment Certificates of Indebtedness - 02/05/2002 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN COUNTY,AHNNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2002-28 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE,AWARDING SALE, PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND DETAILS AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF$890,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS,SERIES 2002B BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie,Minnesota (the Issuer), as follows: Section 1. Authorization and Sale. 1.01. Authorization. The City Council hereby determines that it is in the best interests of the City to issue its $890,000 General Obligation Equipment Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2002B (the Obligations) of the City to finance the costs of acquiring items of capital equipment. Said items of capital equipment have a useful life not less than the term of the Obligations. The principal amount of the Obligations does not exceed .25 percent of the market value of taxable property in the Issuer. 1.02. Sale.The Issuer has retained Juran&Moody, a division of Miller Johnson Steichen Kinnard as independent financial advisors in connection with the sale of the Obligations. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.60, subdivision 2,paragraph(9), the requirements as to public sale do not apply to the issuance of the Obligations. The Council has received an offer from Anchor Bank,National Association, in Eden Prairie,Minnesota(the Purchaser), to purchase the Obligations at a price of$890,000,plus accrued interest to the date of delivery on the further terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. The proposal is hereby accepted, and the Mayor and the City Manager are hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract on the part of the Issuer for the sale of the Obligations with the Purchaser. Section 2. Obligation Terms; Registration; Execution and Delivery. 2.01. Issuance of Obligations. 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 Obligations 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 Obligations, to provide security therefor and to issue the Obligations forthwith. 2.02. Maturities; Interest Rates; Denominations and Pam. The Obligations shall be originally dated as of the date of delivery, shall be in denominations of$1,000 each, or any integral multiple thereof,of single maturities, shall bear interest from the date of issue until paid at the rates stated below,and shall mature, on March 1 in the years and amounts stated below: Year Amount Interest Rate 2003 169,000 2004 172,000 2005 177,000 2006 183,000 2007 189,000 The Obligations shall be issuable only in fully registered form. The interest thereon and,upon surrender of each Obligation 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 Obligations 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 Obligation so delivered, exchanged or transferred. 2.03. Dates and Interest Payment Dates. Interest on the Obligations shall be payable on each March 1 and September 1, commencing September 1, 2002, 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. The Bonds shall be subject to redemption and prepayment at the option of the City, at any time,in whole or in part, in such order of maturity dates as the City may select and by lot as selected by the Registrar in multiples of$1,000 as to Bonds maturing on the same date, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of redeem ption. The City shall cause notice of the call 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 register described in Section 2.06 hereof. 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 City 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 Re 'strar. The Issuer hereby appoints the Community Development and Financial Services Director of the Issuer as the initial bond registrar, transfer agent and paying agent(the Registrar). 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 Obligations in its possession to the successor Registrar and shall deliver the bond register to the successor Registrar. 2 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) Rem ster. The Registrar shall keep a bond register in which the Registrar shall provide for the registration of ownership of Obligations and the registration of transfers and exchanges of Obligations entitled to be registered, transferred or exchanged. (b) Transfer of Obligations. Upon surrender for transfer of any Obligation 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 Obligations 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 Obligations. Whenever any Obligations are surrendered by the registered owner for exchange the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver one or more new Obligations of a like aggregate principal amount and maturity, as requested by the registered owner or the owner's attorney in writing. (d) Cancellation. All Obligations 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 Obligation is presented to the Registrar for transfer, the Registrar may refuse to transfer the same until it is satisfied that the endorsement on such Obligation 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 Obligation is at any time registered in the bond register as the absolute owner of the Obligation,whether the Obligation shall be overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of, the principal of and interest on the Obligation 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 Obligation to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. (g) Taxes,Fees and Charges. For every transfer or exchange of Obligations (except for an exchange upon a partial redemption of a Obligation), 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. 