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RESOLUTION NO. 4445 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED MOUNDS VIEW GOLF COURSE WHEREAS, the Golf Course Task Force was directed by the city Council to develop the design for a nine hole executive golf course and driving range within the city of Mounds View; and WHEREAS, the Golf Course Task Force has been working with representatives from Williams/Gil and Associates to determine the best possible design for the proposed course; and WHEREAS, over the past 18 months, the Task Force has reviewed several concept plans, preliminary plans and two draft Master Plans to develop a challenging, exciting and economically successfully golf course; and WHEREAS, the Golf Course Task Force has finalized the Master Plan for the course and has concluded from its deliberations and consultations with the architect and representatives from Effective Golf Course Systems that the Master Plan presented to the City Council on November 8, 1993 represents a golf course and driving range design that has all the elements of a successful economic, recreational, and social venture. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the City Council in and for the city of Mounds View does hereby approve the Golf Course Master Plan as submitted by the Golf Course Task Force and Williams/Gil and Associates on November 8, 1993. Adopted this 8th day of November, 1993. ATTEST: (SEAL) . . . EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW, MINNESOTA Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular or special meeting of the City Council of the City of Mounds View, Minnesota, was duly held in the Mounds View City Hall on November 8, 1993, commencing at 7:00 P.M., C.T. The following Councilmembers were present: and the following were absent: *** *** *** During said meeting Quick introduced the following Resolution, the reading of which was dispensed with by unanimous consent of the Council, and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 4446 RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE FINANCING OF A MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE OF THE CITY BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council (the "Council") of the City of Mounds View, Minnesota (the "City"), as follows: 1. Recitals. It is hereby determined: (a) Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 471.15 to 471.19, the City owns and operates various public recreational facilities and, after studying the feasibility thereof, has determined to acquire, develop, equip, furnish, operate, and maintain a certain 9-hole municipal golf course, including a driving range, clubhouse, and related facilities (collectively, the "Golf Course"), and the costs of completing and financing the Golf Course and currently estimated at approximately $3,090,000. 1 . . . (b) The City is authorized pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.191, to acquire and complete the Golf Course and to finance the same through the issuance of the City's gross revenue golf course bonds (the "Bonds"), and the Council hereby finds that it is necessary and expedient to the sound financial management of the City that the City do so. (c) The City has heretofore established its Development District No. 2 (as amended, the "Development District") which includes the property to be developed as the Golf Course, has adopted the Development Program for the Development District (as amended, the "Development Program") and has established and modified a Tax Increment Financing District and Plan No. 1 within the Development District (collectively, the "Tax Increment District" ) . The Development Plan contemplates the use of tax increments to assist with land acquisition and in the financing and construction of various facilities and improvement, including recreational facilities, to complement development of the City, is a stated objective of the Development Program and, by reference and incorporation, of the Tax Increment District. (d) In connection with the completion of the Golf Course, the City anticipates acquiring various properties, including Lot 16 in Blain's North Star Industrial Park Addition ("Lot 16") at an estimated purchase price of approximately $204,500. It will be advantageous for the City to acquire Lot 16 in advance of the actual sale of the Bonds, which is currently anticipated to occur in December 1993 for closing in January of 1994. 2. Authorization. The Council hereby authorizes the officers of the City to complete the acquisition of Lot 16 and, as a temporary loan to be repaid from the proceeds of the Bonds, to utilize available tax increments within the tax increment account for the Tax Increment District in order to complete said acquisition and purchase. The Council hereby finds that said use of such tax increments is consistent with an in furtherance of the Development Program and wi thin budgetary parameters heretofore approved and adopted by the Council with respect to the financing of various activities within the Development District. It is further found by the Council that the completion of the Golf Course will be in furtherance of the goals and objectives of the Development Program, will complete and provide needed recreational facilities with respect to other activities and improvement undertaken within and fore the benefits of the Development District, and will assist in providing needed amenities for the further development and redevelopment of the City and Development District. Adopted on November 8, 1993, by the Mounds View City Council. 2 . . . The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Councilmember Wuori and upon a vote being taken thereon, the followingCouncilmembers voted in favor thereof: and the following Councilmembers voted against the same: Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. 3 . . . City Clerk-Administrator's Certificate I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting City Clerk-Administrator of the City of Mounds View, Minnesota, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that I have carefully compared the attached and foregoing extract of minutes with the original minutes of a meeting of the City Council duly called and held on the date therein indicated, which are on file and of record in my office, and the same is a full, true and complete transcript therefrom insofar as the same relates to the financing of a municipal golf course of the City. WITNESS my hand as such City official seal of the City this 9 (SEAL) and the , 1993 ..~,. ....-.-. _.- ..' 4