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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2008-139RESOLUTION N0.2008-139 A RESOLUTION ASV ING THE SALE OF $9'75,000 TAXABLE GENERAL OBLIGATION HOUSING IlVIPROVEMENT AREA BONDS, SERIES 2008A; FIXING THEIR FORM AND SPECIFICATIONS; DIRECTING TIiEIR EXECUTION DELIVER'; AND PROVIDING FOR TIIEIR PAYMENT BE IT RESOLVED By the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, Anoka County, Minnesota (the ``City") as follows: Section 1. Sale of Bonds. 1.01. Background. The City has previously established the Sullivan Shores Housing Improvement Area (the "Housing Improvement Area") in order to facilitate certain housing improvements (the "Housing Improvements") to property known as the Sullivan Shores Townhouses. The City Council has previously imposed a housing improvement fee (the "Housing Fees") on housing units located in the Housing Improvement Area in order to finance the Housing Improvements. 1.02. Authorization. Minnesota Statutes, Sections 428A.11 through 428A.21 and Chapter 475, as amended, authorize the City to issue bonds in the amount necessary to defray the costs of the Housing Improvements, which costs are payable primarily from the Housing Fees and may be further secured by the pledge of the City's full faith, credit and taxing power. 1.03. Award to the Purchaser and Interest Rates. The proposal of Northland Securities, Inc. (the "Purchaser") to purchase $975,000 Taxable General Obligation Housing Improvement Area Bonds, Series 2008A (the "Bonds") of the City described in the Terms of Proposal thereof is found and determined to be a reasonable offer and is accepted, the proposal being to purchase the Bonds at a price of $963,378.00, for Bonds bearing interest as follows: Term Bonds due February 1, 2013 at 5.00%. Terra Bonds due February i, 20i~ at x.25%. Term Bonds due February 1, 2017 at 5.50%. Term Bonds due February 1, 2019 at 5.75%. Term Bonds due February 1, 2021 at 6.00%. Term Bonds due February 1, 2024 at 6.05%. True interest cost: 5.9568%. 1.04. Purchase Contract. The City Finance Director is directed to retain the good faith check of the Purchaser, pending completion of the sale of the Bonds, and to return the good faith checks of the unsuccessful proposers forthwith. The Mayor and the City Manager are directed to execute a contract with the Purchaser on behalf of the City. 334~79v4 SJB CL162-~12 2 1.05. Terms and Principal Amounts of the Bonds. The City shall forthwith issue and. sell the Bonds in the total principal amount of $975,000, originally dated July 16, 2008, in the denomination of $5,000 each or any integral multiple thereof, numbered No. R-1, upward, bearing interest as above set forth, and which mature on February 1 in the years and amounts as follows: Term Bonds due February 1, 2013 in the aggregate principal amount of $185,000. Term Bonds due February 1, 2015 in the aggregate principal amount of $110,000. Term Bonds due February 1, 2017 in the aggregate principal amount of $125,000. Term Bonds due February 1, 2019 in the aggregate principal amount of $135,000. Term Bonds due February 1, 2021 in the aggregate principal amount of $155,000. Term Bonds due February 1, 2024 in the aggregate principal amount of $265,000. 1.06. Optional Redem tp ion. The City may elect on February 1, 2018, and on any date thereafter to prepay Bonds due on or after February 1, 2019. Redemption may be in whole or in part and if in part, at the option of the City and in such manner as the City will determine. If less than all Bonds of a maturity are called for redemption, the City will notify DTC (as defined in Section 6 hereof) of the particular amount of such maturity to be prepaid. DTC will determne by lot the amount of each participant's interest in such maturity to be redeemed and each participant will then select by lot the beneficial ownership interests in such maturity to be redeemed. All prepayments will be at a price of par plus accrued interest. 1.07. Mandatory Redemption. The Term Bonds are subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption and shall be redeemed in part by lot at par plus accrued interest on the sinking fund installment dates and in the principal amounts as follows: Sinking Fund Installment Date February 1, 2013 Term Bonds 2010 2011 2012 2013 (maturity) 2015 Term Bonds 2014 2015 (maturity) 2017 Term Bonds 2016 2017 (maturity) 2019 Term Bonds 2018 2019 (maturity) Principal Amount $40,000 45,000 50,000 50,000 55,000 55,000 60,000 65,000 65,000 70,000 334579v4 SJB CL162-42 3 2021 Term Bonds 2020 75,000 2021 (maturity) $0,000 2024 Term Bonds 2022 85,000 2023 85,000 2024 (maturity) 95,000 The specific Term Bands to be redeemed will be selected by lot by the Registrar. All prepayments will be at a price of par plus accrued interest. Section 2. Registration and Payment. 2.01. Registered Form. The Bonds shall be issued only in fully registered form. The interest thereon and, upon surrender of each Bond, the principal amount thereof, is payable by check or draft issued by the Registrar described herein. 