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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2004-168 - $1,137,000 General Obligation Equipment Notes, Series 2004B - 12/07/2004 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN COUNTY,MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO.2004-168 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE,AWARDING SALE, PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND DETAILS AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF$1,137,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, SERIES 2004B BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota (the City), as follows: Section 1. Authorization and Sale. 1.01. Authorization. This Council hereby determines that it is in the best interest of the City to issue its $1,137,000 General Obligation Equipment Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2004B (the Obligations) to finance the costs of acquiring various items of capital equipment(the Project). Said items of capital equipment have a useful life not less than the term of the Obligations. The principal amount of the Obligations does not exceed .25 percent of the market value of taxable property in the City; therefore the Obligations may be issued without an election. 1.02. Sale. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.60, subdivision 2, paragraph(1), the requirements as to public sale do not apply to the issuance of the Obligations. A proposal for the purchase of the Obligations was received at or before the time specified for receipt of proposals. Anchor Bank(the Purchaser)has proposed to purchase the Obligations. In accordance with the terms of proposal, it is hereby determined to issue the Obligations at a price of$ plus accrued interest on all Obligations to the day of issuance and delivery, on the further terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. 1.03. Award. The sale of the Obligations 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 City for the sale of the Obligations. The good faith deposit of the Purchaser shall be retained by the City until the Obligations have been delivered, and shall be deducted from the purchase price paid at settlement. 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. 1 2.02. Maturities; Interest Rates; Denominations and Payment. The Obligations shall be originally dated December 29, 2004, shall be in denominations of$100,000 or more, of single maturities, shall mature on December 29 in the years and amounts stated below,without option of prior payment, and shall bear interest from date of issue until paid at the annual rates set forth opposite such years and amounts, as follows: Year Amount Interest Rate 2007 $666,000 % 2009 471,000 The Obligations shall be issuable only in fully registered form. The interest thereon and,upon surrender of each Obligation at the office of the Registrar described herein, the principal amount thereof, shall be payable by check or draft issued by the Registrar described herein. Upon the 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 June 29 and December 29, commencing June 29, 2005, 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. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. 2.04. Redemption. The Obligations shall not be subject to optional prepayment prior to their stated maturities. Obligations maturing on December 29, 2007 and 2009 (the"Term Obligations") shall be subject to mandatory redemption prior to maturity pursuant to the sinking fund requirements of this Section 2.04 at a redemption price equal to the stated principal amount thereof plus interest accrued thereon to the redemption date,without premium. The Registrar shall select for redemption,by lot or other manner deemed fair, on December 29 and June 29 in each of the following years the following stated principal amounts of such Obligations: Date Principal Amount June 29, 2005 $108,000 December 29, 2005 $109,000 June 29, 2006 $110,000 December 29, 2006 $112,000 June 29, 2007 $113,000 The remaining$114,000 stated principal amount of such Obligations shall be paid at maturity on December 29, 2007. Year Principal Amount June 29, 2008 $115,000 December 29, 2008 $117,000 2 June 29, 2009 $119,000 The remaining$120,000 stated principal amount of such Obligations shall be paid at maturity on December 29, 2009. The City Manager shall cause notice of the call for redemption thereof to be published as required by law, and at least thirty and not more than 60 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 portions of Obligations to be redeemed at their addresses as they appear on the 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 portion of an Obligation not affected by such defect or failure. Official notice of redemption having been . given as aforesaid, the portions of Obligations 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 portions of Obligations shall cease to bear interest. Upon partial redemption of any Obligation, a new Obligation or Obligations will be delivered to the owner without charge,representing the remaining principal amount outstanding. 2.05. Appointment of Initial Re ig strar. The City hereby appoints the City Finance Director as the initial registrar,transfer agent and paying agent(the Registrar) for the Obligations. The City 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 register to the successor Registrar. 2.06. Registration. The effect of registration and the rights and duties of the City and the Registrar with respect thereto shall be as follows: (a) Re ister. The Registrar shall keep at its principal office a 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. 3 (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 City. (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 City and the Registrar may treat the person in whose name any Obligation is at any time registered in the 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 an 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. (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 an 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 furnishing to the Registrar of an appropriate bond or indemnity in form, substance and amount satisfactory to it, in which both the City 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 City. 