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;R RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION DETERMINING NECESSITY OF ISSUING
GENERAL OBLIGATION PARK BONDS AND PROVIDING
FOR AN ELECTION THEREON
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Eden Prairie, Minnesota , as follows :
1 . This Council has investigated the facts necessary
to ascertain and does hereby find , determine and declare, that
it is necessary and expedient for the City to borrow money by
the issuance of its general obligation bonds in an amount not
to exceed $3 , 500 , 000 to provide funds for the acquisition and
betterment of land,, buildings and facilities for its program
of public recreation, as described in the report of the
Park Board Referendum Committee, dated September 25 , 1979 .
2 . The question of issuing bonds in such an
amount and for such a purpose shall be submitted to the
qualified electors of the City at a special election to be
held on November 15 , 1979 , between the hours of TO,; A .M.
and ': oc i-".M. at the polling places set forth in the Notice
described inparagraph 4 hereof.
3 . The City Finance Director/Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to cause Notice of the election to
be given as follows : (1) by immediately posting in his office
for public inspection a copy of the Notice set forth in para-
graph 4 ; (2) by publication of said Notice in the Eden Prairie
News, the official newspaper of the City, once each week for
two successive weeks, the first publication to be not less than
fourteen days before the election ; ( 3) by posting said Notice at
the polling places and at three of the most public and conspicuous
places in. the City not less than ten days before the election;
(4) by publishing in the official newspaper of the City a sample
ballot as set forth in paragraph 5 at least one week before the
election; ( 5) by posting a sample ballot in his office for
public inspection and in the polling places at least four days
before the election.
4 . The Notice to be published and posted as provided
in paragraph 3 above shall be in substantially the following
form:
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will
be held in and for the Citv of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, on
November 15, 1979 , between the hours of J 'sb _.M. and
P.M. , for the purpose of submitted to the voters the following
question:
Shall the City of Eden Prairie issue and sell
its general obligation bonds in an amount not
exceeding $3 , 500, 000 to provide funds for the
acquisition and betterment of land, buildings
and facilities for its program of public
recreation?
The polling places for said election shall be
#1 King Of Glory Lutheran Church
#2 Immanuel Lutheran Church
#3 Forest Hills School
#4 Eden Prairie Methodist Church
#5 Eden Prairie Presbyterian Church
#6 Suburban Hennepin Vo-Tech School
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and any qualified voter residing in the City may vote at
said election, at the polling place for the precinct in
which the voter resides .
Dated : October 11 , 1979.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
John D . Frane
City Finance Director/Clerk
5 . The sample ballot for said -alection shall be posted
and published as provided in paragraph 3 and shall be in
substantially the following form:
CITY OF EDEN PP.AIRIE, MINNESOTA
SPECIAL ELECTION
HELD NOVEMBER 15 , 1979
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Shall the City of Eden Prairie issue
YES and sell its general obligation bonds
. , in an amount not exceeding $3 , 500 , 000
. to provide funds for the acquisition
. NO and betterment of land, buildings and
. . . facilities for its program of public
recreation?
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS : If you wish to vote in
favor of the above proposition, mark a cross (X)
in the square preceding the word "YES . " If you
wish to vote against the above proposition,
mark a cross (X) in the square preceding the
word "NO" next to the proposition.
6 . The City Finance Director/Clerk is authorized
M and directed to cause to be printed official ballots for the
use of the voters at said election, which shall be printed
on blue-colored paper and shall be identical in form with
the sample ballot in paragraph 5 above, except that the first
line of the official ballot shall read "OFFICIAL BALLOT, " and
on the back , so as to be visible when the ballot is properly
folded for deposit, shall be printed the words "OFFICIAL BALLOT, "
the date of the election, a facsimile signature of the City
Finance Director/Clerk , and the lines for the initials of two
judges .
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Attest:
"^Finance rector/Clerk
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