2.02. Dates; Interest Payment Dates. Each Bond will be dated as of the last interest payment date preceding the date of authentication to which interest on the Bond has been paid or made available for payment, unless (i) the date of authentication is an interest payment date to which interest has been paid or made available for payment, in which case such Bond shall be dated as of the date of authentication, or (ii) the date of authentication is prior to the first interest payment date, in which case such Bond will be dated as of the date of original issue. The interest on the Bonds will be payable on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing February 1, 2009, to the 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. 2.03. Registration. The City will appoint, and shall maintain, a bond registrar, transfer agent, authenticating agent and paying agent (the "Registrar"). The effect of registration and the rights and duties of the City and the Registrar with respect thereto are as follows: (a) Register. The Registrar must keep at its principal corporate trust office a bond register iii which the Registrar provides for the registration of ow-~~ership 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 a 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 will 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. 334579v4 SJB CL162-~12 4 (c} Exchange of Bonds. When Bonds are surrendered by the registered owner for exchange the Registrar will 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. Bonds surrendered upon any transfer or exchange will be promptly cancelled by the Registrar and thereafter disposed of as directed by the City. (e) Improper or Unauthorized Transfer. When a Bond is presented to the Registrar for transfer, the Registrar may refuse to transfer the Band until. the Registrar 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 will 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 City and the Registrar may treat the person in whose name a Bond is registered in the bond register as the absolute owner of the Bond, whether the Bond is 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 payments so made to a registered owner or upon the owner's order will be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. (g) Taxes, Fees and Charges. For a transfer or exchange of Bonds, the Registrar may impose a charge upon the owner thereof sufficient to reimburse the Registrar for any tax, fee or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to the transfer or exchange. (h) IVlutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Bonds. If a Bond becomes mutilated or is destroyed, stolen or lost, the Registrar will deliver a new Bond of like amount, number, maturity date and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Bond or in lieu of° and in substitution for a 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, ar~d of the ownership thereof, and upon furnishing to the Registrar of an appropriate bond or indemnity in form, substance and amount satisfactory to it and as provided by law, in which both the City and the Registrar must be named as obligees. Bonds so surrendered to the Registrar will be cancelled by the Registrar and evidence of such cancellation must be given to the City. If the mutilated, destroyed, stolen or lost Bond has already matured or been called for redemption in accordance with its terms it is not necessary to issue a new Bond prior to payment. (i) Redemption. In the event any of the Bonds are called for redemption, notice thereof identifying the Bonds to be redeemed will be given by the Registrar by mailing a copy of the redemption notice by first class mail (postage prepaid) to the registered owner of each. Bond to be redeemed at the address shown on the registration books kept by the 334579v4 SJB CL162-~12 5 Registrar and by publishing the notice if required by law. Failure to give notice by publication or by mail to any registered owner, or any defect therein, will not affect the validity of any proceeding for the redemption of Bonds. Bonds so called for redemption will cease to bear interest after the specified redemption date, provided that the funds far the redemption are on deposit with the place of payment at that time. 2.04. Appointment of Initial Re istrar. The City appoints U.S. Bank National Association, St. Paul, Minnesota, as the initial Registrar. The Mayor and the City Manager are authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the City, 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 is authorized to act as successor Registrar. The City agrees to pay the reasonable and customary charges of the Registrar for the services performed. The City reserves the right to remove the Registrar upon 30 days' notice and upon the appointment of a successor Registrar, in which event the predecessor Registrar must deliver all cash and Bonds in its possession to the successor Registrar and must deliver the bond register to the successor Registrar. On or before each principal or interest due date, without further order of this Council, the City Finance Director must transmit to the Registrar moneys sufficient for the payment of all principal and interest then due. 2.05. Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Bonds will be prepared under the direction of the City Manager and executed on behalf of the City by the signatures of the Mayor and the City Manager, 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 appears on the Bonds ceases to be such officer before the delivery of any Bond, such signature or facsimile will nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if the officer had remained in office until delivery. Notwithstanding such execution, a Bond will not 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 is conclusive evidence that it has been authenticated and delivered under this Resolution. When the Bonds have been so prepared, executed and authenticated, the City Manager 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 is nct obligated to see to the application of the purchase price. 2.06. Temporary Bonds. The City may elect to deliver in lieu of printed definitive Bonds one or more typewritten temporary Bonds in substantially the form set forth in Section 3 with such changes as may be necessary to reflect more than one maturity in a single temporary bond. Upon the execution and delivery of definitive Bonds the temporary Bonds will be exchanged therefor and cancelled. Section 3. Form of Bond. 3.01. The Bonds will be printed in substantially the following form: 334579v4 SJB CL162-42 6 No. R- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF ANOKA CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS $ TAXABLE GENERAL OBLIGATION HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREA BONDS, SERIES 2008A Interest Rate Maturity Date of Original Issue CUSIP February 1, 20 Registered Owner: Cede & Co. July 16, 2008 The City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, a duly organized and existing municipal corpora- tion in Anoka County, Minnesota (the "City"), acknowledges itself to be indebted and for value received hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner specified above or registered assigns, the principal sum of $ on the maturity date specified above, with interest thereon from the date hereof at the annual rate specified above, payable February 1 and August 1 in each year, commencing February 1, 2009, to the person in whose Warne 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 t,... F+ T T C +o~ f A n 1-,A~lr n,- rl ~ ~, T C R Taµt~nn 1 4 u ti n ~av~ul a~~or~cy o~ ire vn~ted ,~ta«.~ o~ nmer~cu by c~~,,~,~. ~,a ~r~ft b, J.~,. sank I~ ~ a soc~a~.o.s, St. Paul, Minnesota, as Band Registrar, Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Authenticating Agent, or its designated successor under the Resolution described herein. For the prompt and full payment of such principal and interest as the same respectively become due, the full faith and credit and taxing powers of the City have been and are hereby irrevocably pledged. The City may elect on February 1, 2018, and on any date thereafter to prepay Bonds due on or after February 1, 2019. Redemption may be in whole or in part and if in part, at the option of the City and in such manner as the City will determine. If less than all Bonds of a maturity are called for redemption, the City will notify Depository Trust Company ("DTC") of the particular amount of such maturity to be prepaid. DTC will determine by lot the amount of each participant's interest in such maturity to be redeemed and each participant will then select by lot the beneficial ownership interests in such maturity to be redeemed. All prepayments will be at a price of par plus accrued interest. 334579v4 SJB CL162-42 '~ "The Term Bonds are subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption and shall be redeemed in part by lot at par plus accrued interest on the sinking fund installment dates and in the principal amounts as follows: Sinkin;; Fund Installment Date Principal Amount February 1, 2013 Term Bonds 2010 2011 2012 2013 (maturity) $40,000 45,000 50,000 50,000 2015 Term Bonds 2014 55,000 2015 (maturity) 55,000 2017 Term Bonds 2016 60,000 2017 (maturity) 65,000 2019 Term Bonds 2018 65,000 2019 (maturity) 70,000 2021 Term Bonds 2020 75,000 2021 (maturity) 80,000 2024 Term Bonds 2022 85,000 2023 85,000 2024 (maturity} 95,000 The specific Term Bonds to be redeemed will be selected by lot by the Registrar. All prepayments will be at a price of par plus accrued interest. This Bond is one of an issue in the aggregate principal amount of $975,000, all of like original issue date and tenor, except as to number, maturity date, and interest rate, all issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the City Council on June 23, 2008 (the "Resolution"), for the purpose of providing money to aid in financing various housing improvements within a housing improvement area in the City, pursuant to and in full conformity with the home rule charter of the City and the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota, including Minnesota Statutes, Sections 428A.11 to 428A.21, and Chapter 475, as amended, and the principal hereof and interest hereon are payable primarily from certain housing improvement fees levied or to be levied on property within the housing improvement area in which the housing improvements are located, as 334579v4 SJB CL162-42 8 set forth in the Resolution to which reference is made for a full statement of rights and powers thereby conferred. The full faith and credit of the City are irrevocably pledged for payment of this Bond and