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. 0) Valid Obligations. All Obligations issued upon any transfer or exchange of Obligations shall be the valid obligations of the City, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Resolution as the Obligations surrendered upon such transfer or exchange. 4 2.07. Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Obligations shall be prepared under the direction of the City Manager and shall be executed on behalf of the City 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 such officer 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 an authorized representative of the Registrar. Certificates of authentication on different Obligations need not be signed by the same representative. 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 City Manager 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: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE GENERAL OBLIGATION EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, SERIES 2004B Interest Rate Maturity Date Date of Original Issue CUSIP No. % December 29, 20_ December 29, 2004 None REGISTERED OWNER: ANCHOR BANK PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: THOUSAND DOLLARS THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA(the City), acknowledges itself to be indebted and for value received hereby promises to pay the principal sum specified above on the maturity date specified above, without option of prior payment, with interest thereon from the date hereof at the annual rate specified above,payable on June 29 and December 29 in each year, commencing June 29, 2005, 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. 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 if by the City Finance Director as Registrar and Paying Agent (the Registrar), or by other means of payment if by its designated successor under the Resolution 5 described herein. For the prompt and full payment of such principal and interest as the same respectively become due, the full faith, credit and taxing powers of the City have been and are hereby irrevocably pledged. This Obligation is one of an issue in the aggregate principal amount of$1,137,000 issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the City Council on December 7, 2004 (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$100,000 or greater, of single maturities. The Obligations are not subject to optional redemption prior to maturity. Obligations maturing in the years 2007 and 2009 shall be subject to mandatory redemption, at a redemption price equal to their principal amount plus interest accrued thereon to the redemption date,without premium, on December 29 in each of the years shown below. The Registrar shall select for redemption,by lot or other manner deemed fair, Obligations in an amount equal to the following principal amounts: Term Obligations Maturing in'2007 Term Obligations Maturing in 2009 Sinking Fund Aggregate Sinking Fund Aggregate Payment Date Principal Amount Payment Date Principal Amount June 29, 2005 $108,000 June 29, 2008 $115,000 December 29, 2005 109,000 December 29, 2008 117,000 June 29, 2006 110,000 June 29, 2009 119,000 December 29, 2006 112,000 June 29, 2007 113,000 The City Manager shall cause notice of the call for redemption thereof to be published as required by law, and at least thirty and not more than 60 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 Obligations, at the holders' addresses as they appear on the 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 portion of an Obligation not affected by such defect or failure. Official notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the portions of Obligations 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 portions of Obligations shall cease to bear interest. Upon partial redemption of any Obligation, a new Obligation or Obligations will be delivered to the owner without charge,representing the remaining principal amount outstanding. As provided in the Resolution and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Obligation is transferable upon the books of the City at the 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 written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Registrar,duly 6 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 City 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 as "qualified tax-exempt obligations"pursuant to Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The City 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 City 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 precedent to and in the issuance of this Obligation in order to make it a valid and binding general obligation of the City 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 City,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 2004B 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 City, without limitation as to rate or amount; that the issuance of this Obligation,together with all other indebtedness of the City outstanding on the date hereof and on the date of its actual issuance and delivery, does not cause the indebtedness of the City 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 the Registrar by manual signature of one of its authorized representatives. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Eden Prairie,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 and has caused this Obligation to be dated as of the date set forth below. Date of Authentication: CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA (facsimile signature - City Manager) (facsimile signature-Mayor) CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Obligations delivered pursuant to the Resolution mentioned within. 