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EXHIBIT A
<br />NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSAL
<br />FOR THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS
<br />FOR THE MINNESOTA AUTISM CENTER PROJECT
<br />Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Hugo, Minnesota (the "City")
<br />will meet at the City Hall, 14669 Fitzgerald Avenue North, Hugo, Minnesota, on Wednesday,
<br />July 5, 2017, at 5:00 P.M., to consider the proposal of Autism Opportunities Foundation, a
<br />Minnesota nonprofit corporation having federal income tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status, d/b/a
<br />Minnesota Autism Center (the "Borrower"), that the City assist in financing a project hereinafter
<br />described pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.152 to 469.165, as amended, by the
<br />issuance of revenue bonds, in one or more series (the 'Bonds").
<br />The "Project" consists of (i) financing the acquisition, construction, and equipping of an
<br />intensive therapy center for children and adults ages 10 to 21 diagnosed with autism spectrum
<br />disorder ("ASD"), consisting of a one-story building of approximately 19,378 square feet with
<br />classrooms, a playground area, lunch room, gym, therapy room, art room, computer lab,
<br />conference rooms, administrative space, and parking lot (the "Therapy Facility") to be located at
<br />2100 Silver Bell Road in the City of Eagan, Minnesota (the "Therapy Project"), and
<br />(ii) amending certain terms of the bonds that were issued by the City in 2015 (the "2015 Bonds")
<br />which were used to finance the acquisition, construction, and equipping of an approximately
<br />48,332 square foot two-story school building, which serves primarily high school students with
<br />ASD, and includes a reception area, approximately 14 classrooms, 11 therapy/breakout rooms, 5
<br />office/conference rooms, a library, an arcade, a lunch room, and a gymnasium, and also includes
<br />a soccer field and a parking lot all located at the southwest corner of Silver Bell Road and
<br />Tesseract Place in the City of Eagan (the 'Existing Project" and, together with the Therapy
<br />Project, the "Project"). The Project will be owned, operated, and managed by the Borrower.
<br />The estimated maximum principal amount of the Bonds to be issued to finance the
<br />Therapy Project is $5,100,000.
<br />The Bonds, if and when issued, will not constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance upon
<br />any property of the City or of the City of Eagan, and such obligations will not be a charge against
<br />the general credit or taxing powers of the City or of the City of Eagan but will be payable from
<br />sums to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to a revenue agreement.
<br />A draft copy of the proposed application to the Commissioner of the Department of
<br />Employment and Economic Development, State of Minnesota, for approval of the Project,
<br />together with all attachments and exhibits thereto, is available for public inspection during
<br />normal business hours, Monday through Friday, at the City Hall in the City.
<br />At the time and place fixed for the Public Hearing, the City Council will give all persons
<br />who appear at the hearing an opportunity to express their views with respect to the proposal.
<br />Written comments will be considered if submitted at the above City office on or before the date
<br />of the public hearing.
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