HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 81-214 - Determining Necessity of Issuing General Obligation Bonds and Providing for an Election Thereon - 10/20/1981 RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION DETERMINING NECESSITY OF ISSUING
GENERAL OBLIGATION PUBLIC BUILDING BONDS
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EI=ION 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 $2,900,000 to provide funds for the. acquisition
and betterment of facilities consisting of constructing a public safety
building, acquiring land therefor, and constructing garage facilities for
publics works and park maintenance purposes.
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 17, 10,81, between the hours of
7:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. at the polling places set forth in the Notice
described in paragraph 4 thereof.
! 3 . The City 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 paragraph 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 not less than 4 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 insprction 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:
W')T-ICH, OF SPECTAL FLECI-PTON
CITY OF EDFN PRAIRIE
COUNTY, MINNI.--.SOTA
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NC)TICE IS HERESY GIVEN that a special election will be held
in and for the City of Eden Prairie, Henric!pin County, Minnesota,
on tdc>vernber 17, 1981, between the hours of 7 : 00 a.m. and 8 : 00 p.m. ,
for the pi)rpose of suNnitting to the voters the following
question:
Shall the City of Eden Prairie issue and sell its general
obligation bonds in an amount not exceeding $2,900,000 to
provide funds for the acquisition and betterment of facilities ,
consisting of constructing a public safety building, acquiring
land therefor, and constructing garage facilities for public
works and park Ilia intenai5ce purposes?
,p)-je- po] I [ijg places for said election shall be-
I King of Glory TaAthVran Church 17850 Duck T�jike Trail
T'r _ i i i c t 2 Church Flay
Frociact 3 Parest Hills FWY-ntary School 1370,11 Holly Road
procinct 4 Eden Prairie United Methodist Church 15050 Scenic Heights Road
Proeinct 5 Eden Prairie Pie: byterian Church 11609 Leona Drive
Precinct 6 So. Sub Hannapin County Vo-Tech 9200 IF'lying Cloud Drive
arty jualifled voter residing in the City :nay vote at said election,
'at the polling place for the precinct in which the voter resides.
Dcltc,d: October 20, 1981
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCTL
John D. Frane, City Clerk
5 . The sample ballot for said election shall be posted
and published as provided in paragraph 3 and shall be in
substantially the following form: .
CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA
SPECIAL ELECTION
FIELD NOVEMBER 17 , 1981
Shall the City of Eden Prairie issue and sell
.YES its general obligation bonds in an amount not
exceeding $2 , 900 , 000 to provide funds for the
acquisition and betterment of facilities con-
NO sisting of constructing a public safety build-
ing , acquiring land therefor , and constructing
garage facilities for public works and park
maintenance purposes?
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 propos i•t ion.
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6 . The City Clerk is authorized 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 offi-
cial 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
Clerk , and the lines for the initials of two judges .
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Mayor
Attest:
ti Cites' Clerk