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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 94-105 - Authorizing Issuance, Awarding Sale for $1,200,000 Equipment Certificates - 07/19/1994 r CERTIFICATION OF MINUTES RELATING TO $1,200,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, SERIES 1994B Issuer: City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota Governing Body: City Council Kind, date, time and place of meeting: A regular meeting held Tuesday,July 19, 1994, at 7:30 o'clock P.M., at the City Hall in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Members present: Douglas Tenpas, Richard Anderson, H. Martin Jessen, Jean Harris and Patricia Pidcock Members absent: None Documents Attached: Minutes of said meeting (including): RESOLUTION NO. 94-105 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE, AWARDING SALE, PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND DETAILS AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF$1,200,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, SERIES 1994B I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting recording officer of the public corporation issuing the bonds referred to in the title of this certificate, certify that the documents attached hereto, as described above, have been carefully compared with the original records of said corporation in my legal custody, from which they have been transcribed; that said documents are a correct and complete transcript of the minutes of a meeting of the governing body of said corporation, and correct and complete copies of all resolutions and other actions taken and of all documents approved by the governing body at said meeting, so far as they relate to said bonds; and that said meeting was duly held by the governing body at the time and place and was attended throughout by the members indicated above, pursuant to call and notice of such meeting given as required by law. WITNESS my hand officially as such recording officer this/`7 day of July, 1994. Finance Director/Clerk Y The Finance Director/Clerk reported that 10 sealed bids had been received at or prior to the time stated in the Terms of Proposal, and the bids having been opened, publicly read and considered, were all found to conform to the Terms of Proposal, and the highest and best bid of each bidder was found to be as follows: (See next page) S P R I N G ST E D 120 South Sixth Street Suite 2507 PUBLIC FINANCE ADVISORS Minneapolis, MN 55402.1800 (612) 333-9177 Fax: (612) 349-5230 Home Office 85 East Seventh Place 16655 West Bluemound Road Suite 100 Suite 290 Saint Paul, MN 55101-2143 (612) 223-3000 Brookfield, WI 5300 -5935 (414) 782-8222 Fax: (612) 223-3002 Fax: (414) 782-2904 6800 College Boulevard Suite 600 Overland Park, KS 66211.1533 (913) 345-8062 Fax: (913) 345-1770 1850 K Street NW Suite 215 Washington, DC 20006-2200 (202) 466-3344 $1,200,000 Fax: (202) 223-1362 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE,MINNESOTA GENERAL OBLIGATION EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS,SERIES 1994B AWARD: FBS INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. SALE: July 19,1994 Moody's Rating: Al Interest Net Interest True Interest Bidder Rates Price Cost Rate FBS INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. 4.00% 1995 $1,195,200.00 $158,360.00 4.5354% 4.20% 1996 4.40% 1997 4.60% 1998 NORWEST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. 3.90% 1995 $1,196,200.00 $160,081.67 4.5839% AMERICAN BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 4.25% 1996 Park Investment Corporation 4.50% 1997 4.65% 1998 PIPER JAFFRAY INC. 4.00% 1995 $1,195,692.00 $161,514.67 4.6238% 4.30% 1996 4.55% 1997 4.70% 1998 DAIN BOSWORTH INCORPORATED 4.00% 1995 $1,195,764.00 $161,630.17 4.6265% 4.30% 1996 4.50% 1997 4.75% 1998 FIRSTAR BANK MILWAUKEE, N.A. 4.10% 1995 $1,198,812.00 $162,228.83 4.6361% FIRSTAR CORPORATION MINNESOTA 4.45% 1996 4.65% 1997 4.80% 1998 (Continued) Interest Net Interest True Interest Bidder Rates Price Cost Rate SMITH BARNEY SHEARSON 4.10% 1995 $1,198,320.00 $162,720.83 4.6515% CRONIN &COMPANY, INCORPORATED 4.45% 1996 4.65% 1997 4.80% 1998 PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES, INC. 3.90% 1995 $1,191,913.90 $163,007.77 4.6770% DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS 4.30% 1996 INCORPORATED 4.50% 1997 PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED 4.60% 1998 ROBERT W. BAIRD&COMPANY, INCORPORATED DOUGHERTY, DAWKINS, STRAND& 4.00% 1995 $1,193,940.00 $163,970.83 4.6982% BIGELOW, INCORPORATED 4.30% 1996 4.55% 1997 4.75% 1998 KEMPER SECURITIES GROUP, INC. 3.90% 1995 $1,191,600.00 $164,041.67 4.7061% OLDE DISCOUNT CORP. 4.20% 1996 4.50% 1997 4.70% 1998 GRIFFIN, KUBIK, STEPHENS & 4.20% 1995 $1,191,600.00 $166,811.67 4.7890% THOMPSON, INC. 4.50% 1996 4.60% 1997-1998 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Certificates are being reoffered at par. BBI: 6.22% Average Maturity: 2.91 Years Member Anderson introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE, AWARDING SALE, PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND DETAILS AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF $1,200,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, SERIES 1994B 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. This Council, by its Resolution No. 94-94 adopted on June 21, 1994, authorized the issuance and sale of$1,200,000 General Obligation Equipment Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1994B (the Obligations) of the Issuer to finance the costs of acquiring certain items of capital equipment. 1.02. Sale. Pursuant to the Terms of Proposal and the Official Statement prepared on behalf of the Issuer by Springsted Incorporated, sealed bids for the purchase of the Obligations were received at or before the time specified for receipt of bids. The bids have been opened, publicly read and considered and the purchase price, interest rates and net interest cost under the terms of each bid have been determined. The most favorable bid received is that of FBs Investment services. Inc. of Minneapolis , Minnesota (the r Purchaser), to purchase the Obligations at a price of$1,195,200.00 plus accrued interest on all Obligations to the day of delivery and payment, 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 Finance Director/Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract on behalf of the Issuer for the sale of the Obligations in accordance with the terms of the bid. The good faith 'deposit of the Purchaser shall be retained and deposited by the Issuer until the Obligations have been delivered. The good faith checks of other bidders shall be returned to them forthwith. Section 2. 