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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1985-091EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MEDINA HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Medina, Minnesota, was duly held in the City Hall in the City of Medina, on Tuesday, September 3, 1985, commencing at 7:30 o'clock p.m. The following members were present: ///�C[Gr S 0n fie fili r/AL l�j and the following were absent: * * * .5c4e-ir44' * * * The Mayor announced that the next order of business was consideration of bids for the purchase of the City's $475,000 General Obligation Refund- ing Improvement Bonds of 1985, in accordance with a resolution providing for the issuance and sale thereof adopted August 6, 1985. The Clerk presented affidavits showing publication of a notice of sale in the offi- cial newspaper of the City, and in Commercial West, a financial paper published in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which affidavits were examined and found satisfactory and ordered placed on file. The Clerk then opened and tabulated the bids submitted as specified in the Official Notice of Sale. The bids were examined and found to be as follows: After due consideration of the bids, councilmember oee'./ c'-F" introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: 57 -q/ RESOLUTION AWARDING THE SALE OF $475,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING IMPROVEMENT BONDS OF 1985; FIXING THE FORM AND SPECIFICATIONS THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR PAYMENT BE IT RESOLVED By the City Council of the City of Medina, Hennepin County, Minnesota (City), as follows: 1. It is hereby determined: (a) The City has heretofore issued and sold its $700,000 General Obligation Improvement Bonds of 1981 (1981 Bonds) in the principal amount of $700,000, dated November 1, 1981, of which $500,000 in principal amount is outstanding. The outstanding 1981 Bonds bear interest at the following rates of interest: Year Rate Year Rate 1986 10.60% 1990 11.40% 1987 10.80 1991 11.60 1988 11.00 1992 11.75 1989 11.20 A11 outstanding 1981 Bonds are subject to prior redemption at the option of the City on February 1, 1986 and on any interest payment date thereafter. Interest is next payable on February 1, 1986. (b) Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.67, permits the refunding of city obligations and interest thereon before their due dates, if consistent with covenants made with the holders thereof, when determined by the governing body to be neces- sary or desirable for the reduction of debt service cost to the municipality. Obligations may be refunded not more than six months before the date on which obligations to be refunded will have matured or called for redemption in accordance with their terms. (c) The net effective interest rate on the 1981 Bonds was %. Present interest conditions indicate that refund- ing obligations can be sold by the City at considerable interest cost savings. (d) It is necessary and desirable for reduction of debt service costs to the City that the City issue and sell $475,000 General Obligation Refunding Improvement Bonds of 1985 2 (Bonds) to refund the interest on and principal of the 1981 Bonds, and that the 1981 Bonds be redeemed and prepaid on February 1, 1986. 2. The City shall therefore issue and sell the Bonds in the amount of $465,687. In order to provide in part the additional interest required to market the Bonds at this time, additional bonds shall be issued in the amount of $9,313. Any excess of the purchase price over the sum of $465,687 shall be credited to the Debt Service Fund hereinafter created for the purpose of paying interest first coming due on the Bonds. 3. The bid of (Purchaser), to purchase the Bonds is hereby accepted, such offer being to purchase the Bonds at a price of $ plus accrued interest to date of delivery, for Bonds bearing interest at the following rates of interest: Year of Maturity Interest Rate Per Annum Net effective interest rate - % The Mayor and City Clerk are directed to enter into a purchase contract for the Bonds with the Purchaser. 4. The City shall forthwith issue and sell the Bonds in the prin- cipal amount of $475,000 originally dated October 1, 1985, the Bonds being numbered 1 upward, in the denomination of $5,000 each or any integral multiple thereof, bearing interest as above set forth, and which Bonds mature serially without option of prior payment on October 1 in the years and amounts as follows: YEAR AMOUNT 1986-1987 $50,000 1988-1992 75,000 5. The Bonds shall be issuable only in fully registered form. The interest thereon and, upon surrender of each Bond, the principal amount thereof shall be payable by check or draft issued by the Registrar de- scribed herein. 6. Dates; Interest Payment Dates. Each Bond shall 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 such Bond shall 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 such Bond shall be dated as of the original date of issue. The interest on the Bonds shall be payable on April 1 and October 1 in each year, commenc- ing April 1, 1986, to the owner of record thereof as of the close of 3 business on the fifteenth day of the immediately preceding month, whether or not such day is a business day. 7. Registration. The City shall appoint, and shall maintain, a bond registrar, transfer agent, authenticating agent and paying agent (Regis- trar). The effect of registration and the rights and duties of the City and the Registrar with respect thereto shall be as follows: (a) Register. The Registrar shall keep at its principal corpo- rate trust office a bond register in which the Registrar shall provide for the registration