7 CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR, as Registrar By Authorized Representative 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) TEN ENT- as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act .............. (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 I attorney to transfer the said Obligation on the books kept for registration of the within Obligation, 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 Obligation in every 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 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: [end of certificate form] 8 Section 3. General Obligation Equipment Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2004B Sinking Fund. So long as any of the Obligations are outstanding and any principal of or interest thereon unpaid, the City Manager shall maintain a separate debt service fund on the official books and records of the City to be known as the General Obligation Equipment Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2004B Sinking Fund (the Sinking Fund), and the principal of and interest on the Obligations shall be payable from the Sinking Fund. The City irrevocably appropriates to the Sinking Fund(a) any amount in excess of$ received from the Purchaser(including amounts representing capitalized interest); (b) all taxes levied and collected in accordance with this Resolution; and(c) all other moneys appropriated by the City Council to the Sinking Fund from time to time. If the balance in the Sinking 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 City which is available for that purpose, subject to reimbursement from the Sinking 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 City 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 City. The taxes are to be levied and collected in the following years and amounts: Levers Collection Years Amount See attached Levy Computation The taxes shall be irrepealable as long as any of the Obligations are outstanding and unpaid, provided that the City reserves the right and power to reduce the tax levies in accordance with the provisions of Mimiesota 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 holders of the Obligations shall cease. The City 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 City 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. Section 6. Certification of Proceedings. 9 6.01. Registration of Obligations and Levy of Taxes. The City Manager 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 Auditor's register and the tax required by law has been levied. 6.02. Authentication of Transcript. The officers of the City and the County Auditor are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and famish 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 City as to the correctness of all statements contained therein. Section 7. Tax Covenants; Arbitrage Matters, Reimbursement and Continuing Disclosure. 7.01. General Tax Covenant. The City 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 1986, as amended (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 includable in gross income of the recipient under the Code and the Regulations. In particular, the City 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 City and used in the City's general governmental operations. The City 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 City 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 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. (a) It is hereby found that the City has general taxing powers,that no Obligation is a "private activity bond" within the meaning of Section 141 of the Code,that 95% or more of the net proceeds of the Obligations are to be used for local governmental activities of the City, and that the aggregate face amount of all tax-exempt obligations (other than private activity bonds) issued by the City and all subordinate entities thereof during the year 2004 is not reasonably expected to exceed$5,000,000. Therefore, pursuant to Section 148(f)(4)(D) of the Code,the City shall not be required to comply with the arbitrage rebate requirements of paragraphs (2) and(3) of Section 148(f) of the Code. 10 (b)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph(a) of this Section 7.03, if the arbitrage rebate provisions of Section 148(f) of the Code apply to the Obligations, the City hereby covenants and agrees to make the determinations,retain records and rebate to the United States the amounts at the times and in the manner required by said Section 148(f) and applicable Regulations. 7.04. Reimbursement. The City certifies that the proceeds of the Obligations will not be used by the City to reimburse itself for any expenditure with respect to the equipment which the City paid or will have paid more than 60 days prior to the issuance of the Obligations unless, with respect to such prior expenditures, the City 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. 7.05. 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 tax-exempt obligations which are not private activity bonds (not treating qualified 501(c)(3)bonds under Section 145 of the Code as private activity bonds for the purpose of this representation) and are not excluded from this calculation by Section 265(b)(3)(C)(ii) of the Code which will be issued by the City and all subordinate entities during calendar year 2004 does not exceed $10,000,000. 7.06. Continuing Disclosure. The Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) has promulgated certain amendments to Rule 15c2-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 C.F.R. § 240.15c2-12) (the Rule) that make it unlawful for an underwriter to participate in the primary offering of municipal securities in a principal amount of$1,000,000 or more unless, before submitting a bid or entering into a purchase contract for the Obligations, it has reasonably determined that the issuer or an obligated person has undertaken in writing for the benefit of the holders of such Obligations to provide certain disclosure information to prescribed information repositories on a continuing basis or unless and to the extent the offering is exempt from the requirements of the Rule. This City Council hereby finds that the Rule is inapplicable to the Obligations because of the exemption provided by Section (d)(1) of the Rule. Therefore, the City is not required to enter into any undertaking to provide continuing disclosure with respect to the Obligations. ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on December 7, 2004. N cy ry�ra-ydens, a r ATTEST: SEAL Kathl6en Porta, City Clerk 11 PROJECTED LEVIES Date Le v 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total 12