3 (h) Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Obligations. In case any Obligation shall become mutilated or be destroyed,stolen or lost,the Registrar shall deliver a new Obligation of like amount,number, maturity date and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of any such mutilated Obligation or in lieu of and in substitution for any Obligation 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 Obligation destroyed, stolen or lost,upon filing with the Registrar of evidence satisfactory to it that the Obligation was destroyed, stolen or lost, and of the ownership thereof, and upon fumishing to the Registrar of an appropriate Obligation or indemnity in form, substance and amount satisfactory to it, in which both the Issuer and the Registrar shall be named as obligees. All Obligations 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 Obligation has already matured or been called for redemption in accordance with its terms it shall not be necessary to issue a new Obligation prior to payment. (i) Authenticating Agent. The Registrar is hereby designated authenticating agent for the Obligations,within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.55, Subdivision 1, as amended. 2.07. Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Obligations shall be prepared under the direction of the Community Development and Financial Services Director and shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by the signatures of the Mayor and the City 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 Obligations shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of any Obligation, 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 Obligation 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 Obligation has been duly executed by the manual signature of the Registrar. The executed certificate of authentication on each Obligation shall be conclusive evidence that it has been authenticated and delivered under this Resolution. When the Obligations have been prepared, executed and authenticated, the Community Development and Financial Services 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. Form of Obligations. The Obligations shall be prepared in substantially the following form: 4 [Face of the Obligations] UNITED STATES OF AIbIERICA STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE GENERAL OBLIGATION EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS, SERIES 2002B Interest Rate Maturi1y Date Date of Original Issue March 1, March 1,2002 REGISTERED OWNER: ANCHOR BANK,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: DOLLARS THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRM, HENNEPIN COUNTY, 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 of original issue specified above or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or provided for, at the annual rate specified above,payable on March 1 and September 1 in each year, commencing September 1, 2002, to the person in whose name this Obligation 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 Obligation prior to maturity. 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 by the Community Development and Financial Services Director, City of Eden Prairie,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 respectively become due, the full faith and credit and taxing powers of the Issuer have been and are hereby irrevocably pledged. The Obligations are subject to prepayment at any date at the option of the issuer at a price of par plus accrued interest. This Obligation is one of an issue in the aggregate principal amount of$890,000 issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the City Council on February 5th, 2002 (the Resolution),to finance the costs of acquisition of capital equipment, and is issued pursuant to and in full conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota thereunto enabling, including Minnesota Statutes, Section 412.301 and Chapter 475. The Obligations are issuable only in fully registered form, in denominations of$1,000 or any integral multiple thereof, of single maturities. As provided in the Resolution and subject to certain limitations set forth therein,this Obligation is transferable upon the books of the Issuer at the office of the Registrar,by the 5 registered owner hereof in person or by the owner's attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender hereof together with a written 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 Obligations of other authorized denominations. Upon such transfer or exchange the Issuer will cause a new Obligation or Obligations 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. The Obligations 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 Obligation is registered as the absolute owner hereof,whether this Obligation 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 Obligation 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 levied ad valorem taxes on all taxable property in the Issuer,which taxes 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 Obligations when due, and has appropriated such taxes to its General Obligation Equipment Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2002B Bond 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; and that the issuance of this Obligation,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. This Obligation 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 manual signature of the Registrar. IN WITNESS WHEREOF,The City of Eden Prairie,Hennein County, Minnesota,by its City Council,has caused this Obligation to be executed on its behalf by the facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Manager. Date of Authentication: 22002. CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA City Manager Mayor 6 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Obligations delivered pursuant to the Resolution mentioned within. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE,NIINNESOTA, as Registrar By The following abbreviations,when used in the inscription on the face of this Obligation, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to the applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM—as tenants in common UTMA ................... as Custodian for................ (Cust) (Minor) under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act ...... TEN ENT—as tenants by the entireties (State) 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 Obligation and all rights thereunder, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said Obligation on the books kept for registration of the within Obligation,with full power of substitution in the premises. Date NOTICE: The assignor's signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Obligation in every particular,without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. 