HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/10/2018LAUDERDALE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
7:30 P.M. TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018
LAUDERDALE CITY HALL, 1891 WALNUT STREET
The City Council is meeting as a legislative body to conduct the business of the City according
to Robert's Rules of Order and the Standing Rules of Order and Business of the City Council.
Unless so ordered by the Mayor, citizen participation is limited to the times indicated and always
within the prescribed rules of conduct for public input at meetings.
1. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVALS
a. Agenda
b. Minutes of the March 27, 2018 City Council Meeting
c. Claims Totaling $98,089.52
4. CONSENT
5. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS/RECOGNITIONS/PROCLAMATIONS
6. INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATIONS / REPORTS
a. Annual Police Department Report, Chief Jon Mangseth
b. Summer Festival Update
c. City Council Updates
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public hearings are conducted so that the public affected by a proposal may have input into the
decision. During hearings all affected residents will be given an opportunity to speak pursuant to
the Robert's Rules of Order and the standing rules of order and business of the City Council.
8. DISCUSSION / ACTION ITEM
a. Resolution No. 041018A — Awarding the Sale of Bonds to Purchase 1795 Eustis Street
b. Resolution No. 041018B — Supporting Local Decision -Making Authority
c. Amendment to the Amended and Restated Development Plan with Greenway Village
Apartments
d. Absentee Ballot Administration for 2018 Elections
9. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
10. ADDITIONAL ITEMS
11. SET AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING
a. March Financial Report
b. Rental Housing Ordinance Revisions
12. WORK SESSION
a. Opportunity for the Public to Address the City Council
Any member of the public may speak at this time on any item not on the agenda. In
consideration for the public attending the meeting, this portion of the meeting will be limited
to fifteen (15) minutes. Individuals are requested to limit their comments to four (4) minutes or
less. If the majority of the Council determines that additional time on a specific issue is
warranted, then discussion on that issue shall be continued at the end of the agenda. Before
addressing the City Council, members of the public are asked to step up to the microphone,
give their name, address, and state the subject to be discussed. All remarks shall be addressed
to the Council as a whole and not to any member thereof. No person other than members of the
Council and the person having the floor shall be permitted to enter any discussion without
permission of the presiding officer.
Your participation, as prescribed by the Robert's Rules of Order and the standing rules of order
and business of the City Council, is welcomed and your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
b. Community Development Update
13. ADJOURNMENT
LAUDERDALE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES
Lauderdale City Hall
1891 Walnut Street
Lauderdale, MN 55113
Page 1 of 3 March 27, 2018
Roll Call
Mayor Gaasch called the Regular City Council meeting to order at 7:40 p.m.
Councilors present: Jeff Dains, Andi Moffatt, and Mayor Mary Gaasch.
Councilors absent: Kelly Dolphin and Roxanne Grove.
Staff present: Heather Butkowski, City Administrator; Jim Bownik, Assistant to the City
Administrator; and Miles Cline, Deputy City Clerk.
Approvals
Mayor Gaasch asked if there were any additions to the meeting agenda. There being none,
Councilor Dains moved and seconded by Councilor Moffatt to approve the agenda. Motion
carried unanimously.
Mayor Gaasch asked if there were any changes to the meeting minutes. There being none,
Councilor Dains moved and seconded by Councilor Moffatt to approve the minutes of the March
13, 2018, city council meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
Mayor Gaasch asked if there were any questions on the claims. There being none, Councilor
Moffatt moved and seconded by Councilor Dains to approve the claims totaling $26,019.64.
Motion carried unanimously.
Consent
Councilor Dains moved and seconded by Councilor Moffatt to approve the Consent Agenda
thereby acknowledging the February Financial Report and the street sweeping proposal.
Informational Presentations/Reports
A. 2017 Audit Report by Adbo, Eick, and Meyers Staff
Andrew Berg of Abdo, Eick, and Meyers approached the Council to present the 2017 audited
financials. Berg went through the Management Letter and the Annual Financial Report and
answered questions from the Council after his presentation was complete.
B. City Council Updates
Mayor Gaasch and Councilor Moffatt attended the League of Minnesota Legislative Conference
where they met with State Representative Alice Hausman to discuss street infrastructure and
state aid. Mayor Gaasch added that she attended a Metro Cities Board of Directors meeting
where she was nominated to be the president of the organization. Finally, Councilor Moffatt said
she attended the Comprehensive Plan Open House at City Hall.
LAUDERDALE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES
Lauderdale City Hall
1891 Walnut Street
Lauderdale, MN 55113
Page 2 of 3 March 27, 2018
Discussion/Action Items
A. Post Issuance Debt Compliance Policy
Previously, the Council entered into an agreement with Ehlers and Associates for assistance with
meeting post bond issuance debt compliance requirements. At this meeting, the Council
considered adoption of a Post -Issuance Debt Compliance Policy.
Councilor Moffatt moved to adopt the Post -Issuance Debt Compliance Policy as presented. The
motion was seconded by Councilor Dains and carried unanimously.
B. Proposal for Phase II Subsurface Investigation at 1795 Eustis Street
The Javelin Group completed the Phase I report, and based on their research, they are
recommending a Phase II to look more in depth at a couple of items including the soil around the
fuel oil tank that was removed in the 1990s and soil vapors.
Councilor Moffatt moved to hire The Javelin Group to complete a Phase II Subsurface
Investigation at 1795 Eustis Street. The motion was seconded by Councilor Dains and carried
unanimously.
C. Rental Housing Ordinance Revisions
Butkowski stated that the draft rental housing ordinance was sent to rental property owners at the
beginning of March. Owners were asked to return comments on the draft by March 20. Staff is
still working on revisions with the city attorney and adoption is expected in the near future.
Set Agenda for Next Meeting
Administrator Butkowski stated that the next council meeting may include the results of the
April 10 bond sale for purchase of 1795 Eustis Street and Rental Housing Ordinance revisions.
Work Session
A. Opportunity for the Public to Address the City Council
Mayor Gaasch opened the floor to anyone in attendance that wanted to address the Council.
There being no interested parties to speak, Mayor Gaasch closed the floor.
B. Community Development Update
Butkowski informed the Council that she met with the Fulham Street neighbors regarding the
land use designation for the Luther Seminary property, she completed the bond rating interview
and is awaiting the results, and Ramsey County called to discuss Eustis Street.
Adj ournment
Councilor Dains moved and seconded by Councilor Moffatt to adjourn the meeting at 8:10 p.m.
Motion carried unanimously.
LAUDERDALE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES
Lauderdale City Hall
1891 Walnut Street
Lauderdale, MN 55113
Page 3 of 3
Respectfully submitted,
Miles Cline
Deputy City Clerk
March 27, 2018
CITY OF LAUDERDALE
LAUDERDALE CITY HALL
189 1 WALNUT STREET
LAUDERDALE, MN 551 13
651-792-7650
651-631-2066 FAX
Request for Council Action
To: Mayor and City Council
From: City Administrator
Meeting Date: April 10, 2018
Subject: List of Claims
The claims totaling $98,089.52 are provided for City Council review and approval that
includes check numbers 25784 to 25802.
