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1.07. Under Section 146 of the Code, the Bonds must receive an allocation of the bonding <br />authority of the State of Minnesota. An application for such an allocation must be made pursuant to the <br />requirements of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 474A, as amended (the "Allocation Act") and preliminary <br />approval of the issuance of the Bonds by the Council is sufficient to authorize the submission of an <br />application to the State of Minnesota Management and Budget for an allocation of bonding authority with <br />respect to the Bonds to finance the Project. <br />Section 2. Preliminary Findings. Based on representations made by the Borrower to the City to <br />date, the Council hereby makes the following preliminary findings, determinations, and declarations: <br />(a) The Project consists of the acquisition, construction, and equipping of a multifamily rental <br />housing development designed and intended to be used for rental occupancy. <br />(b) The proceeds of the Bonds will be loaned to the Borrower and the proceeds of the loan will <br />be applied to: (i) the acquisition, construction, and equipping of the Project; (ii) the funding of one or more <br />reserve funds to secure the timely payment of the Bonds, if necessary; (iii) the payment of interest on the <br />Bonds during the construction of the Project, if necessary; and (iv) the payment of the costs of issuing the <br />Bonds. The City will enter into one or more loan agreements (or other revenue agreement) between the <br />City and the Borrower requiring loan repayments from the Borrower in amounts sufficient to repay the loan <br />when due and requiring the Borrower to pay all costs of maintaining and insuring the Project, including <br />taxes thereon. <br />(c) In preliminarily authorizing the issuance of the Bonds and the financing of the acquisition, <br />construction, and equipping of the Project and related costs, the City's purpose is to further the policies of <br />the Act. <br />(d) The Bonds will be special, limited obligations of the City payable solely from the revenues <br />pledged to the payment thereof under the loan agreements (or other revenue agreement) referred to above, <br />and will not be a general or moral obligation of the City and will not be secured by or payable from revenues <br />derived from any exercise of the taxing powers of the City. <br />Section 3. public Hearing. The City Council will conduct a public hearing on the Housing <br />Program, the Project, and the issuance of the Bonds by the City at a regular or special meeting on a date to <br />be determined by the City staff in order to meet publication requirements in accordance with applicable <br />law. Notice of such hearing (the "Public Notice") will be published as required by Section 462C.04, <br />subdivision 2 of the Act and Section 147(f) of the Code. The City Clerk of the City is hereby authorized <br />and directed to publish the Public Notice, in substantially the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT A, in the <br />Shoreview Press in accordance with applicable law. The Public Notice will provide a general, functional <br />description of the Project, as well as the maximum aggregate face amount of the obligations to be issued <br />for the purposes referenced above, the identity of the initial owner, operator, or manager of the Project, and <br />the location of the Project. The Public Notice is authorized to be published in a newspaper circulating <br />generally in the City on a date at least 15 days before the meeting of the City Council at which the public <br />hearing will take place. At the public hearing reasonable opportunity will be provided for interested <br />individuals to express their views, both orally and in writing, on the Project and the proposed issuance of <br />such revenue obligations. <br />Section 4. Housing Program. Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, acting as bond counsel with respect <br />to the Project and the Bonds ("Bond Counsel") shall prepare and submit to the Metropolitan Council for its <br />review a draft Housing Program to authorize the issuance by the City of up to approximately $23,000,000 <br />in revenue bonds in one or more series to finance the acquisition, construction, and equipping of the Project <br />MU210-306-835396.v1 <br />