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. Dates; Maturities; Interest Rates; Denominations and Payment. The Obligations shall be dated, as originally issued, as of August 1, 1994, shall be in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof, of single maturities, shall mature on December 1 in the years and amounts stated below, without option of prior payment, and shall bear interest from date of original issue until paid at the annual rates set forth opposite such years and amounts, as follows: Year Amount Interest Rate 1995 $270,000 4.00 % 1996 295,000 4.20 1997 310,000 4.40 1998 325,000 4.60 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 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. Interest Payment Dates. Interest on the Obligations shall be payable on each June 1 and December 1, commencing June 1, 1995, 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 Obligations shall not be subject to prepayment prior to their stated maturities. 2.05. Appointment of Initial Registrar The Issuer hereby appoints Norwest Rank Minnesota, N.A. ,in Minneapolis , Minnesota, as the initial bond registrar, transfer agent and paying agent (the Registrar) for the Obligations. The Mayor and Finance Director/Clerk 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 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) 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 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 cancelled 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 -3- 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 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 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 Obligations so surrendered to the Registrar shall be cancelled 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 Finance Director/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 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 an authorized representative of the Registrar. Certificates of authentication on different Obligations need not be signed by the same -4- 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 Finance Director/Clerk 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: • -5- [Face of the Obligations] UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MINNBSOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE GENERAL OBLIGATION EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS, SERIES 1994B Interest Maturity Date of Rate Date Original Issue CUSIP August 1, 1994 REGISTERED OWNER: PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, COUNTY OF HENNEPIN, MINNESOTA (the Issuer), a duly organized and existing municipal corporation, acknowledges itself to be indebted and for value received hereby promises to pay to the registered owner specified above, or registered assigns, the principal sum specified above on the maturity date specified above, without option of prior payment, and to pay interest thereon from the date of original issue specified above, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the annual rate specified above, payable on June 1 and December 1 in each year, commencing June 1, 1995, 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. 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 ,m as Registrar 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, credit and taxing powers of the Issuer have been and are hereby irrevocably pledged. -6- Additional provisions of this Obligation are contained on the reverse hereof and such provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth hereon. 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, County of Hennepin, Minnesota, by its City Council, has caused this Obligation to be executed on its behalf by the printed facsimile signatures of its Mayor and Manager. Date of Authentication: CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, NIINNESOTA (facsimile) (facsimile) Manager Mayor CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Obligations delivered pursuant to the Resolution mentioned within. as Registrar BY Authorized Representative [Reverse of the Obligations] This Obligation is one of an issue in the aggregate principal amount of $1,200,000, issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the City Council on July 19, 1994 (the Resolution), to finance the costs of acquisition of capital equipment, and is -7- 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 $5,000 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 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 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 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 by the Resolution covenanted and agreed to levy 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; 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. Form of certificate to be printed on the reverse side of each Obligation, following a full copy of the legal opinion: -8- We certify that the above is a full, true and correct copy of the legal opinion rendered by Bond Counsel on the issue of Obligations of the City of Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, Minnesota, which includes the within Obligation, dated as of the date of original delivery of and payment for the Obligations. (Facsimile Signature) (Facsimile Signature) Manager Mayor 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 applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM -- as tenants UTMA as Custodian for in common (Cust) (Minor) TEN ENT -- as tenants by 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 though not in the above list. 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. 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 particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change -9- whatsoever. 