Accounts Payable
Checks by Date - Detail by Check Date
User:
Printed:
miles.cline
4/6/2018 1:55 PM
Check No Vendor No
Invoice No
Vendor Name
Description
Check Date
Reference
Check Amount
ACH 43
ACH 44
ACH 45
ACH 46
Public Employees Retirement Association 04/06/2018
PR Batch 50700.04.2018 PERA Coordinated PR Batch 50700.04.2018 PER
PR Batch 50700.04.2018 PERA Coordinated PR Batch 50700.04.2018 PER
Total for this ACH Check for Vendor 43:
Minnesota Department of Revenue 04/06/2018
PR Batch 50700.04.2018 State Income Tax PR Batch 50700.04.2018 Stan
Total for this ACH Check for Vendor 44:
ICMA Retirement Corporation
PR Batch 50700.04.2018 Deferred Comp
PR Batch 50700.04.2018 Deferred Comp
04/06/2018
PR Batch 50700.04.2018 Defi
PR Batch 50700.04.2018 Defi
Total for this ACH Check for Vendor 45:
Internal Revenue Service 04/06/2018
PR Batch 50700.04.2018 Medicare Employer Po PR Batch 50700.04.2018 Med
PR Batch 50700.04.2018 FICA Employer Portio: PR Batch 50700.04.2018 FIC.
Pk Batch 50700.04.2018 Medicare Employee Pc PR Batch 50700.04.2018 Med
PR Batch 50700.04.2018 FICA Employee Portio PR Batch 50700.04.2018 FIC.
PR Batch 50700.04.2018 Federal Income Tax PR Batch 50700.04.2018 Fed(
Total for this ACHCheck for Vendor 46:
Total for 4/6/2018:
25784 13 , 8th Day Landscaping LLC 04/10/2018
5829 March Snow Removal
Total for Check Number 25784:
25785 20
398180
398180
398180
Abdo Eick & Meyers LLP
2017 Audit
2017 Audit
2017 Audit
25786 56 James Bownik
1Q2018 Mileage Reimbursement
25787 57 Heather Butkowski
1Q2018 Mileage Reimbursement
04/10/2018
Total for Check Number 25785:
04/10/2018 •
Total for Check Number 25786:
04/10/2018
Total for Check Number 25787:
1,102.25
955.28
2,057.53
681.38
681.38
939.37
1,351.27
2,290.64
230.56
985.85
230.56
985.85
1,136.80
3,569.62
8,599.17
645.00
645.00
375.00
1,750.00
375.00
2,500.00
24.53
24.53
62.02
62.02
AP Checks by Date - Detail by Check Date (4/6/2018 1:55 PM) Page.1
Check No Vendor No
Invoice No
Vendor Name
Description
Check Date
Reference
Check Amount
25788 36
0224321
0224367
25789 29
3658
25790 133
1Q2018
25791 25
EMCOM-006810
EMCOM-006822
EMCOM-006836
25792 25
04102018-1821
25793 59
743703044
25794 1
032018
25795 24
0001080893
25796 112
042018
City of Roseville
March IT Services
March Phone Services
City of St Anthony
April Police Services
Miles Cline
Mileage Reimbursement
County of Ramsey
March Fleet Support
March CAD Services
March 911 Dispatch Services
County of Ramsey
Recycling Assessment - 1821 Eustis
04/10/2018
Total for Check Number 25788:
04/10/2018
Total for Check Number 25789:
04/10/2018
Total for Check Number 25790:
04/10/2018
Total for Check Number 25791:
04/10/2018
• Total for Check Number 25792:
Finance and Commerce Inc
Advertise 2018 Sanitary Sewer Lining Project
Lillie Suburban Newspapers Inc
Adverstise 2018 Sanitary Sewer Lining Project
Metropolitan Council
May Wastewater Treatment
04/10/2018
Total for Check Number 25793:
04/10/2018
Total for Check Number 25794:
04/10/2018
Total for Check Number 25795:
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 04/10/2018
Wastewater Certification Renewal - DH
Total for Check Number 25796:
25797 84 North Star Bank Cardmember Services 04/10/2018
042018 Bathroom Tissue
042018 Hand Vacuum
042018 PCA Sewer Test - GB
042018 DOLI - Building Official License - DH
25798 5
619861-03-18
25799 47
Premium Waters Inc
March Water Delivery
Total for Check Number 25797:
04/10/2018
Total for Check Number 25798:
Public Employees Insurance Program 04/10/2018
PR Batch 50700.04.2018 Health Insurance PR Batch 50700.04.2018 Hea
1,118.00
82.43
1,200.43
57,730.66
. 57,730.66
28.03
28.03
6.24
233.07
1,248.01
1,487.32
35.76
35.76
77.23
77.23
34.50
34.50
10,846.48
10,846.48
23.00
23.00
60.76
41.64
55.00
35.00
192.40
30.92
30.92
2,032.62
AP Checks by Date - Detail by Check Date (4/6/2018 1:55 PM) Page 2
Check No Vendor No
Invoice No
Vendor Name
Description •
Check Date
Reference
Check Amount
PR Batch 50700.04.2018 Dental
PR Batch 50700.04.2018 Den 116.10
Total for Check Number 25799: 2,148.72
25800 109 Ramsey County League of Local Governmt 04/10/2018
104 2018 Membership Dues 175.00
Total for Check Number 25800: 175.00
25801 26 Stantec Consulting Services Inc 04/10/2018
1334679 LSWMP Preparation 5,688.50
1334718 Eustis/Roselawn Negotiations 1,995.00
1334718 Wetland Conservation Act Annual Report 75.50
1336032 Eustis & Roselawn Transfer 684.00
1336032 Sewer Lining Project 741.00
1336034 LSWMP Preparation 2,722.50
Total for Check Number 25801: 11,906.50
25802 7 Waste Management Inc 04/10/2018
7857933-0500-0 April Public Works
Total for Check Number 25802:
Total for 4/10/2018:
341.85
341.85
89,490.35
Report Total (23 checks): 98,089.52
AP Checks by Date - Detail by Check Date (4/6/2018 1:55 PM) Page 3
LAUDERDALE COUNCIL
ACTION FORM
Action Requested
Consent
Public Hearing
Discussion X
Action X
Resolution X
Work Session
Meeting Date
April 10, 2018
ITEM NUMBER Bond Sale Results & Res.
STAFF INITIAL
APPROVED BY ADMINISTRATOR
DESCRIPTION OF ISSUE AND PAST COUNCIL ACTION:
The bond sale to finance the purchase of 1795 Eustis Street will be held Tuesday morning.
The results of the sale will be reported to the City Council during our meeting that evening.
At the conclusion of the discuss, the City Council will be asked to adopt a final version of
Resolution No. 041018A. A draft is included in the packet for your review.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Motion to adopt Resolution No. 041018A—A Resolution Awarding the Sale of General Ob-
ligation Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Series 2018A, inn the Original Aggregate Principal
Amount of $1,310,000; Fixing their Form and Specifications; Directing their Execution and
Delivery; Providing for their Payment; and Authorizing the Execution of Documents in
Connection Therewith.
Extract of Minutes of Meeting
of the City Council of the
City of Lauderdale, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Lauderdale, Minnesota, was duly held in the City Hall in said City on Tuesday, April 10, 2018,
commencing at 7:30 P.M.