the City Council has obligated itself to levy ad valorem taxes on all taxable property in the City in the event of any deficiency in revenues pledged, which taxes may be levied without limitation as to rate or amount. The Bonds of this series are issued only as fully registered Bonds in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof of single maturities. As provided in the Resolution and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Bond is transferable upon the books of the City at the principal office of the Bond 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 Bond 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 City 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 City and the Bond 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 City nor the Bond Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. 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 and the City's home rule charter 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 general obligation of the City in accordance with its terms, 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 City to exceed any constitutional, statutory or charter limitation of indebtedness. This Bond is not valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any security or benefit under the Resolution until the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Bond Registrar by manual signature of one of its authorized representatives. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Columbia Heights, Anoka County, Minnesota, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be executed on its behalf by the facsimile or manual. signatures of the Mayor and the City Manager and has caused this Bond to be dated as of the date set forth below. Dated: r ,~ .~ City Manager- alter R. Fe st CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHT'S, MINNESOTA ~._ Mayor-Gary L. I'~terson 334579v4 SJB CL162-42 9 PROVISIONS AS TO REGISTRATION The ownership of the principal of and interest on the within Bond has been registered on the books of the Registrar in the name of the person last noted below. Signature of Date of Registration Registered Owner Officer of Re istrar Cede & Co. Federal ID #13-2555119 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Bonds delivered pursuant to the Resolution mentioned within. U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 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 applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM -- as tenants UT in common TEN ENT -- as tenants by entireties JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common JIF GIFT MIN ACT Custodian (Gust) under Uniform Gifts or Transfers to iviinors (State) (Minor) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 334579v4 SJB CL162-42 to 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 any change whatever. Signature Guaranteed: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP"), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (``SEMP"), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signatures Program ("MSP") or other such "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, SEMP or MSP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Bond Registrar will not effect transfer of this Bond unless the information concerning the assignee requested below is provided. Name and Address: Include information for all joint owners if this Bond is held by joint account.) Please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee 334i79v4 SJB CL162-42 1 l 3.02. Approving Leal Opinion. The City Clerk shall obtain a copy of the proposed approving legal opinion of Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, Minneapolis, Minnesota, which shall be complete except as to dating thereof and shall cause the opinion to be printed on or accompany each Bond. Section 4. Payment; Security; Pledges and Covenants. 4.01. Funds and Accounts. For the convenience and proper administration of the moneys to be borrowed and repaid on the Bonds, and to make adequate and specific security to the purchasers and holders of the Bonds from time to time, there is hereby created a separate special fund of the City to be known as the Sullivan Shores Housing Improvement Area Fund (the "Housing Fund"), which fund will be continued and maintained as a permanent fund of the City until all the Bonds are paid. Within the Housing Fund there will be established and maintained separate accounts as follows: (a) The Project Fund, into which fund will be deposited proceeds of the Bonds in the amount of $858,909.12. Upon issuance of the Bonds, the City shall also deposit into the Project Fund prepaid Housing Fees in the amount of $1,774,685.00, which Housing Fees were levied on property within the Housing Improvement Area and were prepaid pursuant to the resolution levying the Housing Fees. Of the total amount deposited in the Project Fund, $75,000.00 will be disbursed to the City to pay the administrative costs of the Housing Improvement Area. The balance of funds in the Project Fund shall be disbursed to pay the costs of the Housing Improvements in accordance with the terms of the Development Agreement, between the City and Sullivan Shores Townhouses Association, Inc. (the "Association"), dated