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MAY 16, 2022
The St. Louis Park City Council is meeting in person at St. Louis Park City Hall, 5005 Minnetonka
Blvd. Members of the public can attend in person or watch on local cable (Comcast SD channel
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to an item on the meeting agenda. The city recognizes the value of the call-in option to provide
access to those who can’t attend meetings in person and is working on a reliable solution.
6:20 p.m. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY – council chambers
1.Roll call
2.Approval of EDA agenda
3.Approval of agenda and items on EDA consent calendar
Recommended action:**Motion to approve the agenda as presented and items listed on
consent calendar; and waive reading of all resolutions and ordinances. (Alternatively: Motion to
add or remove items from agenda or move items from consent calendar to regular agenda for discussion.)
3a. Accept EDA disbursement claims for the period of March 26 through April 29, 2022.
3b. Adopt EDA resolution for Sherman associates’ application for a Hennepin County Transit
Oriented Development (TOD) grant for its Beltline Station Development.
3c. Adopt EDA resolution of support for Wooddale Station LLCs’ application for a Hennepin
County Transit Oriented Development (TOD) grant.
4.Approval of EDA minutes
4a. EDA meeting minutes of April 4, 2022
4b. EDA meeting minutes of April 18, 2022
4c. EDA meeting minutes of March 21, 2022
5.Unfinished business – None
6.New business – None
7.Communications – None
6:30 p.m. CITY COUNCIL MEETING – council chambers
1.Call to order
1a. Pledge of allegiance
1b. Roll call
2. Presentations
2a. Caring Youth Proclamation
2b. Recognition of donations
Meeting of May 16, 2022
City council agenda
3.Approval of minutes
3a. Study session minutes of Feb. 28, 2022
3b. City council meeting minutes of March 7, 2022
3c. Study session minutes of March 21, 2022
3d. City council meeting minutes of March 21, 2022
4.Approval of agenda and items on consent calendar
Recommended action: **Motion to approve the agenda as presented and items listed on
the consent calendar; and to waive reading of all resolutions and ordinances. (Alternatively:
Motion to add or remove items from the agenda or move items from consent calendar to
regular agenda for discussion.)
4a. Accept city disbursement claims for the period of March 26 through April 29, 2022.
4b. Approve the vehicle towing and impounding agreement and impound lot lease
extension with Bobby & Steve’s Auto World Eden Prairie, LLC.
4c. Adopt resolution to participate in the fencing consortium as outlined in the joint powers
agreement.
4d. Designate Geislinger and Sons, Inc. the lowest responsible bidder and authorize
execution of a contract with the firm in the amount of $5,217,582.00 for the 36th Street
and Wooddale Avenue Improvement project – Project No. 4022-6000.
4e. Adopt resolution approving a preliminary and final plat of STEP expansion.
4f. Adopt resolution authorizing all-way stop controls at 28th Street and Monterey
Parkway.
4g. Adopt resolution supporting CommonBond Communities’ participation in Hennepin
County’s Pandemic Recovery Fund and Affordable Housing Incentive Fund for Rise on 7.
4h. Approve an extension until June 15, 2023, for Frauenshuh to act upon the conditional
use permit (CUP) for Bremer Bank at 7924 Highway 7.
4i. Approve premises amendment to the liquor license for Steel Toe Brewing, located at
4848 W 35th Street.
4j. Adopt resolution authorizing a special assessment for the repair of the sewer service
line at 2655 Vernon Avenue South, St. Louis Park, MN. P.I.D. 31-029-24-32-0019.
4k. Adopt resolution authorizing the special assessment for the repair of the sewer service
line at 4110 Xenwood Avenue South, St. Louis Park, MN. P.I.D. 21-117-21-31-0122.
4l. Adopt resolution authorizing the special assessment for the repair of the sewer service
line at 4210 Yosemite Avenue South, St. Louis Park, MN. P.I.D. 21-117-21-34-0133.
4m.Adopt resolution approving acceptance of $2,200 from Neelam and Deepak Sethi for
the purchase of a memorial bench at Wolfe Park honoring Peachy Sethi.
4n. • Adopt resolution authorizing truck parking restrictions on the north side of Highway 7
Frontage Road from Texas Avenue West to include the cul-de-sac.
•Adopt resolution prohibiting parking along the south side of Highway 7 Frontage Road
from Texas Avenue west to start of the cul-de-sac.
4o. Approve Human Rights Commission meeting minutes from March 15, 2022.
5. Boards and commissions
5a. Approve appointments to boards and commissions
Meeting of May 16, 2022
City council agenda
6.Public hearings
6a. Public hearing to consider Beltline Station development conduit bond
Recommended action: Mayor to open public hearing, take testimony, and then close
the hearing. Motion to adopt resolution approving the issuance of multifamily housing
revenue notes; approving a housing program; and authorizing the execution of related
documents.
6b. Public hearing to consider Wooddale Avenue apartment conduit bond
Recommended action: Mayor to open public hearing, take testimony, and then close
the hearing. Motion to adopt resolution approving the issuance of multifamily housing
revenue notes; approving a housing program; and authorizing the execution of related
documents.
6c. Public hearing to consider Rise on 7 conduit bond
Recommended action: Mayor to open public hearing, take testimony, and then close
the hearing. Motion to adopt resolution approving the issuance of multifamily housing
revenue notes; approving a housing program; and authorizing the execution of related
documents.
7.Requests, petitions, and communications from the public – None
8.Resolutions, ordinances, motions and discussion items
8a. Sale of bonds, Louisiana court
Recommended action: Motion to adopt resolution providing for the sale of refunding
bonds originally used to finance the Louisiana court project.
9.Communications -- None
Immediately following the city council meeting
SPECIAL STUDY SESSION
Discussion item
1. 2023 Budget: long range financial plan, debt, fund balances, ARPA
**NOTE: The consent calendar lists those items of business which are considered to be routine and/or which need
no discussion. Consent items are acted upon by one motion. If discussion is desired by either a councilmember or
a member of the public, that item may be moved to an appropriate section of the regular agenda for discussion.
St. Louis Park Economic Development Authority and regular city council meetings are carried live on civic TV cable
channel 17 and replays are frequent; check www.parktv.org for the schedule. The meetings are also streamed live
on the internet at www.parktv.org, and saved for video on demand replays. During the COVID-19 pandemic, agendas
will be posted on Fridays on the entrance doors to city hall and on the text display on civic TV cable channel 17. The
agenda and full packet are available after noon on Friday on the city’s website.
If you need special accommodations or have questions about the meeting, please call 952.924.2525.
Meeting: Economic development authority
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 3a
Executive summary
Title: Approval of EDA disbursements
Recommended action: Motion to accept for filing EDA disbursement claims for the period of
March 26 through April 29, 2022.
Policy consideration: Does the EDA desire to approve EDA disbursements in accordance with
Article V – Administration of Finances, of the EDA bylaws?
Summary: The finance division prepares this report on a monthly basis for the EDA to review and
approve. The attached reports show both EDA disbursements paid by physical check and those
by wire transfer or Automated Clearing House (ACH) when applicable.
Financial or budget considerations: Review and approval of the information follows the EDA’s
charter and provides another layer of oversight to further ensure fiscal stewardship.
Strategic priority consideration: Not applicable.
Supporting documents: EDA disbursements
Prepared by: Kari Mahan, accounting clerk
Reviewed by: Melanie Schmitt, chief financial officer
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
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Amount
ObjectVendorBU Description
37,182.00BOLLIG & SONS MTKA BLVD PROPERTIES OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
37,182.00
272.00CAMPBELL KNUTSON PROF ASSOC DEVELOPMENT - EDA G&A LEGAL SERVICES
272.00
265.00CITIZENS INDEPENDENT BANK DEVELOPMENT - EDA G&A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
265.00
308.75EHLERS & ASSOCIATES INC BRIDGEWATER BK TIF DIST G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
308.75WOODDALE STATION TIF DIST G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
308.75ELMWOOD APTS TIF DIST G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
308.754900 EXC BLVD TIF DIST G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
308.75ELIOT PARK TIF DIST G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
438.75WEST END TIF DIST G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
308.75ELLIPSE ON EXC TIF DIST G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
308.75PARK CENTER HOUSING G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
790.00CSM TIF DIST G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
2,948.75DEVELOPMENT - EDA G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
308.75MILL CITY G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
308.75PARK COMMONS G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
308.75ELMWOOD VILLAGE G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
308.75WOLFE LAKE COMMERCIAL TIF G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
308.75SHOREHAM TIF DIST G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
308.75AQUILA COMMONS G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
308.75HWY 7 BUSINESS CENTER G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
8,500.00
5,000.00FRANZEN LAW & POLICY GROUP LLC DEVELOPMENT - EDA G&A LEGAL SERVICES
5,000.00
1,744.30HENNEPIN COUNTY TREASURER DEVELOPMENT - EDA BALANCE SHEE DUE TO OTHER GOVTS
4,506.89DEVELOPMENT - EDA G&A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES
6,251.19
3,000.00PRIMACY STRATEGY GROUP LLC.DEVELOPMENT - EDA G&A LEGAL SERVICES
3,000.00
41,087.50ST LOUIS PARK CONV & VISITORS BUREAU CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU COST REIMBURSEMENT-CVB
41,087.50
Economic development authority meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 3a)
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ObjectVendorBU Description
Report Totals 101,557.69
Economic development authority meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 3a)
Title: Approval of EDA disbursements Page 3
Meeting: Economic development authority
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item:3b
Executive summary
Title: Hennepin County TOD grant resolution of support for Beltline Station Development (Ward
1)
Recommended action: Motion to adopt economic development authority (EDA) Resolution for
Sherman Associates’ application for a Hennepin County Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
grant for its Beltline Station Development.
Policy consideration: Does the EDA support an application for a Hennepin County TOD grant to
facilitate the Beltline Station Development project?
Summary: In February 2018, the EDA entered into an agreement with Sherman Associates to
develop a mixed-use, transit-oriented development at the METRO Green Line Extension /
Southwest Light Rail Transit (SWLRT) Beltline Boulevard Station Redevelopment Site. The
development is proposed to include two apartment buildings, one mixed-use building with
retail space, and a joint use park-and-ride parking structure for the SWLRT with some
commercial space on the first floor adjacent to the station.
On April 18, 2022, city council approved a planned unit development ordinance for this
development. The EDA and city council are scheduled to consider the developer’s financial
assistance request for the Beltline Station Development on May 16, 2022.
In April, Hennepin County released an application for its TOD grant program designed to create
a walkable, mixed-use, human-centered community established around high-quality transit
services. Sherman Associates applied to this program to defray some of the public
improvement costs associated with their Beltline Station Development. Specifically, Sherman
Associates applied for $1 million for public infrastructure improvements including the plaza,
bike and pedestrian elements, site work, utilities and stormwater features.
As part of the application, Hennepin County requests a resolution of support from the city in
which the development is located indicating that it supports the Sherman Associates’ grant
application. The resolution of support is attached.
Financial or budget considerations: This grant program does not require any financial match
from the EDA or city. Sherman Associates is the grant applicant, and should funds be awarded,
Sherman would work directly with Hennepin County to administer the grant.
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to providing a broad range of
housing and neighborhood oriented development.
Supporting documents: Site plan
Resolution
Prepared by: Julie Grove, community and economic development analyst
Reviewed by: Greg Hunt, economic development manager
Sean Walther, planning manager
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
Page 2 Economic development authority meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 3b )
Title: Hennepin County TOD grant resolution of support for Beltline Station Development (Ward 1)
Site Plan
Page 3 Economic development authority meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 3b )
Title: Hennepin County TOD grant resolution of support for Beltline Station Development (Ward 1)
EDA Resolution No. 22-____
Resolution of support of an application for a Hennepin County Transit Oriented
Development (TOD) grant submitted by Sherman Associates for redevelopment
at 4601 and 4725 Hwy. 7 and 3130 Monterey Ave. S.
Whereas, the St. Louis Park Economic Development Authority (Authority) acknowledges
the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners has authorized approximately $2.2 million for
transit-oriented development (TOD) projects; and
Whereas, Sherman Associates submitted an application requesting grant funds from the
Hennepin County Transit Oriented Development Program; and
Whereas, the grant funds will be used for certain public improvement costs associated
with the proposed redevelopment project at 4601 and 4725 Hwy. 7 and 3130 Monterey Ave. S.
in the City of St. Louis Park; and
Whereas, the Hennepin County Transit Oriented Development Program Guidelines
require support by the Authority for submission of a grant application to the Hennepin County
Transit Oriented Development Program; and
Now therefore be it resolved that the Authority, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes
383B.77, subd. 3., supports the submission of a Transit Oriented Development Program grant
application to the Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority by Sherman
Associates for its proposed development.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the Economic Development
Authority May 16, 2022
Karen Barton, executive director Margaret Rog, president
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, secretary
Meeting: Economic development authority
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 3c
Executive summary
Title: Hennepin County TOD grant resolution of support for Wooddale Station LLC (Ward 2)
Recommended action: Motion to adopt economic development authority (EDA) Resolution of
support for Wooddale Station LLCs’ application for a Hennepin County Transit Oriented
Development (TOD) grant.
Policy consideration: Does the EDA support Wooddale Station LLC’s application for a Hennepin
County TOD grant to facilitate its Wooddale Station redevelopment?
Summary: In February 2021, the EDA entered into a Preliminary Development Agreement with
Wooddale Station LLC (Saturday Properties and Anderson Companies) to develop a mixed-use,
mixed-income, transit-oriented development at the METRO Green Line Extension / Southwest
Light Rail Transit (SWLRT) Wooddale Avenue Station Redevelopment Site. Initial concept plans
include a mixed use, transit-oriented development with 314 residential units, with 10%
affordable at 50% area median income (AMI) and 10% affordable at 60% AMI, and 17,000
square feet of ground floor commercial. The city received planning and zoning applications on
April 27, 2022 and staff is reviewing them for completeness.
In April, Hennepin County released an application for its TOD grant program designed to create
a walkable, mixed-use, human-centered community established around high-quality transit
services. Wooddale Station LLC applied to this program to defray some of the public
improvement costs associated with their proposed development. Specifically, Wooddale
Station LLC is applying for $250,000 for the public plaza elements.
As part of the application, Hennepin County requests a resolution of support from the city in
which the development is located indicating that it supports Wooddale Station LLC’s grant
application. The resolution of support is attached.
Financial or budget considerations: This grant program does not require any financial match
from the EDA or city. Wooddale Station LLC is the grant applicant, and should funds be awarded,
they would work directly with Hennepin County to administer the grant.
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to providing a broad range of
housing and neighborhood oriented development.
Supporting documents: Site plan
Resolution
Prepared by: Julie Grove, community and economic development analyst
Reviewed by: Greg Hunt, economic development manager
Sean Walther, planning manager
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
Page 2 Economic development authority meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 3c)
Title: Hennepin County TOD grant resolution of support for Wooddale Station LLC (Ward 2)
Site Plan
Page 3 Economic development authority meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 3c)
Title: Hennepin County TOD grant resolution of support for Wooddale Station LLC (Ward 2)
EDA Resolution No. 22-____
Resolution of support of an application for a Hennepin County Transit Oriented
Development (TOD) grant submitted by Wooddale Station LLC for
redevelopment at 5802 and 5950 36th Street West
Whereas, the St. Louis Park Economic Development Authority (Authority) acknowledges
the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners has authorized approximately $2.2 million for
transit-oriented development (TOD) projects; and
Whereas, Wooddale Station LLC submitted an application requesting grant funds from the
Hennepin County Transit Oriented Development Program; and
Whereas, the grant funds will be used for certain public improvement costs associated
with the proposed redevelopment project at 5802 and 5950 36th Street West in the City of St.
Louis Park; and
Whereas, the Hennepin County Transit Oriented Development Program Guidelines
require support by the Authority for submission of a grant application to the Hennepin County
Transit Oriented Development Program; and
Now therefore be it resolved that the Authority, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes
383B.77, subd. 3., supports the submission of a Transit Oriented Development Program grant
application to the Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority by Wooddale
Station LLC for its proposed development.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the Economic Development
Authority May 16, 2022
Karen Barton, executive director Margaret Rog, president
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, secretary
Meeting: Economic development authority
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Minutes: 4a
Unofficial minutes
EDA meeting
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
April 4, 2022
1. Call to order
President Rog called the meeting to order at 6:20 p.m.
2. Roll call
Commissioners present: President Rog, Tim Brausen, Sue Budd, Lynette Dumalag, Larry Kraft,
Nadia Mohamed
Commissioners absent: Jake Spano
Staff present: City Manager (Ms. Keller), City Attorney (Mr. Mattick), Interim Information
Resources Director (Ms. Smith)
3. Approval of consent agenda and items on EDA consent calendar
3a. Approval of agenda and EDA disbursements
It was moved by Commissioner Brausen, seconded by Commissioner Kraft, to approve
the EDA agenda and filing EDA disbursement claims for the period of Feb. 26 through
Mar. 25, 2022.
The motion passed 6-0 (Commissioner Spano absent).
3b. Adopt EDA Resolution supporting the provision of an Affordable Housing Trust
Fund loan in an amount not to exceed $450,000 for Project for Pride in Living’s
proposed Union Park Flats development
It was moved by Commissioner Dumalag, seconded by Commissioner Brausen, to adopt
EDA Resolution No. 22-08 supporting the provision of an affordable Housing Trust Fund
loan in an amount not to exceed $450,000 for Project for Pride in Living’s proposed
Union Park Flats development.
