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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-033 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2001/04/16RESOLUTION NO. 01-033 A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE SALE OF $3,265,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION STORM SEWER REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2001B; FIXING THEIR FORM AND SPECIFICATIONS; DIRECTING THEIR EXECUTION AND DELIVERY; AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR PAYMENT BE IT RESOLVED By the City Council of the City of St Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota (City) as follows. Section 1. Sale of Bonds 1.01. It is determined that: (a) the City engineer has recommended the construction of various improvements to the City's storm sewer system (Project). (b) the City is authorized by Minnesota Statutes, Section 444.075 (Act) to finance all or a portion of the cost of the Project (Project Costs) by the issuance of general obligation bonds of the City payable from the net revenues of the storm water utility. The Project Costs are presently estimated by the engineer to be as follows: Project Designation & Descnption: Sources Par Amount of 2001B Bonds $3,265,000 Total Sources Uses Project Costs $3,200,000 Discount Allowance 42,400 Finance Related Expenses 22,600 Total Uses Total Project Cost $3,265,000 $3,265,000 (c) it is necessary and expedient to the sound financial management of the affairs of the City to issue $3,265,000 General Obligation Storm Sewer Revenue Bonds, Senes 2001B (Bonds) pursuant to the Act to provide financing for the Project 1.02. The proposal of U S Bancorp Piper Jaffray (Purchaser) to purchase $3,265,000 General Obligation Storm Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 2001B (Bonds) of the City descnbed in the Terms of Proposal thereof is found and determined to be a reasonable offer and is accepted, the proposal being to purchase the Bonds at a pnce of $3,231,135.42 plus accrued interest to date of delivery, for Bonds beanng interest as follows. Year of Matunty Interest Rate Year of Matunty Interest Rate 2002 3.25% 2007 4 10% 2003 3.50% 2008 4.20% 2004 4 00% 2009 4.25% 2005 4.00% 2010 4.35% 2006 4.00% Term Bonds due February 1, 2012 at 4.60%. Term Bonds due February 1, 2014 at 4.75% Term Bonds due February 1, 2016 at 4.85%. True interest cost: 4.6960% Resolution No. 01-033 -2- 1.03. The sum of $8,535.42 being the amount proposed by the Purchaser in excess of $3,222,600 will be credited to the Debt Service Fund hereinafter created The City Manager is directed to retain the good faith check of the Purchaser, pending completion of the sale of the Bonds, and to return the good faith checks of the unsuccessful proposers forthwith. The Mayor and City Manager are directed to execute a contract with the Purchaser on behalf of the City 1 04. The City will forthwith issue and sell the Bonds pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 444 075 (Act), in the total principal amount of $3,265,000, originally dated May 1, 2001, in the denomination of $5,000 each or any integral multiple thereof, numbered No. R-1, upward, bearing interest as above set forth, and matunng serially on February 1 in the years and amounts as follows: Year Amount Year Amount 2002 $195,000 2007 $195,000 2003 165,000 2008 200,000 2004 175,000 2009 210,000 2005 180,000 2010 220,000 2006 185,000 Term Bonds due February 1, 2012 in the aggregate principal amount of $470,000. Term Bonds due February 1, 2014 in the aggregate principal amount of $510,000. Term Bonds due February 1, 2016 in the aggregate pnncipal amount of $560,000. 1.05. Optional Redemption. The City may elect on February 1, 2010, and on any day thereafter to prepay Bonds due on or after February 1, 2011. Redemption may be in whole or in part and if in part, at the option of the City and in such manner as the City will determine. If less than all Bonds of a matunty are called for redemption, the City will notify DTC (as defined in Section 7 hereof) of the particular amount of such matunty to be prepaid. DTC will determine by lot the amount of each participant's interest in such matunty to be redeemed and each participant will then select by lot the beneficial ownership interests in such matunty to be redeemed. Prepayments will be at a pnce of par plus accrued interest. 1.06. Mandatory Redemption. The Term Bonds are subject to mandatory redemption on February 1, of the following years in the following amounts. Year 2011 2012 (matunty) 2013 2014 (matunty) 2015 2016 (maturity) Amount $230,000 240,000 $250,000 260,000 $275,000 285,000 The specific Term Bonds to be redeemed will be selected by lot by the Registrar. All prepayments will be at a price of par plus accrued interest. Section 2. Registration and Payment. 