as of May 12, 2008 (the "Development Agreement"), and the Disbursing Agreement between the City, the Association and Commercial Partners Title, LLC, dated as of March 12, 2008. Interest earnings from moneys in the Project Fund shall be credited to the Project Fund. (b) The Casts of Issuance Fund, into which fund will be deposited proceeds of the Bonds in the amount of $24,679.92, which amount will be used solely for the purpose of paying costs of issuance of the Bonds. The City authorizes the Purchaser to forward amounts in the Costs of Issuance Fund allocable to the payment of issuance expenses (other than arr~o•Ur~ts payable to Kennedy & Graven, Chartered as Bond Counsel) to L'.S. Trust Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota on the closing date for fiu-ther distribution as directed by the City's financial adviser, Ehlers and Associates, Inc. Any other administrative costs shall be disbursed upon presentation to the City of proper invoices for such costs. Any balance remaining in the Costs of Issuance Fund after all disbursements for administrative and issuance expenses shall be transferred to the Project Fund. Interest earnings from moneys in the Costs of Issuance Fund shall be credited to the Surplus Fund hereafter created. (c) The Debt Service Fund, into which fund will be deposited from Bond proceeds 29,788.96, which represents capitalized interest through February 1, 2009, together with Housing Fees in the amount necessary to pay when due the principal and interest on the Bonds. Interest earnings from moneys in the Debt Service Fund shall be credited to the Debt Service Fund. 334579v4 SJB CL.162-42 12 (d) The SpecicrZ Reserve Fund, into which fund will be deposited proceeds of the Bonds in the amount of $50,000. Amounts in the Special Reserve Fund shall be applied and disbursed in accordance with the Development Agreement. Interest earnings from moneys in the Special Reserve Fund shall be credited to the Surplus Fund hereafter created. (e) The Surpla~s F~.rnd, into which fiand will be deposited all Housing Fees in excess of the amounts required to be deposited into the Debt Service Fund and the Project Fund under this Section. Amounts in the Surplus Fund shall be applied and disbursed in accordance with. the Development Agreement. Interest earnings from moneys in the Surplus Fund shall be credited to the Surplus Fund. 4.02. Deposit of Funds. Money in the funds and accounts created by this Resolution will be kept separate from other municipal funds and deposited only in a hank or banks which are members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"). Deposits which cause the aggregate deposits of the City in any one bank to be in excess of the amount insured by FDIC must be continuously secured in the manner provided by law for the investment of municipal funds. In the event excess moneys are held in any of the funds created pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Resolution, such excess moneys shall be applied and disbursed in accordance with the Development Agreement. 4.03. Covenants Regarding Housing Improvements. The City hereby covenants with the holders from time to time of the Bonds as follows: (a) The City has caused or will cause the Housing Fees for the Housing Improvements in the Housing Improvement Area to be promptly levied against housing units in such Area so that the first installment will be collectible not later than 2009 and will take all steps necessary to assure prompt collection. The City Council will cause to be taken with due diligence all further actions that are required under the Development Agreement for the construction of the Housing Improvements financed wholly or partly from the proceeds of the Bonds, and will take all further actions necessary for the fmal and valid levy of the Housing Fees and the appropriation of any other funds needed to pay the Bonds and interest thereon when due. (b) In the event of any current or anticipated deficiency in Housing Fees (after taking into account any revenues collected or anticipated to be collected under the Development Agreement), the City Council will levy ad valorem taxes in the amount of the current or anticipated deficiency. (c) The City will keep complete and accurate books and records showing receipts and disbursements in connection with the Housing Improvements, Housing Fees levied therefor and other funds appropriated for their payment, collections thereof and disbursements therefrom, and monies on hand. 4.04. No Tax bevy Required. It is hereby determined that the estimated collections of Housing Fees for the payment of principal and interest on the Bonds will produce at least five 334579v4 SJB CL162-42 13 percent in excess of the amount needed to meet when due the principal and interest payments on the Bonds, and that no tax levy is needed at this time. 4.05. County Auditor's Certificate as to Registration. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this Resolution with the Director of Property Records and Taxation and to obtain the certificate required by Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.63. Section 5. Authentication of Transcript. 