The motion passed 6-0 (Commissioner Spano absent).
4. Approval of EDA minutes
4a. EDA meeting minutes of Mar. 7, 2022
Commissioner Dumalag noted a correction which should read, “noting a conflict of
interest as she serves on the board of the Urban Land Institute Minnesota.”
Economic development authority meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4a) Page 2
Title: EDA meeting minutes of April 4, 2022
It was moved by Commissioner Brausen, seconded by Commissioner Kraft, to approve
the Mar. 7, 2022, meeting minutes as amended.
The motion passed 6-0 (Commissioner Spano absent).
5. Unfinished business - none
6. New business - none
7. Communications - none
8. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
______________________________________ ______________________________________
Melissa Kennedy, secretary Margaret Rog, president
Meeting: Economic development authority
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Minutes: 4b
Unofficial minutes
EDA meeting
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
April 18, 2022
1. Call to order
President Rog called the meeting to order at 6:20 p.m.
1a. Roll call
Commissioners present: President Rog, Tim Brausen, Sue Budd, Larry Kraft, Nadia Mohamed,
and Jake Spano
Commissioner absent: Lynette Dumalag
Staff present: City Manager (Ms. Keller), City Attorney (Mr. Mattick), Interim Information
Resources Director (Ms. Smith)
2. Approval of agenda
It was moved by Commissioner Spano, seconded by Commissioner Brausen to approve the EDA
agenda
The motion passed 6-0 (Commissioner Dumalag absent).
3. Approval of consent agenda and consent calendar
3a. Adopt EDA Resolution No. 22-09 supporting submission of a grant application to
the Hennepin County Business District Initiative program for the Texa Tonka
commercial node.
3b. • Adopt EDA Resolution No. 22-10 authorizing the submission of a grant
application to the Hennepin of the County Environmental Response Fund Program
on behalf Wooddale Avenue Apartments (former Aldersgate Methodist Church
site).
• Adopt EDA Resolution No. 22-11 authorizing the submission of a grant
application to the Metropolitan Council Tax Base Revitalization Account for
Wooddale Avenue Apartments.
3c. • Motion to adopt EDA Resolution No. 22-12 authorizing the submission of a grant
application to the Department of Employment and Economic Development
(DEED) Contamination Clean-up Grant Program on behalf of Wooddale Station LLC.
• Motion to adopt EDA Resolution No. 22-13 authorizing the submission of a
grant application to the Metropolitan Council Tax Base Revitalization
Account on behalf Wooddale Station LLC.
Economic development authority meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4b) Page 2
Title: EDA meeting minutes of April 18, 2022
• Motion to adopt EDA Resolution No. 22-14 authorizing the submission of a grant
application to the Hennepin County Environmental Response Fund Program on behalf
Wooddale Station LLC.
3d. Adopt EDA Resolution No. 22-15 approving a temporary construction easement
on 5950 36th Street West between the EDA and the Metropolitan Council to
allow for the completion of the Green Line Extension/SWLRT Wooddale Avenue
Station.
It was moved by Commissioner Brausen, seconded by Commissioner Kraft to approve the
consent agenda as presented.
The motion passed 6-0 (Commissioner Dumalag absent).
4. Approval of EDA minutes - none
5. Unfinished business - none
6. New business - none
7. Communications – none
8. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
______________________________________ ______________________________________
Melissa Kennedy, secretary Margaret Rog, president
Meeting: Economic development authority
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Minutes: 4c
Unofficial minutes
EDA meeting
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
March 21, 2022
1. Call to order
President Rog called the meeting to order at 6:20 p.m.
1a. Roll call
Commissioners present: President Rog, Tim Brausen, Sue Budd, Lynette Dumalag, Larry Kraft,
and Jake Spano
Commissioners absent: Nadia Mohamed
Staff present: City Manager (Ms. Keller), Redevelopment Administrator (Ms. Monson), City
Attorney (Mr. Mattick), Executive Director/Community Development Director (Ms. Barton),
Deputy City Manager/Operations and Recreation Director (Ms. Walsh), Engineering Director
(Ms. Heiser), Interim Information Resources Director (Ms. Smith)
2. Approval of EDA agenda
It was moved by Commissioner Brausen, seconded by Commissioner Dumalag, to
approve the EDA agenda as presented.
The motion passed 6-0 (Commissioner Mohamed absent).
3. Approval of EDA consent agenda
3a. First amendment to preliminary development agreement – Wooddale Station
LLC (Ward 2) EDA Resolution No. 22-03
It was moved by Commissioner Budd, seconded by Commissioner Spano, to adopt EDA
Resolution No. 22-03 Approving the First Amendment to the Preliminary Development
Agreement between the EDA and Wooddale Station LLC relative to the Wooddale Station
Redevelopment Site.
The motion passed 6-0 (Commissioner Mohamed absent).
4. Approval of EDA minutes – none
5. Unfinished business – none
6. New business
Economic development authority meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4c) Page 2
Title: EDA meeting minutes of March 21, 2022
6a. Establishment of the 9920 Wayzata Blvd Tax Increment Financing District
(Ward 4) EDA Resolution No. 22-04, EDA Resolution No. 22-05, EDA Resolution
No. 22-06
Ms. Monson presented the report.
Commissioner Brausen asked if this proposal involves taking down the three billboards
on the property. Ms. Monson stated that is correct. Commissioner Brausen noted
billboards such as this are no longer allowed to be used in St. Louis Park. He asked if the
contractor voluntarily agreed to remove the billboards. Ms. Monson stated yes, that is
correct.
Commissioner Dumalag stated she appreciated the report and particularly information
on diversity goals for the project. She also appreciated the list of subs and asked if they
could meet the goals on page 9. Ms. Monson stated those are goals established by MN
Housing, however, they are goals and not requirements so she cannot guarantee they
will meet all goals. She stated the developer has pointed out ways they will strive to
meet the goals and staff will work with the developer on the goals as well.
Commissioner Dumalag appreciated that and added she also appreciated statements on
the developer’s own journey related to racial equity.
Commissioner Brausen stated after years of discouraging various projects on this site
including auto dealerships to parking ramps for auto dealerships, the city has before it a
housing project that will finally further the goals of the city, on land that has sat vacant
for over a decade. He stated the Bigos proposal includes 233 new housing units,
including 47 units at 50% of the area median income, many of which are family sized. He
added this and all the sustainability features included make him excited to support this
proposal. He stated there will be a TIF request of $6.3 million and that is substantial but
makes sense for this project and should be paid back to the city in 14.5 years
approximately. He stated there are substantial remediation costs at the site, where we
are entitled to reimburse the developer for their expenses.
Commissioner Brausen stated the proposal meets and is consistent with the TIF policy
adopted by the city council and recommended by Ehlers, the city’s financial consultant,
who has reviewed the policy in depth and negotiated with the developer prior to
recommending this amount of assistance necessary for the development to move
forward and be feasible. He explained there is a “but-for” test and it is a
recommendation our financial consultant could not make with the prior proposal, which
staff worked on for 2 years. He noted the property owned by the developer currently
generates about $45,000 annual in property taxes and the city will continue to collect
this while the TIF is paid, which are additional tax revenues. He added the city will have
new housing units, 47 of which are affordable, noting this is a fine example of
sustainable development incorporating both affordable housing and significant
sustainability features on these long vacant parcels. He stated if we funded a similar
request in the past, the TIF loan would have almost been paid off by now. He added it is
time to move forward and asked the council to join him in supporting this proposal.
Economic development authority meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4c) Page 3
Title: EDA meeting minutes of March 21, 2022
Commissioner Kraft stated he was impressed with the contractor’s experience with
sustainable projects and appreciated information provided on their approach working
with minority and women-owned businesses, wage theft issues, and safety precautions.
He added he would be interested in an update on how this is going mid-way through the
project. He agreed with the comments made by Commissioner Brausen. He did
appreciate that the previous development was rejected for too high of a TIF request. He
stated this project meets the TIF policies the city has, and he will support this.
Commissioner Kraft stated there are some items that bother him, including
reimbursement of a green building premium and solar panels listed in the total
extraordinary costs. He stated this has bothered him in other requests and to him, the
extraordinary cost to St. Louis Park is not building green, which would be higher utility
bills, more air and water pollution, and less green space. He stated these items generate
a return as the building is operated and they should not be considered extraordinary. He
added because the state has not been able to put in a more suitable energy code for
Minnesota, the city is investing in this, adding this is something we need to look at over
time as it creates a return, and he wants to make sure this is built into the process.
President Rog stated she will oppose this TIF request, not because she wants to stop this
from being built, but because she is concerned the message being sent to developers is
that TIF is readily available in St. Louis Park. This includes projects that could conceivably
go forward without public subsidy, and which would support the budget and invest in
strategic priorities like racial equity, climate action, and without increasing the burden
on today’s taxpayers. She pointed out the tax increases currently are at 5-6% each year
and do not include the EDA and HRA levies.
President Rog stated she noted her concerns about the gap that emerges when adding
more residents who utilize police, fire, parks, roads, sidewalks, and all the things
property taxes support. She noted that the taxes new residents pay are not
commensurate with the services they will receive for one or two decades or more. She
stated that is a hidden cost of TIF over which she is concerned. She added that citywide,
there are 2,500 new units coming online and are TIF supported, with an estimated
4,000+ new residents. She stated many of these projects are on properties with low-
base property value on which the tax bill will be calculated for 10-20 years or more and
increasingly, her concern is for today’s residents, especially seniors, low- and moderate-
income earners and business owners who are truly burdened by their property taxes
today, especially given sky-rocketing valuations.
President Rog stated in light of current conditions, she would like more discernment
with TIF right now, to leave space for projects that are fully funded with private money
as a viable way to achieve the city’s goals and thereby keeping tax increases more
modest. She stated her rationale for not supporting TIF is as follows: Affordability at
$4.4 million results in just 2 three-bedroom rental units, 16 two-bedroom units and 29
one-bedroom units for singles or small families earning 50% AMI or less. She stated this
does not hit the sweet spot with the type of housing the city needs, including affordable
units and ownership options. She agreed with Commissioner Kraft that the costs for
solar panels as well as EV charging stations and bike storage all have significant ROI over
time, and she hopes this can be discussed further.
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President Rog stated to be clear she is not unilaterally opposed to TIF, noting it can be a
very useful tool, and something she will support at the Beltline Station development.
She pointed out those living there will pay less in taxes than they will cost the city, which
impacts the city’s bottom line. For this reason, she believes they need to be more
discerning with TIF and encourages developers to have a Plan B if their development
does not rise to the top. She noted that by continuing to provide a public subsidy for
almost every private development that comes before the EDA, to ensure investors get
their ROI, especially for rental projects, the EDA is perpetuating the status quo around
the wealth gap and disparities and kicking the ball farther down the road for the
changes they want to see in the community. With that, President Rog stated she will
vote against this TIF.
It was moved by Commissioner Brausen, seconded by Commissioner Spano, to adopt
EDA Resolution No. 22-04 decertifying the Wayzata Boulevard Tax Increment Financing
District (a redevelopment district), EDA Resolution No. 22-05 approving the
establishment of the 9920 Wayzata Boulevard Tax Increment Financing District (a
housing district), and EDA Resolution No. 22-06 authorizing an Interfund Loan for
advance of certain costs in connection with the administration of the 9920 Wayzata
Boulevard TIF District.
The motion passed 5-1 (President Rog opposed, Commissioner Mohamed absent).
6b. Public Hearing – Purchase and redevelopment contract with Bigos – 9920
Wayzata, LLC – 9920 Wayzata Blvd (Ward 4) EDA Resolution No. 22-07
Ms. Monson presented the report.
President Rog opened the public hearing. No speakers were present.
President Rog closed the public hearing.
It was moved by Commissioner Brausen, seconded by Commissioner Spano, to adopt
EDA Resolution No. 22-07 approving the Purchase and Redevelopment Contract
between the EDA and Bigos -9920 Wayzata, LLC.
The motion passed 5-1 (President Rog opposed, Commissioner Mohamed absent).
7. Communications – none
8. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
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Melissa Kennedy, secretary Margaret Rog, president
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Presentation: 2a
Executive summary
Title: Caring Youth proclamation
Recommended action: Mayor to read the Caring Youth proclamation
Policy consideration: Does the council wish to recognize the 2022 Caring Youth Recognition
honorees?
Summary: The Roland and Doris Larson Caring Youth Recognition is a communitywide event
that began in 1989, honoring youth for their spirit of caring and concern for others in the City of
St. Louis Park. Honorees must be in grades 6 through 12 and either live in, attend school in or
volunteer in St. Louis Park. Volunteer work must be unpaid and not a requirement for a class or
co-curricular program, and not previously recognized with an award by another organization.
This year’s honorees are:
• Pedro Ramirez-Alvarez, Children First
• Olivia Wasgatt, St. Louis Park Police Explorers
• Amelia Lewis, St. Louis Park Parktacular Ambassador Program
• Catie Miller, St. Louis Park Parktacular Ambassador Program
• Renee McSherry, Westwood Hills Nature Center Junior Naturalist Program
• Emma Coen-Pesch, Westwood Lutheran Church
Financial or budget considerations: None
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to creating opportunities to build
social capital through community engagement.
Supporting documents: Proclamation
Prepared by: Jacque Smith, interim information resources director
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
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Proclamation
2022 Caring Youth Recognition honorees
Whereas, the Roland and Doris Larson Caring Youth Recognition is a community-wide
event that began in 1989, honoring youth for their spirit of caring and concern for others in the
City of St. Louis Park; and
Whereas, honorees must be in grades 6 through 12 and either live in, attend school in or
volunteer in St. Louis Park.; and
Whereas, volunteers are an essential part of St. Louis Park, vital to our future as a caring
and productive community; and integral to our commitment to create opportunities to build
social capital through community engagement; and
Whereas, these youth volunteers have made a difference through their hard work,
dedication and outstanding contributions to the St. Louis Park community; and
Whereas, the following youth are the 2022 Caring Youth Recognition honorees;
• Pedro Ramirez-Alvarez, Children First
• Olivia Wasgatt, St. Louis Park Police Explorers
• Amelia Lewis, St. Louis Park Parktacular Ambassador Program
• Catie Miller, St. Louis Park Parktacular Ambassador Program
• Renee McSherry, Westwood Hills Nature Center Junior Naturalist Program
• Emma Coen-Pesch, Westwood Lutheran Church
Now therefore, let it be known that the Mayor and City Council of the City of St. Louis
Park, Minnesota, do hereby proclaim these six youth as the 2022 Caring Youth Recognition
honorees.
Wherefore, I set my hand and cause the
Great Seal of the City of St. Louis Park to be
affixed this 16th day of May 2022.
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Jake Spano, mayor
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Presentation: 2b
Executive summary
Title: Recognition of donations
Recommended action: Mayor to announce and express thanks and appreciation for the
following donation being accepted at the meeting and listed on the consent agenda:
From Donation For
Neelam and Deepak
Sethi $2,200 Purchase of a memorial bench at Wolfe Park
honoring Peachy Sethi
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to creating opportunities to build
social capital through community engagement.
Supporting documents: None
Prepared by: Chase Peterson-Etem, office assistant
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Minutes: 3a
Unofficial minutes
City council study session
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Feb. 28, 2022
The meeting convened at 6:40 p.m.
Councilmembers present: Mayor Jake Spano, Sue Budd, Lynette Dumalag, Larry Kraft, Nadia
Mohamed, and Margaret Rog
Councilmember absent: Tim Brausen
Staff present: City Manager (Ms. Keller), Deputy City Manager/Director of Operations and
Recreation (Ms. Walsh), Community Development Director (Ms. Barton), Engineering Director
(Ms. Heiser), City Clerk (Ms. Kennedy) Elections Specialist (Mr. Sund), Redevelopment
Administrator (Ms. Monson), Economic Development Manager (Mr. Hunt), Communications
Manager (Ms. Smith)
Guests:
1. Community and civic engagement system introduction
Mr. Sund presented the report and gave an overview of how the city has approached
community and civic engagement in the past and considerations going forward.
Councilmember Budd asked if neighborhood associations fit in with civic engagement. Mr. Sund
stated yes, neighborhood associations are a great resource the city utilizes to promote
engagement.
Councilmember Mohamed asked if the engagement strategy used depends on the project. Mr.
Sund stated yes, staff considers what the goals of outreach and engagement are for a particular
project or initiative and then designs the strategy based on how the public will be involved in
the process. Ms. Kennedy stated as a representative government the city’s role is often to
inform residents of council actions. However, engagement is a spectrum, and the city does have
opportunities to use strategies that move beyond informing and include consulting, involving,
or collaborating. As council discusses topics within this system, staff would like them to
consider if current strategies are meeting the needs of the community and achieving the goals
and outcomes the council wants to see.
Councilmember Rog asked if technology will be interwoven into these conversations and
discussions. She asked how lack of technology and access will play into this. Mr. Sund stated
technology and accessibility are very important components when designing engagement
strategies because the city wants to provide opportunities that serve a broad audience.
Councilmember Rog stated things seem to go better when the city is clear about expectations
in communications to the public. She noted it would be good to find ways to help people
understand processes better and learn about the opportunities for participation and what does
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or does not impact the decision-making process. She noted there are challenges with public
initiatives if a councilmember does not take something on as an issue. She added this might be
a place for public forums, outside of things council is initiating.
Ms. Kennedy stated staff is supportive of looking into ways to make processes more accessible
and transparent and setting clear expectations with the public on their role and how they can
engage with the council.
Councilmember Dumalag stated she would be curious to see how consulting could be involved
moving forward and looking at being creative on how the city engages with residents.
Councilmember Kraft stated he likes the question about the goal of engagement and what does
success look like. He asked what staff envisions as an answer to this. Mr. Sund stated staff
needs to generally understand what council’s expectations or goals are for community
engagement so strategies can be designed to meet those objectives.
Councilmember Kraft stated that time will need to be built into the process. He asked staff
what they want from council for this topic tonight. Mr. Sund stated staff wanted to begin with
an initial overview to start from a place of common understanding in terms of how public
participation is discussed and defined. He noted the goal is that the council understands and is
supportive of the framework.
Councilmember Rog stated engaging the public on developments and pavement management
projects is important and something that needs to be discussed specific to certain areas. She
noted there is a need to adjust public engagement here and notifications about neighborhood
meetings. Mr. Sund stated this will be discussed when talking about process outcomes.
Mayor Spano stated by and large the city’s community engagement is excellent. He noted some
folks choose not to engage until something comes up, which is fine. He added it would be
helpful to know the strategies being used for different projects or initiatives. He stated he
appreciates a feedback loop of what worked and what did not. He noted discussing
infrastructure projects with residents that are going into neighborhoods seems to be where
there is an increase in engagement, and when people seem to feel things are being done to
them versus with them. He is very interested in this and exploring ways the council can better
support these efforts. He stated he appreciated going through this discussion and did not recall
seeing engagement presented like this in the past.
Councilmember Mohamed stated she is liking this conversation and noted this will be a shared
responsibility and shared ownership of decisions with residents, adding she likes where this is
going. She added it is important to always consider who is at the table when decisions are being
made.
Councilmember Rog noted work groups, or ad hoc groups, along with neighborhood groups,
help to engage the community and can be an important tool.
Councilmember Dumalag stated she would be interested in expanding existing boards and
commissions workplans to include them in the public engagement process.
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Mayor Spano stated he will be curious if there is a way to try to provide opportunities and
resources for people who might not step forward or are hesitant to step forward into a difficult
space, how will their voice get heard, and their thoughts reflected. Ms. Kennedy stated
alternative forms of engagement are appreciated when offered and staff continues to look for
ways to broaden the scope of opportunities to allow for meaningful communication.
Councilmember Budd added she wants to be sure the community is reflected within this
process. Mr. Sund stated yes, adding racial equity and inclusion will be reflected within the
process.
2. Business terms for purchase and redevelopment contract with Bigos – 9920 Wayzata,
LLC (Ward 4)
Mayor Spano referenced concerns when Meadowbrook became Era on Excelsior. He noted
there is no mechanism to ensure a smooth transition in cases such as this and asked what might
staff have in place to avoid issues in the future when in a similar situation.
Ms. Monson stated the housing department has adopted several processes that deal with
rental properties, turnover, and how it is handled. Ms. Barton added anytime a NOAH property
changes hands, the renters are protected for 90 days from eviction without cause or having
rents raised. She added the 7-day notice was added due to non-payment of rent or other
financial obligations. She noted the city did away with the crime-free requirements as well.
Mayor Spano asked how this property is being managed. Ms. Barton stated Bigos accepts more
housing choice vouchers than others do, and the city has a good working relationship with
Bigos. She added tenants don’t have any issue with Bigos Management and there have been no
problems. She stated there have been no concerns and they work through any issues with city
staff.
Councilmember Rog stated there are 233 units proposed and asked if there are 186 market rate
units. Ms. Barton stated yes, that’s correct. Councilmember Rog noted this leaves 47 units that
are affordable at 50% AMI and of those, 20 are 1-bedroom, 18 are 2-bedroom, and 2 are 3-
bedroom.
Mr. Neuman from Bigos stated there are 10 alcove units, 16 are 1-bedroom units, 3 are 1-
bedroom plus den units, 16 are 2-bedroom units, and 2 units are 3-bedroom units.
Councilmember Rog stated alcove and 1-bedroom plus den would be 1-2 people. She noted the
income range to qualify for those affordable units would be $36,000 for 1 person. Ms. Barton
stated it depends on the size of the family renting the unit.
Councilmember Rog asked if there are other mass transit options near the site. Ms. Monson
stated there are rapid bus routes with direct access to downtown and no others planned at this
time. She added the Hopkins Crossroad park-and-ride ramp is close, just to the east.
Councilmember Rog asked if the city ever looks at transit options for those at 50% AMI that
may not have access to vehicles. Ms. Monson stated Met Council reviews all the city’s transit
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routes every few years to see who they serve and what the routes are. She noted they will
review SWLRT routes as well.
Councilmember Rog asked how successful the city is in getting routes set up with Metro Transit.
Ms. Monson stated very successful and noted a recent update on the Louisiana Avenue route,
where there is a lot of NOAH housing, and those routes provide transit that now serve longer
periods of time.
Councilmember Rog asked how council can work with staff on requests related to transit routes
from community members. Ms. Barton stated passing comments along to staff directly is the
best way. Ms. Monson added staff will continue to look at transit route options ongoing.
Councilmember Rog stated for the next 15 years, this projects housing will pay into the city
$50,000 per year which will be divided between the city, county, and school district. She asked
if staff feels this is adequate income to cover the mental health calls, public safety needs,
increased traffic, and road construction. Ms. Monson stated as part of the TIF requirements,
staff reaches out to public safety staff and asks if they need additional resources related to a
development. With this particular development, public safety staff have indicated they do not
need any additional resources to serve these households.
Councilmember Rog stated there are some amenities and asked if any are public amenities. Ms.
Monson stated they are all private.
Councilmember Rog asked what the triggers for the inclusionary housing policy are. Ms.
Monson stated a TIF request or a PUD rezoning requires developments adhere to the
inclusionary housing policy. She mentioned that the developer is proposing doubling the
requirements of the inclusionary housing policy.
Councilmember Rog asked if the developer was not receiving TIF, would they still be required to
provide 10% at 50% AMI. Ms. Monson stated yes because they received a PUD.
Councilmember Dumalag asked about the racial equity hiring requirements and how the
construction company will be implementing the city’s racial equity goals to this project. Ms.
Monson stated staff met with the construction company to go over racial equity goals and
noted they have experience providing the business enterprise process in leadership or
ownership but have less experience with workforce. She added they are interested in doing
this.
Councilmember Kraft asked the Bigos team what their overall view and strategy is around
affordable housing. Mr. Hedberg of Bigos stated they have 9,500 units in their portfolio and
of that 45% are naturally affordable, which is about 4,000 units that are lower than 60% AMI.
He added they have 5 affordable communities in their portfolio which are Section 8 and have
been under their management for over 30 years. He also noted within the last 4 years, they
have invested over $4 million into those existing units.
Councilmember Kraft asked if it is important to them. Mr. Hedberg stated yes, it is very
important to them.
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Councilmember Kraft asked about Bigos commitment to sustainability of places they build and
own. Mr. Hedberg stated they have built a couple buildings in the last few years, adding electric
car charging stations. He noted they are very excited about the city’s requirements for solar and
are looking at this more deeply, as well as looking to implement solar on another project as
well.
Mr. Reardon of ESG Architecture stated they will follow the energy design standards and the
city’s green building policy as well as the rating system and SB2030. He added some notable
features include 30% reduction in building water usage interior, 50% building reduction on the
exterior, low flow fixtures, green materials, and a 75% reduction in construction waste and
redirection, as well as the solar on the roof noted earlier.
Councilmember Kraft referenced wage theft and unsafe working conditions and asked what
they put in place to ensure this does not happen. Mr. Neumann from Bigos stated they have
discussed this with city staff and the construction company, noting this has not come up, but
they are more than willing to post the labor standards posters at the site, as well as certified
payroll, if required. He added they will increase visibility on the site on who to contact if there is
a suspicion of wage theft. He stated Bigos is notable as a top workplace and has top ratings,
adding safety is something they take seriously.
Mr. Hedberg stated the construction company is a national company, has an extremely good
rating for safety, and that is one of the main reasons Bigos selected them, noting period safety
checks are also done on all sites.
Mr. Bigos stated he is excited to move forward on this project, noting it will be a great addition
to the community with 47 affordable units.
Councilmember Rog stated she will vote against this TIF request as the city is too generous with
TIF. She stated with this project, she is concerned with the low base rate and the impact on tax
revenue and levies going forward, adding there is not enough public benefit here with only 47
affordable units, and the majority being alcove and 1-bedroom units which is not necessarily
what is needed in St. Louis Park. She noted there will also be greenhouse gas emissions to deal
with, and she will not support this.
Mayor Spano stated this is a bitter pill to swallow, but he will support it because it will be of
benefit to the community. He has not had a conversation with Mr. Bigos as to what happened
in the transition of Meadowbrook to Era, even though that property needed help and
investment. But he noted the way folks were treated there was heartbreaking and difficult, and
he wanted to have an opportunity to discuss it.
Mr. Bigos stated he appreciated that. He explained they did talk about this internally and what
should have been done, but also noted the degree of crime in the building and unsafe issues.
He stated they tried to tackle too many things too quickly and that was their mistake.
Mayor Spano appreciated Mr. Bigos comments and stated he will support the project as will
Councilmember Brausen.
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Councilmember Mohamed stated she will not support this either and agreed with
Councilmember Rog’s comments. She stated possibly the city’s funding should go into
homeownership versus rental.
Councilmember Kraft stated he would like to think more about this, but does see some good
things about it, especially since it has been a problematic place. He added it does meet city
policy goals and the payback period of 15 years is on the high end, which gives him pause, but
he will still consider this project.
Mayor Spano asked staff for an estimate on how long it has taken for TIF notes to be paid off.
Mr. Hunt stated typically TIF notes are paid off earlier and the city uses very conservative
estimates, which do not include inflation.
Councilmember Dumalag stated she would like more specifics from staff on the racial equity
information related to this project as well as more information on the construction company,
who their subs are, and if there have been previous violations. She noted these items would
weigh in on her decision whether to support this project or not.
Councilmember Budd asked for clarification on the actual yearly TIF amount. Mr. Hunt stated
the annual TIF payment to the developer is approximately $616,000. He stated after 14.5 years
it will provide $6.3 million on the net present value.
Communications/meeting check-in (verbal)
Ms. Keller stated the Park and Rec brochure went to press today, and will be mailed out March
12, while registrations start March 16.
Ms. Keller added the Wooddale Station Development Neighborhood meeting will be virtual and
is scheduled for March 3 at 6:30 p.m., with more details on the city website.
Councilmember Rog noted the Beltline meeting had a very low turnout and she hoped there
would be more opportunities for feedback. She noted the developer is asking for feedback from
the community and what residents are looking for in the area. She stated she will meet with
Ms. Barton about creating more engagement around this project.
The meeting adjourned at 8:34 p.m.
3. January monthly financial report
4. Fourth quarter investment report (Oct. – Dec. 2021)
5. Update on Sherman Associates’ proposed Beltline Boulevard Station Redevelopment
(Ward 2)
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Melissa Kennedy, city clerk Jake Spano, mayor
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Minutes: 3b
Unofficial minutes
City council meeting
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
March 7, 2022
1. Call to order
Mayor Spano called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
1a. Pledge of allegiance
1b. Roll call
Councilmembers present: Mayor Jake Spano, Tim Brausen, Sue Budd, Lynette Dumalag, Larry
Kraft, Nadia Mohamed, and Margaret Rog
Councilmembers absent: none
Staff present: City Manager (Ms. Keller), City Attorney (Mr. Shepherd), Deputy City
Manager/Operations and Recreation Director (Ms. Walsh), Police Chief Harcey, Fire Chief
Koering, Community Development Director (Ms. Barton), Redevelopment Administrator (Ms.
Monson), Interim Information Resources Director (Ms. Smith)
Guests: Will Anderson, Sherman & Associates
2. Presentations
2a. Introduction and welcome of new Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT) members
Fire Chief Koering introduced 12 new members of the CERT group. He noted members
act as resources in the community and are trained to assist at events or support
professional responders in efforts to make the community more resilient.
Councilmember Rog thanked the group for their commitment to the community.
2b. Police officer oath of office
Police Chief Harcey presented the newest St. Louis Park police officer, Allie Holloway,
who took the oath of office.
Police Chief Harcey noted Officer Holloway’s service-mindedness, adding she came to
the department from the CSO program. He commented on Officer Holloway’s strong
work ethic and background, adding she has completed all her field training and is now
working on the middle shift within the department.
Mayor Spano congratulated and thanked Officer Holloway and her family, on behalf of
the city council.
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2c. 2022 Arbor Day and month proclamation
Mayor Spano noted May is Arbor month, and Sat., May 7, 2022, is Arbor Day. He read
the proclamation into the record.
Councilmember Kraft stated this past weekend, in Weber Woods, the trees were cut
down substantially. He noted this is part of a large project that, among other things,
addresses flooding issues in parts of Edina. He stated cutting down these trees probably
was a very difficult decision, but as far as he can tell, it was a carefully considered
project. He continued, it is a sad thing, however, and noted climate change will force
many of these heartbreaking decisions, but he highlighted the work of Roy and Bonnie
Griffin and acknowledged their work on behalf of these trees. He noted they
campaigned, drew a picture of the Lorax, and did things to try to preserve the trees. He
stated that approach is absolutely brilliant organizing and reaches people in an
emotional way.
Councilmember Kraft stated while Weber Woods cannot be brought back, he wanted
the Griffin children to know they have been heard. He added we can put more effort
and resources into maintaining and increasing our own tree canopy. He stated later this
week with Councilmember Rog’s leadership, a study session topic to discuss ideas on
this will be submitted. He added Bonnie and Roy’s advocacy has increased his desire to
work on this and hopes the council will be receptive to working on this as well. He again
thanked the Griffin children for their passion and work and wanted them to know they
have been heard.
Mayor Spano added he hopes the children will both come to the upcoming Arbor Day
events and help with tree planting in May.
Councilmember Rog stated the city has ramped up efforts for folks to rapidly increase
the amount of trees in the community. She noted there is free delivery and planting of
trees, with discounted rates for those living in environmental justice areas, adding there
is more to come on this.
2d. Recognition of donations
Mayor Spano recognized a donation for the Operations and Recreation Department
totaling $1,675.00 in memory of Richard Johnson.
3. Approval of minutes
3a. City council meeting minutes of Jan. 3, 2022
Councilmember Brausen noted on page 7, it should read, “…isn’t” versus “is” within his
comments.
Councilmember Dumalag noted on page 5, paragraph 6, it should read, “…she has stated
usually the outdoor play area is the most challenging to achieve because it may be in an
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area that takes up parking stalls…” and “She is glad this is tied to a state requirement
because if our requirements are more stringent than neighboring cities, we could lose
an opportunity for daycares.”
It was moved by Councilmember Brausen, seconded by Councilmember Rog, to approve
the city council meeting minutes of Jan. 3, 2022, as amended.
The motion passed 7-0.
3b. Study session meeting minutes of Jan. 10, 2022
Councilmember Dumalag noted on page 8, paragraph 2, it should read, “…also as the
virus continues to spread in our community, the more opportunity it has to mutate into
another variant and that is why she supportive of the mandate.”
It was moved by Councilmember Mohamed, seconded by Councilmember Brausen, to
approve the study session meeting minutes of Jan. 10, 2022, as amended.
The motion passed 7-0.
3c. City council meeting minutes of Jan. 18, 2022
It was moved by Councilmember Rog, seconded by Councilmember Mohamed, to
approve the city council meeting minutes of Jan. 18, 2022, as presented.
The motion passed 7-0.
3d. Study session meeting minutes of Jan. 24, 2022
Councilmember Kraft noted on page 4, 2nd paragraph, it should read, “…one of the
most egregious things that happened was that officers did not intervene and that this is
an indictment of the police department’s culture…” He also noted on page 8, 2nd
paragraph, it should read, “…inclusionary housing policy might be adjusted.”
It was moved by Councilmember Kraft, seconded by Councilmember Brausen, to approve
the study session meeting minutes of Jan. 24, 2022, as amended.
The motion passed 7-0.
3e. City council workshop meeting minutes of Jan. 27-28, 2022
Mayor Spano noted every year the council does a 2-day workshop devoted to assuring
the council and senior staff are a high functioning team and it involves a lot of relational
learning and focuses on how the team works together. He thanked the council for their
participation this year at the workshop.
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It was moved by Councilmember Brausen, seconded by Councilmember Rog, to approve
the city council workshop meeting minutes of Jan. 27-28, 2022, as presented.
The motion passed 7-0.
4. Approval of agenda and items on consent calendar
4a. Accept for filing city disbursement claims for the period of Jan. 29 through Feb. 25,
2022. (This item was removed from the consent calendar and considered as regular
agenda item 8b)
4b. Adopt Resolution No. 22-038 approving acceptance of donations to the
Operations and Recreation Department totaling $1,675.00 in memory of Richard
Johnson.
4c. Adopt Resolution No. 22-039 approving final plans and specifications, and
authorizing advertisement for bids (4022-1500). (Ward 2)
4d. Approve the amendment to the existing agreement with Golden Valley for
purchase, operation, and maintenance of the emergency command center
vehicle.