2.01. Registered Form. The Bonds will be issued only in fully registered form. The interest thereon and, upon surrender of each Bond, the principal amount thereof, is payable by check or draft issued by the Registrar described herein. Resolution No. 01-033 -3- 2.02. Dates, Interest Payment Dates. Each Bond will 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 will be dated as of the date of authentication, or (ii) the date of authentication is pnor to the first interest payment date, in which case such Bond will be dated as of the date of onginal issue. The interest on the Bonds will be payable on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing February 1, 2002, to the owner of record thereof as of the close of business on the fifteenth day of the immediately preceding month, whether or not such day is a business day. 2.03. Registration The City will appoint, and will maintain, a bond registrar, transfer agent, authenticating agent and paying agent (Registrar). The effect of registration and the rights and duties of the City and the Registrar with respect thereto are as follows. (a) Register The Registrar must keep at its pnncipal corporate trust office a bond register in which the Registrar provides for the registration of ownership of Bonds and the registration of transfers and exchanges of Bonds entitled to be registered, transferred or exchanged. (b) Transfer of Bonds Upon surrender for transfer of a 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 wnting, the Registrar will authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Bonds of a like aggregate pnncipal 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 that interest payment date. (c) Exchange of Bonds. When Bonds are surrendered by the registered owner for exchange -the Registrar will authenticate and deliver one or more new Bonds of a like aggregate pnncipal amount and matunty as requested by the registered owner or the owner's attorney in wnting (d) Cancellation Bonds surrendered upon transfer or exchange will be promptly cancelled by the Registrar and thereafter disposed of as directed by the City. (e) Improper or Unauthorized Transfer. When a Bond is presented to the Registrar for transfer, the Registrar may refuse to transfer the Bond until the Registrar is satisfied that the endorsement on the Bond or separate instrument of transfer is valid and genuine and that the requested transfer is legally authonzed. The Registrar will incur no liability for the refusal, in good faith, to make transfers which it, in its judgment, deems improper or unauthorized (0 Persons Deemed Owners The City and the Registrar may treat the person in whose name a Bond is registered in the bond register as the absolute owner of the Bond, whether the Bond is overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal of and interest on the Bond and for all other purposes, and payments so made to a registered owner or upon the owner's order will be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon the Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. (g) Taxes, Fees and Charges. The Registrar may impose a charge upon the owner thereof for a transfer or exchange of Bonds, sufficient to reimburse the Registrar for any tax, fee or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to the transfer or exchange. Resolution No 01-033 -4- (h) Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Bonds. If a Bond becomes mutilated or is destroyed, stolen or lost, the Registrar will deliver a new Bond of like amount, number, maturity date and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Bond or in lieu of and in substitution for a Bond destroyed, stolen or lost, upon the payment of the reasonable 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 the Bond was destroyed, stolen or lost, and of the ownership thereof, and upon furnishing to the Registrar an appropnate bond or indemnity in form, substance and amount satisfactory to it and as provided by law, in which both the City and the Registrar must be named as obligees. Bonds so surrendered to the Registrar will be cancelled by the Registrar and evidence of such cancellation must be given to the City. If the mutilated, destroyed, stolen or lost Bond has already matured or been called for redemption in accordance withh its terms it is not necessary to issue a new Bond prior to payment (i) Redemption. In the event any of the Bonds are called for redemption, notice thereof identifying the Bonds to be redeemed will be given by the Registrar by mailing a copy of the redemption notice by first class mail (postage prepaid) to the registered owner of each Bond to be redeemed at the address shown on the registration books kept by the Registrar and by publishing the notice if required by law. Failure to give notice by publication or by mail to any registered owner, or any defect therein, will not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of Bonds. Bonds so called for redemption will cease to bear interest after the specified redemption date, provided that the funds for the redemption are on deposit with the place of payment at that time. 2.04 Appointment of Initial Registrar. The City appoints National City Bank of Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the initial Registrar. The Mayor and the City Manager are authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the City, a contract with the Registrar. Upon merger or consolidation of the Registrar with another corporation, if the resulting corporation is a bank or trust company authonzed by law to conduct such business, the resulting corporation is authonzed to act as successor