7 Signature Guaranteed: Signature(s)must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"meeting the requirements of the Registrar,which requirements include membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature guaranty program"as may be determined by the 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: Section 3. General Obligation Equipment Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2002B Bond Fund. So long as any of the Obligations are outstanding and any principal of or interest thereon unpaid, the Community Development and Financial Services Director shall maintain a separate debt service fund on the official books and records of the Issuer to be known as the General Obligation Equipment Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2002B Bond Fund(the Bond Fund), and the principal of and interest on the Obligations shall be payable from the Bond Fund. The Issuer irrevocably appropriates to the Bond Fund(a) all taxes levied and collected in accordance with this Resolution and(b) all other moneys as shall be appropriated by the City Council to the Bond Fund from time to time. If the balance in the Bond Fund is at any time insufficient to pay all interest and principal then due on all Obligations payable therefrom, the payment shall be made from any fund of the Issuer which is available for that purpose, subject to reimbursement from 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 4. Pledge of Taxing Powers. For the prompt and full payment of the principal of and interest on the Obligations 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 not less than 5% in excess of the amount needed to meet when due the principal and interest payments on the Obligations, ad valorem taxes are hereby levied on all taxable property in the Issuer. The taxes are to be levied and collected in the following years and amounts: S Levy Years Collection Fears Amount 2001-2005 2002-2006 See attached Leery Computation The taxes shall be irrepealable as long as any of the Obligations 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 5. Defeasance. When all of the Obligations have been discharged as provided in this section, all pledges, covenants and other rights granted by this Resolution to the registered owners of the Obligations shall cease. The Issuer may discharge its obligations with respect to any Obligations 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 Obligation 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 at any time discharge its obligations with respect to any Obligations, 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. Section 6. Certification of Proceedings. 6.01. Registration of Obligations. The Community Development and Financial Services Director is hereby authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the County Auditor of Hennepin County and obtain a certificate that the Obligations have been duly entered upon the County Auditor's bond register. 6.02. 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 Obligations and such other affidavits, certificates and information as may be required to show the facts relating to the legality and marketability of the Obligations, 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. Section 7. Tax Covenants; Arbitrage Matters and Continuing Disclosure. 7.01. General Tax Covenant. The Issuer covenants and agrees with the registered owners from time to time of the Obligations 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 Obligations to become includable in gross income of the recipient under the Internal Revenue Code of 1956 (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 Obligations will not become 9 includable in gross income of the recipient under the Code and the Regulations. In particular,the Issuer covenants and agrees that all proceeds of the Obligations will be expended solely for the payment of the costs of acquisition and installation of capital equipment to be owned and maintained by the Issuer and used in the Issuer's general governmental operations. The Issuer shall not enter into any lease, use or other agreement with any non-governmental person relating to the use of the equipment or security for the payment of the Obligations which might cause the Obligations to be considered"private activity bonds"or"private loan bonds"pursuant to Section 141 of the Code. 7.02. Certification. The Mayor and City Manager being the officers of the Issuer charged with the responsibility for issuing the Obligations 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 Obligations which make it reasonable to expect that the proceeds of the Obligations will not be used in a manner that would cause the Obligations to be"arbitrage bonds"within the meaning of the Code and Regulations. 7.03. Arbitrage Rebate. The Issuer acknowledges that the Obligations are subject to the rebate requirements of Section 148(f) of the Code. The City covenants and agrees to retain such records, make such determinations, file such reports and documents and pay such amounts at such times as are required under Section 148(f) and applicable Regulations to preserve the exclusion of interest on the Bonds from gross income for federal income tax purposes,unless the Bonds qualify for an exception from the rebate requirement pursuant to one of the spending exceptions set forth in Section 1.148-7 of the Regulations and no "gross proceeds"of the Bonds (other than amounts constituting a"bona fide debt service fund") arise during or after the expenditure of the original proceeds thereof. 7.04. Qualified Tax-Exempt Obligations. The City Council hereby designates the Obligations 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 2002 does not exceed$10,000,000. 7.05. Reimbursement. The Issuer certifies that the proceeds of the Obligations will not be used by the Issuer to reimburse itself for any expenditure with respect to the equipment which the Issuer paid or will have paid more than 60 days prior to the issuance of the Obligations 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 equipment meeting the requirements of Section 1.150- 2(f)(1) of the Regulations, or(ii)with respect to "preliminary expenditures" for the equipment as defined in Section 1.150-2(f)(2) of the Regulations which in the aggregate do not exceed 20% of the"issue price"of the Obligations. 10 ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie this 5 h day of February, 2002. Ronald Case,Acting Mayor ATTEST: g�E Kathl en A.Porta, City Clerk 11