4e. Adopt resolution supporting housing and local decision-making authority. (This
item was removed from the consent calendar and considered as regular agenda
item 8c)
4f. Adopt resolution rescinding Resolution No. 18-085 and approving updated city
assessment policy to permit the city to specially assess the cost of energy
improvement projects. (This item was removed from the consent calendar and
considered as regular agenda item 8d)
4g. Approve the first reading of Ordinance 2635-21 correcting omissions for
recording.
4h. Designate Hydro-Klean, LLC as the lowest responsible bidder and authorize
execution of a contract with the firm in the amount of $412,597.20 for the
sanitary sewer mainline rehabilitation project no. 4022-3000.
4i. Approve for filing planning commission minutes of Feb. 2, 2022.
Councilmembers Dumalag, Brausen, and Kraft requested that consent calendar item 4a,
4e and 4f be removed and placed on the Regular Agenda to 8b, 8c and 8d, respectively.
It was moved by Councilmember Brausen, seconded by Councilmember Dumalag, to
approve the agenda and items listed on the consent calendar as amended to move
consent calendar items 4a, 4e, 4f to the regular agenda as items 8b, 8c, 8d respectively;
and to waive reading of all resolutions and ordinances.
The motion passed 7-0.
5. Boards and commissions - none
6. Public hearings - none
7. Requests, petitions, and communications from the public - none
8. Resolutions, ordinances, motions and discussion items
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8a. Beltline Station Development Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Ward 2)
Resolution No. 22-040
Ms. Monson presented the staff report.
Councilmember Rog stated she supports this item. She likes the iconic design, the nod to
Lilac Way, the affordable 2- and 3-bedroom units, totaling 67 units, the sustainability
and the plaza art with community centered programming. She asked the developer
when the grocery store would be complete. Mr. Anderson stated it would be completed
in March 2024, at the same time as building number one.
Councilmember Rog asked what efforts are being made to match the employees of the
grocery store to affordable units. Mr. Anderson stated there has not been much
engagement related to that workforce, but this is an opportunity to advance those
conversations with the grocer. He added they are hopeful those working in the building
will live there as well.
Councilmember Rog stated sometimes there is a mismatch on workforce and
affordability within the unit, and she appreciates the developer looking into this. She
noted the co-op was a long process and there was a strong desire in the community to
having this. She asked what the barriers were to closing this deal. Mr. Anderson stated
he could not speak to this specifically, but noted the pandemic generally was the
primary driver.
Councilmember Rog asked how large the non-grocery retail area will be. Mr. Anderson
stated approximately 2,000 square feet on the corner. She asked if that would be
broken up or one store. Mr. Anderson stated it could be broken up, but usually would
be one space, such as a coffee shop or small retail spot. Councilmember Rog asked what
the process will be on getting further input on what will be in the retail space. Mr.
Anderson stated they are working on this, including targeted engagement on Facebook
and Nextdoor.
Councilmember Rog stated this central location in the community will be very busy and
should be looked at as an opportunity to elevate a locally-owned business in order to
keep that money in the community rather than be farmed out to a chain.
Councilmember Rog noted the cottonwood trees on the property and asked when they
will be removed. Mr. Anderson stated sometime this summer. Councilmember Rog
stated she heard there was eagle population living in those trees and asked how is that
managed. Mr. Anderson stated they completed an EAW on the site, which was
approved, and he will reach out to see if there is new environmental impact. Ms.
Monson stated the trees would need to be removed in June, and the EAW did not
identify eagles nesting there, so that would need to be looked at.
Councilmember Rog stated there is a splashpad associated with the affordable unit and
asked how many months that would be open. Mr. Anderson stated through the
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summer. Councilmember Rog pointed out there is wonderful public rec center with a
pool and splashpad 2 blocks from the development and one idea would be to provide
free passes for those living in the affordable building, and then find another year-round
amenity instead, such as larger play equipment, grill area, or prairie or natural open
space, considering there is this public amenity close by.
Councilmember Rog asked where traffic will be rerouted during construction when the
frontage road is removed. Ms. Monson stated the removal of the frontage road is
included in the SWLRT plans and likely Sherman will remove that for SWLRT. She also
noted a backage road has already been installed and could be a detour route leading
back to CSAH 25.
Councilmember Rog stated there has been lots of rerouting and construction back there
the last couple of years and asked staff to be mindful of residents in that area as
construction proceeds. Ms. Monson stated any detours should have minimal impact.
Mayor Spano noted he and Councilmember Rog, along with staff, were working to not
have as many park and ride spots there, but those parking spots are what helped get the
funding for the project, so they will not be removed.
It was moved by Councilmember Brausen, seconded by Councilmember Rog, to adopt
Resolution No. 22-040, approving the amendments to the 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Future Land Use Plan Map, as well as related figures and tables.
The motion passed 7-0.
8b. Accept for filing city disbursement claims for the period of Jan. 29 through Feb.
25, 2022
Councilmember Dumalag noted she has a conflict of interest here as she serves on the
board of the Urban Land Institute, one of the companies receiving disbursement, so she
will recuse herself from this vote.
It was moved by Councilmember Kraft, seconded by Councilmember Brausen, to approve
the filing city disbursement claims for the period of Jan. 29 – Feb. 25, 2022.
The motion passed 6-0-1 (Councilmember Dumalag abstained).
8c. Resolution No. 22-041 supporting housing and local decision-making authority
Councilmember Brausen noted there is currently legislation before the state that limits
local decision making on housing and restricts the tools, such as zoning, PUD, and other
tools used for creating affordable housing. He stated these efforts are misguided as local
authorities need all the tools possible to create affordable housing. By approving this
item, St. Louis Park will work with other cities in the state to preserve local housing
authority. He encouraged citizens to contact their representative regarding this matter.
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It was moved by Councilmember Brausen, seconded by Councilmember Dumalag, to
adopt Resolution No. 22-041 supporting housing and local decision-making authority.
The motion passed 7-0.
8d. Resolution No. 22-042 rescinding Resolution No. 18-085 and approving
updated city assessment policy to permit the city to specially assess the cost of
energy improvement projects
Councilmember Kraft gave kudos to staff on this item and working with lobbyists and
state legislatures to get this passed. He stated this is modeled on a policy for fire
sprinkler systems, where a building owner can finance the cost of installing a system by
having the city access the cost to their property taxes. He added now they will be able to
do something similar with energy improvements for commercial properties and multi-
family buildings of 5 units or more. He noted we were aiming for all buildings, but there
was concern of this going into all residential areas.
Councilmember Kraft added this addresses an issue relevant for smaller businesses, that
the upfront cost to making energy improvement might be hard to come up with even
though ongoing savings will pay for the improvements over a short period of time. He
noted Phil Weber’s comments, from Park Tavern, during the recent climate emergency
resolution discussion, stating that he appreciates this approach the city takes to climate
action, and this fits in with it. It reduces barriers to doing the right thing and helps make
it financially beneficial to do so.
It was moved by Councilmember Kraft, seconded by Councilmember Budd, to adopt
Resolution No. 22-042 rescinding Resolution No. 18-085 and approving updated city
assessment policy to permit the city to specially assess the cost of energy improvement
projects.
The motion passed 7-0.
9. Communications – none.
10. Adjournment
Councilmember Budd made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Mohamed to close the
regular city council meeting and move into a closed executive session pursual to M.S. 13D.05 –
to discuss the city manager’s six-month performance evaluation.
The motion passed 7-0.
The council went into the closed session at 7:11 p.m. Upon returning to the regular session, the
meeting was adjourned.
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Melissa Kennedy, city clerk Jake Spano, mayor
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Minutes: 3c
Unofficial minutes
City council special study session
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
March 21, 2022
The meeting convened at 5:20 p.m.
Councilmembers present: Mayor Jake Spano, Tim Brausen, Sue Budd, Lynette Dumalag, Larry
Kraft, and Margaret Rog
Councilmembers absent: Nadia Mohamed
Staff present: City Manager (Ms. Keller), Deputy City Manager/Director of Operations and
Recreation (Ms. Walsh), Engineering Director (Ms. Heiser), Elections Specialist (Mr. Sund),
Interim Information Resources Director (Ms. Smith), City Clerk (Ms. Kennedy), Community
Development Director (Ms. Barton)
Guests:
1. Public process expectations and outcomes
Ms. Smith presented the report. She stated the questions from staff to council are “Does
council still support the guidance provided in 2016 and what outcomes will assure the council
the city has conducted a successful engagement process?”
Councilmember Brausen stated he likes the application of the IAP2 criteria for public input,
noting we need to be open to public input but also realize the results the council may be
looking for may not ever be achieved. He added decisions will always be based on imperfect
information and public input is not always the best and most accurate information. He
continued public input is often the reflection of who feels most strongly about an issue as those
most immediately impacted are the ones showing up. He stated it is council’s job to promote
the community vision developed within the public process and ongoing public participation. He
stated the council is responsible for decisions that impact the public today, in the future, and
the public goes to the ballot box to elect them to do the work.
Councilmember Brausen stated government allocates resources and often, those that complain
loudest are doing so because the decision did not go their way. He noted staff does a good job
of making robust efforts to communicate with the community, and we need to continue to
expand outreach to the communities most impacted and who do not traditionally participate,
because they do not have time or resources to do so. He added telephone and online surveys
make sense, and in multiple languages ideally. He stated meetings during the day or on
weekends would be helpful for those who have night jobs that keep them from participating.
He noted incentives, like daycare or gift cards, have been discussed in the past to incentivize
participation, but personally he is satisfied with the efforts being made by staff and the current
structure. He added he is happy staff continues to review this issue, but noted staff is doing a
great job.
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Related to the second question posed by staff, Councilmember Brausen stated he does not see
a failure of public process on issues, adding it is hard to measure outcomes. He noted the
community shows up on a regular basis on a variety of issues.
Councilmember Budd stated she was interested in the survey results and wondered if those are
being incorporated somehow. She asked how items that went well or not well were captured
and applied to the process.
Ms. Smith stated this is where community workgroups are helpful because they help determine
what worked well and what did not.
Ms. Barton added the Vision 3.0 process made it clear people want a variety of ways to provide
feedback on projects and initiatives. She stated staff has also worked with consultants to use
different strategies including holding meetings outside of city hall, using the community
engagement vehicle to meet people where they are at, and performing surveys.
Ms. Kennedy stated elections staff utilize the community engagement vehicle quite often and
have had a lot of success using it as an engagement tool. She stated there are many
opportunities for interaction outside of city hall just by participating in events or activities
already happening in the community. She added the pandemic also caused everyone to look for
different ways to engage and staff has adapted their strategies to accommodate changing
needs.
Councilmember Rog asked how council decides what projects to engage deeply on, especially
when sometimes there does not seem to be as much engagement from the public. Ms. Smith
stated there is not always a direct correlation between the amount of work put into a strategy
and the level of engagement that results. She noted the scale or scope of the decision, event, or
initiative is factored into the communications strategy.
Ms. Kennedy added staff does make a concerted effort to develop a communications plan or
strategy that will meet the expectations of the community and the council. So, when a large
project or initiative is being discussed that has the potential to impact the whole city, staff
considers how to engage based on the expected role of the community. Informing the public is
a different strategy and level of engagement than consulting or collaborating with the public.
Ms. Barton noted when there are specific requirements on public engagement, such as legal
notices, staff typically goes above and beyond to be sure there are ample opportunities for
those affected to engage.
Councilmember Rog stated she would advocate for broader engagement, especially with zoning
and development projects as they affect so many.
She stated the council should also be asking what the community needs in terms of
engagement. She added there are points where the community feels frustrated about the
timing of their input and the decision being made. She would like to do better by the
community and hopes to keep the conversation going related to this.
Ms. Kennedy reiterated staff supports being clear about expectations with the public, noting a
robust public process does not always result in engagement.
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Councilmember Rog stated she is supportive of the way public process is being handled, adding
there is also the potential of moving some processes into the empowerment phase of the IAP2
spectrum when appropriate.
Councilmember Kraft noted the aim should be that everyone who engages with the city says at
the end, we did everything we told them we would do, even if that decision goes the wrong
way. He stated staff and council mindset should be that way as it helps everyone think about
how to set expectations up front. He stated staff does a good job of this but does think there
might be more to do at the beginning of the process and there might be more council can do as
well to set those expectations in the community.
Councilmember Kraft asked staff what the biggest challenge is with this process. Ms. Smith
stated there are more communication tools in St. Louis Park than many other cities and it is
disappointing to sometime hear community members say they did not know about things that
have been pushed out many ways and multiple times. She stated although it is frustrating, that
is the reality with all the communication efforts because we cannot force people to engage. Ms.
Smith stated, however, the city is also fortunate to have access to a variety of communications
tools to enhance engagement.
Ms. Barton added staff are not necessarily experts in community engagement and do the best
they can to develop and implement effective strategies. She noted trying to connect with
historically under-represented communities and determining how to effectively engage with
and encourage engagement is a challenge.
Councilmember Kraft stated related to the policy points, he wants to make sure he hears all
sides of an issue and that everyone who wants to be involved, is involved. He noted even if
people are not stepping forward, we need to look at who should be involved, and this needs to
show up in the policy. He stated we do need some work on accessibility to meetings, setting
expectations at the beginning of processes, and then repeating those expectations consistently
would help. He does not understand why the statement “public participation works best for
broad visioning” is included in the report. He stated it sounds like it is not as valuable and
sometimes it is just as valuable in different ways.
Councilmember Dumalag stated she supports the IAP2 guide and likes that the city has a
process for this. She stated thinking about how we engage boards and commissions, and how
do we know something is working. She stated boards and commissions have given council
feedback they want to be more engaged, so this is something to investigate further.
Mayor Spano stated producing a singular language is important. He added the purpose of
community meetings is also very important and setting the rules at the onset of the meeting.
He stated there might be a better way to do this at city council meetings, to be explicit. He
added staff is exceptional at community engagement noting the times staff is most successful is
when innovative ideas are used. He agrees with the questions staff presented and would like to
also add to them. He stated there are opportunities for collaboration with the community in
smaller ways -- within their neighborhoods, with items such as neighborhood grants, sidewalks,
and bike trails.
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Mayor Spano stated the second policy question related to outcomes of the public process
would be where the community realizes why things are done, even if they do not necessarily
agree with the final decision.
Councilmember Brausen added part of the public process is proper framing and setting up the
expectations, but the public must also understand how decisions are connected to strategic
priorities and the visioning process.
2. Letter of Support to St. Louis Park School Board
Mayor Spano suggested editing the letter to the School Board as to who the letter is coming
from.
The meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m.
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Melissa Kennedy, city clerk Jake Spano, mayor
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Minutes: 3d
Unofficial minutes
City council meeting
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
March 21, 2022
1. Call to order
Mayor Spano called the meeting to order at 6:55 p.m.
1a. Pledge of allegiance
1b. Roll call
Councilmembers present: Mayor Jake Spano, Tim Brausen, Sue Budd, Lynette Dumalag, Larry
Kraft, and Margaret Rog
Councilmembers absent: Nadia Mohamed
Staff present: City Manager (Ms. Keller), City Attorney (Mr. Mattick), Deputy City
Manager/Operations and Recreation Director (Ms. Walsh), Community Development Director
(Ms. Barton), Engineering Director (Ms. Heiser), Engineering Project Manager (Mr. Sullivan),
Human Resources Director (Ms. Timpone), Interim Information Resources Director (Ms. Smith)
Guests: Boy Scouts from Troop 46, Jim Alexander and Nkongo Cigolo, from Metro Transit
2. Presentations
2a. SWLRT construction overview and update
Mr. Sullivan stated he helps to coordinate construction of the SWLRT. Mr. Alexander
from Metro Transit presented a status report to council. Mr. Cigolo presented the
communications status report to the council.
Councilmember Kraft asked about the 2027 date and if that is an estimate. Mr.
Alexander stated typically they do not give out completion dates, but this will be fine-
tuned as the project goes forward, adding the Kenilworth Tunnel is the issue here. He
stated they hope to complete the tunnel in 2025.
Councilmember Kraft asked if they are past the phase of surprises now. Mr. Alexander
stated they have a general idea of what they are up against now and have about one
quarter of the tunnel completed.
Councilmember Kraft asked when some of the bike trails will be open. Mr. Alexander
stated it will be earlier than 2027, they are looking to open trails in Hopkins soon, noting
it depends on the contractors and their equipment.
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Mayor Spano stated once the project is above ground, then the surprises stop. He noted
some underground utilities in St. Paul were not known about during the Green Line
construction. He asked if the SWLRT will be working above ground before 2025 and if
things will be clearer by then. Mr. Alexander stated there are stations finished and track
being laid in Eden Prairie now, but the tunnel itself is a long way out before it is finished.
Mayor Spano asked when they get from Beltline to Eden Prairie, if there has been any
discussion about opening up that section and having another option then to get around
the Kenilworth Tunnel. Mr. Alexander stated there really is not a practical way to do
that, as there are challenges because the maintenance area is on the other side of the
tunnel.
Mayor Spano stated projects like this are hard and do not typically get done when
projected as timing and labor all factor in. He asked if monies are not coming from the
cities, what is the plan for the remaining additional funds. He also noted the legislative
auditor is looking into this and asked what the progress on this is.
Mr. Alexander stated they welcome the audit, which is to look at the overall project,
how it was developed, budget, timing, history, and personnel and will be completed
over the next year. He noted the additional funding of $81 million will be advanced and
they are working with the governor’s office to discuss additional funding. He stated
there is no plan yet, but they are working on this.
Councilmember Budd asked about the new name, Green Line Extension, what effect
that has on the project, and is it wrong to continue to call it the SWLRT. Mr. Alexander
stated it can still be called SWLRT, but the Met Council has started to call it the Green
Line Extension, as that is what it is, and is a rebranding. He recommended cities move to
the new branding.
Councilmember Budd noted the cost comparisons and asked if St. Louis Park’s portion of
the project is the only one still being worked on or if others are also. Mr. Alexander
stated it is a mix.
Councilmember Dumalag stated last year Mr. Alexander talked about the two change
orders and asked if he could speak to the one in Eden Prairie. Mr. Alexander stated the
change order for the Eden Prairie station was added and the Eden Prairie council
endorsed it for the civil and systems work. Councilmember Dumalag asked if there are
new consultants on the project for parts of the line or the entire line. Mr. Alexander
stated they are still collaborating with the same consultants and construction company
on the entire line.
Councilmember Dumalag stated there are three stations in the city with a lot of
development and asked, as far as timing, are there any implications particularly at
Wooddale and Beltline. Mr. Alexander stated they are working with the city and the
Sherman Development, noting things are going well.
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Mr. Sullivan stated there are many meetings with community development and
engineering for coordination and responsibilities.
Councilmember Rog stated she will watch for news on the Calhoun Towers property.
Mr. Alexander stated they are undertaking a study, some cracks have been identified, so
they are looking for the cause to figure out the next steps.
Councilmember Rog asked if in Mr. Alexander’s view there is any chance this project will
not come to completion. Mr. Alexander stated in his view no, adding it is not practical to
not complete it, especially with so much already being built. He added this would not be
feasible.
Mr. Cigolo noted that 2021 communications continued as usual, including public walking
tours, the hotline, and construction updates. He also noted virtual construction town
hall meetings were held, as well as public construction tours, pop-up events, and weekly
and bi-weekly updates. He stated the website, email, and social media information:
Website: GreenLineExt.org, Email: swlrt@metrotransit.org Twitter: @GreenLineExtMN
and Instagram: @GreenLineExtMN.
Councilmember Brausen noted he is on the email list and appreciates the weekly
communications. He thanked Mr. Cigolo for the information, noting it is important to
keep the community informed.
Councilmember Rog stated as the summer months come, it would be helpful to have
more information about the trail situation. Mr. Cigolo stated they are working on a new
page on trails and should be up and running in a couple of months.
Councilmember Dumalag stated her husband has attended the tours and they have
been great, adding they should continue doing those.
2b. Recognition of donations
Mayor Spano recognized donations to the Operations and Recreation department and
the Nature Center totaling $793.84 from Leslie Marcus, Leif Anderson, Linda Malf.
3. Approval of minutes – none.
4. Approval of agenda and items on consent calendar
4a. Adopt Resolution No. 22-43 approving acceptance of donations to the operations
and recreation department totaling $793.84.
4b. Adopt Resolution No. 22-044 approving the appointment of Dispatch Supervisor
Eric Lammle as the primary representative from the police department to the
Metropolitan Emergency Services Board (MESB), 9-1-1 Technical Operations
Committee (TOC).
4c. Approve a special assessment agreement and adopt Resolution No. 22-045
authorizing the special assessment for the Texa-Tonka shopping center sidewalk.
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4d. Approve out-of-state travel for the mayor and council members. (This item was
removed from the consent calendar and considered as regular agenda item 8c)
4e. Approve for filing human rights commission minutes of Feb. 15, 2022.
Mayor Spano requested that consent calendar item 4d be removed and placed on the
Regular Agenda to 8c.
It was moved by Councilmember Brausen, seconded by Councilmember Rog, to approve
the agenda and items listed on the consent calendar as amended to move consent
calendar item 4d to the regular agenda as item 8c; and to waive reading of all
resolutions and ordinances.
The motion passed 6-0 (Councilmember Mohamed absent).
5. Boards and commissions – none.
6. Public hearings
6a. Public Hearing – Establishment of the 9920 Wayzata Blvd. Tax Increment
Financing District (Ward 4) Resolution No. 22-046
Ms. Monson stated she is available for questions, noting this was presented in the EDA
meeting earlier this evening.
Mayor Spano opened the public hearing. No speakers were present. Mayor Spano
closed the public hearing.
At the invitation of Councilmember Brausen, the development team came forward and
introduced themselves: Luke Hedberg, Bigos Management; Chris Grzybowski, Big D
Construction; Adam Neumann, Bigos Management; Bill Stoddard, Stoddard Companies;
Corey Schubert, Big D Construction; and, Neil Reardon, ESGR Construction and Design.
Councilmember Brausen commented on the desires and goals of this group to hire
minority-owned, BIPOC, and women-owned businesses, noting the city cannot require
this. He asked for some type of reassurance that they will work on this to meet and
exceed those goals.
Mr. Grzybowski stated they can do this, and the most significant way is through the
bidding process, utilizing their database, while also keeping statistics. He added now
that they know the target, they will establish goals to meet it. Mr. Hedberg agreed and
stated as a developer they are very interested in meeting these goals as well.
Mayor Spano stated the secretary of state’s office registers all businesses in Minnesota
and has a 5-question survey of each business that registers. He stated for $100 you can
get that complete data set from the secretary of state’s office and research it. He
recommended they do this.
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Councilmember Dumalag asked Big D, which projects are relevant, what have been their
hiring goals, and have they achieved them. Mr. Grzybowski stated they have not had a
project yet where they have had to prove the statistics. This will be one of their first
projects tracking this information and they are looking forward to doing this.
Councilmember Dumalag stated she would like them to think about these as soft costs,
as well as hard costs. Mr. Grzybowski added breaking up the contracts, like Mayor
Spano mentioned, is one of the key strategies for this project.
Councilmember Rog stated she will not be supporting this project because she believes
too much of the city’s tax base is tied up in TIF, and because she believes this project or
some version of this project could and should be funded with private funds, so as to
collect property taxes and thereby reduce the tax burden on residents.
Councilmember Kraft stated he would like to have the group come back when they have
pulled the data and explain what they have learned from the process on minority and
women-owned business tracking. He added this is a great step and can be a
differentiator for them.
It was moved by Councilmember Brausen, seconded by Councilmember Kraft, to adopt
Resolution No. 22-046 approving the establishment of the 9920 Wayzata Blvd. Tax
Increment Financing District (a housing district).
The motion passed 5-1 (Councilmember Rog opposed, Councilmember Mohamed
absent).
7. Requests, petitions, and communications from the public – none.
8. Resolutions, ordinances, motions, and discussion items
8a. Resolution related to boundaries and polling locations for the 2022 election
cycle Resolution No. 22-047
Mr. Sund presented the staff report.
Councilmember Budd stated many in her Ward used to vote at Aquila, but now will
need to vote at Lenox. Mr. Sund stated the requirement is that the designated polling
place be located within one mile of a precinct boundary and each of the proposed
polling locations meet that requirement. He noted it can be challenging to find polling
locations that meet the legal requirements and can serve voter needs. Lenox is a great
facility for a polling place and is accessible by transit. He noted feedback received from
voters was also factored in when selecting polling places.
Councilmember Budd asked if there were also some racial equity considerations.
Mr. Sund stated yes, that is correct, noting ward 3 is comprised of diverse precincts and
feedback was received from voters who felt more connected to certain locations. Those
preferences were considered when selecting polling places for precincts.
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Councilmember Rog asked why the polling place for precinct 2 was relocated from Peter
Hobart. Ms. Kennedy stated a few years ago Peter Hobart underwent construction and
was unavailable for use as a polling place. At that time, a new facility became available,
and the polling place was reassigned. Additionally, staff works with the school district to
address security and safety concerns associated with use of facilities on Election Day. To
the extent suitable alternatives are available, the city attempts to use non-school
facilities as a compromise with the district. Due to the limited number of facilities
available that meet all the criteria, it is not always possible to find an alternative. In this
case, Wat Thai is a suitable alternative and, in some respects, a better facility in terms of
serving the volume of voters in this precinct. She noted Wat Thai is very responsive and
works closely with elections staff to ensure that Election Day goes as smoothly as
possible.
Councilmember Rog stated there are typically people out the door and down the street
waiting to vote and maybe that is part of the experience of voting in St. Louis Park. She
asked if staff is aware of the construction under way at Wat Thai. Ms. Kennedy stated
yes, staff is aware but feel this will continue to be a good location to serve voters in the
precinct. She added at peak voting hours, lines are not uncommon – especially when
you are asking voters to observe physical distancing guidelines. The good news is voters
in St. Louis Park generally don’t have to wait very long to vote and that is a key part of
the service delivery model. Ms. Kennedy reiterated Wat Thai has been a great partner to
work with and the city is grateful that they allow their facility to be used as a polling
place.
It was moved by Councilmember Brausen, seconded by Councilmember Dumalag, to
adopt Resolution No. 22-047 confirming ward boundaries, establishing precinct
boundaries, and designating polling locations for the 2022 election cycle.
The motion passed 6-0 (Councilmember Mohamed absent).
8b. Resolution accepting city manager’s six-month evaluation and adjusting
compensation Resolution No. 22-048
Ms. Timpone presented the resolution regarding adjustment of compensation. She
noted the council met two weeks ago to discuss Ms. Keller’s 6-month above average
performance. She explained after 6 months, city employees can receive a 5% increase,
based on performance. Currently, Ms. Keller’s salary is $180,000 and with the 5%
increase will move to $189,000 which is under the state salary cap.
Mayor Spano gave a summary of the city manager’s 6-month performance evaluation
and noted the council met in closed session with a consultant. He stated the council
found that Ms. Keller has effectively transitioned into her role as city manager, noting
collaboration, systems approach, and building trust as her great strengths. He stated
there are opportunities for her to balance and delegate to keep herself open and
available for the most important items of the city. He added council unanimously
decided they made the right decision in hiring Ms. Keller as city manager.
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It was moved by Councilmember Kraft, seconded by Councilmember Rog, to adopt
Resolution No. 22-048 for acceptance of the city manager’s six-month performance
evaluation and adjusting compensation effective Feb. 16, 2022.
The motion passed 6-0 (Councilmember Mohamed absent).
8c. Out-of-state travel for the mayor and council members
Mayor Spano stated he pulled this off the consent agenda because he wants the
community to understand why the council does this. He referenced the recent National
League of Cities Conference last week and another one-day conference for Mayors,
noting these out of state conferences are because several of the councilmembers have
roles on various committees and the opportunities for councilmembers to learn best
practices are very helpful for all. He also noted that meetings with legislators are helpful
in supporting the community and he is pleased the councilmembers and staff members
were able to attend last week.
Councilmember Brausen agreed and stated these learning opportunities are positive
experiences, along with learning from others, plus building relationships, which is also
invaluable.
It was moved by Councilmember Brausen, seconded by Councilmember Rog, to approve
out-of-state travel for the mayor and council members.
The motion passed 6-0 (Councilmember Mohamed absent).
9. Communications
9a. Proposed study session agenda topics – discuss and decide next steps
Mayor Spano and Councilmember Dumalag presented two items, one being exploring
debt-free budgeting to be used as a tool for the city budgeting process.
Councilmember Brausen indicated he is supportive of this but prefers not to be
completely debt-free and would not like to see staff spend a lot of time on this.
Councilmember Kraft agreed but stated this is a worthwhile discussion.
Ms. Keller stated this would be discussed within the budget process for 2023.
Mayor Spano noted creative placemaking as a community engagement tool around
change and development in the city.
Councilmember Dumalag stated this was drafted prior to the discussions on community
and civic engagement, but could be discussed in conjunction with that system also.
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Councilmember Kraft stated he would prefer not asking staff to do any more with this
topic until council has completed the community and civic engagement system already
in progress.
Mayor Spano agreed and stated this could involve a small pilot after the process being
worked on is finished.
Councilmember Rog stated she would like to learn more about how they are defining
creative placemaking.
Mayor Spano stated he is thinking more about using art as an opportunity to build and
connect with communities, in a different way, to yield different feelings around city
projects. He added there could be many different applications of the concept.
Ms. Keller stated staff would do some work offline on this, see if there are any
opportunities to try a small pilot project, and then report back to council on what has
been done around creative placemaking.
Ms. Keller noted there is an additional vaccine clinic at YUM on March 28, 2022, from 9
a.m. to 12 noon.
It was noted the Wooddale Station developers will be working with engagement
consultants with workshops held in early April and more information will be on the city
website.
10. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 8:46 p.m.
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Melissa Kennedy, city clerk Jake Spano, mayor
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 4a
Executive summary
Title: Approval of city disbursements
Recommended action: Motion to accept for filing city disbursement claims for the period of
March 26 through April 29, 2022.
Policy consideration: Does the city council desire to approve city disbursements in accordance
with Section 6.11 – Disbursements – How Made, of the City’s Charter?
Summary: The Finance Division prepares this report on a monthly basis for the city council to
review and approve. The attached reports show both City disbursements paid by physical
check and those by wire transfer or Automated Clearing House (ACH) when applicable.
Financial or budget considerations: Review and approval of the information follows the city’s
charter and provides another layer of oversight to further ensure fiscal stewardship.
Strategic priority consideration: Not applicable.
Supporting documents: City disbursements
Prepared by: Kari Mahan, accounting clerk
Reviewed by: Melanie Schmitt, chief financial officer
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
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700.00 ROBERT BEALKE INDUSTRIES COMM & MARKETING G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
350.00HOLIDAY PROGRAMS OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,050.00
152.87 STEVEN V BEUTLER CONSERVATOR OF CHRIS NWATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
152.87
220.56A-1 OUTDOOR POWER INC TREE MAINTENANCE GENERAL SUPPLIES
220.56
2,250.00AARON DAVIS PRESENTATIONS, INC.HUMAN RESOURCES ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2,250.00
485.00ACROSS THE STREET PRODUCTIONS FIRE OPERATIONS TRAINING
485.00
350.55ADVANCED CONCRETE SAWING, INC.SIDEWALK & TRAILS G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
904.05PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
369.00WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
18.45SEWER CAPITAL PROJ G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
202.95STORM WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,845.00
414.00ADVANCED ENG & ENVIRONMENTAL SRVCS WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
414.00
825.28ALADTEC INC FIRE OPERATIONS GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
825.28
198.51ALCANTARA STANIKKA POLICE G & A POLICE EQUIPMENT
198.51
607.00ALL CITY ELEVATOR INC FACILITIES MCTE G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
607.00
360.00ALL ENERGY SOLAR BLDG & ENERGY G & A BUILDING
360.00
6,459.00ALLIANCE MECH SRVCS INC FACILITIES MCTE G & A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
6,459.00
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2,741.98ALLSTREAMIT G & A TELEPHONE
2,741.98
510.34AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES FACILITIES MCTE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
28.99POLICE G & A OFFICE SUPPLIES
516.78POLICE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
58.98POLICE G & A EQUIPMENT PARTS
12.48POLICE G & A POLICE EQUIPMENT
76.05E-911 PROGRAM OFFICE EQUIPMENT
117.48FIRE OPERATIONS OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
375.96FIRE OPERATIONS SMALL TOOLS
69.85FIRE OPERATIONS UNIFORMS
261.56FIRE OPERATIONS TRAINING
535.19TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT OFFICE EQUIPMENT
55.00CELLPHONES, IPADS, ETC.TELEPHONE
2,618.66
93.50AMERICAN PRESSURE, INC.GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
93.50
553.00AMERICAN SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS POLICE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
553.00
227.00AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION WATER UTILITY G&A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
227.00
909.20ANCOM COMMUNICATIONS E-911 PROGRAM EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
909.20
2,100.00ANCOM TECHNICAL CENTER E-911 PROGRAM EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
2,100.00
300.00ANDREWS NATALEE CLIMATE INVESTMENT FUND G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
300.00
37.05ANGELI DAVID WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
37.05
627.90ARC DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS LLC TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
627.90
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217.59ARCADIS US., INC.WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
217.59
1,095.36ARROW LIFT FACILITIES MCTE G & A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
1,095.36
399.04ASCAPREC CENTER BUILDING LICENSES
399.04
20,146.56ASET SUPPLY AND PAPER INC SOLID WASTE G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
20,146.56
337.27ASHBY DOUGLAS WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
337.27
145.31ASPEN MILLS FIRE OPERATIONS SMALL TOOLS
2,089.22FIRE OPERATIONS UNIFORMS
659.00FIRE OPERATIONS PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
2,893.53
15.81ASTREN ALEX WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
15.81
357.00ATIR ELECTRIC CORPORATION FACILITIES MCTE G & A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
357.00
1,200.00ATOMPOLICE G & A TRAINING
1,200.00
517.00ATOMIC RECYCLING VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A CLEANING/WASTE REMOVAL SERVICE
517.00
219.86AUTOWASH SYSTEMS INC VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
219.86
915.00AVI SYSTEMS INC CABLE TV G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
915.00
323.00BARNA, GUZY & STEFFEN LTD HUMAN RESOURCES GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
323.00
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ObjectVendorBU Description
88.40BARNES, PAUL POLICE G & A TRAVEL/MEETINGS
88.40
49,253.00BARTLEY SALES CO PARK IMPROVE CAPITAL PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS OTHER THAN BUILDI
49,253.00
211.35BARTMAN KARI WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
211.35
13.43BATTERIES + BULBS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SMALL TOOLS
103.80WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL SUPPLIES
117.23
3,900.00BELEZA SIDING, INC.ESCROWS PMC ESCROW
3,900.00
36.84BERGER CARI WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
36.84
1,630.36BIRCHWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOC NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GRANT OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,630.36
1,502.80BLACKBURN MFG. CO WATER UTILITY G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
1,502.80
.25BLANKENBURG ERIC BLDG & ENERGY G & A DUE TO OTHER GOVTS
78.75BLDG & ENERGY G & A ELECTRICAL
79.00
218.73BLISSETT CHRISTOPHER WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
218.73
300.00BLUE AND BROWN BACKGROUNDS, LLC. POLICE G & A TRAINING
300.00
2,162.50BLUE NET, INC.IT G & A TRAINING
825.00TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
2,987.50
149.71BOHLEN PROPERTIES, LLC.WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
149.71
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14.56BOLTON & MENK INC SIDEWALK & TRAILS G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
12.74STREET CAPITAL PROJ G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
21,602.46WOODDALE REHAB PROJ (TIF) G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
83.72PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
49.14WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
7.28SEWER CAPITAL PROJ G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
14.56STORM WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
21,784.46
768.70BOUND TREE MEDICAL, LLC POLICE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
314.35FIRE OPERATIONS OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
1,083.05
71.50BRANDON ELECTRIC BLDG & ENERGY G & A BUILDING
71.50
636.87BREDEMUS HARDWARE COMPANY INC FACILITIES MCTE G & A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
636.87
250.00BRUHN JOHN CLIMATE INVESTMENT FUND G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
250.00
836.62BTR OF MINNESOTA LLC GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
836.62
510.00BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION COMMUNICATIONS/DISPATCH TELEPHONE
510.00
970.78BUSINESS ESSENTIALS COMM & MARKETING G & A OFFICE SUPPLIES
54.62COMM & MARKETING G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
1,025.40
8,830.25CAMPBELL KNUTSON PROF ASSOC ADMINISTRATION G & A LEGAL SERVICES
638.50ENGINEERING G & A LEGAL SERVICES
102.00HOUSING REHAB G & A LEGAL SERVICES
34.00SIDEWALK & TRAILS G&A IMPROVEMENTS OTHER THAN BUILDI
68.00WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
9,672.75
4,168.93CANON FINANCIAL IT G & A EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
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4,168.93
7,500.00CAPTIVATE MEDIA & CONSULTING BLDG & ENERGY G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
7,500.00
5,000.00CARE RESOURCE CONNECTION FIRE OPERATIONS GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
5,000.00
550.13CDW GOVERNMENT INC IT G & A OFFICE EQUIPMENT
508.51TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT OFFICE EQUIPMENT
1,058.64
16.00CENTER FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT TRANSFORMATION LOAN OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
122.00DOWN PYMT ASSISTANCE OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
138.00
20,109.79CENTERPOINT ENERGY FACILITIES MCTE G & A HEATING GAS
2,277.09FACILITY OPERATIONS HEATING GAS
5,145.17WATER UTILITY G&A HEATING GAS
414.80REILLY G & A HEATING GAS
533.04SEWER UTILITY G&A HEATING GAS
1,557.88PARK MAINTENANCE G & A HEATING GAS
19,663.48REC CENTER BUILDING HEATING GAS
49,701.25
12.75CENTRAL MCGOWAN CONCESSIONS OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
12.75
11,490.00CENTRAL PENSION FUND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND BAL SHT OTHER RETIREMENT
11,490.00
1,320.00CENTURY COLLEGE FIRE OPERATIONS TRAINING
1,320.00
327.82CENTURY LINK CELLPHONES, IPADS, ETC.TELEPHONE
327.82
883.73CHAN KATHRYN CLIMATE INVESTMENT FUND G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
883.73
141.73CHANGE THE NARRATIVE, LLC.WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
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141.73
9,500.00CHRISTIANSEN JAMES W.ESCROWS PMC ESCROW
9,500.00
625.00CHUX PRINT WATER UTILITY G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
625.00
13,700.00CICHY'S WATER & SEWER, LLC.SEWER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
13,700.00
225.45CINTAS CORPORATION FACILITIES MCTE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
191.00FACILITIES MCTE G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
140.69REC CENTER BUILDING OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
458.44VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
1,015.58
384.00CITIZENS INDEPENDENT BANK ADMINISTRATION G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
2,457.02ADMINISTRATION G & A SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
8.59HUMAN RESOURCES GENERAL SUPPLIES
60.65HUMAN RESOURCES ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
708.00HUMAN RESOURCES RECOGNITION
310.00HUMAN RESOURCES SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
720.00HUMAN RESOURCES SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
139.60COMM & MARKETING G & A ADVERTISING
399.00COMM & MARKETING G & A SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
116.13IT G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
359.10ASSESSING G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
156.00ASSESSING G & A TRAINING
315.00ASSESSING G & A LICENSES
170.46FINANCE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
140.00FINANCE G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
505.00FINANCE G & A SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
35.00COMM DEV PLANNING G & A TRAINING
387.10FACILITIES MCTE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
720.00FACILITIES MCTE G & A TRAINING
266.85POLICE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
664.83POLICE G & A OFFICE EQUIPMENT
2,744.47POLICE G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
12.72POLICE G & A POSTAGE
169.00POLICE G & A EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
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25.00POLICE G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
600.00POLICE G & A TRAINING
1,745.00POLICE G & A SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
1,103.68POLICE G & A TRAVEL/MEETINGS
359.14POLICE G & A MEETING EXPENSE
1,620.00POLICE G & A LICENSES
81.26POLICE G & A BANK CHARGES/CREDIT CD FEES
429.99E-911 PROGRAM OFFICE EQUIPMENT
244.07E-911 PROGRAM RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
42.21FIRE OPERATIONS OFFICE SUPPLIES
1,281.28FIRE OPERATIONS GENERAL SUPPLIES
447.28FIRE OPERATIONS OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
84.14FIRE OPERATIONS SMALL TOOLS
842.95FIRE OPERATIONS GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
108.97FIRE OPERATIONS SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
366.80FIRE OPERATIONS TRAINING
1,114.24FIRE OPERATIONS SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
351.61FIRE OPERATIONS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
21.71FIRE OPERATIONS INTEREST/FINANCE CHARGES
28.25BLDG & ENERGY G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
120.00BLDG & ENERGY G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
15.37SUSTAINABILITY G&A GENERAL SUPPLIES
325.00SUSTAINABILITY G&A TRAINING
130.96PUBLIC WORKS G & A OFFICE SUPPLIES
900.00ENGINEERING G & A TRAINING
89.56PUBLIC WORKS OPS G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
604.78PUBLIC WORKS OPS G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
1,926.00COVID-19 FUNDING G&A MISC EXPENSE
151.57POLICEOFFICE EQUIPMENT
1,487.13WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
395.00WATER UTILITY G&A SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
.57SEWER UTILITY G&A SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
23.00SEWER UTILITY G&A LICENSES
275.00SOLID WASTE G&A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
326.06ORGANIZED REC G & A TRAVEL/MEETINGS
1,000.00ADULT PROGRAMS GENERAL SUPPLIES
364.81LARGE EVENTS - ADMIN FEE GENERAL SUPPLIES
119.99PARK MAINTENANCE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
13.97PARK MAINTENANCE G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
90.00PARK MAINTENANCE G & A TRAINING
43.38PARK BUILDING MAINTENANCE BLDG/STRUCTURE SUPPLIES
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481.00SPLASH PAD MAINT - Oak Hill Pk OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,105.00NATURAL RESOURCES G & A TRAINING
43.84WESTWOOD G & A OFFICE SUPPLIES
447.13WESTWOOD G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
199.00WESTWOOD G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
10.15WESTWOOD G & A TRAINING
59.97SUMMER CAMP GENERAL SUPPLIES
507.31REC CENTER BUILDING GENERAL SUPPLIES
232.94REC CENTER BUILDING OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
54.52REC CENTER BUILDING MOTOR FUELS
215.00REC CENTER BUILDING OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
8.58REC CENTER BUILDING BANK CHARGES/CREDIT CD FEES
89.97INSTRUCTIONAL SKATING LESSONS GENERAL SUPPLIES
481.00AQUATIC PARK G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
374.00CONCESSIONSOTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
68.50VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A LICENSES
88.26GENERAL REPAIR GENERAL SUPPLIES
156.61GENERAL REPAIR SMALL TOOLS
35,871.03
4,000.00CJR SYNDICATE, LLC.ESCROWS PMC ESCROW
4,000.00
65.00CLAY TIFFANY BASKETBALL REFUNDS & REIMBURSEMENTS
65.00
6,750.00CLEAR GOV INC FINANCE G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
6,750.00
19,291.14COLICH & ASSOCIATES ADMINISTRATION G & A LEGAL SERVICES
19,291.14
3,971.50COLLINS ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION CO BLDG & ENERGY G & A BUILDING
3,971.50
129.62COMCASTFIRE OPERATIONS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
232.96CABLE TV G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
43.31OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
30.27REC CENTER BUILDING OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
436.16
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36,450.02COMPASS MINERALS AMERICA SANDING/SALTING OTHER IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES
36,450.02
4,970.00CONSTRUCTION RESULTS CORPORATION BLDG & ENERGY G & A DUE TO OTHER GOVTS
2,742.40BLDG & ENERGY G & A BUILDING
7,712.40
1,590.00CONTINENTAL RESEARCH CORP REC CENTER BUILDING GENERAL SUPPLIES
1,590.00
844.00CONTINENTAL RESEARCH CORP.REC CENTER BUILDING GENERAL SUPPLIES
844.00
1,343.80CORE & MAIN LP WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
1,343.80
58.80COREMARKROUTINE MAINTENANCE OTHER IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES
828.64WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
887.44
411.35CORPORATE MECHANICAL REC CENTER BUILDING BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
3,409.22REC CENTER BUILDING EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
3,820.57
864.00COUGHLIN, JUDY FITNESS PROGRAMS OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
864.00
43.90CROWN MARKING INC.COMM & MARKETING G & A OFFICE SUPPLIES
124.55FIRE OPERATIONS OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
168.45
362.99CROWN RENTAL - BURNSVILLE PARK GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SMALL TOOLS
362.99
45.91CTW GROUP, INC.WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
45.91
43.77CUB KNOLLWOOD POLICE G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
92.79POLICE G & A MEETING EXPENSE
136.56
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ObjectVendorBU Description
269.63CUMMINS SALES AND SERVICE GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
1,557.52FACILITIES MCTE G & A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
1,827.15
1.25DAHLIN JENNIFER BLDG & ENERGY G & A DUE TO OTHER GOVTS
220.00BLDG & ENERGY G & A BUILDING
221.25
322.34DALCO ENTERPRISES INC FACILITIES MCTE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
2,992.24FACILITIES MCTE G & A CLEANING/WASTE REMOVAL SUPPLY
1,563.04REC CENTER BUILDING EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
4,877.62
1.50DAMYAN'S ELECTRIC BLDG & ENERGY G & A DUE TO OTHER GOVTS
122.50BLDG & ENERGY G & A ELECTRICAL
124.00
5,990.00DATAWORKS PLUS LLC POLICE G & A JAIL/DETENTION SERVICES
5,990.00
15,750.00DAVEY RESOURCE GROUP PARK IMPROVE CAPITAL PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS OTHER THAN BUILDI
15,750.00
12.50DAVIS REBECCA BLDG & ENERGY G & A DUE TO OTHER GOVTS
245.00BLDG & ENERGY G & A ELECTRICAL
332.50BLDG & ENERGY G & A PLUMBING
590.00
206.51DELEGARD TOOL CO VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A GENERAL SUPPLIES
114.96GENERAL REPAIR SMALL TOOLS
321.47
7,629.41DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY BLDG & ENERGY G & A DUE TO OTHER GOVTS
7,629.41
1,438.02DEPT EMPLOYMENT & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND G&A UNEMPLOYMENT
1,438.02
4,000.00DERBY DARYL ESCROWS PMC ESCROW
4,000.00
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395.32DJ ELECTRIC SERVICES INC PARK BUILDING MAINTENANCE OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
395.32
22,530.60DO-GOOD.BIZ INC COMM & MARKETING G & A POSTAGE
353.20COMM & MARKETING G & A PRINTING & PUBLISHING
690.73SUSTAINABILITY G&A PRINTING & PUBLISHING
228.98ENGINEERING G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
449.42SOLID WASTE G&A POSTAGE
1,023.00SOLID WASTE G&A PRINTING & PUBLISHING
25,275.93
475.00DTN, LLC.PUBLIC WORKS OPS G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
475.00
48.74DUNAGAN ALEXANDR POLICE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
48.74
1,475.60ECM PUBLISHERS INC ADMINISTRATION G & A LEGAL NOTICES
1,475.60
2,250.00EHLERS & ASSOCIATES INC ESCROWS UNION PARK APTS
1,425.00ESCROWSCSM TRAFFIC STUDY/PLANNING
15,650.00ESCROWSSEMBLE EXCAVATING
1,425.00ESCROWS3801 WOODDALE (ALDERSGATE)
900.00ESCROWSBigos Management-1351-1361 Ham
343.75BRIDGWALK HIA OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
21,993.75
189.24ELI TOLKINEN HOWARD WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
189.24
6,956.75ENTERPRISE FM TRUST EQUIP/VEHICLE REPLACEMENT RENTAL EQUIPMENT
6,956.75
2,405.38ENVIROTECH SERVICES INC PUBLIC WORKS OPS G & A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES
1,247.14SANDING/SALTING OTHER IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES
3,652.52
17.40ERICKSON KYLE WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
17.40
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68.61ERICKSON MATTHEW WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
68.61
200.00ESCAPE FIRE PROTECTION LLC FACILITIES MCTE G & A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
200.00
56.62ESTATE OF DANIEL J. ROY WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
56.62
2,546.00ETTEL & FRANZ ROOFING CO FACILITIES MCTE G & A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
2,546.00
200.00EVANSON BRADY SOFTBALL REFUNDS & REIMBURSEMENTS
200.00
26,805.00EVERLAST REHAB SEWER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
26,805.00
447.37FACTORY MOTOR PARTS CO GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
580.00PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
28.15GENERAL REPAIR GENERAL SUPPLIES
1,055.52
6,242.91FERGUSON WATERWORKS WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
6,242.91
580.30FERRELLGASREC CENTER BUILDING MOTOR FUELS
41.22VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A MOTOR FUELS
621.52
28.24FERRIS DANIEL WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
28.24
600.00FIDELIS SAFETY SOLUTIONS FIRE OPERATIONS GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
375.00FIRE OPERATIONS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
