HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 85-70CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
RESOLUTION NO, 8~-70
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE CIT~ OF
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE
BONDS (COLUMBIA PARK PROPERTIES PROJECT), WHICH BONDS AND THE
INTEREST AND ANY PREMIUM THEREON SHALL BE PAYABLE SOLELY FROM
THE REVENUES DERIVED FROM THE LOAN AGREEMENT; APPROVING THE
FORM OF AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE
INDENTURE OF TRUST, THE LOAN AGREEMENT, AND THE BOND PURCHASE
AGREEMENT; APPROVING CERTAIN OTHER DOCUMENTS AND AUTHORIZING
EXECUTION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS; APPROVING THE FORM OF AND
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE BONDS; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE SECURITY, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE HOLDERS
OF SAID BONDS.
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, eneouragement, and develop-
ment of eeonomieally sound industry and eommeree to prevent so far as possible
the emergenee of blighted and marginal lands and areas of ehronie unemployment,
and for this purpose the State of Minnesota has eneouraged 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
WHEREAS, the City has received from Columbia Park Properties, a
Minnesota general partnership (the "Developer"), a proposal that the City finance a
project for purposes consistent with the Act, said project to consist of the
acquisition, construction and installation of a medical clinic/office facility (the
"Project")in the City; and
WHEREAS, by resolution adopted on Me¥ 28 , 1985, the City
preliminarily approved the proposal of the Developer that the City undertake to
provide financing for the Project and preliminarily approved the financing of the
Project, including the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds, as hereinafter
defined, subject to final approval by the City; and
WHEREAS, the City proposes to finance the acquisition, construction and
installation of the Project pursuant to authority conferred by the Act through the
issuance of the Bonds, as hereinafter defined; and
WHEREAS, the City on December ~ , 1985, held a public hearing on
the issuance of the Bonds in compliance with the provisions of Section 103(k) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; and
WHEREAS, Miller & Sehroeder Financial, Inc. (the "Underwriter") proposes
to purchase said Bonds; and
WHEREAS, said Bonds issued under this resolution will be secured by 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 Bonds and the
interest on said Bonds shall be payable solely from the revenue pledged therefor
and the Bonds 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
powders 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 IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS:
1. That the City Council of the City finds, determines, and declares
that the acquisition and construction of the Project within the City will expand the
business and employment opportunities within the City, will promote the develop-
ment of property within the City, and will generally aid and assist the City, and
that, based upon representations made by the Developer, the Project would not be
undertaken but for the availability of industrial development bond financing.
2. That for the purpose of financing the acquisition and construction of
the Project there is hereby authorized the issuance, sale and delivery of revenue
bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 to be designated the City of
Columbia Heights, Minnesota, Commercial Development Revenue Bonds (Columbia
Park Properties Project) (the "Bonds") to the Underwriter. The Bonds shall be in
such denomination, shall be numbered, and shall be dated, 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 of Trust dated as of the
date of the Bonds (the "Indenture") between the City and First Trust Company,
Inc., in St. Paul, Minnesota, as trustee (the "Trustee"), provided that the Bonds
shall bear interest at the initial rate or rates not exceeding the rates per annum set
forth in the Indenture, and the Mayor and the City Manager are authorized to
approve interest rates on the Bonds lower than those set forth in the Indenture,
which approval shall be evidenced by the execution of the Indenture by the .Mayor
and City Manager.
3. That the Bonds shall not be general obligations but shall be special
limited obligations of the City payable solely from the revenues derived from the
Loan Agreement dated as of the date of the Bonds, and executed by the City and
the Developer (the "Loan Agreement") in the manner provided in the Indenture.
The Bonds shall be secured by the Indenture and by a Combination Mortgage,
Security Agreement, and Fixture Financing Statement and, an Assignment of
Leases, Rents and Revenues, made by the Developer to the Trustee and dated as of
the date of the Bonds and certain guaranties. The Mayor (the "Mayor") and City
Manager (the "City Manager") of the City are hereby authorized and directed to
execute the Bonds in accordance with the Indenture.
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4. That the Loan Agreement, the Indenture, and the Bond Purchase
Agreement, dated as of the date of the Bonds (the "Bond Purchase Agreement"), by
and between the City, the Developer, and the Underwriter are hereby approved.