Registrar The City agrees to pay the reasonable and customary charges of the Registrar for the sei vices performed The City reser ves the right to remove the Registrar upon 30 days' notice and upon the appointment of a successor Registrar, in which event the predecessor Registrar must deliver all cash and Bonds in its possession to the successor Registrar and must deliver the bond register to the successor Registrar. On or before each principal or interest due date, without further order of this Council, the City Director of Finance must transmit to the Registrar moneys sufficient for the payment of all principal and interest then due. 2.05. Execution, Authentication and Delivery. The Bonds will be prepared under the direction of the City Manager and executed on behalf of the City by the signatures of the Mayor and the City Manager, provided that all signatures may be panted, engraved or lithographed facsimiles of the originals. If an officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on the Bonds ceases to be such officer before the delivery of any Bond, the signature or facsimile will nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if the officer had remained in office until delivery Notwithstanding such execution, a Bond will not be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any secunty or benefit under this Resolution unless and until a certificate of authentication on the Bond has been duly executed by the manual signature of an authorized representative of the Registrar. Certificates of authentication on different Bonds need not be signed by the same iepicscntativc. The executed ceitilicatc of authentication on a Bond is conclusive evidence that it has been authenticated and delivered under this Resolution. When the Bonds have been so prepared, executed and authenticated, the City Manager will deliver the same to the Purchaser upon payment of the purchase pnce in accordance with the contract of sale heretofore made and executed, and the Purchaser is not obligated to see to the application of the purchase price Resolution No. 01-033 -5- 2.06. Temporary Bonds. The City may elect to deliver in lieu of printed definitive Bonds one or more typewntten temporary' Bonds in substantially the form set forth in Section 3 with such changes as may be necessary to reflect more than one matunty in a single temporary bond. Upon the execution and delivery of definitive Bonds the temporary Bonds will be exchanged therefor and cancelled Section 3. Form of Bond. 3.01. The Bonds will be pnnted or typewritten in substantially the following form. No R - Rate [Face of the Bond] UN11ED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK $ ' GENERAL OBLIGATION STORM SEWER REVENUE BOND, SERIES 2001B Date of Maturity Onginal Issue May 1, 2001 CUSIP Registered Owner: Cede & Co. The City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, 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 to the Registered Owner specified above or registered assigns, the principal sum of $ on the matunty date specified above, with interest thereon from the date hereof at the annual rate specified above, payable February 1 and August 1 in each year, commencing February 1, 2002, to the person in whose name this Bond is registered at the close of business on the fifteenth day (whether or not a business day) of the immediately preceding month. The interest hereon and, upon presentation and surrender hereof, the pnncipal hereof are payable in lawful money of the United States of Amenca by check or draft by , Minnesota, as Bond Registrar, Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Authenticating Agent, or its designated successor under the Resolution descnbed herein For the prompt and full payment of such pnncipal 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 The City may elect on February 1, 2010, and on any day thereafter to prepay Bonds due on or after February 1, 2011. Redemption may be in whole or in part and if in part, at the option of the City and in such manner as the City will determine. If less than all Bonds of a matunty are called for redemption, the City will notify Depository Securities Trust Company (DTC) of the particular amount of such maturity to be prepaid. DTC will determine by lot the amount of each participant's interest in such maturity to be redeemed and each participant will then select by lot the beneficial ownership interests in such matunty to be redeemed. Prepayments will be at a pnce of par plus accrued interest. The Term Bonds are subject to mandatory redemption on February 1, of the following years in the following amounts: Year Amount 2011 $230,000 2012 (matunty) 240,000 2013 $250,000 2014 (maturity) 260,000 2015 $275,000 2016 (maturity) 285,000 The specific Term Bonds to be redeemed will be selected by lot by the Registrar. All prepayments will be at a pnce of par plus accrued interest. Resolution No 01-033 -6- The City Council has designated the issue of Bonds of which this Bond forms a part as "qualified tax exempt obligations" within the meaning of Section 265(b)(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code) relating to disallowance of interest expense for financial institutions and within the $10 million