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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - HRA 2009-01 - Lease Revenue Refunding Bonds - City Hall and Community Center Projects Series 2009A - 01/20/2009 HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN AND FOR THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA H.R.A. RESOLUTION NO. 2009-01 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, AWARDING SALE, PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND DETAILS AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF $3,235,000 LEASE REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS (CITY HALL AND COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECTS), SERIES 2009A AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A LEASE- PURCHASE AGREEMENT BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Eden Prairie(the "Authority"), as follows; WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota(the"Authority") is authorized by Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469 (the "Act"), to issue bonds to finance or refinance a redevelopment project and the principal and interest on the bonds may be payable exclusively from its income and revenues of the project financed or refinanced with the proceeds of the Bonds; and WHEREAS, the Act further authorized the Authority to make any of its land in a redevelopment project available for use by public agencies by sale, lease or otherwise, and WHEREAS,the Authority has undertaken a project (the"Community Center Project")consisting of the construction of improvements to a community center facility located on land in the City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota(the"City") as an authorized project under the Act,and has financed the cost thereof by the issuance of its revenue bonds denominated Lease Revenue Bonds(Community Center Project), Series 1992A(the"Series 1992A Bonds"), and has leased the Community Center Project to the City pursuant to and in accordance with a Lease- Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 1, 1992, between the Authority and the City; and WHEREAS, the Authority has undertaken a project (the"City Hall Project," together with the Community Center Project, the"Project") consisting of the acquisition of certain real property in the City and the acquisition and rehabilitation of an existing building located thereon, a portion of which was for use as a city hall and city offices(the"Governmental Space"), as an authorized project under the Act, and has financed the cost thereof by the issuance of its revenue bonds denominated Lease Revenue Bonds (City Hall Project), Series 1992E (the "Series 1992B Bonds")and its Lease Revenue Bonds(City Hail Project), Series 1993A(the "Series 1993A Bonds") and leased with an agreement to sell to the City pursuant to a lease agreement, dated as of August 1, 1992 (the"Series B Lease Agreement"), and amended by a First Amendment to Series B Lease Agreement,dated as of May 1, 1993, between the Authority and the City; and WHEREAS, the Authority has issued its lease revenue refunding bonds pursuant to the Act, denominated Lease Revenue Refunding Bonds (City Hall and Community Center Projects), Series 2002A(the"Series 2002A Bonds"), for the purpose of refunding in advance of maturity the outstanding Series 1992A Bonds and Series 1992B Bonds; and WHEREAS, it is proposed that the Authority issue its lease revenue refunding bonds pursuant to the Act, to be denominated Lease Revenue Refunding Bonds(City Hall and Community Center Projects), Series 2009A(the"Bonds") for the purpose of refunding in advance of maturity$3,240,000 of principal amount of the outstanding Series 2002A Bonds(the "Refunded Bonds"), and to pay certain costs of the issuance of the Bonds and of the refunding of the Refunded Bonds; and WHEREAS, the Bonds issued under this Resolution will be secured by the Lease- Purchase Agreement,dated as of February 1,2009 (the"Lease"),between the Authority and the City, and of the revenues derived by the Authority from the Project, and the bonds and interest thereon shall be payable solely from the revenues pledged thereto and no bonds shall constitute a debt of the Authority within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation nor shall the full faith, credit and taxing powers of the Authority be pledged thereto; and WHEREAS,under the Lease, the City is to pay to the Authority sufficient money each year to pay the principal of,premium, if any, and interest on the bonds issued to refinance the Project, and the City is to provide the cost of maintaining the Project in good repair, the cost of keeping the Project properly insured, and any payments required for taxes and any expenses incurred by the Authority in connection with the Project; and WHEREAS, forms of the Lease and the Preliminary Official Statement,dated January 15, 2009 (together with the Final Official Statement to be prepared and distributed prior to delivery of the Bonds,the"Official Statement")have been presented to this Board and are hereby ordered to be placed on file in the office of the Secretary. NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Eden Prairie, as follows: Section 1. Authorization and Sale. 1.1. This Board acknowledges, finds, determines and declares that it is in the best interests of the Authority to refinance the Project. 1.2. The Bonds and the interest on the Bands shall be payable solely from the revenue pledged therefor and shall not constitute a debt of the Authority within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation nor shall constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the Authority or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers and shall not constitute a charge, lien, or encumbrance, legal or equitable,upon any property of the Authority other than the lease-purchase payments to be received under the Lease. 1.3. Sale. The Authority has retained Sound Capital Management, Inc. as independent financial advisor in connection with the sale of the Bonds. The Authority has received an offer 2 from Northland Securities, Inc,, in Minneapolis,Minnesota(the Purchaser) to purchase the Bonds at a price of$3,267,114.75 plus accrued interest on all Bonds to the day of delivery and payment,on the further terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. The offer is hereby accepted, and the Chair and Executive Director are hereby authorized and directed to execute a contract on the part of the Authority for the sale of the Bonds with the Purchaser. Section 2. Bond Terms; Registration; Execution and Delivery. 2.1. Issuance of Bonds. For the purpose of financing the cost of refunding the Refunded Bonds, this Board hereby authorizes the issuance of the Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of$3,235,000. All acts,conditions and things which are required by the Act and 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 Bonds having been done, existing, having happened and having been performed, it is now necessary for this Board to establish the form and terms of the Bonds,to provide security therefor and to issue the Bonds forthwith. 2.2. Maturities, Interest Rates, Denominations, Payment. The Bonds shall be in denominations of$5,000 each,or any integral multiple thereof, shall bear a date of original issue as of February 1, 2009, shall mature on February 1 in the respective years and amounts stated below, and shall bear interest from date of original issue until paid or duly called for redemption at the respective annual rates set forth opposite such years and amounts, as follows: Year Amount Rate 2010 $ 990,000 2.50% 2011 1,055,000 2.50 2012 1,195,000 3.00 The Bonds shall be issuable only in fully registered form. The interest thereon and, upon surrender of each Bond,the principal amount thereof shall be payable by check or draft issued by the Registrar described herein. 2.3. Dates, Interest Payment Dates. Each Bond shall be dated by the Registrar, as hereinafter defined, as of the date of authentication. The interest on the Bonds shall be payable on February 1 and August 1 in each year, commencing August 1, 2009, to the registered owner 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 will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. 2.4. Appointment of Initial Registrar. The Authority hereby appoints Wells Fargo Bank,National Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the initial bond registrar, transfer agent and paying agent(the Registrar). The Chair and the Executive Director are authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Authority, 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 Authority agrees to pay the reasonable and customary charges of the Registrar for the services performed. The Authority reserves the right to remove the 3 Registrar upon thirty(30)days notice and upon the appointment of a successor Registrar, in which event the predecessor Registrar shall deliver all cash and Bonds in its possession to the successor Registrar and shall deliver the bond register to the successor Registrar. 2.5. Registration. The effect of registration and the rights and duties of the Authority 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 Bonds and the registration of transfers and exchanges of Bonds entitled to be registered, transferred or exchanged. (b) Transfer of Bonds. Upon surrender for transfer of any Bond 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 Bonds 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 Bonds. Whenever any Bonds are surrendered by the registered owner for exchange the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver one or more new Bonds of a like aggregate principal amount and maturity, as requested by the registered owner or the owner's attorney in writing. (d) Cancellation. All Bonds surrendered upon any transfer or exchange shall be promptly canceled by the Registrar and thereafter disposed of as directed by the Authority. (e) Improper or Unauthorized Transfer. When any Bond is presented to the Registrar for transfer, the Registrar may refuse to transfer the same until it is satisfied that the endorsement on the Bond 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 Authority and the Registrar may treat the person in whose name any Bond is at any time registered in the bond register as the absolute owner of the Bond, whether the Bond shall be overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal of and interest on the Bond and for all other purposes, and all such payments so made to any such registered owner or upon the owner's order shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon the Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. (g) Taxes, Fees and Charges. For every transfer or exchange of Bonds,the Registrar may impose a charge upon the owner thereof sufficient to reimburse the 4 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 Bonds. In case any Bond shall become mutilated or be destroyed, stolen or lost,the Registrar shall deliver a new Bond of like amount, number, maturity date and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of any mutilated Bond or in lieu of and in substitution for any Bond 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 Bond destroyed, stolen or lost, upon filing with the Registrar of evidence satisfactory to it that the Bond 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 Authority and the Registrar shall be named as obligees. All Bonds so surrendered to the Registrar shall be canceled by it and evidence of such cancellation shall be given to the Authority. If the mutilated, destroyed, stolen or lost Bond has already matured it shall not be necessary to issue a new Bond prior to payment. (i) Authenticating Agent. The Registrar is hereby designated the authenticating agent for the Bonds within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.55, subdivision 1. 