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Resolution 9651 referenced above, the identity of the initial owner, operator, or manager of the Project, and the location of the Project. The Public Notice is authorized to be published in a newspaper circulating generally in the City on a date at least 15 days before the meeting of the City Council at which the public hearing will take place. At the public hearing reasonable opportunity will be provided for interested individuals to express their views, both orally and in writing, on the Project and the proposed issuance of such revenue obligations. Section 4. Housing Program. Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, acting as bond counsel with respect to the Project and the Bonds ("Bond Counsel") shall prepare and submit to the Metropolitan Council for its review a draft Housing Program to authorize the issuance by the City of up to approximately $18,000,000 in revenue bonds in one or more series, at one time or from time to time, to finance the acquisition, construction, and equipping of the Project by the Borrower. City staff is hereby authorized to review, approve and submit the Housing Program to the Metropolitan Council for its review on or before the date of publication of the Public Notice. Section 5. Submission of an Application for an Allocation of Bonding Authority. Under Section 146 of the Code, the Bonds must receive an allocation of the bonding authority of the State of Minnesota. The City Council hereby authorizes the submission of an application for allocation of bonding authority pursuant to Section 146 of the Code and the Allocation Act in accordance with the requirements of the Allocation Act. The Mayor of the City or the City Administrator and Bond Counsel are hereby authorized and directed to take all actions, in cooperation with the Borrower, as are necessary to submit an application for an allocation of bonding authority to Minnesota Management & Budget. Section 6. Preliminary Approval. The City Council hereby provides preliminary approval to the issuance of the Bonds in the approximate aggregate principal amount of up to $18,000,000 to finance all or a portion of the costs of the Project pursuant to the Housing Program of the City, subject to: (i) review of the Housing Program by the Metropolitan Council; (ii) a public hearing as required by the Act and Section 147(f) of the Code; (iii) receipt of an allocation of the bonding authority from the State of Minnesota; (iv) final approval by the City Council following the preparation of bond documents; (v) approval by St. Paul of the issuance of the Bonds pursuant to a Cooperative Agreement; and (vi) final determination by the City Council that the financing of the Project and the issuance of the Bonds are in the best interests of the City. Section 7. Reimbursement of Costs under the Code. 7.01. The United States Department of the Treasury has promulgated regulations governing the use of the proceeds of tax-exempt bonds, all or a portion of which are to be used to reimburse the City or the Borrower for project expenditures paid prior to the date of issuance of such bonds. Those regulations (Treasury Regulations, Section 1.150-2) (the "Regulations") require that the City adopt a statement of official intent to reimburse an original expenditure not later than 60 days after payment of the original expenditure. The Regulations also generally require that the bonds be issued and the reimbursement allocation made from the proceeds of the bonds occur within 18 months after the later of: (i) the date the expenditure is paid; or (ii) the date the project is placed in service or abandoned, but in no event more than 3 years after the date the expenditure is paid. The Regulations generally permit reimbursement of capital expenditures and costs of issuance of the bonds. 7.02. To the extent any portion of the proceeds of the Bonds will be applied to expenditures with respect to the Project, the City reasonably expects to reimburse the Borrower for the expenditures made for costs of the Project from the proceeds of the Bonds after the date of payment of all or a portion of such expenditures. All reimbursed expenditures shall be capital expenditures, costs of issuance of the Bonds, or SA 130-287-831659.v 1