The Mayor and City Manager are hereby authorized and directed to execute and
deliver the Loan Agreement, the Indenture, and the Bond Purchase Agreement,
substantially in the forms now on file with the City, with such necessary and
appropriate omissions, modifications, insertions, and additions as are not materially
inconsistent with the form on file with the City, and which are consistent with the
Act, as the Mayor in his discretion shall determine. The execution of the Loan
Agreement, the Indenture, and the Bond Purchase Agreement by the Mayor with
the advice of the City Attorney shall be conclusive evidence of such determination.
All of the provisions of the Loan Agreement, the Indenture, and the Bond Purchase
Agreement when executed and delivered as authorized herein, shall be deemed to
be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated herein
in full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery
and shall be
thereof.
5.
That the Mayor and City Manager 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 Bonds,
including the election required to be made by the City pursuant to Section 103
(b)(6)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and Section 1.103-
10(b)(2)(vi) of the Regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
6. That all covenants, stipulations, obligations, and agreements of the
City contained ~n 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 upon
execution and delivery of such documents. Except as otherwise provided in this
resolution, all rights, powers, and privileges conferred and duties and liabilities
imposed upon the City or its officers 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 officers of the City, or such 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
C~ty, 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
Bonds shall be liable personally on the Bonds or be subject to any personal liability
or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.
7. 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 or firm or corporation, other than the
City, the Developer or any holder of the Bonds 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, the Developer and any holder from time to time
of the Bonds issued under the provisions of this resolution. The City reserves the
right to withhold execution and delivery of all such documents in the event the
Mayor and the City Attorney are not satisfied as to the form and content of such
documents or any other material aspect of the Bonds.
8. That in case any one or more of the provisions of this resolution
(except any provision limiting the City's liability under the Bonds), or of the
aforementioned documents (except any provision limiting the City's liability under
the Bonds), or of the Bonds issued hereunder (except any provision limiting the
City's liability under the Bonds) shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid,
such illegality 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.
9. That the Bonds shall contain 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.
10. That the officers 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 Bonds for the full,
punctual, and complete performance of all the terms, covenants, and agreements
contained in the Bonds, the aforementioned documents, and this resolution.
11. That the City Manager, or in his absence, his designee, is hereby
designated as Issuer Representative for the purpose of taking all actions and doing
all things required to be taken or done by the Issuer Representative pursuant to the
aforementioned documents.
12. That in the event any of the officers of the City authorized to
execute documents on behalf of the City under this resolution shall for any reason
be unable to do so, any other officer of the City authorized to act for such
designated officer is hereby directed and authorized to do so on behalf of the City
with the same effect as if executed by the officer authorized to do so in this
resolution.
13. All actions of the members, employees, and staff of the City Council
heretofore taken in furtherance of the Project are hereby approved, ratified and
confirmed.
14. The Mayor and City Manager, and other officers of the City are
authorized and directed to prepare and furnish with regard to the issuance of the
Bonds, certified copies of all proceedings and records of the City relating to the
Bonds and such other affidavits and certificates (including but not limited to those
required by the Bond Purchase Agreement) as may be required to show the facts
relating to the legality, tax exemption, and marketability of the Bonds as such
facts appear from the books and records in said officers' custody and control or as
otherwise known to them; and all such certified copies, certificates, and affidavits,
including any heretofore furnished, shall constitute representations of the City as
to the truth of all statements made by the City and contained therein.
15. The Trustee is hereby appointed authenticating agent with respect to
the Bonds pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.55, and paying agent with
respect to the Bonds pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.553. The Trustee
is hereby directed to accept as additional security for the Bonds such other
documents and instruments as shall be provided to it by the Developer. If required,
the Trustee is hereby authorized to become a party to such documents and
instruments and to take all necessary and appropriate actions thereto as required
by a party to such documents and instruments.
1G. The issuance of the Bonds and the transactions eonteinplated thereby
are hereby found to be consistent with the procedures of the City established for
sueh undertakings and, in the event of any inconsistencies, strict compliance with
such procedures is hereby waived.
17. The City hereby authorizes the Mayor and City Manager to consent
to the circulation of the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement
to be prepared by the Underwriter in connection with the sale and delivery of the
Bonds, which shall be in substantially the form on file with the City on the date
hereof, with such variations, omissions and additions as may be acceptable to the
Mayor and the City Manager.
Adopted this 9th day of December, 1985.
Offered by: Peterson
Seconded by: Hovland
Roll call: All ayes
Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor
nski, City Manager