limit allowed by the Code for the calendar year of issue. This Bond is one of an issue in the aggregate pnncipal amount of $3,265,000 all of like onginal issue date and tenor, except as to number, matunty date, redemption privilege, and interest rate, all issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the City Council on April 16, 2001 (the Resolution), for the purpose of providing money to aid in financing vanous improvements to the storm sewer system of the City, pursuant to and in full conformity with the home rule charter of the City and the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota, including Minnesota Statutes, Section 444 075 and Chapter 475 and the principal hereof and interest hereon are payable primarily from the net revenues of the storm sewer system of the City in a special debt service fund of the City, as set forth in the Resolution to which reference is made for a lull statement of rights and powers thereby confened. The full faith and credit of the City are irrevocably pledged for payment of this Bond and the City Council has obligated itself to levy ad valorem taxes on all taxable property in the City in the event of any deficiency in net revenues pledged, which taxes may be levied without limitation as to rate or amount. The Bonds of this serves are issued only as fully registered Bonds in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof of single matunties. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED That in and by the Resolution, the City has covenanted and agreed that it will continue to own and operate the storm sewer system free from competition by other like utilities; that adequate insurance on said plant and system and suitable fidelity bonds on employees will be carred; that proper and adequate books of account will be kept showing all receipts and disbursements relating to the Storm Sewer Fund, into which it will pay all of the gross revenues from the storm sewer system, that it will also create and maintain a General Obligation Storm Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 2001B Debt Service Fund, into which it will pay, out of the net revenues from the storm sewer system a sum sufficient to pay pnncipal hereof and interest thereon when due; and that it will provide, by ad valorem tax levies, for any deficiency in required net storm sewer system revenues 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 pnncipal office of the Bond Registrar, by the registered owner hereof in person or by the owner's attorney duly authonzed in wntrng, upon surrender hereof together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory 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 authonzed 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, beanng interest at the same rate and maturing on the same date, subject to 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 will 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 home rule charter of the City and 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 indebtedness of the City to exceed any constitutional, statutory or charter limitation of indebtedness This Bond is not valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any secunty or benefit under the Resolution until the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Bond Registrar by manual signature of one of its authorized representatives. Resolution No. 01-033 -7- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of St Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be executed on its behalf by the facsimile or manual signatures of the Mayor and City Manager and has caused this Bond to be dated as of the date set forth below Dated: CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA (facsimile) (facsimile) City Manager Mayor CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Bonds delivered pursuant to the Resolution mentioned within. By Authonzed Representative The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Bond, will be construed as though they were wntten out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM -- as tenants UNIF GIFT MIN ACT Custodian in common (Cust) (Minor) TEN ENT -- as tenants by entireties under Uniform Gifts or Transfers to Minors JT TEN -- as point tenants with right of survivorship and Act not as tenants in common (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 nghts 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, without alteration or any change whatever. Signature Guaranteed: Resolution No 01-033 -8- NOTICE• Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member of the Secunties Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP"), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program ("SEMP"), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signatures Program ("MSP") or other such "signature program" as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, SEMP or MSP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 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 point owners if this Bond is held by Joint account.) Please insert social secunty or other identifying number of assignee PROVISIONS AS TO REGISTRATION The ownership of the pnncipal of and Interest on the within Bond has been registered on the books of the Registrar in the name of the person last noted below. Signature of Date of Registration Registered Owner Officer of Registrar Cede & Co. Federal ID #13-2555119 3.02. The City Manager will obtain a copy of the proposed approving legal opinion of Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, Minneapolis, Minnesota, which will be complete except as to dating thereof and will cause the opinion to be printed on or accompany each Bond. Section 4. Payment Security. Pledges and Covenants. 