2.6. Execution,Authentication and Delivery. The Bonds shall be prepared under the direction of the Executive Director and shall be executed on behalf of the Authority by the signatures of the Chair and the Executive Director,provided that all 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 Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of any Bond, 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 Bond 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 Bond has been duly executed by the manual signature of an authorized representative of the Registrar. Certificates of authentication on different Bonds need not be signed by the same representative. The executed certificate of authentication on each Bond shall be conclusive evidence that it has been authenticated and delivered under this Resolution. When the Bonds have been so prepared, executed and authenticated, the Treasurer shall deliver the same to the Purchaser upon payment of the purchase price in accordance with the contract of sale heretofore made and executed, and the Purchaser shall not be obligated to see to the application of the purchase price. 2.7. Redemption. The Bonds shall not be subject to redemption and prepayment prior to their stated maturity dates. 2.8. Securities Depository. (a) For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the following meanings: 5 `Beneficial Owner"shall mean, whenever used with respect to a Bond, the person in whose name such Bond is recorded as the beneficial owner of such Bond by a Participant on the records of such Participant, or such person's subrogee, "Cede&Co." shall mean Cede& Co., the nominee of DTC, and any successor nominee of DTC with respect to the Bonds. "DTC" shall mean The Depository Trust Company of New York, New York. "Participant"shall mean any broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution for which DTC holds Bonds as securities depository. "Representation Letter"shall mean the Representation Letter pursuant to which the Authority agrees to comply with DTC's Operational Arrangements. (b) The Bonds shall be initially issued as separately authenticated fully registered bonds, and one Bond shall be issued in the principal amount of each stated maturity of the Bonds. Upon initial issuance,the ownership of such Bonds shall be registered in the bond register in the name of Cede& Co., as nominee of DTC. The Registrar and the Authority may treat DTC (or its nominee)as the sole and exclusive owner of the Bonds registered in its name for the purposes of payment of the principal of or interest on the Bonds, selecting the Bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed, if any, giving any notice permitted or required to be given to registered owners of Bonds under this resolution, registering the transfer of Bonds, and for all other purposes whatsoever; and neither the Registrar nor the Authority shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Registrar nor the Authority shall have any responsibility or obligation to any Participant, any person claiming a beneficial ownership interest in the Bonds under or through DTC or any Participant,or any other person which is not shown on the bond register as being a registered owner of any Bonds, with respect to the accuracy of any records maintained by DTC or any Participant,with respect to the payment by DTC or any Participant of any amount with respect to the principal of or interest on the Bonds, with respect to any notice which is permitted or required to be given to owners of Bonds under this resolution, with respect to the selection by DTC or any Participant of any person to receive payment in the event of a partial redemption of the Bonds, or with respect to any consent given or other action taken by DTC as registered owner of the Bonds. So long as any Bond is registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, the Registrar shall pay all principal of and interest on such Bond, and shall give all notices with respect to such Bond,only to Cede & Co. in accordance with DTC's Operational Arrangements, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to fully satisfy and discharge the Authority's obligations with respect to the principal of and interest on the Bonds to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No person other than DTC shall receive an authenticated Bond for each separate stated maturity evidencing the obligation of the Authority to make payments of principal and interest. Upon delivery by DTC to the Registrar of written notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute 6 a new nominee in place of Cede &Co., the Bonds will be transferable to such new nominee in accordance with paragraph(e) hereof. (c) In the event the Authority determines that it is in the best interest of the Beneficial Owners that they be able to obtain Bonds in the form of bond certificates, the Authority may notify DTC and the Registrar,whereupon DTC shall notify the Participants of the availability through DTC of Bonds in the form of certificates. In such event,the Bonds will be transferable in accordance with paragraph(e)hereof. DTC may determine to discontinue