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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA,
AUTHORIZING THE ~SSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE
$6,000,000 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE NOTE
(EVENSON OFFICE BUILDING PROJECT) (THE 'rNOTE"), WHICH
NOTE AND THE INTEREST AND ANY PREM/UM THEREON SHALL
BE PAYABLE SOLELY FROM THE REVENUES DERIVED FROM THE
LOAN AGREEMENT, (THE "LOAN AGREEMENT"); APPROVING
THE FORM OF AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT AND THE ASSIGNMENT
OF LOAN AGREEMENT; APPROVING THE FORM OF THE
STATUTORY MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS,
SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FINANCING STATEMENT;
APPROVING CERTAIN OTHER DOCUMENTS AND AUTHORIZING
EXECUTION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS; APPROVING THE FORM
OF AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE
NOTE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SECURITY, RIGHTS, AND
REMEDIES OF THE HOLDERS OF SAID NOTE
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Minnesota Municipal Industrial Development
Act, Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 474, as amended (the "Act"), as found and
determined by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, is to promote the welfare
of the State of Minnesota by the active attraction, encouragement, and develop-
ment of economically sound industry and commerce to prevent so far as possible
the emergence of blighted and marginal lands and areas of chronic unemployment,
and for this purpose the State of Minnesota has encouraged action by local
governmental units; and
WHEREAS, factors necessitating the active promotion and development of
economically sound industry and commerce are the increasing concentration of
population in urban and metropolitan areas, the rapidly rising increase in the
amount and cost of governmental services required to meet the needs of the
increased population, and the need for development and use of land which will
provide an adequate tax base to finance these increased costs; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota (the "City"), desires to
expand the business and employment opportunities, and the available tax base of
the City, and to promote the development-of property within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized by the Act to enter into a revenue
agreement with any person, firm, or public or private corporation or federal or
state governmental subdivision or agency in such manner that payments required
thereby to be made by the contracting party shall be fixed, and revised from time
to time as necessary, so as to produce income and revenue sufficient to provide for
the prompt payment of principal of and interest on all bonds issued under the Act
when due, and the revenue agreement shall also provide that the contracting party
shall be required to pay all expenses of the operation and maintenance of the
project including, without limitation, adequate insurance thereon and insurance
against all liability for injury to persons or property arising from the operation
thereof, and all taxes and special assessments levied upon or with respect to the
project and payable during the term of the revenue agreement; and .
WHEREAS, the Act further authorizes the City to issue revenue bonds, in
anticipation of the collection of revenues of a project, to finance, in whole or in
part, the cost of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, better-
ment, or extension of such project and to refund, in whole or in part, bonds
previously issued by' the City under authority of the Act; and
WHEREAS, the City received from Terry Evenson (the "Developer"), a
proposal that the City finance a project for purposes consistent with the Act,
consisting of the acquisition, construction, and installation of an office facility (the
"Project") in the City; and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 954, adopted on June 8, 1981, the City
determined that, on the basis of information provided to it by the Developer and
others, the effect of the financing of the Project, if undertaken, would be to
encourage the development of economically sound commerce in the City, increase
the assessed value of property within the City, increase current employment
opportunities for residents of the City and surrounding areas, and facilitate the
development of property within the City, all to the benefit of the residents and
taxpayers of the City; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 81-40, adopted on July 14, 1981, the City
authorized the issuance, sale, and delivery of its Commercial Development
Revenue Bonds (Evenson Office Building Project), Series 1981 (the "Series 1981
Bonds") for the purpose of financing the Project, and the City subsequently issued,
sold, and delivered its Series 1981 Bonds; and
WHEREAS, said Note issued under this resolution will be secured among
other things by a mortgage and lien on said Project and a pledge and assignment of
the Loan Agreement, as hereinafter defined, and of the revenues derived by the
City from the Loan Agreement, and said Note and the interest on said Note shall
be payable solely from the revenue pledged therefor and the Note shall not
constitute a debt of the City within the.meaning of any constitutional, charter, or
statutory limitation nor shall constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the
City 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 City
other than its interest in the Loan Agreement,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CiTY:
1. That for the purpose of refunding, in whole, the Series 1981 Bonds
there is hereby authorized the issuance, sale, and delivery of the $6,000,000
Commercial Development Revenue Note (Evenson Office Building Project) (the
"Note"). The Note shall bear interest at the rate, shall be numbered, shall be
dated, shall mature, shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity, shall be in
such form, a~d shall have such other details and provisions substantially in the form
now on file with the City.
2. That the Note shall be a special obligation of the City, the principal, ·
premium, if any, and interest on which shall be payable solely from the revenues
derived from the Loan Agreement dated as of the date of the Note, and executed
by the City and the Developer. The Mayor and City Manager of the City are
hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Note.