of ownership of Bonds and the registration of transfers and exchanges of Bonds entitled to be registered, trans- ferred or exchanged. (b) Transfer of Bonds. Upon surrender for transfer of any 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 shall 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 such interest payment date. (c) Exchange of Bonds. Whenever any Bonds are surrendered by the registered owner for exchange the Registrar shall 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. A11 Bonds surrendered upon any transfer or exchange shall be promptly cancelled by the Registrar and thereafter disposed of as directed by the City. (e) Improper or Unauthorized Transfer. When any Bond is pre- sented to the Registrar for transfer, the Registrar may refuse to transfer the same until it is satisfied that the endorsement on such Bond or separate instrument of transfer is valid and genuine and that the requested transfer is legally authorized. The Registrar shall 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 any Bond is at any time registered in the bond register as the absolute owner of such Bond, whether such Bond shall be overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal of and interest on such Bond and for all other purposes, and all such payments so made to any such registered owner or upon the owner's order shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. 4 (g) Taxes, Fees and Charges. For every transfer or exchange of Bonds, the Registrar may impose a charge upon the owner thereof suffi- cient to reimburse the Registrar for any tax, fee or other govern- mental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer or exchange. (h) Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Bonds. In case any Bond shall become mutilated or be destroyed, stolen or lost, the Registrar shall deliver a new Bond of like amount, number, maturity date and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of any such mutilated Bond or in lieu of and in substitution for any such Bond destroyed, stolen or lost, upon the payment of the reason- able expenses and charges of the Registrar in connection therewith; and, in the case of a Bond destroyed, stolen or lost, upon filing with the Registrar of evidence satisfactory to it that such Bond was destroyed, stolen or lost, and of the ownership thereof, and upon furnishing to the Registrar of an appropriate bond or indemnity in form, substance and amount satisfactory to it, in which both the City and the Registrar shall be named as obligees. A11 Bonds so sur- rendered to the Registrar shall be cancelled by it and evidence of such cancellation shall 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 shall not be necessary to issue a new Bond prior to payment. 8. Appointment of Initial Registrar. The City hereby appoints , Minnesota, as the initial Registrar. The Mayor and the Clerk -Treasurer are authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the City, a contract with said Registrar. Upon merger or con- solidation of the Registrar with another corporation, if the resulting corporation is a bank or trust company authorized by law to conduct such business, such corporation shall be authorized to act as successor Regis- trar. 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 30 days' notice and upon the appointment of a successor Registrar, in which event the predecessor Registrar shall deliver all cash and Bonds in its possession to the successor Registrar and shall deliver the bond register to the successor Registrar. On or before each principal or interest due date, without further order of this Council, the Administrator Clerk shall transmit to the Registrar moneys sufficient for the payment of all principal and interest then due. 9. Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Bonds shall be prepared under the direction of the Clerk and shall be executed on behalf of the City by the signatures of the Mayor and the Clerk, provided that all signatures may be printed, engraved or lithographed facsimiles of the originals. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature shall appear on the Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of any Bond, such signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if he had remained in office until delivery. Notwithstanding such execution, no Bond shall 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 such Bond has been duly executed by the manual signature of an authorized 5 representative of the Registrar. Certificates of authentication on differ- ent Bonds need not be signed by the same representative. The executed certificate of authentication on each Bond shall be conclusive evidence that it has been authenticated and delivered under this Resolution. When the Bonds have been so prepared, executed and authenticated, the Clerk shall deliver the same to the Purchaser thereof upon payment of the pur- chase price in accordance with the contract of sale heretofore made and executed, and the Purchaser shall not be obligated to see to the appli- cation of the purchase price. 