providing its services with respect to the Bonds at any time by giving notice to the Authority and the Registrar and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. In such event the Bonds will be transferable in accordance with paragraph(e)hereof. (d) The execution and delivery of the Representation Letter to DTC by the Chair or Secretary is hereby authorized and directed. (e) In the event that any transfer or exchange of Bonds is permitted under paragraph(b) or(c)hereof, such transfer or exchange shall be accomplished upon receipt by the Registrar of the Bonds to be transferred or exchanged and appropriate instruments of transfer to the permitted transferee in accordance with the provisions of this resolution. In the event Bonds in the form of certificates are issued to owners other than Cede &Co., its successor as nominee for DTC as owner of all the Bonds, or another securities depository as owner of all the Bonds, the provisions of this resolution shall also apply to all matters relating thereto, including,without limitation, the printing of such Bonds in the form of bond certificates and the method of payment of principal of and interest on such Bonds in the form of bond certificates. 2.9. Form of Bonds. The Bonds shall be printed in substantially the following form: [Face of the Bonds] UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN AND FOR THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE LEASE REVENUE REFUNDING BOND (CITY HALL AND COMMi.]NITY CENTER PROJECTS), SERIES 2009A R- $ Date of Rate Maturity Original Issue CUSIP 7 February 1,20_ February 1, 2009 REGISTERED OWNER: PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: THOUSAND DOLLARS KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Eden Prairie, a duly organized and existing public body, corporate and politic, of the State of Minnesota(the Authority), acknowledges itself to be indebted and for value received hereby promises to pay to the registered owner specified above, or registered assigns, in the manner hereinafter set forth, the principal sum specified above on the maturity date specified above, without option of prior redemption except upon an event of default under the Lease hereinafter referred to or a non-appropriation by the City as hereinafter described,with interest thereon from Date of Original Issue set forth above at the annual rate specified above, computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and payable on February I and August 1 in each year, commencing August 1, 2009, to the person in whose name this Bond 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 or other agreed means of payment by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as Registrar and Paying Agent,or its designated successor under the Resolution described herein. This Bond is one of an issue in the aggregate principal amount of$3,235,000, all of like date of original issue and tenor, except as to number, maturity, interest rate and denomination, which Bond has been issued pursuant to and in full conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota, including Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 469 and 475, and pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Authority on January 20, 2009(the Resolution), for the purpose of providing money to refund certain outstanding lease revenue bonds of the Authority issued to finance or refinance the acquisition, construction and furnishing of a project to be leased by the Authority to the City of Eden Prairie,Minnesota(the City), pursuant to a Lease Agreement, dated as of February I, 2009 (the Lease), between the Authority, as lessor, and the City, as lessee. The Bonds are payable solely from the Lease Revenue Refunding Bond Sinking Fund of the Authority, to which has been pledged the lease-purchase payments to be received by the Authority from the City pursuant to the Lease. Said lease- purchase payments, if timely made, will be in an amount sufficient to pay, with any proceeds of the Bonds and any other funds appropriated for such purpose, the principal of and interest on the Bonds as such becomes due. The obligation of the City under the Agreement to make lease- purchase payments sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds when due is a limited obligation of the City, subject to the annual appropriation in each fiscal year by the City Council of funds sufficient to pay such lease-purchase payment. The City is not obligated to make any such appropriation and has the right to cancel and terminate the Agreement at the end of any fiscal year of the City if the City Council does not appropriate moneys sufficient to pay the lease-purchase payments coming due in the next fiscal year. The Bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness of the State of Minnesota,the Authority or any other political subdivision and neither the State, the Authority nor any other political subdivision shall be liable on the Bonds, nor shall the Bonds be payable out of any funds of the State, the Authority or other political 8 subdivision other than lease-purchase payments to be made by the City to the Authority under the Lease which have been pledged by the Authority to the payment of the Bonds. No Holder of this Bond shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the full faith and credit and taxing power of the State of Minnesota or the Authority to pay this Bond or the interest hereon, or to enforce payment thereof against any property of the State of Minnesota or the Authority other than the lease-purchase payments so pledged. The Bonds of this issue are issuable only in fully registered form, in denominations of$5,000 or any integral multiple