5.01. City Proceedings and Records. The officers of the City are authorized and directed to prepare and furnish to the Purchaser and to the attorneys approving the Bonds, certified copies of proceedings and records of the City relating to the Bonds and to the financial condition and affairs of the City, and such other certificates, affidavits and transcripts as may be required to show the facts within their knowledge or as shown by the books and records in their custody and under their control, relating to the validity and marketability of the Bonds and such instruments, including any heretofore furnished, shall be deemed representations of the City as to the facts stated therein. 5.02. Certification as to Official Statement. The Mayor, the City Manager and the City Finance Director are authorized and directed to certify that they have examined the Official Statement prepared and circulated in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds and that to the best of their knowledge and belief the Official Statement is a complete and accurate representation of the facts and representations made therein as of the date of the Official Statement. Section 6. Book-Entry System; Limited Obligation of City. 6.01. DTC. The Bonds will be initially issued in the form of a separate single typewritten or printed fully registered Bond for each of the maturities set forth in Section 1.05 hereof. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of each such Bond will be registered in the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, and its successors and assigns ("DTC"}. Except as provided in this Section, all of the outstanding Bonds will be registered in the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. 6.02. Particigar~ts. `vVith respect to Bonds registered in the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, the City, the Registrar and the Paying Agent will have no responsibility or obligation to any broker dealers, banks and other financial institutions from time to time for which DTC holds Bands as securities depository (the ``Participants") or to any other person on behalf of which a Participant holds an interest in the Bonds, including but not limited to any responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of DTC, Cede & Co. or any Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Bonds, (ii) the delivery to any Participant or any other person other than a registered owner of Bonds, as shown by the registration books kept by the Registrar, of any notice with respect to the Bonds, including any notice of redemption, or (iii) the payment to any Participant or any other person, other than a registered owner of Bonds, or any amount with respect to principal of or interest on the Bonds. The City, the Registrar and the Paying Agent may treat and consider the person in whose name each Bond is registered in the registration books kept by the Registrar as the 334579v4 SJB CL162-42 14 holder and absolute owner of such Bond for the purpose of payment of principal and interest with respect to such Bond, for the purpose of registering transfers with respect to such Bonds, and for all other purposes. The Paying Agent will pay all principal of and interest on the Bonds only to or on the order of the respective registered owners, as shown in the registration books kept by the Registrar, and all such payments will be valid and effectual to fully satisfy and discharge the City's obligations with respect to payment of principal of or interest on the Bonds to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No person other than a registered owner of Bands, as shown in the registration books kept by the Registrar, will receive a certificated Bond evidencing the obligation of this Resolution. Upon delivery by DTC to the City Manager of a written notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of Cede & Co., the words "Cede & Co.," will refer to such new nominee of DTC; and upon receipt of such a notice, the City Manager will promptly deliver a copy of the same to the Registrar and the Paying Agent. 6.03. Representatian Letter. The City has heretofore executed and delivered to DTC a Blanket Issuer Letter of Representations (the "Representation Letter") which shall govern payment of principal of and interest on the Bonds and notices with respect to the Bonds. Any Paying Agent or Registrar subsequently appointed by the City with respect to the Bonds will agree to take all action necessary for all representations of the City in the Representation Letter with respect to the Registrar and Paying Agent, respectively, to at all times be complied with. 6.04. Transfers Outside Book-Entry System. In the event the City, by resolution of the City Council, determines that it is in the best interests of the persons having beneficial interest in the Bonds that they be able to obtain Bond certificates, the City will notify DTC, whereupon DTC will notify the Participants, of the availability through DTC of Bond certificates. In such event the City will issue, transfer and exchange Bond certificates as requested by DTC and any other registered owners in accordance with the provisions of this Resolution. DTC may determine to discontinue providing its services with respect to the Bonds at any time by giving notice to the City and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. In such event, if no successor securities depository is appointed, the City will issue and the Bond Registrar will authenticate Bond certificates in accordance with this Resolution and the provisions hereof will apply to the transfer, exchange and method of payment thereof. 