The following members were present:
and the following were absent:
* * *
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 General Obligation Tax Increment Revenue Bonds,
Series 2018A, to be issued in the original aggregate principal amount of $1,310,000.
The City Administrator presented a tabulation of the proposals which had been received in the
manner specified in the Terms of Proposal of the Bond. The proposals are attached hereto as
EXHIBIT A.
After due consideration of the proposals, Member then introduced the
following resolution and moved its adoption:
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RESOLUTION NO. 041018A
CITY OF LAUDERDALE
RAMSEY COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE SALE OF GENERAL
OBLIGATION TAX INCREMENT REVENUE BONDS,
SERIES 2018A, IN THE ORIGINAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF $1,310,000; FIXING THEIR FORM AND
SPECIFICATIONS; DIRECTING THEIR EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY; PROVIDING FOR THEIR PAYMENT; AND
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH
BE IT RESOLVED By the City Council (the "City Council") of the City of Lauderdale, Ramsey
County, Minnesota (the "City"), as follows:
Section 1. Sale of the Bond.
1.01. Authorization.
(a) The City has previously established and administers Development District No. 1
(the "Development District") within the City and has established Tax Increment Financing
District No. 1-2 (the "TIF District"), a redevelopment district, within the Development District,
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.174 through 469.1794, as amended (the "TIF Act").
The City has approved a Tax Increment Financing Plan for the TIF District. The TIF District
was created to help facilitate redevelopment to create additional market rate rental housing,
create new commercial uses, and improve the tax base in the City.
(b) Pursuant to Section 469.178, subdivision 2 of the TIF Act, the City is authorized
to pledge the tax increment revenues generated by the TIF District to the payment of principal of
and interest on general obligation bonds to be issued by the City to pay all or a portion of the
public redevelopment costs incurred or to be incurred by the City in the Development District as
identified in the TIF Plan.
(c) Pursuant to Section 469.178, subdivision 5 of the TIF Act and Minnesota
Statutes, Section 475.61, subdivision 6, the City is authorized to issue temporary bonds maturing
within three (3) years from their date of issue to pay all or a portion of the public redevelopment
costs incurred or to be incurred by the City in the Development District as identified in the TIF
Plan.
(d) The City intends to expend funds within the Development District for land
acquisition costs (the "Project").
(e) The City finds it necessary and desirable to the sound financial management of
the affairs of the City to issue its General Obligation Tax Increment Revenue Bonds,
Series 2018A (the "Bond"), in the original aggregate principal amount of $1,310,000, pursuant to
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the TIF Act and Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 475, as amended (collectively, the "Act"),
specifically Section 469.178, subdivision 5 and Section 475.61, subdivision 6, to provide
temporary financing for redevelopment costs incurred or to be incurred by the City for the
Project as identified in the TIF Plan and the costs of issuing the Bond (the "Project Costs").
(f) The City is authorized by Section 475.60, subdivision 2(9) of the Act to
negotiate the sale of the Bond, it being determined that the City has retained an independent
municipal advisor in connection with such sale. The actions of the City staff and the City's
municipal advisor in negotiating the sale of the Bond are ratified and confirmed in all aspects.
1.02. Award to the Purchaser and Interest Rate. The proposal of (the
"Purchaser") to purchase the Bond of the City is hereby found and determined to be a reasonable offer
and is hereby accepted, the proposal being to purchase the Bond at a price of $ (par
amount of $1,310,000, [plus original issue premium of $ ,] [less original issue discount of
$ ,] less underwriter's discount of $ ), plus accrued interest to date of delivery, if
any, for the Bond bearing interest at a rate of % per annum. The true interest cost of the
Bond is %.
1.03. Purchase Contract. The sum of $ , being the amount proposed by the Purchaser
in excess of $1,302,140, shall be credited to the Debt Service Fund hereinafter created or applied to Project
Costs, as determined by the City Administrator in consultation with the City's municipal advisor. The
City Administrator is directed to retain the good faith check of the Purchaser, pending completion of the
sale of the Bond, and to return the good faith checks of the unsuccessful proposers. The Mayor and City
Administrator are directed to execute a contract with the Purchaser on behalf of the City.
1.04. Terms and Principal Amount of the Bond. The City will forthwith issue and sell the Bond
pursuant to the Act, in the total principal amount of $1,310,000, originally dated May 1, 2018, in the
denomination of $5,000 each or any integral multiple thereof, numbered No. R-1, bearing interest as above
set forth, and maturing on February 1, 2021.
1.05. Optional Redemption. The City may elect on February 1, 2019, and on any day thereafter
to prepay the Bond. 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 of the Bond is called for redemption, the City will
notify DTC (as defined in Section 7 hereof) of the particular amount 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. Prepayments will be at a
price of par plus accrued interest.
Section 2. Registration and Payment.
2.01. Registered Form. The Bond will be issued only in fully registered form. The interest
thereon and, upon surrender of the Bond, the principal amount thereof, is payable by check or draft issued
by the Registrar described herein.
2.02. Dates; Interest Payment Dates. The 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 the Bond will 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 the Bond will be dated as of
the date of original issue. The interest on the Bond is payable on February 1 and August 1 of each year,
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commencing February 1, 2019, to the registered owners 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 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 in which the Registrar provides for the registration of ownership of the Bond and the
registration of transfers and exchanges of the Bond entitled to be registered, transferred or
exchanged.
(b) Transfer of Bond. Upon surrender for transfer of the 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 that interest payment date.
(c) Exchange of Bond. When the Bond is 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. The Bond surrendered upon 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 the Bond is presented to the Registrar
for transfer, the Registrar may refuse to transfer the Bond 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 the 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 the
Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid.
(g) Taxes, Fees and Charges. The Registrar may impose a charge upon the owner
thereof for a transfer or exchange of the Bond 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) Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Bond. If the 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
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expenses and charges of the Registrar in connection therewith; and, in the case of the Bond
destroyed, stolen or lost, upon filing with the Registrar of evidence satisfactory to it that the Bond
was destroyed, stolen or lost, and of the ownership thereof, and upon furnishing to the Registrar 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. The Bond 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 the Bond is called for redemption, notice thereof
identifying the Bond 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 the Bond to be
redeemed at the address shown on the registration books kept by the 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 the proceedings for the redemption of the Bond.
The Bond so called for redemption will cease to bear interest after the specified redemption date,
provided that the funds for the redemption are on deposit with the place of payment at that time.
2.04. Appointment of Initial Registrar. The City appoints Bond Trust Services Corporation,
Roseville, Minnesota, as the initial Registrar. The Mayor and the City Administrator 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, the resulting 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 thirty (30) days' notice and upon the appointment of a
successor Registrar, in which event the predecessor Registrar must deliver all cash and the Bond 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 the City Council, the City Administrator
must transmit to the Registrar moneys sufficient for the payment of all principal and interest then due.