thereof,of single maturities. In case an Event of Default as defined in the Lease occurs, or in the event of non- appropriation by the City Council of the City, the Authority may declare the principal of all Bonds outstanding to be due and payable prior to the stated maturity thereof, and upon such declaration, the principal of all Bonds outstanding shall become due and payable. After such declaration, all moneys received by the Authority and applicable to the Bonds pursuant to the Lease shall be applied to the equal and proportional payment of all Bonds outstanding and claims for interest thereon,without priority of any Bond over another Bond, or of principal over interest or interest over principal. Bonds of this series have been designated as "qualified tax-exempt obligations"pursuant to Section 255(b)of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. As provided in the Resolution and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Bond is transferable upon the books of the Authority 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 Bonds of other authorized denominations. Upon such transfer or exchange the Authority will cause a new Bond or Bonds 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 Authority and the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name this Bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof, whether this Bond is overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and neither the Authority nor the Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Bond, so long as this Bond is registered in the name of Cede &Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company,or in the name of any other nominee of The Depository Trust Company or other securities depository, the Registrar shall pay all principal of and interest on this Bond, and shall give all notices with respect to this Bond, only to Cede& Co. or other nominee in accordance with the operational arrangements of The Depository Trust Company or other securities depository as agreed to by the Authority. 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 Bond in order to make it a valid and binding special obligation of the Authority in accordance with its terms, 9 have been done, do exist,have happened and have been performed as so required; and that the issuance of this Bond does not cause the indebtedness of the Authority to exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness. This Bond 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 Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, by its Board of Commissioners, has caused this Bond to be executed on its behalf by the facsimile signatures of the Chair and Executive Director. HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN AND FOR THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA (facsimile signature) (facsimile signature) Executive Director Chair Date of Authentication: , 2009. 10 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Bonds delivered pursuant to the Resolution mentioned within. WELLS FARGO BANK,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Registrar By Authorized Representative The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Bond, 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) 3T 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. 11 ASSIGNMENT For value received,the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the within Bond and all rights thereunder, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said Bond on the books kept for registration of the within Bond, 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 whatsoever. Signature Guaranteed: Signatures)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 bond form] 12 Section 3. Use of Proceeds; Bond Fund. 3.1. Use of Proceeds. Upon payment for the Bonds by the Purchaser, the Executive Director shall deposit and apply the proceeds of the Bonds as follows: (a) $3,248,280.00 shall be deposited with the Trustee for the Refunded Bonds under the 2002 Indenture to be applied to the redemption and prepayment of the Refunded Bonds on February 24, 2009, in accordance with the provisions of the 2002 Indenture; (b) $15,775.00 shall be used to pay costs of issuance and (c) $7,161.00 shall be deposited in the Bond Fund created in Section 3.2 hereof. 3.2. Lease Revenue Refunding Bond Sinking Fund. (a) There shall be established on the official books and records of the Authority a Lease Revenue Refunding Bond Sinking Fund (the Bond Fund). To the Bond Fund there is irrevocably pledged and appropriated and shall be credited (i)the amount specified in Section 3.1,clause(c), and (ii) all Lease-Purchase Payments (as defined in the Lease)received from the City pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.1 of the Lease. The Bond Fund shall be used only to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued and made payable therefrom, including the Bonds. The balance on hand in the Bond Fund on each interest payment date will be used first pro rata to pay the interest then due on all Bonds payable therefrom, and second to pay the principal of the matured Bonds in order of their maturity dates,pro rata with respect to Bonds maturing on the same date. Investment earnings on amounts held in the Bond Fund shall be retained therein and applied to the payment of principal of and interest on Bonds payable therefrom. On or before each principal and interest payment date for the Bonds, the Treasurer of the Authority is directed to remit to the Registrar from funds on deposit in the Bond Fund the amount needed to pay principal and interest on the Bonds on the next succeeding principal and interest payment date. (b) The