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CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 1 3 -08 DECLARING THE OFFICIAL INTENT OF THE CITY OF LINO LAKES TO REIMBURSE CERTAIN EXPENDITURES FROM THE PROCEEDS OF BONDS TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY WHEREA S, the Internal Revenue Service has issued Treas. Reg. § 1.150 -2 (the “Reimbursement Regulations”) providing that proceeds of tax -exempt bonds used to reimburse prior expenditures will not be deemed spent unless certain requirements are met; and WHEREAS, the City expects to incur certain expenditures that may be financed temporarily from sources other than bonds, and reimbursed from the proceeds of a tax -exempt bond; WHEREAS, the City has determined to make this declaration of official intent (“Declara tion”) to reimburse certain costs from proceeds of bonds in accordance with the Reimbursement Regulations. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LINO LAKES AS FOLLOWS: 1. The City proposes to undertake improvements to Otter Lake Road (the “Project”). 2. The City reasonably expects to reimburse the expenditures made for certain costs of the Project from the proceeds of bonds in an estimated maximum principal amount of $732,500 . All reimbursed expenditures will be capital ex penditures, costs of issuance of the bonds, or other expenditures eligible for reimbursement under Section 1.150 -2(d)(3) of the Reimbursement Regulations. 3. This Declaration has been made not later than 60 days after payment of any original expenditure to be subject to a reimbursement allocation with respect to the proceeds of bonds, except for the following expenditures: (a) costs of issuance of bonds; (b) costs in an amount not in excess of $100,000 or 5 percent of the proceeds of an issue; or (c) “pre liminary expenditures” up to an amount not in excess of 20 percent of the aggregate issue price of the issue or issues that finance or are reasonably expected by the City to finance the project for which the preliminary expenditures were incurred. The ter m “preliminary expenditures” includes architectural, engineering, surveying, bond issuance, and similar costs that are incurred prior to commencement of acquisition, construction or rehabilitation of a project, other than land acquisition, site preparation , and similar costs incident to commencement of construction.