975.00
674.63FINANCE & COMMERCE, INC.WOODDALE REHAB PROJ (TIF) G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
193.54PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
104.21STORM WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
972.38
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119.64FINE PROP OF MN WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
119.64
220.00FIRE SAFETY USA INC GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
220.00
683.80FIRST ADVANTAGE HUMAN RESOURCES GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
683.80
193.72FISHER, JON PROSECUTION OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
193.72
14.99FRATTALLONE'S/SAINT LOUIS PARK PUBLIC WORKS OPS G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
11.99WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
75.94REC CENTER BUILDING OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
24.22GENERAL REPAIR GENERAL SUPPLIES
127.14
132.50FRIENDS OF BASS LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GRANT OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
132.50
38.99FROST NANCY WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
38.99
1,154.76FUN EXPRESS HOLIDAY PROGRAMS GENERAL SUPPLIES
1,154.76
6,930.26GALLS, LLC - DBA UNIFORMS UNLIMITED POLICE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
2,714.80POLICE G & A POLICE EQUIPMENT
9,645.06
326.00GARTNER REFRIGERATION, INC.REC CENTER BUILDING EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
326.00
1,450.00GELLERMAN CONSTRUCTION INC FACILITIES MCTE G & A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
1,450.00
969.26GENERAL PARTS LLC REC CENTER BUILDING EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
969.26
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1.27GENUINE ELECTRIC BLDG & ENERGY G & A DUE TO OTHER GOVTS
114.56BLDG & ENERGY G & A ELECTRICAL
115.83
10,470.00GERTENSPARK GROUNDS MAINTENANCE OTHER IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES
10,470.00
3,500.00GETTY IMAGES COMM & MARKETING G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
3,500.00
52.58GILBERT JONATHAN WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
52.58
160.00GJOHNSON ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC. BLDG & ENERGY G & A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
160.00
500.00GLEISNER JON ESCROWS PMC ESCROW
500.00
1,080.00GOLIATH HYDRO-VAC INC WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
1,080.00
369.90GOPHER STATE ONE-CALL INC WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
369.90
98.85GRAINGER INC.GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
608.15FACILITIES MCTE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
85.16WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL SUPPLIES
28.40PARK MAINTENANCE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
104.43PARK BUILDING MAINTENANCE BLDG/STRUCTURE SUPPLIES
924.99
12,124.68GRANICUSTECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
12,124.68
199.00GRAPHIC SOURCE INC CABLE TV G & A OTHER
199.00
680.58GRAYBAR ELECTRIC CO WIRING REPAIR OTHER IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES
680.58
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7,455.00GS-INVREG WAYZATA OWNER, LLC.BLDG & ENERGY G & A DUE TO OTHER GOVTS
2,400.00WATER UTILITY G&A WATER AVAIL CHARGE (WAC)
9,855.00
6,039.53GUARDIAN FLEET SAFETY INSURANCE FUND G&A UNINSURED LOSS
6,039.53
1,398.47HACH CO WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL SUPPLIES
1,398.47
65.00HANGEBRAUCK KRISTIN BASKETBALL REFUNDS & REIMBURSEMENTS
65.00
63.66HAUGEN ANGELA WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
63.66
31,203.77HAWKINS INC WATER UTILITY G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
31,203.77
7.52HEAD JUSTIN FIRE OPERATIONS OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
7.52
114.00HEALTHPARTNERSHUMAN RESOURCES GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
837.00HUMAN RESOURCES RECRUITMENT
951.00
1,340.00HENNEPIN COUNTY CHIEFS OF POLICE ASSOC. POLICE G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
1,340.00
2.50HENNEPIN COUNTY RESIDENT & REAL ESTATE ASSESSING G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
2.50
2,989.66HENNEPIN COUNTY TREASURER POLICE G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
3,449.16POLICE G & A EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
4,146.33POLICE G & A JAIL/DETENTION SERVICES
2,728.44FIRE OPERATIONS RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
6.00HIA ADMIN OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
3,060.00PARK IMPROVEMENT G & A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES
6.00WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
263.26PARK MAINTENANCE G & A GARBAGE/REFUSE SERVICE
16,648.85
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215.53HERRICK MELISSA WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
215.53
33.29HESSIAN JAY WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
33.29
9,660.00HIGHVIEW PLUMBING INC SEWER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
9,660.00
20,000.00HOLLYWOOD PYROTECHNICS INC HOLIDAY PROGRAMS OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
20,000.00
HOME DEPOT CREDIT SERVICES GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
381.24FACILITIES MCTE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
98.67PUBLIC WORKS OPS G & A SMALL TOOLS
88.54PUBLIC WORKS OPS G & A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES
235.41ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SMALL TOOLS
1,254.07WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
62.76STORM WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
623.58PARK MAINTENANCE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
86.08PARK MAINTENANCE G & A SMALL TOOLS
103.93PARK BUILDING MAINTENANCE BLDG/STRUCTURE SUPPLIES
44.00PARK EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE GENERAL SUPPLIES
185.05NATURAL RESOURCES G & A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES
3,163.33
412.50HOTSY MINNESOTA PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
412.50
172.33HOUSE JAMES WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
172.33
447.47HOVDE JUSTIN WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
447.47
1,715.00I.U.O.E. LOCAL NO 49 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND BAL SHT UNION DUES
1,715.00
648.00IDZIOREK ERIC BLDG & ENERGY G & A LICENSES
648.00
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2,861.85INDELCOWATER UTILITY G&A EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
212.40PARK EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE GENERAL SUPPLIES
3,074.25
2,500.00INTER CITY WATER & SEWER SEWER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
2,500.00
338.00INTOXIMETERS INC POLICE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
338.00
97.90INVER GROVE FORD GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
364.30INSURANCE FUND G&A UNINSURED LOSS
358.62GENERAL REPAIR EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
820.82
31.25IRYNA ARTSIKHOVICH BLDG & ENERGY G & A MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENTS
31.25
345.00ISI SPORTS INDUSTRY INSTRUCTIONAL SKATING LESSONS SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
345.00
1,472.41I-STATE TRUCK CENTER GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
1,472.41
1,136.77J&M MANAGEMENT, LLC.CLIMATE INVESTMENT FUND G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,136.77
720.50J. H. LARSON CO.WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
720.50
9,775.00J.P SCHMITZ CONSTRUCTION CO LLC SEWER CAPITAL PROJ G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
9,775.00
35.08JERRY'S HARDWARE GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
6.48WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL SUPPLIES
118.72WATER UTILITY G&A EQUIPMENT PARTS
60.63WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
280.61PARK MAINTENANCE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
23.14PARK BUILDING MAINTENANCE BLDG/STRUCTURE SUPPLIES
4.40GENERAL REPAIR GENERAL SUPPLIES
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529.06
1,700.00JESSE DANIEL ESCROWS PMC ESCROW
1,700.00
58.53JOHNSON KATHRYN WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
58.53
1,622.04JOHNSON PAPER & SUPPLY CO.REC CENTER BUILDING GENERAL SUPPLIES
1,622.04
39.96JOHNSON SARAH DENNEY WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
39.96
5,000.00JOHNSON STEVE ESCROWS PMC ESCROW
5,000.00
56.00JOHNSTON BRETT BLDG & ENERGY G & A ELECTRICAL
56.00
575.49JOLLEY PETER (AL)TRAINING SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
410.67TRAININGMILEAGE-PERSONAL CAR
986.16
41.63JONES ALLISON POLICE G & A TRAVEL/MEETINGS
41.63
403.84JONGEWAARD JOSHUA WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
403.84
4,700.00JUST-RITE FENCE INSURANCE FUND G&A UNINSURED LOSS
4,700.00
78.01KELLER KIM ADMINISTRATION G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
78.01
142.50KENNEDY & GRAVEN ESCROWS PLACE
142.50
294.13KENNEDY JIM BLDG & ENERGY G & A BUILDING
294.13
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175.28KHUTORETSKY ZAKHARY WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
175.28
1,656.30KILLMER ELECTRIC CO INC INSURANCE FUND G&A UNINSURED LOSS
1,656.30
11,762.26KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC.SIDEWALK & TRAILS G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
11,480.792023 MSA STREET PROJECT G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
11,159.702024 MSA STREET PROJECT G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
1,129.20WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
295.72SEWER CAPITAL PROJ G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
1,207.15STORM WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
37,034.82
3,660.75KLEIN UNDERGROUND LLC WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
3,660.75
1,346.40KORTERRA, INC.WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
1,346.40SEWER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
1,346.40STORM WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
4,039.20
9,735.08KRAEMER MINING & MATERIALS INC WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES
9,735.08
1,500.00KRECH, O'BRIEN, MUELLER & WASS INC PARK IMPROVE CAPITAL PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS OTHER THAN BUILDI
1,500.00
2,932.52KREMER SERVICES LLC GENERAL REPAIR EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
2,932.52
242.95LANGUAGE LINE SERVICES INC POLICE G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
242.95
142.11LARSON MICHELE WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
142.11
3,833.28LAW ENFORCEMENT LABOR SERVICES INC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND BAL SHT UNION DUES
3,833.28
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295.00LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES ADMINISTRATION G & A TRAINING
239.00ADMINISTRATION G & A SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
534.00
152.13LEBOW ERIC WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
152.13
2,200.00LEE RYAN & SONYA ESCROWS PMC ESCROW
2,200.00
705.00LEGEND TECHNICAL SERVICES REILLY G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
705.00
1,182.50LEICA GEOSYSTEMS INC ENGINEERING G & A COMPUTER SERVICES
1,182.50
8.75LEONID METELITSA BLDG & ENERGY G & A MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENTS
8.75
312.00LIBERTY TIRE SERVICES LLC GENERAL REPAIR CLEANING/WASTE REMOVAL SERVICE
312.00
38.74LIDDICOAT RACHEL WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
38.74
340.69LITTLE FALLS MACHINE INC GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
340.69
104.00LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN PLLP REILLY G & A LEGAL SERVICES
104.00
258.24LOFFLERIT G & A EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
258.24
160.00LOFFLER COMPANIES IT G & A OFFICE EQUIPMENT
3,630.54IT G & A EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
3,790.54
26,878.30LOGISIT G & A COMPUTER SERVICES
260.11TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT OTHER
44,914.00TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
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72,052.41
2,507.15LUBE-TECH & PARTNERS LLC GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
2,507.15
51.13LUCACHICK ANGIE WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
51.13
29.77LYNCH STACIA WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
29.77
1,092.64M G INCENTIVES POLICE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
1,092.64
3,997.31M&M HYDRAULIC COMPANY WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
3,997.31
756.91MACQUEEN EQUIP CO GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
1,974.62FIRE OPERATIONS SMALL TOOLS
1,966.08FIRE OPERATIONS RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
748.64SEWER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
5,446.25
1,674.34MAGNACHARGE BATTERY USA, LLC.GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
1,674.34
47.19MAHONEY TIM WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
47.19
28,558.36MANSFIELD OIL COMPANY OF GAINSVILLE, INC GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
28,558.36
1,880.00MARIE RIDGEWAY LICSW LLC POLICE G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
1,880.00
1,145.63MARTINEZ THOMAS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND G&A TUITION
1,145.63
816.00MASTER TECHNOLOGY GROUP TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT OFFICE EQUIPMENT
1,224.00TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
1,632.00REC CENTER BUILDING OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
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3,672.00
100.00MBPTABLDG & ENERGY G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
100.00
65.00MCCABE TARA BASKETBALL REFUNDS & REIMBURSEMENTS
65.00
14.46MENARDSROUTINE MAINTENANCE OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
6.97WIRING REPAIR SMALL TOOLS
13.79SYSTEM REPAIR OTHER IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES
53.93PARK MAINTENANCE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
89.94PARK BUILDING MAINTENANCE BLDG/STRUCTURE SUPPLIES
129.92PARK GROUNDS MAINTENANCE GENERAL SUPPLIES
89.82PARK GROUNDS MAINTENANCE BLDG/STRUCTURE SUPPLIES
86.79WESTWOOD G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
12.36WESTWOOD G & A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES
92.27FAMILY PROGRAMS GENERAL SUPPLIES
12.94GENERAL REPAIR GENERAL SUPPLIES
603.19
1,070.00METRO VOLLEYBALL OFFICIALS ASSOC. VOLLEYBALL OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,070.00
91,025.55METROPOLITAN COUNCIL BLDG & ENERGY G & A DUE TO OTHER GOVTS
2,850.00WATER UTILITY G&A CLEANING/WASTE REMOVAL SERVICE
1,825.00REILLY G & A CLEANING/WASTE REMOVAL SERVICE
475.00SEWER UTILITY G&A CLEANING/WASTE REMOVAL SERVICE
361,200.27OPERATIONSCLEANING/WASTE REMOVAL SERVICE
457,375.82
40.54MEZZENGA LUKE WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
40.54
600.00MHSRC/RANGE POLICE G & A TRAINING
600.00
1.00MIDLAND HVAC LLC BLDG & ENERGY G & A DUE TO OTHER GOVTS
65.00BLDG & ENERGY G & A MECHANICAL
66.00
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ObjectVendorBU Description
17.50MIDWEST BADGE & NOVELTY CO COMMUNICATIONS/DISPATCH OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
17.50
32.50MIDWEST MAINTENANCE AND MECHANICAL BLDG & ENERGY G & A PLUMBING
32.50
138.00MINNEAPOLIS FINANCE DEPT POLICE G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
138.00
848.16MINNESOTA CHILD SUPPORT PYT CTR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND BAL SHT WAGE GARNISHMENTS
848.16
865.00MINNESOTA CONTROL SOLUTIONS, LLC. WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
865.00
23.00MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WATER UTILITY G&A SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
23.00
2,307.58MINNESOTA DEPT PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT G&A MACHINERY & AUTO EQUIPMENT
5,075.21CAPITAL REPLACEMENT B/S INVENTORY
7,382.79
529.00MINNESOTA NATIVE LANDSCAPES INVASIVE PLANT MGMT/RESTORATIO LANDSCAPING MATERIALS
529.00
25.00MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY FACILITIES MCTE G & A LICENSES
345.00WATER UTILITY G&A LICENSES
1,230.00REILLY G & A LICENSES
23.00SEWER UTILITY G&A SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
1,623.00
14,218.00MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN PLAYGROUND PARK EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE OTHER IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES
14,218.00
245.00MINUTEMAN PRESS COMM & MARKETING G & A OFFICE SUPPLIES
245.00
3,000.00MINVALCO INC WATER UTILITY G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
3,000.00
200.00MN DEPT LABOR AND INDUSTRY FACILITIES MCTE G & A LICENSES
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200.00
890.00MN FIRE SERVICE CERTIFICATION BOARD FIRE OPERATIONS TRAINING
890.00
60.00MN SOLAR AND MORE LLC BLDG & ENERGY G & A BUILDING
60.00
390.00MOBOTREXLOCATES/GOPHER ONE OTHER IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES
390.00
25,000.00MONARCA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLC. ESCROWS PMC ESCROW
25,000.00
5,000.00MOVEFWDPOLICE G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
5,000.00
162.00MPCASIDEWALK & TRAILS G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
141.75STREET CAPITAL PROJ G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
931.50PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
546.75WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
81.00SEWER CAPITAL PROJ G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
162.00STORM WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
2,025.00
80.00MPLS/ST PAUL BUSINESS JOURNAL COMM DEV PLANNING G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
80.00
244.00MR CUTTING EDGE REC CENTER BUILDING EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
244.00
172.22MSC INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO.GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
262.07VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
434.29
404.55MTI DISTRIBUTING CO GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
404.55
130.33MUELLER ANDREA WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
130.33
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2,760.00MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY SERVICES FIRE OPERATIONS PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
15,105.00EQUIP/VEHICLE REPLACEMENT MACHINERY & AUTO EQUIPMENT
17,865.00
491.53MUSCO SPORTS LIGHTING LLC PARK EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE GENERAL SUPPLIES
491.53
2,105.20NAPA (GENUINE PARTS CO)GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL SUPPLIES
15.29PARK MAINTENANCE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
35.91VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A GENERAL SUPPLIES
103.54GENERAL REPAIR GENERAL SUPPLIES
2,259.94
3,555.00NASTT 2022 NO-DIG SHOW ENGINEERING G & A SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
3,555.00
175.00NEUMANN GAIL WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
175.00
75.76NICHOLLS MEGAN INSTRUCTIONAL SKATING LESSONS OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
75.76
209.95NOKOMIS SHOE SHOP WATER UTILITY G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
179.95PARK MAINTENANCE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
250.00ENTERPRISE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
229.90VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
869.80
4,465.55NORTH AMERICAN SAFETY INC PUBLIC WORKS OPS G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
4,465.55
222.60NORTHERN AIRE POOLS INC WATER UTILITY G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
201.53SPLASH PAD MAINT - Oak Hill Pk GENERAL SUPPLIES
424.13
263.30NORTHERN SAFETY TECHNOLOGY INC GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
263.30
172.00NORTHLAND RECREATION, LLC.PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT MAINTENAN GENERAL SUPPLIES
172.00
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38.67OESTREICH, MARK WESTWOOD G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
38.67
167.28OFFICE DEPOT COMM & MARKETING G & A PRINTING & PUBLISHING
101.51FINANCE G & A OFFICE SUPPLIES
82.49COMM DEV PLANNING G & A OFFICE SUPPLIES
249.99FACILITIES MCTE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
120.06POLICE G & A OFFICE SUPPLIES
58.00POLICE G & A POSTAGE
90.41BLDG & ENERGY G & A OFFICE SUPPLIES
139.23PUBLIC WORKS G & A OFFICE SUPPLIES
11.69WATER UTILITY G&A OFFICE SUPPLIES
65.14VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A OFFICE SUPPLIES
1,085.80
120.00OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE POLICE G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
120.00