2.05. Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Bond will be prepared under the direction of
the City Administrator and executed on behalf of the City by the signatures of the Mayor and the City
Administrator, provided that those signatures may be printed, engraved or lithographed facsimiles of the
originals. If an officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on the Bond ceases to be
such officer before the delivery of the Bond, that 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, the 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 a
different Bond need not be signed by the same representative. The executed certificate of authentication on
the Bond is conclusive evidence that it has been authenticated and delivered under this resolution. When
the Bond has been so prepared, executed and authenticated, the City Administrator will 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 not obligated to see to the application of the purchase price.
Section 3. Form of Bond.
3.01. Execution of the Bond. The Bond will be printed or typewritten in substantially the form
attached hereto as EXHIBIT B.
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3.02. Approving Legal Opinion. The City Administrator is authorized and directed to obtain a
copy of the proposed approving legal opinion of Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
which is to be complete except as to dating thereof and to cause the opinion to be printed on or
accompany the Bond.
Section 4. Payment; Security; Pledges and Covenants.
4.01. Debt Service Fund. The Bond will be payable from the General Obligation Tax Increment
Revenue Bonds, Series 2018A Debt Service Fund (the "Debt Service Fund") hereby created. The Debt
Service Fund shall be administered and maintained by the City Administrator as a bookkeeping account
separate and apart from all other funds maintained in the official financial records of the City. Tax
increment revenues resulting from increases in taxable valuation of real property in the TIF District (the
"Tax Increment Revenues") received by the City from the TIF District are pledged to the Debt Service Fund.
There is also appropriated to the Debt Service Fund (i) amounts over the minimum purchase price of the
Bond paid by the Purchaser, to the extent designated for deposit in the Debt Service Fund in accordance
with Section 1.03 hereof; and (ii) capitalized interest financed from Bond proceeds, if any.
4.02. Project Costs. Proceeds of the Bond will be used by the City to finance the Project
Costs.
4.03. Tax Increment Revenues. The estimated amount of the Tax Increment Revenues
available to pay debt service on the Bond exceeds twenty percent (20%) of the Project Costs related to
the TIF District The total Project Costs are estimated to be at least equal to the amount of the Bond.
4.04. General Obligation Pledge. For the prompt and full payment of the principal of and
interest on the Bond, as the same respectively become due, the full faith, credit, and taxing powers of the
City are irrevocably pledged. If a payment of principal of or interest on the Bond becomes due when
there is not sufficient money in the Debt Service Fund to pay the same, the City Administrator is directed
to pay such principal or interest from the general fund of the City, and the general fund will be
reimbursed for those advances out of the proceeds of Tax Increment Revenues when received.
Furthermore, in accordance with its statutory duties under Section 475.61, subdivision 6 and
Section 469.178, subdivision 5 of the Act, the City covenants and agrees with the holders of the Bond
that if the Bond cannot be paid at maturity from Tax Increment Revenues or from other funds
appropriated by the City Council, the Bond will be paid from the proceeds of definitive or additional
temporary bonds that will be issued and sold prior to the maturity date of the Bond.
4.05. Debt Service Coverage. It is hereby determined that the estimated collection of the Tax
Increment Revenues for the payment of principal of and interest on the Bond will produce at least five
percent (5%) in excess of the amount needed to meet, when due, the principal and interest payments on
the Bond and that no tax levy is needed at this time.
4.06. Certificate of County Auditor as to Registration. The City Administrator is authorized
and directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the County Auditor of Ramsey County,
Minnesota and to obtain the certificate required by Section 475.63 of the Act.
Section 5. Authentication of Transcript.
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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 Bond certified copies of
proceedings and records of the City relating to the Bond 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 Bond, and such instruments, including any heretofore furnished, may
be deemed representations of the City as to the facts stated therein.
5.02. Certification as to Official Statement. The Mayor and the City Administrator 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 Bond 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.
5.03. Closing Certificates. The Mayor and the City Administrator are hereby authorized and
directed to furnish to the Purchaser at the closing such certificates as are required as a condition of sale.
Unless litigation shall have been commenced and be pending questioning the Bond or the organization of
the City or incumbency of its officers, at the closing the Maydr and the City Administrator shall also
execute and deliver to the Purchaser a suitable certificate as to absence of material litigation, and the City
Administrator shall also execute and deliver a certificate as to payment for and delivery of the Bond.
5.04. Payment of Costs of Issuance. The City authorizes the Purchaser to forward the amount
of Bond proceeds allocable to the payment of issuance expenses to KleinBank, Chaska, Minnesota, on
the closing date for further distribution as directed by the City's municipal advisor, Ehlers & Associates,
Inc.
Section 6. Tax Covenant.
6.01. Tax -Exempt Bond. The City covenants and agrees with the holders from time to time of
the Bond that it will not take or permit to be taken by any of its officers, employees or agents any action
which would cause the interest on the Bond to become subject to taxation under the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, in effect at the
time of such actions, and that it will take or cause its officers, employees or agents to take, all affirmative
action within its power that may be necessary to ensure that such interest will not become subject to taxation
under the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, as presently existing or as hereafter amended and
made applicable to the Bond. To that end, the City will comply with all requirements necessary under the
Code to establish and maintain the exclusion from gross income of the interest on the Bond under
Section 103 of the Code, including without limitation requirements relating to temporary periods for
investments and limitations on amounts invested at a yield greater than the yield on the Bond.
6.02. No Rebate Required.
(a) The City will comply with requirements necessary under the Code to establish
and maintain the exclusion from gross income of the interest on the Bond under Section 103 of
the Code, including without limitation requirements relating to temporary periods for
investments, limitations on amounts invested at a yield greater than the yield on the Bond, and
the rebate of excess investment earnings to the United States, if the Bond (together with other
obligations reasonably expected to be issued in calendar year 2018) exceeds the small -issuer
exception amount of $5,000,000.
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(b) For purposes of qualifying for the small issuer exception to the federal arbitrage
rebate requirements, the City finds, determines and declares that the aggregate face amount of all
tax-exempt bonds (other than private activity bonds) issued by the City (and all subordinate
entities of the City) during the calendar year in which the Bond is issued and outstanding at one
time is not reasonably expected to exceed $5,000,000, all within the meaning of
Section 148(f)(4)(D) of the Code.
6.03. Not Private Activity Bond. The City further covenants not to use the proceeds of the Bond
or to cause or permit them or any of them to be used, in such a manner as to cause the Bond to be a "private
activity bond" within the meaning of Sections 103 and 141 through 150 of the Code.
6.04. Qualified Tax -Exempt Obligation. In order to qualify the Bond as a "qualified tax-exempt
obligation" within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code, the City makes the following factual
statements and representations:
(a) the Bond is not a "private activity bond" as defined in Section 141 of the Code;
(b) the City designates the Bond as a "qualified tax-exempt obligation" for purposes of
Section 265(b)(3) of the Code;
(c) the reasonably anticipated amount of tax-exempt obligations (other than private
activity bonds that are not qualified 501(c)(3) bonds) which will be issued by the City (and all
subordinate entities of the City) during calendar year 2018 will not exceed $10,000,000; and
(d) not more than $10,000,000 of obligations issued by the City during calendar year
2018 have been designated for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code.
6.05. Procedural Requirements. The City will use its best efforts to comply with any federal
procedural requirements which may apply in order to effectuate the designations made by this section.
Section 7. Book -Entry System; Limited Obligation of City.
7.01. DTC. The Bond will be initially issued in the form of a separate single typewritten or
printed fully registered Bond for the maturity set forth in Section 1.04 hereof. Upon initial issuance, the
ownership of the Bond will be registered in the registration books kept by the 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 Bond will be registered in the
registration books kept by the Registrar in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC.
7.02. Participants. With respect to the Bond registered in the registration books kept by the
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 the Bond as a securities depository (the "Participants") or to any other person on
behalf of which a Participant holds an interest in the Bond, 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 Bond, (ii) the delivery to any Participant or any other person (other than a
registered owner of the Bond, as shown by the registration books kept by the Registrar), of any notice with
respect to the Bond, including any notice of redemption, or (iii) the payment to any Participant or any other
person, other than a registered owner of the Bond, of any amount with respect to principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on the Bond. The City, the Registrar and the Paying Agent may treat and consider the person
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in whose name the Bond is registered in the registration books kept by the Registrar as the holder and
absolute owner of the Bond for the purpose of payment of principal, premium and interest with respect to
the Bond, for the purpose of registering transfers with respect to the Bond, and for all other purposes. The
Paying Agent will pay all principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bond 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, premium, if any, or interest on the Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid.
No person other than a registered owner of Bond, 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 Administrator 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 Administrator will promptly deliver a copy of the same to the Registrar and Paying
Agent.
7.03. Representation Letter. The City has heretofore executed and delivered to DTC a Blanket
Issuer Letter of Representations (the "Representation Letter") which will govern payment of principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Bond and notices with respect to the Bond. Any Paying Agent or
Registrar subsequently appointed by the City with respect to the Bond 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 be complied with at all times.
7.04. 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 interests in the Bond 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 Bond 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 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.
7.05. Payments to Cede & Co. Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution to the
contrary, so long as the Bond is registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, payments with
respect to principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bond and all notices with respect to the Bond
will be made and given, respectively in the manner provided in DTC's Operational Arrangements, as set
forth in the Representation Letter.
Section 8. Continuing Disclosure.
8.01. Execution of Continuing Disclosure Certificate. "Continuing Disclosure Certificate"
means that certain Continuing Disclosure Certificate executed by the Mayor and City Administrator and
dated the date of issuance and delivery of the Bond, as originally executed and as it may be amended
from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
8.02. 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 Bond; however, any Bondholder may take such actions as may be necessary and
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appropriate, including seeking mandate or specific performance by court order, to cause the City to
comply with its obligations under this section.
Section 9. Defeasance. When all of the Bond and all interest thereon have been discharged as
provided in this section, all pledges, covenants and other rights granted by this resolution to the holders of
the Bond will cease, except that the pledge of the full faith and credit of the City for the prompt and full
payment of the principal of and interest on the Bond will remain in full force and effect. The City may
discharge all of the Bond which is due on any date by depositing with the Registrar on or before that date a
sum sufficient for the payment thereof in full. If the 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.
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The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Member
, and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
and the following voted against the same:
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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EXHIBIT A
PROPOSALS
A-1
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF BOND
No.R- $
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
CITY OF LAUDERDALE
GENERAL OBLIGATION TAX INCREMENT REVENUE BOND
SERIES 2018A
Date of
Rate Maturity Original Issue
February 1, 20_ May 1, 2018
Registered Owner: Cede & Co.
CUSIP
The City of Lauderdale, Minnesota, a duly organized and existing municipal corporation in
Ramsey 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 (calculated on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30 day months), payable
February 1 and August 1 in each year, commencing February 1, 2019, to the person in whose name 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 lawful money of the United States of America by check or draft by Bond
Trust Services Corporation, Roseville, Minnesota, as Bond 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, 2019, and on any day thereafter to prepay this Bond.
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 of the Bond is called for redemption, the City will notify The 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. Prepayments will be at a
price of par plus accrued interest.
This Bond is issued in the aggregate principal amount of $1,310,000 pursuant to a resolution
adopted by the City Council on April 10, 2018 (the "Resolution"), for the purpose of providing money to
aid in providing temporary financing for public redevelopment costs of projects in Tax Increment
Financing District No. 1-2 (the "TIF District") in the City, pursuant to and in full conformity with the
Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota, including Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.174 through
469.1794, as amended, and Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 475, as amended, specifically Section 469.178,
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subdivision 5 and Section 475.61, subdivision 6. The principal hereof and interest hereon are payable
primarily from tax increments resulting in increases in the taxable value of real property in the TIF
District and from proceeds of definitive bonds or additional temporary bonds to be issued by the City
prior to the maturity hereof, as 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 is 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 tax increment revenues pledged, which taxes may be
levied without limitation as to rate or amount. The Bond is issued only as a fully registered Bond in
denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof of single maturities.
The City Council has designated this Bond as a "qualified tax-exempt obligation" within the
meaning of Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") relating to
disallowance of interest expense for financial institutions and within the $10 million limit allowed by the
Code for the calendar year of issue.
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 will 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, 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 or statutory 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 Lauderdale, Ramsey 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 City Administrator and has caused this Bond to be dated as of the date set forth below.
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Dated: May 1, 2018
CITY OF LAUDERDALE, MINNESOTA
(Facsimile) (Facsimile)
Mayor City Administrator
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is the Bond delivered pursuant to the Resolution mentioned within.
BOND TRUST SERVICES CORPORATION
By
Authorized Representative
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Bond, will be
construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM -- as tenants in common
TEN ENT -- as tenants by entireties
JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common
UNIT' GIFT MIN ACT
Custodian
(Cult) (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts or Transfers to Minors
Act, State of
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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:
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Notice:
Signature Guaranteed:
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.
NOTICE: 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
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.
Date of Registration
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Signature of
Registered Owner Officer of Registrar
Cede & Co.
Federal ID #13-2555119
B-4
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
CITY OF LAUDERDALE
) SS.
I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and City Administrator of the City of Lauderdale,
Minnesota (the "City"), 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 April 10, 2018, with the
original minutes on file in my office and the extract is a full, true and correct copy of the minutes insofar
as they relate to the issuance and sale of the City's General Obligation Tax Increment Revenue Bonds,
Series 2018A, issued in the original aggregate principal amount of $1,310,000.
WITNESS My hand officially as such City Administrator and the corporate seal of the City this
day of April, 2018.
City Administrator
City of Lauderdale, Minnesota
(SEAL)
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LAUDERDALE COUNCIL
ACTION FORM
Action Requested
Consent
Public Hearing
Discussion X
Action X
Resolution X
Work Session
Meeting Date
April 10, 2018
ITEM NUMBER Local Control Resolution
STAFF INITIAL
APPROVED BY ADMINISTRATOR
DESCRIPTION OF ISSUE AND PAST COUNCIL ACTION:
The City Council regularly discusses legislative attempts to control or limit local govern-
ment authority. It appears state legislators forget that city council members hold election
certificates and are subject to the same referendum of their decision making authority as
they are.
The League of Minnesota Cities is asking member cities to consider adopting the following
resolution. Following is a list of the cities that have already adopted the resolution. The
League uses these signs of support in their efforts to combat the usurpation of local control.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Motion to adopt Resolution 041018B A Resolution Supporting Local Decision -Making
Authority.
