HomeMy WebLinkAboutEDA RES 2016-14COLUMBIA HEIG11TS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTAUTHORITY
RESOLUTION NO�. 2016-14
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners (the "Board") of the Columbia Heights
Economic Development Authority (the "Authority"), as follows:
i.m. 'rhe Columbia I-leights Economic Development Authority (tile "Authority") and the City
Of Columbia Heights, Minnesota (the "City") previously established the fluset Park Area 'Fax Increment
Financing District (the "TIT District") pursuant to authority granted by Minnesota Statutes,
Sections 469.174 through 469.1794, as amended (the -rax Increment Act°'), within time Downtown CBD
Redevelopment. Project (the "Redevelopment Project"), and adopted a tax increment financing plan for
the purpose of financing certain improvements within the TIF District. In order to provide for the
redevelopment of the Redevelopment Project and the TIF District, the Authority entered into an
Amended and Restated Contract for Private Redevelopment, dated as of August 1, 200�7, between the
Authority, time City, and BNC National Bank, as successor in interest to fluset Park Development
Corporation, dated as of August 1, 2007, as amended, and pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated
Contract for Private Redevelopment, dated October 30, 2015 (tile "Contract-) between the Authority,, the
City, and Columbia Heights Leased Housing Associates 1, LLLP, a Minnesota limited liability limited
partnership (the "Redeveloper".).
1.02. Pursuant, to Section 469.175 of the Tax Increment Act, the Authority is authorized to
issue and sell its bonds for the purpose of financing or refinancing public redevelopment costs of the
Redevelopment Project and to pledge tax increment revenues derived from a tax increment financing
district established within the Redevelopment Project to the payment of the principal of and interest on
such obligations.. p
1.113. Oil August 3, 2001 7, the Authority issued its Tax Increment Revenue Bonds (Huset Park
Area Redevelopment Project), Series 2007 (the "Prior bonds "'), in the original aggregate principal
aniount of $2,890,000, pursuant to the TIF Act, Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.001 through 469,047,
as amended, and Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.090 through 469.1 082, as amended (collectively, time
"Act"). The Authority applied the proceeds of the Prior Bonds to finance certain public redevelopment
costs of the Redevelopment Project (tile "Project Costs"). 'The Prior Bonds are currently outstanding in
the principal amount of $2,475,00O and are subject to redemption at the option of the Authority on or
after August 15, 2015, at a price ofpar plus accrued interest.
SECTION 2, ISSUANCE OF BONDS,
10I. In order to refinance the Project Costs through the redemption and prepayment of the
outstanding Prior Bonds, pay costs, of issuance and related costs with respect to the Bonds, and fund a
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reserve fund, the Board hereby authorizes the issuance of its Tax Increment Revenue Ref ending Bonds
(Husel Park Area. Redevelopment Project), Series 2016 (tile "Bonds"), in a principal amount not to
exceed $2,8009000. The Bonds shall be issued on such date alld upon the terms and conditions
determined by the Executive Director of the Authority (tile "Executive Director"), provided that the yield
on the Bonds (for arbitrage purposes) shall not exceed 3,375%. The Bonds may be designated such other
name or names as determined to be appropriate by the Executive Director, The Bonds shall be issued in
one or more series as the Executive Director may determine, and shall be assigned a separate series
designation determined by the Executive Director for each series issued by the Authority, The Bonds are
authorized to be issued as obligations the interest on which is not includable in gross i ncorne for federal
and State of Minnesota income tax Purposes. This authorization to issue the Bonds is effective without
any additional action of the Board and shall be undertaken by the Executive Director on such date or
dates and upon the terms and conditions deemed reasonable by the Executive Director. The Board
hereby authorizes the sale of the Bonds to Dougherty & Company LLC (the "Underwriter") upon the
offer of the Underwriter to purchase the Bonds in accordance with tile terms of a Bond Purchase
Agreement between the Authority and the Underwriter (the "Bond Purchase Agreement") and
conforming to the parameters set forth in this paragraph.
2,02. There have been presented to the Board forms of the following documents: (i) a First
Amendment to Paying Agent Agreement (the "Paying Agent Agreement"), between the Authority and
Bond Trust Services Corporation (the "Paying Agent"), which amends the Paying Agent Agreement with
respect to the Prior Bonds, dated as of August 1, 2007, between the Authority and the Paying Agent; and
(ii) a Bond Purchase Agreement. The Paying Agent Agreement and the Bond Purchase Agreement are
hereby approved in substantially the forms OD file with the Authority on the date hereof, subject to such
changes not inconsistent with this resolution and applicable law that are approved by the Executive
Director of the Authority. Upon approval by the Executive Director of the Paying Agent Agreement and
Bond Purchase Agreement, the Chair and the Executive Director are authorized and directed to execute
such documents can behalf of the Authority.
2.03. Tile Bonds shall have the maturities, interest rate provisions, shall be dated, numbered,,
and issued in such denominations, shall be subject to mandatory and optional redemptions and
prepayment prior to maturity, shall be executed, and authenticated in such manner, shall be in such form
and shall have such other details and provisions as are prescribed in the Paying Agent Agreement, The
form of the Bonds included in the Paying Agent Agreement is approved in substantially the form in the
Paying Agent Agreement., subject to such changes not inconsistent with this resolution and applicable
law, and subject to such changes as are approved by the Executive Director. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Executive Director is authorized to approve the original aggregate
principal amount of each series of Bands to be issued under the terms of this resolution (subject to the
maximum aggregate principal amount for all series authorized by this resolution), to establish the terms
of redemption, the principal amounts subject to redemption, and the dates of redemption of the Bonds,
and to approve other changes to the other terrns of the Bonds, which are deemed by e Executive
Director to be in the best interests of the Authority. e th , t ve
'The issuance and delivery of the Bonds shall be
conclusive evidence that the Executive Director has approved the terins and provisions of the Bonds in
accordance with the authority granted by this resolution. The proceeds derived from the sale of the
Bonds, and the earnings derived from the investment of such proceeds, shall be held, transferred,
expended, and invested in accordance with determinations of the Executive Director. UPOD approval by
the Executive Director of the Bonds, the Chair and the Executive Director are authorized and directed to
execute such Bonds on behalf of the Authority.
104. The Bonds shall be secured by the terms of the Paying Agent Agreement and shall be
payable solely from Available Tax Increment (as defined in the Paying Agent Agreement) that is
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expressly pledged to the payment of the Bonds pursuant to the terms of the Paying Agent Agreement.
The covenants, representations, and warranties of the Authority contained in the Paying Agent Agreement
are expressly incorporated herein for the benefit of the holders of the Bonds.
2,05. It is hereby found, determined and declared that the issuance and sale of the Bonds, the
execution and delivery by the Authority of the Paying Agent Agreement and the Bond Purchase
Agreement (the "Authority Docurnents"), and the performance of all covenants and agreements of" the
Authority contained in the Authority Documents, and of all other, acts required under the Constitution
and laws of the State of Minnesota to make the Bonds the valid and binding special obligations of the
Authority enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, are authorized by applicable Minnesota
law, including, without limitation, the Tax Increment Act, and this Resolution.
2.06. Under the provisions of the Tax Increment Act, and as provided in the Paying Agent
Agreement and under the terms of the Bonds, the Bonds are not to be payable from or chargeable against
any funds other than the revenues pledged to the payment thereof, the Authority shall not be subject to
any liability thereon other than from such revenues pledged thereto; no holder of any Bonds shall ever
have the right to compel any exercise by the Authority of its taxing powers (other than as contemplated
by the pledge of tax increment revenues under the terms of the Paying Agent Agreement) to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds, or to enforce payment thereof against any
property of the Authority other than the property expressly pledged thereto; the Bonds shall not
constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of the Authority other
than the revenues expressly pledged thereto; the Bonds shall recite that the Bonds are issued without a
pledge of the general or moral obligation of the Authority, and that the Bonds, including interest thereon,
are payable solely from the revenues pledged to the payment thereof, and the Bonds shall not constitute a
debt of the Authority within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness.
SECTION 3, REFUNDING OF PRIOR BONDS; FINDINGS, REDEMPTION OF PRIOR BONDS.
101. The outstanding Prior Bonds will be called for redemption on August 15, 2016, or the
first date oil which titnely notice of redemption can be given (the "Redemption Date"), in the principal
amount of $2,475,000 plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date. It is hereby found and determined
that based upon information presently available from the Authority's municipal advisor, the issuance of
the Bonds will result in a reduction of debt service costs to the Authority.
3.02. It is hereby found and determined that the proceeds of the Bonds deposited in tile
Redemption Fund created under the Paying Agent Agreement, along with any other funds on brand in the
reserve fund established for the Prior Bonds, will be sufficient to prepay all of the principal of, interest
on and redemption premium (if any) on the Prior Bonds on the Redemption Date,
3.03, The Prior Bonds maturing after the Redemption Date will be redeemed and prepaid on
tile Redemption Date. The Prior Bonds will be redeemed and prepaid in accordance with their terms and
in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the form of Notice of Call for Redemption
attached hereto as EXHIBIT A, which terms and conditions are hereby approved and incorporated herein
by reference. The registrar for the Prior Bonds is authorized and directed to send a copy of the respective
Notice of Call for Redemption to each registered holder of the Prior Bonds at least thirty (30�) days prior
to the Redemption Date.