Authority covenants to apply all Lease-Purchase Payments received by the Authority from the City pursuant to the Lease to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bands. The Bonds shall not constitute or give rise to a charge against the general credit or properties or taxing powers of the Authority or the City and shall not grant to the Owners of the Bonds any right to have the Authority or the City levy any taxes or appropriate any funds for the payment of the principal thereof or interest thereon. The Bonds are not a general obligation or a pecuniary liability of the Authority or the City or the individual officers or agents thereof. The Bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness of the Authority or the City within the meaning of any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation. The Bonds and interest thereon are payable solely from Lease-Purchase Payments to be paid by the City pursuant to the Lease, or other moneys held by the Bond Registrar in a fund or account appropriated to the payment of the Bonds. (c) The obligation of the City to make Lease-Purchase Payments pursuant to the Lease is subject to annual appropriation by the City Council of the City. In the event the City Council determines not to appropriate moneys for the payment of Lease- Purchase Payments due in a fiscal year,the Lease will terminate at the end of the then- 13 current fiscal year, and the City will have no further obligation to make Lease-Purchase Payments pursuant to the Lease. (d) In case an Event of Default as defined in the Lease occurs, or in the event of non-appropriation by the City Council of the City, the Authority may declare the principal of all Bonds outstanding to be due and payable prior to the stated maturity thereof, and upon such declaration, the principal of all Bonds outstanding shall become due and payable. After such declaration, all moneys received by the Authority and applicable to the Bonds pursuant to the Lease shall be applied to the equal and proportional payment of all Bonds outstanding and claims for interest thereon, without priority of any Bond over another Bond, or of principal over interest or interest over principal. 3.3. Application of Moneys. All moneys received by the Authority pursuant to any right given or action taken under the provisions of this Resolution or the Lease, shall, after payment of the cost and expenses of the proceedings resulting in the collection of such moneys and of the expenses, liabilities and advances incurred or made by the Authority, be deposited in the Bond Fund and all moneys in the Bond Fund maintained with the Authority shall be applied as follows: (a) Unless the principal of all the Bonds shall have become due and payable, all such moneys shall be applied: First: To the payment to the Bondholders entitled thereto of all installments of interest then due on the Bonds, in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, and, if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full any particular installment, then to the payment ratably, according to the amounts due on such installment, to the Bondholders entitled thereto,without any discrimination or privilege; and Second: To the payment to the Bondholders entitled thereto of the unpaid principal of any of the Bonds which shall have become due(other than Bonds called for redemption for the payment of which moneys are held pursuant to the provisions of this Resolution), in the order of their due dates, and, if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full Bonds due on any particular date, then to the payment ratably, according to the amount of principal due on such date, to the Bondholders entitled thereto without any discrimination or privilege. (b) If the principal of all the Bonds shall have become due, all such moneys shall be applied to the payment of the principal and interest then due and unpaid upon the Bonds,without preference or priority of principal over interest or of interest over principal,or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Bond over any other Bond, ratably, according to the amounts due respectively for principal and interest, to the Bondholders entitled thereto without any discrimination or privilege. 14 3.4. Investments. All funds on hand in the Bond Fund shall be deposited or invested in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter I I8A. All securities so purchased shall mature at or before the time when it is estimated that the proceeds thereof will be needed for the purposes of the Fund from which funds are withdrawn for the purchase. Section 4. Lease Agreement; Other Documents. 4.1. Approval. The form of Lease is hereby approved. The Chair and Executive Director are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Lease in the name and on behalf of the Authority with such variations, omissions and insertions as the Chair and Executive Director shall approve, which approval shall be conclusively presumed by the execution and delivery of said agreement by the Chair and Executive Director. The officers of the Authority are hereby authorized to do all acts and things required of them by or in connection with this Resolution and the Lease for the full,punctual and complete performance of all the terms, covenants and agreements contained in the Bonds, the Lease and this Resolution, including the execution and delivery of such closing certificates, arbitrage certifications and similar documents as may be required by bond counsel in connection with the issuance and delivery of the Bonds. 