4 01. The City will create and continue to operate its Storm Sewer Fund to which will be credited all gross revenues of the storm sewer system described in Section 1.01 and out of which will be paid all normal and reasonable expenses of current operations of the storm sewer system. Any balances therein are deemed net revenues and will be transferred, from time to time, to a General Obligation Storm Sewer Revenue Bonds, Senes 2001B Debt Service Fund (Debt Service Fund) hereby created in the Storm Sewer Fund, which fund will be used only to pay pnncipal of and interest on the Bonds and any other bonds similarly authonzed. There will always be retained in the Debt Service Fund a sufficient amount to pay principal of and interest on all the Bonds, and the City Manager must report any current or anticipated deficiency in the Debt Service Fund to the City Council There is appropnated to the Debt Service Fund all capitalized interest financed from Bond proceeds, if any, any amount over the minimum purchase pnce of the Bonds paid by the Purchaser and all accrued interest paid by the Purchaser upon closing and delivery of the Bonds. 4.02 The City Council covenants and agrees with the holders of the Bonds that so long as any of the Bonds remain outstanding and unpaid, it will keep and enforce the following covenants and agreements: (a) The City will continue to maintain and efficiently operate the storm sewer system as public utilities and conveniences free from competition of other like utilities and will cause all revenues therefrom to be deposited in bank accounts and credited to the storm sewer system accounts as hereinabove provided, and will make no expenditures from those accounts except for a duly authonzed purpose and in accordance with this resolution Resolution No 01-033 -9- (b) The City will also maintain the Debt Service Fund as a separate account in the Storm Sewer Fund and will cause money to be credited thereto from time to time, out of net revenues from the storm sewer plant and system in sums sufficient to pay principal of and interest on the Bonds when due (c) The City will keep and maintain proper and adequate books of records and accounts separate from all other records of the City in which will be complete and correct entrees as to all transactions relating to the storm sewer system and which will be open to inspection and copying by any bond holder, or the holder's agent or attorney, at any reasonable time, and it will furnish certified transcripts therefrom upon request and upon payment of a reasonable fee therefor, and said account will be audited at least annually by a qualified public accountant and statements of such audit and report will be furnished to all bondholders upon request. (d) The City Council will cause persons handling revenues of the storm sewer system to be bonded in reasonable amounts for the protection of the City and the bondholders and will cause the funds collected on account of the operations of the storm sewer system to be deposited in a bank whose deposits are guaranteed under the Federal Deposit Insurance Law. (e) The Council will keep the storm sewer system insured at all times against loss by fire, tornado and other nsks customanly insured against with an insurer or insurers in good standing, in such amounts as are customary for like plants, to protect the holders, from time to time, of the Bonds and the City from any loss due to any such casualty and will apply the proceeds of such insurance to make good any such loss. (f) The City and each and all of its officers will punctually perform all duties with reference to the storm sewer system as required by law. (g) The City will impose and collect charges of the nature authonzed by Minnesota Statutes, section 444.075 at the times and in the amounts required to produce, net revenues adequate to pay all principal and interest when due on the Bonds and to create and maintain such reserves securing said payments as may be provided in this resolution. (h) The City Council will levy general ad valorem taxes on all taxable property in the City, when required to meet any deficiency in net revenues. 4 03. It is hereby determined that the estimated collection of net revenues for the payment of pnncipal and interest on the Bonds will produce at least five percent in excess of the amount needed to meet, when due, the pnncipal and interest payments on the Bonds and that no tax levy is needed at this time. 4.04. The City Clerk is authonzed and directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the Taxpayer Services Division Manager and to obtain the certificate required by Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.63. Section 5. Authentication of Transcnpt. 