6.05. Payments to Cede & Co. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Resolution to the contrary, so long as any Bond is registered in the name of Cede & Cc., as nominee of DTC, all payments with respect to principal of and interest on such Bond and all notices with respect to such Band will be made and given, respectively in the manner provided in the Representatian Letter. Section 7. Continuing Disclosure. 7.01. City Compliance with Provisions of Continuing Disclosure Certificate. The City hereby covenants and agrees that it will comply with and carry out all of the provisions of the Continuing Disclosure Certificate. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Resolution, failure of the City to comply with the Continuing Disclosure Certificate is not to be considered an event of default with respect to the Bonds; however, and Bondholder may take such actions as may be necessary and appropriate, including seeking mandate or specific performance by court order, to cause the City to comply with its obligations under this section. 334579v4 SJB CL162-42 15 7.02. Execution of Continuing Disclosure Certificate. "Continuing Disclosure Certificate" means that certain continuing Disclosure Certificate executed by the Mayor and City Manager and dated the date of issuance and delivery of the Bonds, as originally executed and as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. Section 8. Defeasance. When all Bonds have been discharged as provided in this Section, all pledges, covenants and other rights granted by this Resolution to holders of the Bonds will cease, except that the pledge of the full faith and credit of the City for the prompt and figll payment of the principal of and. interest on the Bonds will remain in full force and effect. The City may discharge all 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. 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 to the date of such deposit. 334~79v4 S.IB CL162-42 16 Passed this 23~d day of June 2008. Offered By: Nawrocki Second By: Diehm Ro11 Call: Ayes: Peterson, Nawrocki, Diehm, Kelzenberg Absent: Williams..,, ATTEST: r 4 Patricia Muscovitz, CMC City Clerk Mayor Gary L. Peterson 334579v4 SJB CL162-42 17 EX~IIBIT A PROPOSALS 334579v4 SJB CL162-42 Ig STATE OF MI1~INESOTA ) COUNTY OF ANOKA ) SS. CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS ) I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting City Clerk of the City of Columbia Heights, Anoka County, Minnesota, do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the attached and foregoing extract of minutes of a regular meeting of the City Council of the City held on June 23, 2008, with the original minutes on file in my ofFce and the extract is a full, true and correct copy of the minutes insofar as they relate to the issuance and sale of $975,000 Taxable General Obligation Housing Improvement Area Bonds, Series 2008A of the City. WITNESS My hand officially as such City Clerk and the corporate seal of the City this 24th day of June 2008. .~-~ .- C'`ity Clerk-Patricia Muscovitz Columbia Heights, Minnesota (SEAL) 334~79v4 S7B CL162-42 ~ (~ STATE OF MINNESOTA DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY RECORDS AND TAXATION'S CERTIFICATE AS TO COUNTY OF ANOKA RECJISTRATION WHERE NO AD VALOREM TAX LEVY I, the undersigned Director of Properly Records and Taxation of Anoka County, Minnesota, hereby certify that a resolution adapted by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, on June 23, 2008, relating to Taxable General Obligation Housing Improvement Area Bonds, Series 2008A, in the amount of $975,000, dated July 16, 2008, has been filed in my office and said obligations have been registered on the register of obligations in my office. WITNESS My hand and official seal this day of , 2008. Director of Property Records and Taxation Anoka County, Minnesota (SEAL) By Deputy 334~79v4 SJB CL162-42 20 Extract of Minutes of Meeting of the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, Anoka County, Minnesota Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, was duly held in the City Hall in said City on Monday, June 23, 2008, commencing at 7:00 P.M. The following members were present: Mayor Peterson, Councilmember Nawrocki, Councilmember Diehm, Councilmember Kelzenberg and the following were absent: Councilmember Williams The Mayor announced that the next order of business was consideration of the proposals which had been received for the purchase of the City's $975,000 Taxable General Obligation Housing Improvement Area Bonds, Series 2008A. The City Manager presented a tabulation of the proposals which had been received in the manner specified in the Terms of Proposal for the Bonds. The proposals were as set forth in Exhibit A attached. After due consideration of the proposals, Member Nawrocki then introduced the following written resolution and moved its adoption, the reading of which had been dispensed with by unanimous consent: