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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCRes_96-16No. 96-16 • CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS COUNCIL RESOLUTfON Date: October 9, 1996 ------------------------------------------- RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SOLICITATION OF OFFERS FOR THE $1,645,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION TAX INCREMENT BONDS, SERIES 1996A BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Falcon Heights, Minnesota (the "Issuer"), as follows: Section 1. Recitals. The City of Falcon Heights, Minnesota (the "Issuer") has established its Development District No. 1 and Tax Increment Financing District No. 2 therein, and has established Development District No. 2 and Tax Increment Financing District No. 1 therein, and has adopted Tax Increment Financing Plans, as amended, for both Tax Increment Financing Districts. The Issuer has determined to finance all or a portion of certain street scaping and road reconstruction costs specified in the Tax Increment Financing Plans through the issuance of its Bonds or other obligations. The Issuer has further determined that such Bonds or other obligations shall be general obligation bonds payable from tax increments • derived from the Tax Increment Financing Districts. The Issuer has retained Springsted Incorporated, St. Paul, Minnesota, as its financial advisor in connection with the issuance of the Bonds and has authorized Springsted Incorporated to solicit offers for the purchase of the Bonds. Springsted Incorporated has submitted to this City Council the proposed form of Terms of Proposal setting forth certain terms of the Bonds. Section 2. Authorization. The Issuer hereby authorizes the publication and dissemination of the Terms of Proposal in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, such distribution to be by such means as Springsted Incorporated shall deem appropriate. Section 3. Award of Sale. At its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, November 13, 1996 this City Council shall consider the offers for the purchase of the Bonds on the recommendation of Springsted Incorporated thereon. Section 4. Ratification. All acts and undertakings of the Mayor, City Administrator and other officers of the Issuer in furtherance of the issuance of the Bonds described herein taken prior to the date of this Resolution are hereby ratified and approved. --------------------------------------------------- Moved by: JarnhG • GEHRZ [~ In Favor GIBBON TALBOT (absent~-IUSTAD ~ Against JACOBS KUETTEL Approved by: - ~,~,~,,,~ Mayor October 9. 1996 Date Attested by: C,cv~O~ ~) ~,~~~~~~ City Clerk October 9. 1996 Date THE CITY HAS AUTHORIZED SPRINGSTED INCORPORATED TO NEGOTIATE THIS ISSUE ON ITS BEHALF. PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED ON THE FOLLOWING BASIS: • TERMS OF PROPOSAL $1,645,000 CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA GENERAL OBLIGATION TAX INCREMENT BONDS, SERIES 1996A (BOOK ENTRY ONLY) Proposals for the Bonds will be received on Wednesday, November 13, 1996, until 11:30 A.M., Central Time, at the offices of Springsted Incorporated, 85 East Seventh Place, Suite 100, Saint Paul, Minnesota, after which time they will be opened and tabulated. Consideration for award of the Bonds will be by the City Council at 7:00 P.M., Central Time, of the same day. SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS Proposals may be submitted in a sealed envelope or by fax (612) 223-3002 to Springsted. Signed Proposals, without final price or coupons, may be submitted to Springsted prior to the time of sale. The bidder shall be responsible for submitting to Springsted the final Proposal price and coupons, by telephone (612) 223-3000 or fax (612) 223-3002 for inclusion in the submitted Proposal. Springsted will assume no liability for the inability of the bidder to reach • Springsted prior to the time of sale specified above. Proposals may also be filed electronically via PARITY, in accordance with PARITY Rules of Participation and the Terms of Proposal, within cone-hour period prior to the time of sale established above, but no Proposals will be received after that time. If provisions in the Terms of Proposal conflict with the PARITY Rules of Participation, the Terms of Proposal shall control. The normal fee for use of PARITY may be obtained from PARITY and such fee shall be the responsibility of the bidder. For further information about PARITY, potential bidders may contact PARITY at 100 116th Avenue SE, Suite 100, Bellevue, Washington 98004, telephone (206) 635-3545. Neither the City nor Springsted Incorporated assumes any liability if there is a malfunction of PARITY. All bidders are advised that each Proposal shall be deemed to constitute a contract between the bidder and the City to purchase the Bonds regardless of the manner of the Proposal submitted. DETAILS OF THE BONDS The Bonds will be dated December 1, 1996, as the date of original issue, and will bear interest payable on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing August 1, 1997. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Bonds will mature February 1 in the years and amounts as follows: 1999 $ 70,000 2003 $ 85,000 2006 $155,000 2009 $180,000 2000 $ 75, 000 _ 2004 $100, 000 2007 $165, 000 2010 $190, 000 2001 $ 70,000 2005 $105,000 2008 $170,000 2011 $200,000 2002 $ 80, 000 • BOOK ENTRY SYSTEM i The Bonds will be issued by means of a book entry system with no physical distribution of Bonds made to the public. The Bonds will be issued in fully registered form and one Bond, representing the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds maturing in each year, will be registered in the name of Cede ~ Co. as nominee of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), New York, New York, which will act as securities depository of the Bonds. Individual purchases of the Bonds may be made in the principal amount of $5,000 or any multiple thereof of a single maturity through book entries made on the books and records of DTC and its participants. Principal and interest are payable by the registrar to DTC or its nominee as registered owner of the Bonds. Transfer of principal and interest payments to participants of DTC will be the responsibility of DTC; transfer of principal and interest payments to beneficial owners by participants will be the responsibility of such participants and other nominees of beneficial owners. The purchaser, as a condition of delivery of the Bonds, will be required to deposit the Bonds with DTC. REGISTRAR The City will name the registrar which shall be subject to applicable SEC regulations. The City will pay for the services of the registrar. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION The City may elect on February 1, 2006, and on any day thereafter, to prepay Bonds due on or after February 1, 2007. 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 shall determine. If less than all Bonds of a maturity are • called for redemption, the City will notify 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 shall be at a price of par plus accrued interest. SECURITY AND PURPOSE The Bonds will be general obligations of the City for which the City will pledge its full faith and credit and power to levy direct general ad valorem taxes. In addition the City will pledge tax increment income from Tax Increment Financing District No. 2 within Development District No. 1 and Tax Increment Financing District No. 1 within Development District No. 2. The proceeds will be used to finance the costs of public improvement with Development Districts No. 1 and No. 2. TYPE OF PROPOSALS Proposals shall be for not less than $1,623,615 and accrued interest on the total principal amount of the Bonds. Proposals shall be accompanied by a Good Faith Deposit ("Deposit") in the form of a certified or cashier's check or a Financial Surety Bond in the amount of $16,450, payable to the order of. the City. If a check is used, it must accompany each proposal. If a Financial Surety Bond is used, it must be from an insurance company licensed to issue such a bond in the State of Minnesota, and preapproved by the City. Such bond must be submitted to Springsted Incorporated prior to the opening of the proposals. The Financial Surety Bond must identify each underwriter whose Deposit is guaranteed by such Financial Surety Bond. If the Bonds are awarded to an underwriter using a Financial Surety Bond, then that purchaser is required to submit its Deposit to Springsted Incorporated in the form of a certified or cashier's • check or wire transfer as instructed by Springsted Incorporated not later than 3:30 P.M., Central Time, on the next business day following the award. If such Deposit is not received by that time, the Financial Surety Bond may be drawn by the City to satisfy the Deposit requirement. The City will deposit the check of the purchaser, the amount of which will be deducted at • settlement and no interest will accrue to the purchaser. In the event the purchaser fails to comply with the accepted proposal, said amount will be retained by the City. No proposal can be withdrawn or amended after the time set for receiving proposals unless the meeting of the City scheduled for award of the Bonds is adjourned, recessed, or continued to another date without award of the Bonds having been made. Rates shall be in integral multiples of 5/100 or 1/8 of 1%. Rates must be in ascending order. Bonds of the same maturity shall bear a single rate from the date of the Bonds to the date of maturity. No conditional proposals will be accepted. AWARD The Bonds will be awarded on the basis of the lowest interest rate to be determined on a true interest cost (TIC) basis. The City's computation of the interest rate of each proposal, in accordance with customary practice, will be controlling. The City will reserve the right to: (i) waive non-substantive informalities of any proposal or of matters relating to the receipt of proposals and award of the Bonds, (ii) reject all proposals without cause, and, (iii) reject any proposal which the City determines to have failed to comply with the terms herein. BOND INSURANCE AT PURCHASER'S OPTION If the Bonds qualify for issuance of any policy of municipal bond insurance or commitment therefor at the option of the underwriter, the purchase of any such insurance policy or the issuance of any such commitment shall be at the sole option and expense of the purchaser of the Bonds. Any increased costs of issuance of the Bonds resulting from such purchase of insurance shall be paid by the purchaser, except that, if the City has requested and received a rating on the Bonds from a rating agency, the City will pay that rating fee. Any other rating • agency fees shall be the responsibility of the purchaser. Failure of the municipal bond insurer to issue the policy after Bonds have been awarded to the purchaser shall not constitute cause for failure or refusal by the purchaser to accept delivery on the Bonds. CUSIP NUMBERS If the Bonds qualify for assignment of CUSIP numbers such numbers will be printed on the Bonds, but neither the failure to print such numbers on any Bond nor any error with respect thereto will constitute cause for failure or refusal by the purchaser to accept delivery of the Bonds. The CUSIP Service Bureau charge for the assignment of CUSIP identification numbers shall be paid by the purchaser. SETTLEMENT Within 40 days following the date of their award, the Bonds will be delivered without cost to the purchaser at a place mutually satisfactory to the City and the purchaser. Delivery will be subject to receipt by the purchaser of an approving legal opinion of Leonard, Street and Deinard of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and of customary closing papers, including a no-litigation certificate. On the date of settlement payment for the Bonds shall be made in federal, or equivalent, funds which shall be received at the offices of the City or its designee not later than 12:00 Noon, Central Time. Except as compliance with the terms of payment for the Bonds shall have been made impossible by action of the City, or its agents, the purchaser shall be liable to the City for any loss suffered by the City by reason of the purchaser's non-compliance with said terms for • payment. CONTINUING DISCLOSURE • On the date of actual issuance and delivery of the Bonds, the City will execute and deliver a Continuing Disclosure Undertaking (the "Undertaking") whereunder the City will covenant for the benefit of the owners of the Bonds to provide certain financial and other information about the City and notices of certain occurrences to information repositories as specified in and required by SEC Rule 15c2-12(b)(5) (the "Rule"). The City's proposed form of the Undertaking is set forth in the attached Appendix II. It is anticipated that the resolution (the "Resolution") awarding the sale and setting the terms of the Bonds will authorize the execution and delivery of the Undertaking substantially in the attached form thereof, but the final form of the Undertaking may vary from the attached form based upon request for changes made by the original purchaser(s) of the Bonds which are acceptable to the City and consistent with the Rule. A failure by the City to comply with the Undertaking (a "Default") would not constitute a default on the Bonds or under the Resolution (although bondholders would have a right to compel specific performance of the Undertaking by the City). The Rule would require that the City report any such Default. In the event of Default, the Rule may make it unlawful for any broker, dealer or municipal securities dealer to recommend the purchase or sale of the Bonds in the secondary market. Consequently, such a Default might adversely affect the transferability and liquidity of the Bonds and their market price. OFFICIAL STATEMENT The City has authorized the preparation of an Official Statement containing pertinent. information relative to the Bonds, and said Official Statement will serve as a nearly-final Official Statement within the meaning of Rule 15c2-12 of the Securities and Exchange Commission. For copies of the Official Statement or for any additional information prior to sale, any prospective purchaser is referred to the Financial Advisor to the City, Springsted Incorporated, • 85 East Seventh Place, Suite 100, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101, telephone (612) 223-3000. The Official Statement, when further supplemented by an addendum or addenda specifying the maturity dates, principal amounts and interest rates of the Bonds, together with any other information required by law, shall constitute a "Final Official Statement" of the City with respect to the Bonds, as that term is defined in Rule 15c2-12. By awarding the Bonds to any underwriter or underwriting syndicate submitting a proposal therefor, the City agrees that, no more than seven business days after the date of such award, it shall provide without cost to the senior managing underwriter of the syndicate to which the Bonds are awarded 70 copies of the Official Statement and the addendum or addenda described above. The City designates the senior managing underwriter of the syndicate to which the Bonds are awarded as its agent for purposes of distributing copies of the Final Official Statement to each Participating Underwriter. Any underwriter delivering a proposal with respect to the Bonds agrees thereby that if its proposal is accepted by the City (i) it shall accept such designation and (ii) it shall enter into a contractual relationship with all Participating Underwriters of the Bonds for purposes of assuring the receipt by each such Participating Underwriter of the Final Official Statement. Dated October 9, 1996 BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL /s/ Susan Hoyt Administrator •