3. That the Loan Agreement and the Assignment of Loan Agreement,
dated as of the date of the Note, and executed by the City (the ~Assignment of
Loan Agreement"), substantially in the form now on file witI~ the City, are hereby
approved. The Mayor and City Manager of the City are hereby authorized and
directed to execute and deliver the Loan Agreement and Assignment of Loan
Agreement.
4. That the documents designated as the Statutory Mortgage,
Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement, and Fixture Financing
Statement, dated as of the date of the Note, from the Developer to the Lender,
and the Security Agreement, dated as of the date of the Note, from the Developer
to the Lender, are hereby approved in the forms now on file with the City.
5. That upon approval by the Mayor, and concurrence by Counsel for the
City, amendments may be made to the aforementioned documents to the extent
such amendments are not substantial and are not inconsistent with this resolution.
Such approval and concurrence shall be evidenced by the execution of the
aforementioned documents by the Mayor and City Manager, as appropriate, and the
delivery of the opinion of Counsel for the City.
6. That the Mayor and City Manager of the City are hereby authorized
to execute and deliver, on behalf of the City, such other documents as are
necessary or appropriate in connection with the issuance, sale, and delivery of the
Note.
7. That all covenants, stipulations, obligations, and agreements of the
City contained in this resolution and the aforementioned documents shall be
deemed to be the covenants, stipulations, obligations, and agreements of the City
to the full extent authorized or permitted by law, and all such covenants,
stipulations, obligations, and agreements shall be binding upon the City. Except as
otherwise provided in this resolution, all rights, powers, and privileges conferred
and duties and liabilities imposed upon the City by the provisions of this resolution
or of the aforementioned documents to be executed and delivered by the City shall
be exercised or performed by the City or by such members of the City, or such
officers, board, body, or agency thereof as-may be required 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
City, or any officer, agent, or employee of the City in that person's individual
capacity, and neither the City Council of the City nor any officer executing the
Note shall be liable personally on the Note or be subject to any personal liability or
accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.
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8. That except as .herein otherwise expressly provided, nothing in this
resolution or in the aforementioned documents expressed or implied, is intended or
shall be construed to confer upon any person, firm, or corporation, other than the
City or any holder of the Note issued under the provisions of this resolution, any
right, remedy, or claim, legal or equitable, under and by reason 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
City and any holder from time to time of the Note issued under the provisions of
this resolution.
9. That in ease any one or more of the provisions of this resolution, or
of the aforementioned documents, or of the Note issued hereunder shall for any
reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect
any other provision of this resolutipn, or of the aforementioned documents, or of
the Note, but this resolution, the aforementioned documents and the Note shall be
construed and endorsed as if such illegal or invalid provision had not been contained
therein.
10. That the Note shall contain a recital that it is issued pursuant to the
Act, and such recital shall be conclusive evidence of the validity of the Note and
the regularity of the issuance thereof, and that all acts, conditions, and things
required by the Charter of the City and the laws of the State of Minnesota relating
to the adoption of this resolution, to the issuance of the Note 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 Note and
precedent to the execution of the aforementioned documents have happened, exist,
and have been performed as so required by law.
11. That the Note shall be fully registered and may be transferred only
upon the books of the City kept for that purpose by the note registrar of the City.
The City Clerk of the City is hereby appointed as Note Registrar of the City. in
the event any Note is mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed, the City shall execute
and deliver to the registered holder of such Note a new Note of like date, maturity,
and denomination to that mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed, provided that, in the
case of any mutilated Note, such mutilated Note shall first be surrendered to the
City, and in the case of any lost, stole~, or destroyed Note, there first shall be
furnished to the City evidence of such loss, theft, or destruction satisfactory to the
City, together with an indemnity satisfactory to the City. The City ma condition
its registration of the transfer of any Note or the replacement oi~ any mutilated,
lost, stolen, or destroyed Note upon the payment to the City of its reasonable fees
and expenses for such services. The City may treat and consider the person in
whose name any Note is registered as the holder and absolute owner of such Note
for all purposes whatsoever.
12. That the officers of the City, attorneys, 'engineers, and other agents
or employees of the City are hereby authorized to do alt acts and things required of
them by or in connection with this resolution, the aforementioned documents, and
the Note for the full, punctual, and complete performance of all the terms,
covenants, a~.d agreements contained in the Note, the aforementioned documents,
and this resolution.
13. That in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 474.01,
Subdivision 11, the Mayor and other officers, employees, and agents of the City are
hereby authorized and directed to er~courage the Developer to provide employment
opportunities to economically disadvantaged or unemployed individuals.
14. That this resolution shah be in full force and effect from and after
its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 27th day of February, 1984.
Offered by: Hovland
Seconded by: Peterson
Roll call: All ayes
/~/~- ~'n n e Stud~Secretary
William Elrite, City Clerk
Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor