HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 92-10 RESOLUTION
of the
CITY OF COLUMRIA HEIGHTS
RESOLUTION NO. ~2-~o
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA (THE "ISSUER")
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF
THE ISSUER'S COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT REFUNDING
REVENUE BONDS (COLUMBIA PARK PROPERTIES -
MEDICAL CLINIC PROJECT) SERIES 1992 (THE
"BONDS"), WHICH BONDS AND THE INTEREST AND ANY
PREMIUM THEREON SHALL BE PAYABLE SOLELY FROM
REVENUES PLEDGED THERETO; APPROVING THE FORM
OF AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY
OF A TRUST INDENTURE, A LOAN AGREEMENT, AND A
BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT; APPROVING THE USE OF
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT; APPROVING THE FORM OF
AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF
THE BONDS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SECURITY,
RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE OWNERS OF SAID BONDS
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota (the "Issuer") is a home
rule city duly organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State
of Minuesota; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota,
particularly Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.152 to 469.1651, as amended (the
"Act"), the Issuer is authorized to carry out the public purposes described therein
and contemplated thereby by iss,,ing its revenue bonds to finance the cost of the
acquisition, renovation, construction, improving and equipping of certain revenue
producing facilities to be located within its corporate boundaries, and is authorized
to enter into revenue ag-~-eements made in connection therewith and pledge those
agreements as security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any such
revenue bonds; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer has previously issued its $5,000,000 Commercial
Development Revenue Bonds (Columbia Park Properties Project) (the "Prior
Bonds"); and
WHEREAS, the Issuer loaned the proceeds of the Prior Bonds to Columbia Park
Properties, a Minnesota ~eneral partnership (the "Company") for the purpose of
acquiring, constructing and equipping a commercial facility within the corporate
boundaries of the Issuer (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested the Issuer to issue its Commercial
Development Refunding Revenue Bonds (Columbia Park Properties - Medical Clinic
Project) Series 1992 in an aggTegate principal amount of $4,785,000 (the "Bonds")
to provide for the funding of a loan (the "Loan") to the Company for the purpose of
refunding and redeeming the Prior Bonds in accordance with their terms; and
WHEREAS, the Loan will be made pursuant to the terms of a Loan Agreement
dated as of April 1, 1992 (the "Loan Ag~.eement") between the Issuer and the
Company; and
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WHEREAS, the Issuer proposes to finance the refunding and redemption of the
Prior Bonds under the Act by the issuance of the Bonds of the Issuer under this
resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Bonds will be issued under an Indenture of Trust dated as of
April 1, 1992 (the '~Indenture') between the Issuer and the trustee named therein
(the "Trustee"), and are secured by a mortgage and assignment of leases and rents
with respect to the Project from the Company to the Trustee and a guaranty of debt
service on the Bonds by Columbia Park Medical Group, P.A. and by the partners of
the Company pursuant to a corporate guaranty agreement and a personal guaranty
agreement (all such documents collectively referred to as the "Security Documents")
and a pledge and assignment of certain other revenues, all in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture, and said Bonds and the interest on said Bonds shall be
payable solely from the revenues pledged therefor and the Bonds shall not constitute
a debt of the Issuer within the me~nlng of any constitutional or statutory limitation
or constitute or give rise to a pecuniary liability of the Issuer 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 Issuer other than the
Issuer's interest in the Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA, AS FOLLOWS:
1. The Issuer acknowledges, finds, determines, and declares that the
refunding and redemption of the Prior Bonds, the proceeds of which were used to
construct the Project, furthers the purposes of the Act, including the promotion of
industry and commerce through governmental action for the purpose of preventing
the emergence of blighted and marginal l~snds.
2. For the purposes set forth above, there is hereby authorized the
issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds in a principal amount of $4,785,000. The
Bonds shall be numbered, shall be dated, shall bear interest, shall mature, shall be
subject to redemption prior to maturity, shall be in such form, and shall have such
other details and provisions as are prescribed in the Indenture in the form now on
file with the Issuer.
3. The Bonds shall be special obligations of the Issuer payable solely from
the r~venues provided pursuant to the Loan Agreement and other funds and
revenues pledged pursuant to the Indenture. The City Council of the Issuer hereby
authorizes and directs the Mayor and the City Manager of the Issuer (together, the
"Officials") to execute and deliver the Indenture by and between the Issuer and the
Trustee, and to deliver to said Trustee the Indenture, and hereby authorizes and
directs the execution of the Bonds in accordance with the Indenture, and hereby
provides that the Indenture shall provide the terms and conditions, covenants,
rights, obligations, duties and agreements of the bondowners, the Issuer and the
Trustee as set forth therein.
All of the provisions of the Indenture, when executed as authorized herein,
shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery thereof. The
Indenture shall be substantially in the form on file with the Issuer, with such
necessary and appropriate variations, omissions and insertions as do not materially
change the substance thereof, or as the City Manager, in his discretion, shall
determine, and the execution thereof by the City Msn~ger shall be conclusive
evidence of such determination.
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4. The Officials are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver
the Loan Agreement and the Bond Purchase Agreement by and among Dougherty,
Dawkins, Strand & Bigelow, Inc. (the "Underwriter"), the Company and the Issuer
(the "Bond Purchase Agreement"). All of the provisions of the Loan Agreement and
the Bond Purchase Agreement when executed and delivered as authorized herein,
shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery thereof. The
Loan Agreement and the Bond Purchase Agt-eement shall be substantially in the forms
on file with the Issuer, with such omissions and insertions as do not materially
change the substance thereof, or as the City Ms_nsger, in his discretion, shall
determine, and the execution thereof by the City Manager shall be conclusive
evidence of such determination.