4.2. Covenant With Bondholders; Enforcement of Lease. Each and all of the terms and provisions of this Resolution shall be and constitute a covenant on the part of the Authority to and with each and every Holder from time to time of the outstanding Bonds issued hereunder. The Authority will proceed with due diligence to enforce its rights under the Lease for the benefit and security from time to time of the registered owners of the outstanding Bonds. In the event that,while Bonds are still outstanding, an Event of Default as defined in the Lease occurs and the Lease is terminated, or in the event of non-appropriation by the City Council of the City, the Authority covenants and agrees to use its best efforts, to lease or sell the Project to others, and will apply the sale proceeds,net rentals or other payments(after deduction of the costs incurred by the Authority in connection with such leasing) received by the Authority to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds. Section 5. Defeasance. When all of the Bonds have been discharged as provided in this section, all pledges, covenants and other rights granted by this resolution to the registered owners of the Bonds shall cease. The Authority may discharge its obligations with respect to any Bonds 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 Bond 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 Authority may also at any time discharge its obligations with respect to any Bonds, 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, premium, if any, and interest to become due thereon to maturity or an earlier designated redemption date. 15 Section 6. Registration of Bonds. The Executive Director 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 required, and to obtain from the County Auditor a certificate that the Bonds have been duly entered upon the County Auditor's bond register. Section 7. Authentication of Transcript. The officers of the Authority are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and furnish to the Purchaser, and to Dorsey& Whitney LLP, the attorneys rendering an opinion as to the legality thereof, certified copies of all proceedings and records relating to the Bonds and such other affidavits,certificates and information as may be required to show the facts relating to the legality and marketability of the Bonds, 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 Authority as to the correctness of all statements contained therein. Section 8. Official Statement. The Preliminary Official Statement relating to the Bonds, dated January 15, 2009, prepared and delivered on behalf of the Authority by Northland, is hereby approved. Northland is hereby authorized on behalf of the Authority to prepare and distribute to the Purchaser a Final Official Statement listing the offering price,the interest rates, selling compensation, delivery date, the underwriters and such other information relating to the Bonds required to be included in the Final Official Statement by Rule 15c2-12 adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1934. Within seven business days from the date hereof, the Authority shall deliver to the Purchaser sufficient copies of the Preliminary Official Statement and Final Official Statement. The officers of the Authority are hereby authorized and directed to execute such certificates as may be appropriate concerning the accuracy, completeness and sufficiency thereof. Section 9. Tax Matters. 9.1. General Tax Covenant. The Authority agrees with the Holders from time to time of the Bonds that it will not take,or permit to be taken by any of its officers, employees or agents, any action that would cause interest on the Bonds 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 agrees to take any and all actions within its powers to ensure that the interest on the Bonds will not become includable in gross income of the recipient under the Code and the Regulations. S❑ long as any Bonds are outstanding, the Authority shall not enter into any contract for the sale of all or a portion of the Project or enter into any lease, management contract, use agreement or other agreement with any non-governmental person relating to the use of all or a portion of the Project or security for the payment of the Bonds which might cause the Bonds to be considered"private activity bonds"or "private loan bonds"pursuant to Section 141 of the Code. 16 9.2. Certification. The Chairperson and Executive Director, being the officers of the Authority charged with the responsibility for issuing the Bonds pursuant to this Resolution, are authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the Purchaser a certificate in accordance with 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 Bonds which make it reasonable to expect that the proceeds of the Bonds will not be used in a manner that would cause the Bonds to be"arbitrage bonds"within the meaning of the Code and Regulations. 9.3. _qualified Tax-Exempt Obligations. In order to enhance the marketability of the Bonds, and since the Authority and all subordinate entities do not reasonably expect to issue in excess of$10,000,000 of governmental and qualified 501(c)(3) bonds during calendar year 2009, the Bonds are hereby designated by the Authority as"qualified tax-exempt obligations" for the purposes of Section 265(b) of the Code. Section 10. Redemption The Executive Director is directed to cause the Trustee to call the Refunded Bonds for redemption and prepayment on February 24, 2009, which is their earliest permissible redemption date and to give or cause to be given notice of redemption in accordance with the provisions of the 2002 Indenture. Adopted by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, this 20 day of January, 2009. By: 01 j$___1 P ung, Chair, n GAttest: SEAL Cott 1, getutive ' ector 17