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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 79-132 - Preliminary Approval MIDB- Parker Hannifin - r lid- After some discus:; io n , Councilman introduced the following re_,() IuLion and ( after it had been read in full ) (after the react i ►icj of the resolution was dispensed with by unanimous moved its adoption : RESOLUTION RELATINC TO 'rHE AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE OF RL,VI-;NL1E BONDS OF THE CITY UNDER MINNESOTA STA'i'UTia"S , CHAPTER 474 , FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING A PROJECT THERE- UNDER; AND AUTHORI;;I NG AN APPLICATION BY THE CITY TO THE MINNI,SOTA COMMISSIONER OF SECURITIES BE IT RESOLVED by tho City Council of the City of Eden Prairie , Minnesota, as follows Section 1 . Recitals . 1 . 01 . The Legislature of the State of Minnesota in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 4 i 4 , as amended (the Act) , has found and declared that the welfare of the State requires active promotion , attraction , encouragement and development of economically sound industry and commerce through govern- mental acts to prevent, so far as possible , emergence of blighted lands and areas of chronic unemployment ; has authorized municipalities to issue revenue bonds to finance , in whole or in part , the cost of the acquisition , construction , reconstruction , improvement and betterment of projects , including any properties , real or personal , used or useful in connection with a revenue producing er-Lterprise engaged in any business ; and has authori. ed municipalities to enter into " revenue agreements" , as defino d in the Act , with any person , firm, or public or private Corporation or federal or state governmental subdivision or agency (the Contracting Party) providing for the payment by the Contracting Party of amounts sufficient to provide for the prompt payment of principal and interest on the revenue bonds . 1 . 02. It has been proposed that the City issue its revenue bonds , pursuant to the authority of the Act, in an amount not exceeding in the aggregate principal amount $2 , 000 , 000 , or such lesser amount as may be necessary , to finance costs of acquisition of lan' within the City and constructing and equipping thereon one or more buildings (the Project) to be used by Parker Hannifin Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the Company) , as a warehouse , manufacturing and office facility in connection with its tool manufacturing business ; and to make the proceeds of such sale available to the Company . The Company will agree to pay the City amounts sufficient to pay promptly the principal of and interest on the revenue bonds , and will agree to cause the Project to be constructed . The Project is presently estimated to cost. approximately $2 , 000, 000 . -3- 1 . 03 . The City has been advised that conventional , commercial financing to pay the capital cost of the Project is available only on a limited basis and at such high costs of borrowing that the scope of the Project or the economic feasibility of operating the Project would be significantly reduced, but that with the aid of municipal financing, and its resulting low borrowing costs, the Project can be constructed as designed and its operation is economically more feasible . Section 2 . Public Hearing . 2 . 01 . As required by Minnesota Statutes, Section 474 . 01 , Subdivision 7b, this Council, pursuant to a motion passed on June 19 , 1979 , called and held a public hearing on the proposal to undertake and finance the Project . Notice of the time and place of the hearing, and stating the general nature of the Project and an estimate of the principal amount of bonds to be issued to finance the Project, was published at least once not less than fifteen days nor more than thirty days prior to the date fixed for the hearing, in the official newspaper of the City and a newspaper of general circulation of the City. A draft copy of the proposed application to the Minnesota Commissioner of Securities , together with all attachments and exhibits there- to, was available for public inspection following the publica- tion of such notice at the place and times set forth in the notice . 2 . 02 . All parties who appeared at the public hearing were given an opportunity to express their views with respect to the proposal to undertake and finance the Project . This Council has heard and considered the views expressed at the public hearing and the information submitted to the City by the Company . Section 3 . Approvals and Authorizations . 3 . 01 . On the basis of information given the City to date , and the views expressed at the public hearing, it is found and determined that the Project furthers the purposes stated in Minnesota Statutes, Section 474 . 01 , and that it would be in the best interest of the City to issue its industrial development revenue bonds under the provisions of the Act to finance costs of the Project in an amount not to exceed $2 , 000 , 000 (the Bonds ) . 3 . 02 . The Project is hereby given preliminary approval by the City and the issuance of the Bonds for such purpose approved . The Bonds shall not be issued until the Project has been approved by the Commissioner of Securities 4- as provided by the Act and until the City and the Company have agreed upon the details of the Bonds and provisions for their payment . 3 . 03 . If the Bonds are issued and sold, the City will enter into a lease , mortgage , direct or installment sale contract, loan agreement, take or pay or similar agreement, secured or unsecured , satisfying the requirements of the Act (the Revenue Agreement) with the Company . The amounts payable by the Company to the City under the Revenue Agreement will be sufficient to pay the principal , interest and redemption premium, if any, on the Bonds as and when the same shall become due and payable . 3 . 04 . The Company has agreed to pay directly or through the City any and all costs incurred by the City in connection with the Project whether or not the Project is approved by the Comrnissioner of Securities ; whether or not the Project is carried to completion; and whether or not the Bonds or Revenue Agreement and all other operative instruments are executed . 3 . 05 . The adoption of this resolution does not constitute a guarantee or a firm commitment that the City will issue the Bonds as requested by the Company. The City retains the right in its sole discretion to withdraw from participation and accordingly not issue the Bonds should the City at any time prior to the issuance thereof determine that it is in the best interest of the City not to issue the Bonds or should the City, Company and any other parties to the transaction be unable to reach agreement as to the terms and conditions of any of the documents required for the transaction . 3 . 06 . In accordance with the Act, the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to submit the proposal for the Project to the Minnesota Commissioner of Securities for her approval of the Project . The Mayor , Clerk , City Attorney and other officers , employees and agents of the City, in conjunction with Dorsey, Windhorst, Hannaford, Whitney & Halladay, Bond Counsel to the City, are hereby authorized to provide the Commissioner with any preliminary information she may need for this purpose, and the City Attorney is authorized to initiate and assist in the preparation of such documents as may be appropriate to the Project. 3 . 07 . The City will comply with all of the pro- visions of the Act, including Minnesota Statutes , Section 474 . 01, Subdivision 8, in the issuance of the Bonds and the financing of the Project . -5- Section 4 . Special Obligations . In all events , it is understood, however, that the Bonds shall not constitute a charge, lien or encum- brance, legal or equitable , upon any property of the City except the Project, if it becomes the property of the City, and from the revenues received from the Project and property pledged to the payment thereof , and shall not constitute a debt of the City. Section 5 . Access to Project Site . The Company acknowledges the current lack of public access to the proposed site for the Project. By Resolution No. 79-42 this City Council ordered public improvements and the preparation of plans and specifications for said improvements following the receipt of a petition for such pubic improvements by the owners of 100% of the subject property . The adoption of this resolution does not constitute a guarantee or fi:�i-m commitment that the City will proceed with the ordered public improvements nor does it prohibit or prevent the City from any further action regarding such public improvements , including abandonment of the Project or repeal of Resolution No. 79-42 . Section 6 . Effective Date . This resolution shall be effective immediately upon its final adoption . PASSED AND FINALLY ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie , this /Z M day of July, 1979 . W fg Penze7 , Mayor n Df -� F one, City Clerk r t..