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SECTION 4. DISCLOWRE DOCUMENTS AND Cl.-OSING CERTIFICATES.
4.01. The Authority approves the preparation and distribution of a preliminary Official
Statement and an Official Statement with respect to the offer and sale ofilre Bonds. In order to provide
for continuing disclosure with respect to the Bonds, to the extent deemed necessary, required, or
appropriate by the Executive Director, the Executive Director- may execute a certificate providing for
continuing disclosure with respect to the Bonds.
4-02, The Executive Director is authorized to furnish to the purchasers of the Bonds, on the
date of issuance and sale of the Bonds, a certificate that, to the best of the knowledge of such officer, the
Official Statement (or other form of disclosure document) does riot, as of the date of closing, and did not,
as the time of sale of the Bonds, contain any untrue statement of a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. Unless litigation shall have been commenced and be pending questioning the Bonds, the
proceedings for approval of the Bonds, tax increment revenues generated or collected for payment of the
Bonds, revenues pledged for payment of the Bonds, or the organization of the Authority, or incumbency
of its officers, the Chair and the Executive Director shall also execute and deliver a suitable certificate as
to absence of material litigation, and the Executive Director shall also execute and deliver a certificate as
to payment for and delivery of the Bonds, and the signed approving legal opinion of Kennedy & Graven,
Chartered, as to the validity and enforceability of the Bonds and the tax-exempt status of interest on the
Bonds.
4.03. The Chair, the Executive Director, and other agents, officers, and employees of the
Authority are hereby authorized and directed, individually and collectively, to furnish to the attorneys
approving the Bonds, OD behalf of the purchasers of the Bonds, certified copies of all proceedings and
certifications as to facts as shown by the books and records of the Authority, and the right and authority
of the Authority to issue the Bonds, and all such certified copies and certifications shall be deemed
representations of fact on the part of the Authority. Such officers, employees, and agents of the
Authority are hereby authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Authority, all other certificates,
instruments, and other written documents that may be requested by bond counsel, the Underwriter, the
Paying Agent, or other persons or entities in conjunction with the issuance of the Bonds and the
expenditure of the proceeds of the Bonds. Without imposing any limitations on the scope of the
preceding sentence, such officers and employees are specifically authorized to execute and deliver a
certificate relating to federal tax matters including inatters relating to arbitrage and arbitrage rebate, a
receipt for the proceeds derived from the sale of the Bonds, an order to the Paying Agent, a general
certificate of the Authority, and an Information Return for Tax-Exempt Governmental Obligations,
Form 80138 -G (Rev. September 20 11 ).
SECTION 5. BANK QIJALIFICATION, The Authority hereby designates the Bonds as "qualified
tax-exempt obligations" for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"), and represents that the Authority does, not reasonably anticipate that the
Authority, the City, or any other subordinate entity of the City will issue in calendar year 2016 more than
$10,000,000 of bonds or other tax-exempt obligations (excluding "private activity bonds" other than
"qualified 501 (c)(3) bonds," as such terms are defined in the Code, and excluding certain refunding
obligations, that are not included in the $107,070D07,010101 limitation set forth in Section 265(b)(3)(Qi) of the
Code),
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SECTION 6. MISCELLANEOUS.
6.0L All agreements, covenants, and obligations of the Authority contained in this resolution
and in the above-referenced documents shall be deemed to be the agreements, covenants, and obligations
of the Authority to the full extent authorized or permitted by law, and all such agreements, covenants,
and obligations shall be binding on the Authority and enforceable in accordance with their terms. No
agreement, covenant, or obligation contained in this resolution or in the above-referenced documents
shall be deemed to be an agreement, covenant, or obligation Of any mernber of the Board, or of any
officer, employee, or agent of the Authority in that persons individual capacity. Neither the members of
the Board, nor any officer executing the Bonds shall be liable personally oil the Bonds or be subject to
any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of the Bonds,
6,02. Nothing in this resolution or in the above-referenced documents is intended or shall be
constructed to confer upon any person (Other than as provided in the Paying Agent Agreement, the
Bonds, and the other agreernents, instruments, and documents hereby approved) any right, remedy, or
claim, legal or equitable, under and by reason of this resolution or any provision of this resolution.
6,03. If for any reason the Chair or the Executive Director, or any other officers, employees, or
agents of the Authority authorized to execute certificates, instruments, or other written documents on
behalf of the Authority shall for any reason cease to be an officer, employee, or agent of the Authority
after the execution by such person of any certificate, instrument, or other written document, such fact
shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such certificate, instrument, or other written document. If
for any reason the Chair or the Executive Director, or any other officers, employees, or agents of the
Authority authorized to execute certificates, instruments, or other written documents on behalf of the
Authority shall be unavailable to execute such certificates, instruments, or other written documents for
any reason, such certificates, instruments, or other written documents may be executed by a deputy or
assistant to such officer, or by such other officer of the Authority as in the opinion of the Authority
Attorney is authorized to sign such document.
6.04. The Authority shall not take any action or authorize any action to be taken in connection
with the application or investment of the proceeds of the Bonds or any related activity which would cause
the Bonds to be deemed to be "private activity bonds," within the meaning of Section 141 of the Code.
The Authority shall not take any action or authorize any action to be taken in connection with the
application or investment of the proceeds of the Bonds or any related activity which would cause the
Bonds to be deemed to be "arbitrage bonds," within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code.
Furthermore, the Authority shall take all such actions as may be required under the Code to ensure that
interest on the Bonds is not and does not become includable in gross income for federal income tax
purposes,
6,.05 The authority to approve, execute, and deliver future amendments to the document4
executed and delivered by the Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby is
hereby delegated to the Executive Director, subject to the following conditions: (a) such amendments do
not require the consent of the holders of the Bonds or, if required, such consent has been obtained;
(b) such amendments do not materially adversely affect the interests of the Authority as the issuer of the
Bonds; (c) such amendments do not contravene or violate any policy of the Authority; (d) such
ameridnients are acceptable in form and substance to the Authority Attorney, bond counsel or other
counsel retained by the Authority to review such amendments; (e) the Authority has received, if
necessary, an opinion of bond counsel to the effect that the amendments will riot adversely affect the
tax-exempt character of interest on the Bonds, if the Bonds are then tax-exempt obligations; and (f) such
amendments do not materially prejudice the interests of the owners of the Bonds. 'I'lie authorization
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hereby given shall be further construed as authorization for the execution and delivery of such
certificates and related items as inay be required to demonstrate compliance with the agreements being
amended and the terms of this resolution. The execution of any instrument by the Executive Director
shall be conclusive evidence of the approval of such instruments in accordance with the terms hereof. In
the absence of the Executive Director, any instrument authorized by this paragraph to be executed and
delivered by the Executive Director may be executed by such other officer of the Authority as in the
opinion of the Authority Attorney is authorized to execute and deliver such document.
SECTION 7. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its
approval, subject to approval by the City Council of the City of the Authority's proposed issuance of the
Bonds.
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Columbia Heights Economic Development Authority this
13t" day of June, 2016.
Gary L. Peterson, President
Attest:
;f-alter R. Felist, Exec Live Direc or
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NOTICE OF CALL FOB R REDEMPTION
$2,890,000
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTAUTI-IORITY
TAX INCREMENTRE"VENUE BONDS
(HUSETPARK AREA REDEVELOPMEN'TPROJECT)
SERIES 2007
NOTICE' IS HEREBY GIVEN that, by order of the Board of Commissioners of the Columbia
heights Economic Development Authority (the "Authority"), there have been called for redemption and
prepayment on
August 15, 2016
all outstanding bonds (the "Bonds") of the Authority designated as 'Tax Increment Revenue Bonds (1-fuset
Park Area Redevelopment Project), Series 2007, dated August 3, 2007, having stated maturity dates of
February I in the years 2017 through 2032, both inclusive, totaling $2,475,000 in principal amount, and
with the following CUSIP numbers:
Year of'Maturity Amount CUSIP Number
2017 S 80,000 197690 AA8
2022 510,000 197690 AB6
2032 1,885,0013 197690 AD2
The Bonds are being called at a price of par plus accrued interest to August 15, 2016, on which date
all interest on said Bonds will cease to accrue. The redemption of the Bonds is contingent upon the
receipt by Bond Trust Services Corporation (the "Paying Agent"), of sufficient funds, on or before
the redemption date, for the redemption of all Bonds. If such funds are not received in accordance
with the preceding sentence then the redemption will be cancelled. Holders of the Bonds hereby
called for redemption are requested to present their Bonds for payment at the main office of Bond Trust
Services Corporation, 3060 Centre Pointe Drive, Roseville, Minnesota 55113, on or before
August 15, 2016,:
Important Notice: In compliance with the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
of 2003, the registrar is required to withhold a specified percentage of the principal amount of the
redemption price payable to the holder of any Bonds subject to redemption and prepayment on the
redemption date, unless the registrar is provided with the Social Security Number or Federal Employer
Identification Number of the holder, properly certified, Submission of a fully executed Request for
Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification, Form W-9, will satisfy the requirements of this
paragraph.
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Dated�
BY OIWER OF THE BOARD F
COMMISSIONERS OF THE COLUMBIA
HEIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AUI'RO RI" Y
By: /s/ Walter R, Felist
Executive Director
Columbia Heights Economic Development
Authority
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