RESOLUTION NO. 041018B
CITY OF LAUDERDALE
RAMSEY COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LOCAL DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, local elected decision -makers are in the best position to determine what health,
safety and welfare regulations best serve their constituents; and
WHEREAS, just like state legislative leaders, local elected officials are held accountable through
Minnesota's robust elections process; and
WHEREAS, ordinances at the local level are enacted only after a comprehensive, legal and open
process; and
WHEREAS, local units of government are required to publish notices about meetings where policies
will be discussed and decisions will be made; and
WHEREAS, under the state's Open Meeting Law, public policy discussions and decisions must
occur in meetings that are accessible to members of the public; and
WHEREAS, cities are often laboratories for determining public policy approaches to the challenges
that face residents and businesses; and
WHEREAS, preservation of local control in Minnesota has yielded statewide benefits such as
the 2007 Freedom to Breathe Act, an amendment to the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act; and
WHEREAS, more than two dozen bilis that restrict local decision-making have been introduced in
2017 to date.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LAUDERDALE that this Council supports local decision-making authority and opposes
legislation that removes the ability for local elected officials to respond to the needs of their
businesses and constituents.
Adopted this 9th day of January 2018.
Mary Gaasch, Mayor
Heather Butkowski, City Administrator
LEAGUE OF
MINNESOTA
CITIES
CONNECTING & INNOVATING
SINCE 1913
Cities Supporting Local Control
The following 96 cities have passed resolutions supporting local control in 2017 & 2018
(see page 2 for sample resolution)
Alexandria Hastings Pequot Lakes
Audubon Hawley Prior Lake
Baudette Hewitt Proctor
Bemidji Hinckley Rice Lake
Big Lake Hopkins Richfield
Blue Earth Hoyt Lakes Rochester
Buffalo Hutchinson Round Lake
Cambridge Isanti Royalton
Carver Jenkins Sandstone
Centerville Kasson Shoreview
Clarkfield Lake Bronson Silver Lake
Climax Lake City Springfield
Coates Lindstrom St. Louis Park
Cold Spring Little Falls St. Paul
Cottage Grove Lucan Stewartville
Crosslake Mahnomen Taylors Falls
Currie Maplewood Thief River Falls
Dawson Mazeppa Vesta
Dayton Medford Wabasso
Deer River Melrose Wadena
Delano Mendota Heights Warren
Dilworth Minneapolis Warroad
Duluth Minnetonka Watkins
Eagan Moorhead Waverly
Eden Valley Mora Wendell
Edina North Branch Whakon
Ely North St. Paul Wheaton
Eyota Northfield White Bear Lake
Fosston Olivia Wood Lake
Franklin Oronoco Worthington
Granite Falls Ottertail
Grant Owatonna
Ham Lake Paynesville
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TOLL FREE: (800) 925-1122 WEB: WWW.LMC.ORG
LAUDERDALE COUNCIL
ACTION FORM
Action Requested
Consent
Public Hearing
Discussion X
Action X
Resolution
Work Session
Meeting Date
April 10, 2018
ITEM NUMBER
STAFF INITIAL
APPROVED BY ADMINISTRATOR
Greenway Village / Daycare
DESCRIPTION OF ISSUE AND PAST COUNCIL ACTION:
Greenway Village Apartments is requesting an amendment to the Amended and Restated
Development Plan (Plan) agreed to in 2015 after they purchased their property from Luther
Seminary. At that time, they intended to open a fitness center in the building that previously
housed a radio station. The building was expanded but they ultimately decided not to open
the fitness center.
As Sonshine Learning Center (SLC) had been operating on the site prior to their purchase,
the Plan permitted daycare centers as an allowed use on the site but not in the building that
was expected to be a fitness center. As Greenway Village Apartments continues their apart-
ment remodeling plans, they intend to return the apartments used for the daycare center back
to apartments. As the fitness center building is available and seemingly sized appropriately
for a daycare center, they would like to amend the Plan to allow for the daycare center to
move into the fitness center building.
As a daycare center has operated on the site for many years, limited impact is expected from
the change with regard to traffic or noise. SLC is licensed to serve 53 children from birth to
kindergarten. Their hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30
p.m.
OPTIONS:
Staff is looking for guidance on the matter. An amended agreement is included with the
packet as it took little effort to revise. If the Council would like further information, staff
will gather that for the next meeting. If the Council would like to adopt the changes, the
motion would be to approve the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Develop-
ment Plan.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN
(LUTHER -NORTHWESTERN THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT)
This First Amendment to Amended and Restated Development Plan (the "First
Amendment") is made this 10th day of April, 2018 by and between the city of Lauderdale, a
Minnesota municipal corporation (the "City") and Greenway Village Apartments, LLC, a
Minnesota limited liability company (the "Developer").
Recitals
A. On July 14, 2015, the City and the Developer entered into an Amended and
Restated Development Plan regarding Luther -Northwestern Theological Seminary Planned Unit
Development (the "Development Plan").
B. The Development Plan was recorded on July 27, 2015 as doc. no. A04567174 in
the Office of the County Recorder, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
C. The City and the Developer desire to modify the Development Plan.
Agreement
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the City and the Developer agree as follows:
1. The second sentence of section 2 of the Development Plan is modified by adding
the underlined material as follows:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City agrees that, in addition to being used as a
health and fitness club, the Health Club Building (as hereinafter defined) may also
be used for office purposes or as a daycare facility.
2. The second sentence of section 5 of the Development Plan is modified by deleting
the stricken material and adding the underlined materials as follows:
To the extent that development standards pertaining to the Developer Property are
not specified in this Development Plan, as amended, or the PUD Ordinance, the
development standards of the City's R4 underlying zoning district shall apply to
any future use or development of the Developer Property that differs from the
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manner in which the Developer Property is used and developed as of the Effective
Date.
3. Except as explicitly amended above, the Development Plan shall remain in full
force and effect.
CITY OF LAUDERDALE, MINNESOTA
By
Mary Gaasch
Its: Mayor
By
Heather Butkowski
Its: City Administrator -Clerk
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF RAMSEY )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 10th day of April, 2018, by
Mary Gaasch, the, Mayor of the city of Lauderdale, Minnesota, on behalf of the City.
Notary Public
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF RAMSEY )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 10th day of April, 2018, by
Heather Butkowski, the City Administrator -Clerk of the city of Lauderdale, Minnesota, on behalf
of the City.
Notary Public
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STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF )
ss.
GREENWAY VILLAGE APARTMENTS, LLC
By:
Its:
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this day of April, 2018, by
, the of Greenway Village Apartments, LLC, a
Minnesota limited liability company, on behalf of the Developer.
Notary Public
This document drafted by:
Kennedy & Graven, Chartered
470 U.S. Bank Plaza
200 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 337-9300 (RHB)
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EXHIBIT A
Legal Description for Developer Property
Lot 1, Block 1, Luther Seminary Addition,
according to the recorded plat thereof, Ramsey County, Minnesota
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LAND USE APPLICATION
Fee Escrow Type of Request
$100 $ 0 Lot Consolidation/Division
$150 $ 0 Variance
$200 $ 0 Conditional Use
$500 $1,000 Zoning Amendment
$500 $1,000 Subdivision
$500 $1,000 x PUD
Applicant Information
Name: Greenway Village Apartments, LLC
Address: 1568 Eustis St.
C, S, Z: Lauderdale, MN 55108
Phone:
Email: tnelso
n@aspenwaste.com
Signature: j t-\, N/4Jt.--.
Thor Nelson: 612-720-8467
MAIN 651-792-7650
Date: June 26, 2014
Description of Request
Amendment to PUD to allow fitness center
as permitted use.
Owner Information (if different)
Name: Same (office/mailing address below)
Address: 2951 Weeks Ave. SE
C, S, Z: Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone:
Email`.
Signature:
By signing above, the applicant agrees to pay the application fee and deposit an escrow fee to cover the
city's consultants' costs associated with reviewing the associated request. Prior to having the request
considered by the city, the applicant must deposit an escrow fee in an amount that is estimated to cover
the city's consultants' costs as determined by the city administrator. If the city's consultants' costs exceed
the initial escrow deposited by the applicant, an additional escrow fee will be required to cover the
additional costs. The city shall use the applicant's fees to cover the city's actual consultants' costs in
reviewing the request regardless of the city's action on the applicant's request, If the applicant's escrow
fees exceed the city's actual consultants' costs for reviewing the request, the remaining escrow fees shall
be refunded to the applicant.
Review Timeline: All applications, other than concept plans, must be complete before
being formally reviewed. Minnesota Statute provides 15 days to determine the
application's completeness. Completeness depends on whether or not the checklist
items are fulfilled.
Checklist: Please review the checklist for the type of application you are applying for.
For Office Use Only PIN#: -12/,, 007?
Date of Complete Application: 7--' ,'$Amount Paid: 1 j-00 Receipt #:
Escrow Fee Paid: 10th .00 Receipt # tlo'ly`l, Date Escr'w Returned:
PC Recommendation: (approve/deny) Meetin pates
Public Hearing Date: 7_/ /'5 -"CC Action: approved denied) Meeting Date: %�/9/�
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Susan R Roth, County Recorder
Christopher A. Samuel, County Auditor and Treasurer
Deputy 705 Pkg ID 1080105C
Document Recording Fee Abstract $46.00
Document Total $46.00
This cover sheet is now a permanent part of the recorded document.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
(Luther -Northwestern Theological Seminary
PIanned Unit Development)
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN (the "Development
Plan") is made and entered into as of July 14, 2015 (the "Effective Date), by and between the
city of Lauderdale, a Minnesota municipal corporation (the "City"). and Greenway Village
Apartments, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company (the "Developer"). Hereinafter the
Cityand the Developer may each be referred to individually as a "Party" and together as the
"Parties".
RECITALS
A. By Resolution 111280 A and Resolution 111280 B dated November 17, 1980, and
Resolution 21081 C, dated February 10, 1981 (collectively, the "Resolutions"), the City
approved the Final Development Plan (the "Original Development Plan") for the Luther -
Northwestern Theological Seminary Planned Unit Development (the "PUD").
B. On or about November 12, 2014, the Developer purchased the real property in the
PUD, legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Developer Property"), from Luther
Seminary.
C. The Developer has requested that the City amend the Original Development Plan
to modify the uses permitted within the PUD and to allow the Developer to modify and expand
one of the buildings located within the PUD.
D. Neither the City nor the Developer has been able to locate documentation that
comprehensively memorializes the uses and improvements within the PUD that were approved
with the Original Development Plan.
E. The Parties are executing this Development Plan to memorialize the elements of
the PUD that exist today and the modifications the City is authorizing the Developer to make
within the PUD at this time.
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AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree and covenant as follows:
1. Recitals. The above Recitals are incorporated by reference and are made a part of
this Development Plan.
2. Permitted Uses. In addition to the uses generally associated with the general
land use category shown for the Developer Property in the City's Comprehensive Plan, the
following shall be permitted uses in the PUD: (i) multi -family dwellings; (ii) daycare centers;
(iii) offices; and (iv) fitness clubs and health clubs, all to the extent such uses exist as of the
Effective Date or are approved by this Development Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
City agrees that, in addition to being used as a health and fitness club, the Health Club Building
(as hereinafter defined) may also be used for office purposes.
3. Plat. The Developer Property is legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto.
The Developer Property shall not be further subdivided without a further amendment of the
Development Plan and such other land use approvals as may be required by the City.
4. Site Plan. The City has approved previously the development of the Developer
Property for the construction of five (5) multi -family dwellings, a single commercial building, a
garage, and related improvements (including driveways, entrances, curb cuts, parking stalls,
access aisles, open spaces, and other site alterations and improvements), all as depicted on the
survey that is attached as Exhibit B hereto. The City hereby approves, subject to the City's
issuance of building and other related construction permits, Developer's remodeling and
expansion of the commercial building located in the southwest quadrant of the Developer
Property into a single -story, 7,860 square foot building (the "Health Club Building"), as depicted
generally on the site plan attached as Exhibit C hereto, for purposes of constructing and
operating a health and fitness club.
5. Development Regulations. Future use and development of the Developer
Property shall be regulated by this Development Plan and the City's Planned Unit development
ordinance (the "PUD Ordinance"), sections 10-7-1 through 10-7-11 of the City code of
ordinances. To the extent that development standards pertaining to the Developer Property are
not specified in this Development Plan or the PUD Ordinance, the development standards of the
City's R-1 zoning district shall apply to any future use or development of the Developer Property
that differs from the manner in which the Developer Property is used and developed as of the
Effective Date.
6. Entire Agreement; Modifications. This Development Plan constitutes the
complete agreement between the Parties relating to the PUD and supersedes any prior oral or
written agreements between the Parties regarding the PUD, including but not limited to the
Original Development Plan. This Development Plan specifies the principal uses permitted in the
PUD and their size, height, layout and relationship to one another as of the Effective Date as
depicted on Exhibit B or as approved herein. This Development Plan may be amended only in
accordance with the requirements of section 10-7-11 of the PUD Ordinance.
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7. Binding Effect. This Development Plan, and each and every covenant,
agreement and other provision hereof shall be binding upon the Parties and their successors and
assigns, including, without limitation, each and every from time to time record owner of the
Developer Property and any other person having an interest therein, shall run with the land and
shall inure to the benefit of the Developer and its successors and assigns.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City and the Developer have caused this Amended and
Restated Development Plan to be duly executed in their respective name and behalf, all as of the
date and year first written above.
CITY OF LAUDERDALE, MINNESOTA
BY !.��,
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By
Heather Butkowski
Its: City Administrator -Clerk
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
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COUNTY OF RAMSEY )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this it/ day of t_%ll1/ , 2015,
by Jeffrey Dains, the Mayor of the city of Lauderdale, Minnesota, on behalf of the City.
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TERRY JEAN BERG
Notary Public -Minnesota
My Commission Expires Jan 31, 2016
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
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) ss.
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this /1/ day of jul , 2015,
by Heather Butkowski, the City Administrator -Clerk of the city of Lauderdale, Miniesota, on
behalf of the City.
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TERRY JEAN BERG
Notary Public -Minnesota
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2015, by rho), ok- /Ue/50i7 , the Vice, pye5/dek77 of Greenway Village Apartments,
LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, on behalf of the Developer.
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SITE PLAN
LAUDERDALE COUNCIL
ACTION FORM
Action Requested
Consent
Public Hearing
Discussion X
Action
Resolution
Work Session
X
Meeting Date
April 10, 2018
ITEM NUMBER
STAFF INITIAL
APPROVED BY ADMINISTRATOR
2018 Elections
DESCRIPTION OF ISSUE AND PAST COUNCIL ACTION:
Election season is underway. Lauderdale is one of the remaining Ramsey County cities that
runs elections in-house. The others are Maplewood, Shoreview, Little Canada, and New
Brighton. As elections laws and equipment have become more complicated, the other cities
have chosen Ramsey County to run their elections. As more cities have done this, and with
the recent upgrade in election equipment, the County will open more polling places around
the County where voters can vote no matter what Ramsey County city they live in. This
will be better for all voters as early voting becomes more prevalent.
Following are two memos from Ramsey County Elections Manager, Joe Mansky. Of great
value to staff, Ramsey County will process all absentee applications that come through
mnvotes.org. As the voting process moves online, this is the new entry point for most re-
questing a ballot.
Staff continue to believe that the ability to vote locally is an essential service we offer resi-
dents and plan to offer the service again unless the Council proposes otherwise. We are not
beyond using County resources, however, to manage the workload. In the March 27 memo
from Joe Mansky, he outlines options for cities that manage their absentee voting in-house.
Staff suggest Option A as it worked well two years ago. With Option A, staff provide ab-
sentee voting to residents at City Hall up to the week prior to the election. During the week
prior to the election, we offer "early voting" whereby voters put their ballots directly into the
ballot counter. Staff transport the ballots to Ramsey County at the end of each day. All of
the mailed ballots are returned directly to the County to be processed. The cost is $3.94 per
ballot but makes administering absentee balloting in-house manageable for the staff we
have.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Motion to approve having Ramsey County Elections provide absentee voting services as
defined as Option A in the attached document at a cost of $3.94 per ballot.
- RAMSEY COUNTY
—1 Elections Office
March 28, 2018
TO: Ramsey County Local Election Officials
FROM: Joseph Mansky
Ramsey County Elections Manager
SUBJECT: PREPARATIONS FOR VOTING PRIOR TO ELECTION DAY IN 2018
We are expecting another busy year for all forms of voting prior to election day this year. For the
state general election, we estimate that approximately 70,000 voters countywide will choose to
cast their ballot by either mail, in-person absentee, or early voting.
The following is a brief summary of our plans for administering absentee voting for the state
primary and state general election in 2018.
1. Mail voting
Ramsey County Elections will administer all mail voting and pay all the costs associated with mail
voting in 2018. This will include acceptance of applications, mailing of ballots, the acceptance and
processing of voted ballots and the counting of voted ballots. Voters interested in receiving a mail
ballot will be able to apply online atmnvotes.org or can submit a hard copy application to us.
2. In-person absentee voting
Ramsey County Elections will administer in-person absentee voting for the state primary at our
Plato Building location from June 29 through August 6. For the state general election, we will
administer in-person absentee voting at both the Plato Building and at the Public Works Building in
Arden Hills from September 21 through October 29. All Ramsey County voters will be able to vote
by absentee ballot at these locations.
Cities that wish to administer in-person absentee voting at city hall are free to do so at their own
expense. We will provide the training for city staff and the materials needed. Those cities that plan
to choose this option should let us know by April 30.
90 Plato Blvd. West
Saint Paul, MN 55107
Phone: (651) 266-2171
www.co.ramsey.mn.us
3. Early voting
Ramsey County Elections will administer early voting for the state primary from August 7 through
August 13 and for the state general election from October 30 through November 5. Early voting
will take place at the following locations. All Ramsey County voters will be able to cast their ballot
at any of these locations.
City of Saint Paul
Ramsey County Elections
Highland Park Community Center
Martin Luther King Recreation Center
Como Park Historic Streetcar Station
Arlington Hills Community Center
Suburban Ramsey County
Ramsey County Library — White Bear Lake
Ramsey County Library — Maplewood
Ramsey County Library — Shoreview,
Ramsey County Library — Roseville
Ramsey County Public Works — Arden Hills
St Anthony City Hall — St Anthony
Early voting hours at Ramsey County Elections will be 8:OOam to 6:OOpm Tuesday through Friday,
9:00am to 3:OOpm on Saturday and 8:OOpm to 5:OOpm on Monday. For the state general election,
Ramsey County Elections will also be open for early voting on Sunday, November 4 from 11:OOam
to 3:OOpm.
Early voting hours at all remote locations will be noon to 6:OOpm on weekdays and 9:OOam to
3:OOpm on Saturday.
Cities that wish to administer early voting at city hall are free to do so at their own expense. We
will provide the training for city staff and the ballot counter and related materials needed. Those
cities that plan to choose this option should let us know by April 30.
If you have questions about any of this, please let me know.
RAMSEY COUNTY
-1 Elections Office
March 27, 2018
TO: Ramsey County Local Election Officials
FROM: Joseph Mansky
Ramsey County Elections Manager
SUBJECT: OPTIONS FOR PROCESSING AND COUNTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN 2018
Section III(E)(3) of the joint powers agreement provide the cities with an opportunity each year to
select one of three options for processing and counting absentee ballots. This is now the time to select
your option for the 2018 state primary and state general election.
You will not need to consider the impact of mail voting this year. RC Elections will assume the
responsibility and costs associated with mailing, processing and counting all absentee ballots cast by
mail in 2018.
Your three options are as follows.
Option A
Option B
Option C
RC Elections will perform the following duties: 1) accept/reject all absentee ballots
submitted by city voters; 2) conduct the daily audit of AB transactions; 3) open ballot
envelopes and initial ballots; and 4) count the ballots. The cost of selecting Option A will
be $3.94 per AB transaction.
RC Elections will perform the following duties: 1) open ballot envelopes and initial
ballots and 2) count the ballots. The cost of selecting Option B will be $0.81 per AB
transaction. Those cities that choose Option B will be required to accept/reject absentee
ballots submitted in person and to conduct the daily audit. You will also be required to
contact our office every day to assist with our daily audit of mail ballots we receive for
your city.
The city will perform all accepting/rejecting, auditing, processing and counting duties
itself. The city will assume all costs of Option C. For cities that choose Option C, we will
provide you with a sufficient number of ballot counters to count the estimated number
of absentee ballots that we expect you will receive this year, at no additional cost to
you. Those cities that choose Option C will be required to contact our office every day to
assist with our daily audit and comprehensive audit of mail ballots we receive for your
city. You will also be required to follow our counting schedule during the last seven days
before election day.
90 Plato Blvd. West
Saint Paul, MN 55107
Phone: (651) 266-2171
www.co.ramsey.mn.us
Those cities that choose Options A or B will be required to courier any absentee envelopes dropped off
at city hall to our office according to the time requirements of Minn. Stat. § 203B.08, subd 3.
Remember that with all three options, the cities that opt to conduct counter absentee voting and early
voting at city hall will pay these costs directly.
Please let me know by April 27 which of these three options you would like to select for 2018.