10. Form of Bonds. The Bonds shall be printed in substantially the following form: 6 [Face of the Bond] UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN CITY OF MEDINA GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING IMPROVEMENT BOND OF 1985 Date of Rate Maturity Original Issue October 1, 1985 No. The City of Medina, a duly organized and existing municipal corporation in Hennepin County, Minnesota (City), acknowledges itself to be indebted and for value received hereby promises to pay, without option of prior payment, to or registered assigns the principal sum of THOUSAND DOLLARS ($ ,000) on the maturity date specified above, with interest thereon from the date hereof at the annual rate specified above, payable April 1 and October 1 in each year, commencing April 1, 1986, to the person in whose name this Bond is registered at the close of business on the 15th 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 , , Minnesota, as Bond Regis- trar, Authenticating Agent and Paying 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. Additional provisions of this Bond are contained on the reverse hereof and such provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth in this place. This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to'any security or benefit under the Resolution until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been executed by the Bond Registrar by manual signature of one of its authorized representatives. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Medina, Hennepin County, Minnesota, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be executed on its behalf by the facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Clerk and has caused this Bond to be dated as of the date set forth below. 7 Dated: CITY OF MEDINA, MINNESOTA (facsimile) (facsimile) City Clerk Mayor CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Bonds delivered pursuant to the Resolution mentioned within. By Authorized Representative [Reverse of the Bond] This Bond is one of an issue in the aggregate principal amount of $475,000, all of like original date and tenor, except as to maturity date, number, and interest rate, issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the City Council on September 3, 1985 (the Resolution), for the purpose of refunding, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.67, interest on and outstanding principal of the City's General Obligation Improvement Bonds of 1981, dated November 1, 1981. The Bonds of this issue are payable primarily from special assessments levied on property benefited by the improvement projects financed by the refunded bonds, but constitute a general obligation of the City and, to provide moneys for the prompt and full payment of said principal and interest as the same become due, the full faith and credit of the City is hereby irrevocably pledged, and the City Council will levy ad valorem taxes, if required for such purpose, which taxes may be levied on all of the taxable property in the City without limitation as to rate or amount. The bonds of this series are issued only as fully registered bonds in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof, of single maturities. 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 satisfac- tory 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 8 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 shall 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 indebted- ness of the City to exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness. (Form of certificate to be printed on the reverse side of each Bond, following a full copy of the legal opinion.) I certify that the above is a full, true and correct copy of the legal opinion rendered by bond counsel on the issue of Bonds of the City of Medina, Minnesota, which includes the within Bond, dated as of the date of delivery of and payment for the Bonds. (Facsimile Signature) City Clerk The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: 9 TEN COM -- as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT Custodian (Cust) (Minor) TEN ENT -- as tenants by entireties under Uniform Gifts to Minors JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common Act (State) 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: Notice: 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, with- out alteration or any change whatever. Signature Guaranteed: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a national bank or trust company or by a brokerage firm having a membership in one of the major stock exchanges. 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 the Bonds are held by joint account) Please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee 10 11. The Clerk shall obtain a copy of the proposed approving legal opinion of LeFevere, Lefler, Kennedy, O'Brien & Drawz, a Professional Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, which shall be complete except as to dating thereof and shall cause the opinion to be printed on each Bond, together with a certificate to be signed by the facsimile signature of the Clerk in substantially the form set forth in the form of Bond. The Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to execute such certificate in the name of the City upon receipt of such opinion and to file the opinion in the City offices. 12. The Bonds shall be payable from the General Obligation Refunding Improvement Bonds of 1985 Fund (Debt Service Fund) hereby created, and the proceeds of special assessments heretofore levied against properties benefited by improvements financed by the Bonds and the 1981 Bonds are hereby pledged to the Debt Service Fund. If any payment of principal or interest on the Bonds shall become due when there is not sufficient money in the Debt Service Fund to pay the same, the Clerk shall pay such principal or interest from the general fund of the City and such fund may be reimbursed for such advances out of proceeds of general ad valorem taxes when collected. 