5. The Bonds shall be revenue obligations of the Issuer the proceeds of
which shall be disbureed pursuant to the Indenture and the Loan Agreement, and
the principal, premium and interest on the Bonds shall be payable solely from the
proceeds of the Bonds, the Loan Agreement and amounts realized under the Security
Documents.
6. The Trustee is hereby appointed as Paying Agent and Bond Registrar
for the Bonds.
7. The Officials are hereby authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf
of the Issuer, such other documents as are necessary or appropriate in connection
with the issuance, sale, and delivery of the Bonds, including an arbitrage
certificate, and all other documents and certificates as shall be necessary and
appropriate in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds.
8. The Issuer has not participated in the preparation of the Official
Statement relating to the Bonds (the "Official Statement") and has made no
independent investigation with respect to the information contained therein,
including any appendices thereto, and the Issuer assumes no responsibility for the
sufficiency, accuracy or completeness of such information. Subject to the foregoing,
the Issuer hereby consents to the distribution of the Official Statement by the
Underwriter in connection with the sale of the Bonds.
9. Ali covenants, stipulations, obligations and agreements of the Issuer
contained in this resolution and the aforementioned documents shall be deemed to be
the covenants, stipulations, obligations and agreements of the Issuer to the full
extent authorized or permitted by law, and all such covenants, stipulations,
obligations and agreements shall be binding upon the Issuer. Except as otherwise
provided in this resolution, all rights, powers and privileges conferred and duties
and liabilities imposed upon the Issuer by the provisions of this resolution or the
aforementioned documents sh_s!! be exercised or performed by such officers, board,
body or agency thereof as may be required or authorized by law to exercise such
powers and to perform such duties.
No covenant, stipulation, obligation or agreement herein contained or
contained in the aforementioned documents shall be deemed to be a covenant,
stipulation, obligation or agreement of any member of the City Council of the Issuer,
or any officer, agent or employee of the Issuer in that person's individual capacity,
and neither the City Council of the Issuer nor a~y officer or employee executing the
Bonds shall be liable personally on the Bonds or be subject to any personal liability
or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.
No provision, covenant or agreement contained in the aforementioned
documents, the Bonds or in any other document related to the Bonds, and no
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obliKation therein or herein imposed upon the Issuer or the breach thereof, shall
constitute or Kive rise to any pecuniary liability of the Issuer or any charKe upon
its general credit or taxing powers. In making the aK~eements, provisions,
covenants and representations set forth in such documents, the Issuer has not
obliKated itself to pay or remit any funds or revenues, other than funds and
revenues derived from the Loan AKreement which are to be applied to the payment
of the Bonds, as provided therein and in the Indenture.
10. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, nothinK in this
resolution or in the aforementioned documents expressed or implied, is intended or
shall be construed to confer upon any person or firm or corporation, other than the
Issuer or any owner of the Bonds issued under the provisions of this resolution, any
right, remedy or claim, leKal or equitable, under and by r~ason of this resolution or
any provision hereof, this resolution, the aforementioned documents and all of their
provisions being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the
Issuer and any owners from time to time of the Bonds issued under the provisions
of this resolution.
11. In case any one or more of the provisions of this resolution, or of the
aforementioned documents, or of the Bonds issued hereunder sbAl! for any reason
be held to be ille~l or invalid, such lilesality or invalidity shall not affect any other
provision of this resolution, or of the aforementioned documents, or of the Bonds,
but this resolution, the aforementioned documents, and the Bonds shall be construed
and endorsed as if such illegal or invalid provision had not been contained therein.
12. The Bonds, when executed and delivered, shall eont~n a recital that
they are issued pursuant to the Act, and such recital shall be conclusive evidence
of the validity of the Bonds and the regularity of the issuance thereof, and that all
acts, conditions and things required by the laws of the State of Minnesota relating
to the adoption of this resolution, to the issuance of the Bonds and to the execution
of the aforementioned documents to happen, exist and be performed precedent to and
in the enactment of this resolution, and precedent to issuance of the Bonds and
precedent to the execution of the aforementioned documents have happened, exist
and have been performed as so required by law.
13. The officers of the Issuer, attorneys, en~ineers and other agents or
employees of the Issuer are hereby authorized to do all acts and tbin~s required of
them by or in connection with this resolution, the aforementioned documents, and
the Bonds for the full, punctual and complete performance of all the terms,
covenants and a~reements cont~ned in the Bonds, the aforementioned documents
and this resolution. In the event that for any reason the Mayor of the Issuer is
unable to carry out the execution of any of the documents or other acts provided
herein, any other member of the City Council of the Issuer shall be authorized to act
in his capacity and undertake such execution or acts on beh~tf of the Issuer with full
force and effect, which executions or sets shall be valid and binding on the Issuer.
If for any reason the City Manager of the Issuer is unable to execute and deliver the
documents referred to in this Resolution, such documents may be executed by a
member of the City Council or the City Clerk with the same force and effect as if
such documents were executed and delivered by the City Manager of the Issuer.
14. This resolution shall be effective from and after the effective date of
Ordinance No. 1238.
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Resolution No. 92-10
Offered by:
Seconded by
Roll call:
Peterson
Ruettimann
All ayes
Adopted this 23rd day of March, 1992.
M-~yor Donald- J.- Mu~'zy6, Jrt. '
7~o-Anne Student, Council Secretary
City Clerk