5.01. The officers of the City are authonzed 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 transcnpts 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 marketability of the Bonds, and such instruments, including any heretofore furnished, will be deemed representations of the City as to the facts stated therein. 5 02 The Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk are authonzed and directed to certify that they have examined the Official Statement prepared and circulated in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds and that to the best of their knowledge and belief the Official Statement is a complete and accurate representation of the facts and representations made therein as of the date of the Official Statement. Resolution No. 01-033 -10- 5.03 The City authorizes the Purchaser to forward the amount of Bond proceeds allocable to the payment of issuance expenses (other than amounts payable to Kennedy & Graven, Chartered as Bond Counsel) to Resource Bank & Trust Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota on the closing date for further distribution as directed by the City's financial adviser, Ehlers & Associates, Inc. Section 6. Tax Covenant. 6.01 The City covenants and agrees with the holders from time to time of the Bonds that it will not take or permit to be taken by any of its officers, employees or agents any action which would cause the interest on the Bonds to become sub'Pct to taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, in effect at the time of such actions, and that it will take or cause its officers, employees or agents to take, all affirmative action within its power that may be necessary to ensure that such interest will not become subject to taxation under the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, as presently existing or as hereafter amended and made applicable to the Bonds. 6 02. (a) The City will comply with requirements necessary under the Code to establish and maintain the exclusion from gross income of the interest on the Bonds under Section 103 of the Code, including without limitation requirements relating to temporary penods for investments, limitations on amounts invested at a yield greater than the yield on the Bonds, and the rebate of excess investment earnings to the United States if the Bonds (together with other obligations reasonably expected to be issued in calendar year 2001) exceed the small -issuer exception amount of $5,000,000. (b) For purposes of qualifying for the small issuer exception to the federal arbitrage rebate requirements, the City finds, determines and declares that the aggregate face amount of all tax-exempt bonds (other than pnvate activity bonds) issued by the City (and all subordinate entities of the City) dunng the calendar year in which the Bonds are issued and outstanding at one time is not seasonably expected to exceed $5,000,000, all within the meaning of Section 148(f)(4)(C) of the Code 6.03. The City further covenants not to use the proceeds of the Bonds or to cause or permit them or any of them to be used, in such a manner as to cause the Bonds to be "pnvate activity bonds" within the meaning of Sections 103 and 141 through 150 of the Code. 6.04. In order to qualify the Bonds as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code, the City makes the following factual statements and representations. Code; (a) the Bonds are not "pnvate activity bonds" as defined in Section 141 of the (b) the City designates the Bonds as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code; (c) the reasonably anticipated amount of tax-exempt obligations (other than pnvate activity bonds, that are not qualified 501(c)(3) bonds) which will be issued by the City (and all subordinate entities of the City) dunng calendar year 2001 will not exceed $10,000,000, and (d) not more than $10,000,000 of obligations issued by the City dunng calendar year 2001 have been designated for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code. 6.05. The City will use its best efforts to comply with any federal procedural requirements which may apply in order to effectuate the designations made by this section. Resolution No 01-033 -11- Section 7 Book -Entry System; Limited Obligation of City. 7.01. The Bonds will be initially issued in the form of a separate single typewritten or pnnted fully registered Bond for each of the maturities set forth in Section 1.03 hereof. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of each Bond will be registered in the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar in the name of Cede & Co , as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, and its successors and assigns (DTC). Except as provided in this section, all of the outstanding Bonds will: -be -registered in the registration books kept by -the Bond Registrar in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. 7.02. With respect to Bonds registered in the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, the City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent will have no responsibility or obligation to any broker dealers, banks and other financial institutions from time to time for which DTC holds Bonds as securities depository (Participants) or to any other person on behalf of which a Participant holds an interest in the Bonds, including but not limited to any responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of DTC, Cede & Co or any Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Bonds, (ii) the delivery to any Participant or any other person (other than a registered owner of Bonds, as shown by the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar) of any notice with respect to the Bonds, including any notice of redemption, or (iii) the payment to any Participant or any other person, other than a registered owner of Bonds, of any amount with respect to principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds. The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may treat and consider the person in whose name each Bond is registered in the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar as the holder and absolute owner of such Bond for the purpose of payment of principal, premium and interest with respect to such Bond, for the purpose of registenng transfers with respect to such Bonds, and for all other purposes The Paying Agent will pay all pnncipal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds only to or on the order of the respective registered owners, as shown in the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar, and all such payments will be valid and effectual to fully satisfy and discharge the City's obligations with respect to payment of pnncipal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds to the extent of the sum or sums so paid No person other than a registered owner of Bonds, as shown in the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar, will receive a certificated Bond evidencing the obligation of this resolution. Upon delivery by DTC to the City Manager of a wntten notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of Cede & Co , the words "Cede & Co.," will refer to such new nominee of DTC; and upon receipt of such a notice, the City Manager will promptly deliver a copy of the same to the Bond Registrar and Paying Agent 7 03 Representation Letter The City has heretofore executed and delivered to DTC a Blanket Issuer Letter of Representations (Representation Letter) which will govern payment of pnncipal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds and notices with respect to the Bonds. Any Paying Agent or Bond Registrar subsequently appointed by the City with respect to the Bonds will agree to take all action necessary for all representations of the City in the Representation letter with respect to the Bond Registrar and Paying Agent, respectively, to be complied with at all times. 7.04. Transfers Outside Book -Entry System. In the event the City, by resolution of the City Council, determines that it is in the best interests of the persons having beneficial interest, in the Bonds that they be able to obtain Bond certificates, the City will notify DTC, whereupon DTC will notify the Participants, of the availability through DTC of Bond certificates. In such event the City will issue, transfer and exchange Bond certificates as requested by DTC and any other registered owners in accordance with the provisions of this Resolution. DTC may determine to discontinue providing its services with respect to the Bonds at any time by giving notice to the City and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. In such event, if no successor secunties depository is appointed, the City will issue and the Bond Registrar will authenticate Bond certificates in accordance with this resolution and the provisions hereof will apply to the transfer, exchange and method of payment thereof. 7 05. Payments to Cede & Co Notwithstanding any other provision of this Resolution to the contrary, so long as a Bond is registered in the name of Cede & Co , as nominee of DTC, payments with respect to pnncipal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bond and notices with respect to the Bond will be made and given, respectively in the manner provided in DTC's Operational Arrangements, as set forth in the Representation Letter Resolution No. 01-033 -12- Section 8. Continuing Disclosure. 8 01. The City hereby covenants and agrees that it will comply with and carry out all of the provisions of the Continuing Disclosure Certificate. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Resolution, failure of the City to comply with the Continuing Disclosure Certificate is not to be considered an event of default with respect to the Bonds, however, any Bondholder may take such actions as may be necessary and appropriate, including seeking mandate or specific performance by court order, to cause the City to comply with its obligations under this section. 8 02. "Continuing Disclosure Certificate" means that certain Continuing Disclosure Certificate executed by the Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk and dated the date of issuance and delivery of the Bonds, as originally executed and as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. Reviewed for Administration Attest ie-A_J,-,k,—J— Cyfty Clerk Ad p e• the City Council April 16, 2001 / / / f Mayor