13. It is hereby determined that the estimated collections of special assessments for the payment of the Bonds will produce at least five percent in excess of the amount needed to meet, when due, the principle and inter- est payments on the Bonds and that no tax levy is needed at this time. 14. It is hereby determined that the Improvements to be financed by the Bonds will directly and indirectly benefit the abutting property, and the City hereby covenants with the holders from time to time of the Bonds as follows: (a) The City has caused the assessments for the Improvements to be promptly levied and will take all steps necessary to assure prompt collection. The City Council shall cause all further actions and proceedings relative to the making and financing of the Improvements financed hereby to be taken with due diligence that are required for the construction of each Improvement financed wholly or partly from the proceeds of the Bonds and for the final and valid levy of special assessments and the appropriation of any other funds needed to pay the Bonds and interest thereon when due. (b) In the event of any current or anticipated deficiency in any grants, funds, investment income or special assessments pledged or appropriated for payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds, the City Council will levy ad valorem taxes in the amount of said current or anticipated deficiency. (c) The City will keep complete and accurate books and records showing all receipts and disbursements relating to the Improvements, grants and pledged funds, any taxes or assessments levied therefor and other funds appropriated for Bond payment, and all collections thereof and disbursements therefrom, moneys on hand and balance of unpaid assessments. 11 (d) The City will cause its books and records to be audited at least annually by qualified public accountants and will furnish copies of such audit reports to any interested person upon request. 15. The Debt Service Fund for the 1981 Bonds is terminated on Febru- ary 1, 1986, and all balances therein are transferred on that date to the Debt Service Fund for the Bonds. 16. The 1981 Bonds are hereby called for redemption and prepayment in accordance with their terms on February 1, 1986. The Clerk is authorized and directed to publish a notice of redemption in the manner required by law, such notice to be in substantially the following form: 12 [Form of Notice] NOTICE OF CALL FOR REDEMPTION $700,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BONDS OF 1981 CITY OF MEDINA, MINNESOTA Notice is hereby given that, by order of the City Council of the City of Medina, Hennepin County, Minnesota, there have been called for redemp- tion and prepayment on February 1, 1986 all outstanding bonds of the City designated as General Obligation Improve- ment Bonds of 1981, dated November 1, 1981, bearing serial numbers 56 through 140, inclusive, having stated maturity dates of February 1, in the years 1987 through 1992, inclusive, and totalling $500,000 in principal amount. The bonds are being called at a price of par plus accrued interest to February 1, 1986, on which date all interest on said bonds will cease to accrue. Holders of the bonds hereby called for redemption are requested to present their bonds for payment with interest coupons attached at the main office of the Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis, in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, on or before February 1, 1986. Dated: September 3, 1985. BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL By 264- )- u-) f� City Clerk City of Medina, Minnesota 13 It is determined that the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds together with $50,000 hereby pledged to the payment of the 1981 bonds, together with investment earnings will be sufficient to pay all principle and interest due on the 1981 bonds at redemption. The proceeds of the sale of the Bonds together with said $50,000 shall be deposited and retained in the Bond Redemption Fund, hereby created, for the redemption of the 1981 bonds on February 1, 1986. 18. The officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and furnish to the Purchaser and to the attorneys approving the Bonds, certified copies of proceedings and records of the City relating to the Bonds 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 market- ability of the Bonds and such instruments, including any heretofore fur- nished, shall be deemed representations of the City as to the facts stated therein. 19. The Mayor and City Clerk -Treasurer are hereby authorized and directed to certify that they have examined the official statement or prospectus prepared and circulated in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds and that to the best of their knowledge and belief said statement is a complete and accurate representation of the facts and representations made therein as of the date of said official statement or prospectus as it relates to the City. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Councilmemberd , , and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: 47,vjew `;, r r; . /✓p '7) nt- /I � //j7 • G i�c' / / 4/6 --)G It C f/ G,4/- and the following voted against: whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. 14 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN CITY OF MEDINA ) SS. I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and Clerk of the City of Medina, Minnesota do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the attached and foregoing extract of minutes of a special meeting of the City Council held on Tuesday, September 3, 1985, with the original thereof on file in my office and the same is a full, true and complete transcript therefrom insofar as the same relates to the issuance and sale of $475,000 General Obligation Refunding Improvement Bonds of 1985, of the City. WITNESS My hand as Clerk and the corporate seal of the City this day of , 1985. (SEAL) City Clerk City of Medina, Minnesota 15