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. Signature Guaranteed: PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE: -10- Section 3. Debt Service Fund. There is hereby established on the official books and records of the Issuer a General Obligation Equipment Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 1994B Sinking Fund (the Debt Service Fund), and so long as any of the Obligations are outstanding and any principal of or interest thereon unpaid, the Finance Director/Clerk shall continue to maintain the Debt Service Fund, and the principal of and interest on the Obligations shall be payable therefrom. The Issuer irrevocably appropriates to the Debt Service Fund (a) any amount in excess of $1,191,600 received from the Purchaser; (b) all taxes levied and collected in accordance with this Resolution; and (d) all other moneys as shall be appropriated by the City Council to the Debt Service Fund from time to time. If the balance in the Debt Service 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 Debt Service 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. Tax Levy. 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. To provide moneys for the payment of the principal and interest on the Obligations, there is hereby levied upon all taxable property in the Issuer a direct, annual ad valorem tax which shall be spread upon the tax rolls for collection in the years and amounts as follows, with and as part of other general taxes of the Issuer as follows: Levy Collection Years Years Amount 1994-1997 1995-1998 See attached Levy Computation The foregoing tax levies are such that if collected in full they will produce at least five percent (5%) in excess of the amount needed to pay when due the principal and interest on the Obligations. Said 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 the manner and to the extent permitted by 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 holders 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 • -11- 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, interest and redemption premiums to become due thereon to maturity. Section 6. County Auditor Registration, Certification of Proceedings and Official Statement. 6.01. County Auditor Registration. The Finance Director/Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this Resolution with the County Auditor of Hennepin County, together with such additional information as the County Auditor may require, and to obtain from the County Auditor a certificate that the Obligations have been duly entered upon the County Auditor's bond register and the taxes required by law for the payment of the Obligations have been levied. 6.02. Authentication of Transcript. The officers of the Issuer and the Auditor are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and furnish to the Purchaser and to Dorsey & Whitney, 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. 6.03. Official Statement. The Official Statement relating to the Obligations, dated July 7, 1994,prepared and distributed on behalf of the Issuer by Springsted Incorporated, is hereby approved and the determination of the City Finance Director/Clerk that the Official Statement has been deemed final for purposes of SEC Rule 150-12(b)(1) is hereby ratified and confirmed. 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 and to deliver to the Purchaser within seven business days after the date of adoption of this resolution copies of the Official Statement in accordance with the Terms of Proposal, supplemented so as to contain the terms of the Obligations as set -12- forth in this resolution and reoffering and other information provided by the Purchaser for inclusion in the Official Statement. Section 7. Tax Covenants and Arbitrage Certifications. 7.01. General 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 action which would cause the interest on the Obligations to become includible 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 includible in gross income of the recipient under the Code and the Regulations. 7.02. Arbitrage Certification. The Mayor and the 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 the 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 Issuer 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 Obligations from gross income for federal income tax purposes, unless the Obligations qualify for the exception from the rebate requirement under Section 148(f)(4)(C) of the Code and no "gross proceeds" of the Obligations (other than amounts constituting a "bona fide debt service fund") arise during or after the expenditure of the original proceeds thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Finance Director/Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to execute a Rebate Certificate, substantially in the form of the Rebate Certificate, dated as of the date of delivery of the Bonds, and the Issuer hereby covenants and agrees to observe and perform the covenants and agreements contained therein, unless amended or terminated in accordance with the provisions thereof. -13- 7.04. Oualified Tax-Exempt Obligations. In order to enhance the marketability of the Obligations, and since the Issuer and all subordinate entities do not reasonably expect to issue in excess of$10,000,000 of governmental and qualified 501(c)(3) bonds during calendar year 1994, the Obligations are hereby designated by the Issuer.as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" for the p as of Section 265(b) of the Code. y Dou as B. Tenpa Mayor Attest: J Frane, Finance Director/Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Member Harris and, upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Douglas Tenpas, Richard Anderson, H. Martin Jessen, Jean Harris and Patricia Pidcock and the following voted against the same: None whereupon the resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. -14- EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA G.O. EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES, 1994B POST SALE TAX LEVIES TAX LEVIES CERTIFIED TO COUNTY AUDITOR Year Levy Year Levy Amount Is Made Is Collected Of Levy 1994 1995 355,993 1995 1996 352,779 1996 1997 355,520 1997 1998 356,948