462.00OLMSTEAD MEDICAL CENTER SPORTS MEDICINEFIRE OPERATIONS TRAINING
462.00
197.11OLSON, DON WATER UTILITY G&A SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
197.11
57.00ON SITE SANITATION NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GRANT OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
67.00SOLID WASTE G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
1,855.04FIELD MAINT OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
110.00OFF-LEASH DOG PARK OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
2,089.04
124.90O'REILLY FIRST CALL GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
9.99GENERAL REPAIR GENERAL SUPPLIES
134.89
28.33OSVOG, LOWELL WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
28.33
2,992.60OVERHEAD DOOR CO FACILITIES MCTE G & A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
2,992.60
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381.63OXYGEN SERVICE COMPANY INC FIRE OPERATIONS OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
381.63
1,644.00PACE ANALYTICAL SERVICES INC REILLY G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,644.00
3,005.00PATRIOT DIAMOND SEWER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
3,005.00
2.00PATTY CONNOR BLDG & ENERGY G & A DUE TO OTHER GOVTS
70.00BLDG & ENERGY G & A ELECTRICAL
70.00BLDG & ENERGY G & A PLUMBING
142.00
65.00PAVLIK, JULIE BASKETBALL REFUNDS & REIMBURSEMENTS
65.00
25.00PERMITTECHNATIONBLDG & ENERGY G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
25.00
3,500.00PISANSKY MARC & ANABEL CASSIDY ESCROWS PMC ESCROW
3,500.00
115.00PLOOF DORENE PICNIC SHELTERS REFUNDS & REIMBURSEMENTS
115.00
1,367.84POMP'S TIRE SERVICE INC GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
1,367.84
1,100.00PRAIRIE RESTORATIONS INC NATURAL RESOURCES G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,100.00
339.25PRECISE MRM, LLC.PUBLIC WORKS OPS G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
339.25WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
339.25SEWER UTILITY G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
323.58SEWER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
339.25STORM WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,680.58
248.47PREMIUM WATERS INC FIRE OPERATIONS OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
248.47
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738.00PUMP & METER SERVICE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
738.00
14,641.13PUSH PEDAL PULL MUNICIPAL BLDGS G&A IMPROVEMENTS OTHER THAN BUILDI
14,641.13
2,905.25QUALITY FLOW SYSTEMS INC WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
2,905.25
97.48QUARBERG ALI WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
97.48
78.23QUICKSILVER EXPRESS COURIER HUMAN RESOURCES GENERAL SUPPLIES
78.23
17,631.63R AND L CONSTRUCTION, LLC.PARK IMPROVE CAPITAL PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS OTHER THAN BUILDI
17,631.63
4,874.80RANDY'S ENVIROMENTAL SERVICES FACILITIES MCTE G & A GARBAGE/REFUSE SERVICE
4,292.06REC CENTER BUILDING GARBAGE/REFUSE SERVICE
9,166.86
76.13RAYMER STEPHEN BLDG & ENERGY G & A ELECTRICAL
76.13
439.21RED WING BUSINESS ADVANTAGE ACCOUNT BLDG & ENERGY G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
233.99PUBLIC WORKS OPS G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
500.00PARK MAINTENANCE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
250.00VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
1,423.20
456.99RED WING STORE ENGINEERING G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
212.50WATER UTILITY G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
669.49
3,734.20-REDSTONE CONSTRUCTION, LLC.STREET CAPITAL PROJ BAL SHEET RETAINAGE PAYABLE
59,266.74STREET CAPITAL PROJ G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
15,417.22WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
70,949.76
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ObjectVendorBU Description
19,680.28REFERRAL COLLISION INSURANCE FUND G&A UNINSURED LOSS
19,680.28
443.13REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WESTWOOD G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
443.13
71.82RILES DEBORAH WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
71.82
271.60RINDELS TALON & ZACHARY WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
271.60
130.12RINEHART SARAH WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
130.12
3,993.60RIVER CITY SUPPLY LLC FIRE OPERATIONS FIRE PREVENTION SUPPLIES
3,993.60
368.28ROBERT B HILL CO REC CENTER BUILDING GENERAL SUPPLIES
368.28
4,517.29ROBERT HALF TECHNOLOGY FIRE OPERATIONS GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
5,183.46BLDG & ENERGY G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
9,700.75
3.86ROSEVILLE MIDWAY FORD GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
3.86
9,900.00RTVISION INC TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT OFFICE EQUIPMENT
9,900.00
12,408.96SAFEASSURE CONSULTANTS INC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
12,408.96
630.00SAFE-FAST, INC.WATER UTILITY G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
630.00
218.77SAM'S CLUB HOLIDAY PROGRAMS GENERAL SUPPLIES
218.77
1,217.22SCAN AIR FILTER INC REC CENTER BUILDING GENERAL SUPPLIES
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1,217.22
159.00SCHAAKE COMPANY, AJ HUMAN RESOURCES RECOGNITION
159.00
26.70SCHILLING BRYAN WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
26.70
3,140.52SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORP FACILITIES MCTE G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
3,140.52
60.00SCHMITT ERIC FIRE OPERATIONS TRAINING
60.00
1,635.00SCHMITZ AMBER INSTRUCTIONAL SKATING LESSONS OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
1,635.00
15.00SELA GROUP LLC WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
15.00
1,258.45SERVICE MASTER SEWER CAPITAL PROJ G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,258.45
265.00SETS DESIGN INC.POLICE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
265.00
7,470.00SHADYWOOD TREE EXPERTS & LANDSCAPING TREE DISEASE PRIVATE CLEANING/WASTE REMOVAL SERVICE
18,150.00TREE DISEASE PUBLIC CLEANING/WASTE REMOVAL SERVICE
25,620.00
1,120.00SHAPCO PRINTING INC COMM & MARKETING G & A PRINTING & PUBLISHING
1,120.00
565.54SHARBONO, MATTHEW TRAINING SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
565.54
1,100.00SHI INTERNATIONAL CORP TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT OFFICE EQUIPMENT
1,100.00
256.15SHILOG LTD WATER UTILITY G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
256.15
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ObjectVendorBU Description
240.60SHUBEEBLDG & ENERGY G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
240.60
130.84SITEONE LANDSCAPE SUPPLY LLC PARK MAINTENANCE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
294.38PARK MAINTENANCE G & A SMALL TOOLS
624.38IRRIGATION MAINTENANCE GENERAL SUPPLIES
67.73PARK BUILDING MAINTENANCE BLDG/STRUCTURE SUPPLIES
66.62PARK EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE GENERAL SUPPLIES
1,183.95
1,789.32SLP FF ASSOC IAFF LOCAL #993 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND BAL SHT UNION DUES
1,789.32
1,010.17SMITH LAURA HUMAN RESOURCES TRAINING
1,010.17
45.05SMITH, TIM FIRE OPERATIONS SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
45.05
60.00SOLARPODBLDG & ENERGY G & A BUILDING
60.00
120.00SOLCIUS, LLC.BLDG & ENERGY G & A BUILDING
120.00
.10SPARTAN, LLC.BLDG & ENERGY G & A DUE TO OTHER GOVTS
73.50BLDG & ENERGY G & A ELECTRICAL
73.60
250.79SPS COMPANIES INC WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
36.30REC CENTER BUILDING OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
287.09
1,106.18SRF CONSULTING GROUP INC SIDEWALK & TRAILS G&A IMPROVEMENTS OTHER THAN BUILDI
1,106.18
47.38SRINIVASAN SHREYA WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
47.38
42,433.00ST. LOUIS PARK HOUSING AUTHORITY KIDS IN THE PARK RENT ASSIST OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
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42,433.00
110.00ST. LOUIS PARK ROTARY ADMINISTRATION G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
110.00POLICE G & A SUBSCRIPTIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
220.00
81.62STAMMAN JORDAN WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
81.62
7,920.83STANDARD SIDEWALK, INC.PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT B/S RETAINAGE PAYABLE
7,920.83
23.86STARK PATRICK WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
23.86
804.94STATE SUPPLY CO., INC.REC CENTER BUILDING GENERAL SUPPLIES
804.94
263.11STEELE RYAN WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
263.11
145.46STEINMAN GERALD WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
145.46
19.34STERICYCLE, INC.FINANCE G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
562.74POLICE G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
20.69WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
602.77
225.00STETTNER ZACHARY & MARY CLIMATE INVESTMENT FUND G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
225.00
1,347.28STREICHER'S POLICE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
220.00FIRE OPERATIONS UNIFORMS
1,567.28
5,004.56SUBURBAN TIRE WHOLESALE GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
5,004.56
1,000.00SULLIVAN ADAM ESCROWS PMC ESCROW
1,000.00
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372.28SUMMIT ENVIROSOLUTIONS INC GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET PREPAID EXPENSES
3,771.82WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
11,830.90REILLY G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
15,975.00
1,013.33SUNBELT RENTALS INC REC CENTER BUILDING OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,013.33
38.57SUNDBERG AMERICA FACILITIES MCTE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
38.57
4,163.00SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES CENTER EMERGENCY REPAIR GRANTS OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
4,163.00
13,889.76TACTICAL RC, LLC.TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENT OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
13,889.76
4,598.45TARGETSOLUTIONS LEARNING, LLC FIRE OPERATIONS TRAINING
4,598.45
264.00TEE JAY NORTH, INC.REC CENTER BUILDING EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
264.00
95.46TELELANGUAGE INC ADMINISTRATION G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
95.46
2,485.00TEXA TONKA APARTMENTS, LLC.BLDG & ENERGY G & A DUE TO OTHER GOVTS
800.00WATER UTILITY G&A WATER AVAIL CHARGE (WAC)
3,285.00
41.00TEXA TONKA TAILORING FIRE OPERATIONS GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
41.00
2,521.78THE MPX GROUP COMM & MARKETING G & A PRINTING & PUBLISHING
2,521.78
308.00THE SHERWIN WILLIAMS WATER UTILITY G&A BLDG/STRUCTURE SUPPLIES
308.00
336.87THE SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO PARK BUILDING MAINTENANCE BLDG/STRUCTURE SUPPLIES
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336.87
245.52THE SHERWINN WILLIAMS CO PARK BUILDING MAINTENANCE BLDG/STRUCTURE SUPPLIES
245.52
172.00THE SIGN PRODUCERS INC FACILITIES MCTE G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
172.00
90.17THE STANDARD ADMINISTRATION G & A LIFE INSURANCE
93.47ADMINISTRATION G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
70.87HUMAN RESOURCES LIFE INSURANCE
71.06HUMAN RESOURCES LONG TERM DISABILITY
82.17COMM & MARKETING G & A LIFE INSURANCE
80.51COMM & MARKETING G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
90.55IT G & A LIFE INSURANCE
88.83IT G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
113.41ASSESSING G & A LIFE INSURANCE
112.83ASSESSING G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
119.63FINANCE G & A LIFE INSURANCE
122.48FINANCE G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
303.66COMM DEV G & A LIFE INSURANCE
313.54COMM DEV G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
101.07FACILITIES MCTE G & A LIFE INSURANCE
103.64FACILITIES MCTE G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
1,106.68POLICE G & A LIFE INSURANCE
1,097.06POLICE G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
105.79COMMUNICATIONS/DISPATCH LIFE INSURANCE
103.52COMMUNICATIONS/DISPATCH LONG TERM DISABILITY
564.01FIRE OPERATIONS LIFE INSURANCE
560.01FIRE OPERATIONS LONG TERM DISABILITY
330.96BLDG & ENERGY G & A LIFE INSURANCE
340.59BLDG & ENERGY G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
35.69SUSTAINABILITY G&A LIFE INSURANCE
35.01SUSTAINABILITY G&A LONG TERM DISABILITY
87.12PUBLIC WORKS G & A LIFE INSURANCE
85.41PUBLIC WORKS G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
232.17ENGINEERING G & A LIFE INSURANCE
240.01ENGINEERING G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
246.76PUBLIC WORKS OPS G & A LIFE INSURANCE
244.64PUBLIC WORKS OPS G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
36.16CABLE TV G & A LIFE INSURANCE
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40.82CABLE TV G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
21.84HOUSING REHAB G & A LIFE INSURANCE
21.48HOUSING REHAB G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
125.98WATER UTILITY G&A LIFE INSURANCE
124.98WATER UTILITY G&A LONG TERM DISABILITY
49.53SEWER UTILITY G&A LIFE INSURANCE
48.49SEWER UTILITY G&A LONG TERM DISABILITY
46.74SOLID WASTE G&A LIFE INSURANCE
45.90SOLID WASTE G&A LONG TERM DISABILITY
94.11STORM WATER UTILITY G&A LIFE INSURANCE
92.14STORM WATER UTILITY G&A LONG TERM DISABILITY
8,223.61EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND G&A LIFE INSURANCE
150.24ORGANIZED REC G & A LIFE INSURANCE
152.76ORGANIZED REC G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
180.59PARK MAINTENANCE G & A LIFE INSURANCE
177.05PARK MAINTENANCE G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
19.94NATURAL RESOURCES G & A LIFE INSURANCE
19.62NATURAL RESOURCES G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
79.88WESTWOOD G & A LIFE INSURANCE
78.37WESTWOOD G & A LONG TERM DISABILITY
106.30REC CENTER SALARIES LIFE INSURANCE
104.16REC CENTER SALARIES LONG TERM DISABILITY
93.98VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A LIFE INSURANCE
91.87VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A LONG TERM DISABILITY
17,599.86
97.72THE UPS STORE WATER UTILITY G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
97.72
65.00THOEN ANNA BASKETBALL REFUNDS & REIMBURSEMENTS
65.00
335.98THOMSON REUTERS WEST PAYMENT CENTER POLICE G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
335.98
326.00THRIVEPASSEMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
326.00
1,002.09THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR REC CENTER BUILDING OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,002.09
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ObjectVendorBU Description
395.50TIMESAVER OFF SITE SECRETARIAL ADMINISTRATION G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
344.50COMM DEV PLANNING G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
740.00
184.00TITAN MACHINERY GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
11.13VEHICLE MAINTENANCE G&A POSTAGE
195.13
672.00TNC INDUSTRIES INC FACILITIES MCTE G & A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
672.00
12.03TOLL GAS & WELDING SUPPLY WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL SUPPLIES
12.03
4,250.00TOUCHSTONE IQ, LLC SUSTAINABILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
4,250.00
947.20TRACK INC GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
947.20
3,451.85TRAFFIC AND PARKING CONTROL CO., INC. INSURANCE FUND G&A UNINSURED LOSS
3,451.85
1,600.00TRANSPORTATION COLLABORATIVE & CONSULT. ESCROWS GENERAL
1,600.00
317.09TRI STATE BOBCAT GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
317.09
257.98TRITECH SOFTWARE SYSTEMS POLICE G & A JAIL/DETENTION SERVICES
257.98
60.00TRUNORTH SOLAR BLDG & ENERGY G & A BUILDING
60.00
7,849.53TWIN CITY GARAGE DOOR CO FACILITIES MCTE G & A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
7,849.53
544.66TWIN CITY OUTDOOR SERVICES INC SNOW PLOWING OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,305.00SSD 1 G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
453.00SSD 3 G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
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ObjectVendorBU Description
2,302.66
10.98TWIN CITY SAW CO GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
10.98
210.00U OF M TICKETS & EVENTS SEWER UTILITY G&A TRAINING
210.00
360.00UHL CO INC FACILITIES MCTE G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
20,981.25PARK IMPROVE CAPITAL PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS OTHER THAN BUILDI
37,218.75REC CENTER BUILDING OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
58,560.00
220.17ULINEPOLICE G & A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
220.17
105.00ULTIMATE SAFETY CONCEPTS INC FIRE OPERATIONS OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
512.25FIRE OPERATIONS REPAIRS
617.25
551.30US AUTOFORCE GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
551.30
1,083.21USA BLUE BOOK WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
1,083.21
2,387.95USDA, APHIS, GENERAL NATURAL RESOURCES G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
2,387.95
268.43UTILITY LOGIC LOCATES/GOPHER ONE OTHER IMPROVEMENT SUPPLIES
813.86WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
1,082.29
42,382.49VALLEY-RICH CO INC WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
42,382.49
120.00VERIFIED CREDENTIALS LLC.HUMAN RESOURCES RECRUITMENT
120.00
50.04VERIZONSEWER UTILITY G&A TELEPHONE
20,838.49CELLPHONES, IPADS, ETC.TELEPHONE
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20,888.53
490.00VETERAN ELECTRIC REC CENTER BUILDING MAINTENANCE
490.00
86.29VIKING INDUSTRIAL CTR WATER UTILITY G&A OPERATIONAL SUPPLIES
948.54WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
1,034.83
56,650.00VIKING PAINTING LLC WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
5,265.50SEWER UTILITY BALANCE SHEET RETAINAGE PAYABLE
61,915.50
50,756.14WALKER DESIGN STUDIO STREET CAPITAL PROJ G & A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
218.77PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,859.60WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
1,859.60STORM WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
54,694.11
1,790.25WARNING LITES OF MN INC SIDEWALK & TRAILS G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
3,580.502023 MSA STREET PROJECT G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
231.00WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
442.00WATER UTILITY G&A OTHER IMPROVEMENT SERVICE
57.75SEWER CAPITAL PROJ G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
115.50STORM WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
6,217.00
6,584.83-WASTE MANAGEMENT OF WI-MN SEWER UTILITY G&A REFUNDS & REIMBURSEMENTS
17,517.28-SOLID WASTE G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
112,613.76SOLID WASTE G&A GARBAGE/REFUSE SERVICE
40,882.41SOLID WASTE G&A RECYCLING SERVICE
26,150.01SOLID WASTE G&A YARD WASTE SERVICE
41,373.93SOLID WASTE G&A ORGANICS
13,169.66-PARK MAINTENANCE G & A REFUNDS & REIMBURSEMENTS
183,748.34
398.00WEINBERG E FACILITIES MCTE G & A BUILDING MTCE SERVICE
398.00
18.20WERGIN ERIC WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
18.20
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69.18WERMERSKIREHEN SHAWN WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
69.18
248.04WEST, JASON ORGANIZED REC G & A MILEAGE-PERSONAL CAR
248.04
4,247.10WESTIN HOTEL FIRE OPERATIONS SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/PRESENTAT
4,247.10
34,425.00WHITE BEAR MITSUBISHI VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT G&A MACHINERY & AUTO EQUIPMENT
34,425.00
22.19WILSON JAMES & MORGAN WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
22.19
104.00WINDOW CONCEPTS OF MN BLDG & ENERGY G & A BUILDING
70.00BLDG & ENERGY G & A PLUMBING
174.00
60.00WOLF RIVER ELECTRIC BLDG & ENERGY G & A BUILDING
60.00
279.15WOODFORD MARY WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL CUSTOMERS
279.15
168.15WORLD FUEL SERVICES, INC.GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
168.15
212.50WRAP CITY GRAPHICS PARK EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE GENERAL SUPPLIES
95.00WESTWOOD G & A GENERAL SUPPLIES
307.50
692.00WS & D PERMIT SERVICE BLDG & ENERGY G & A BUILDING
692.00
10,112.00WSB ASSOC INC ENGINEERING G & A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
10,112.00
230.00WW GOETSCH ASSOCIATES INC REC CENTER BUILDING OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
230.00
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17,204.42XCEL ENERGY FACILITIES MCTE G & A ELECTRIC SERVICE
46,746.51PUBLIC WORKS OPS G & A ELECTRIC SERVICE
10,000.00SIDEWALK & TRAILS G&A OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
35,956.19WATER UTILITY G&A ELECTRIC SERVICE
1,614.08REILLY G & A ELECTRIC SERVICE
4,806.39SEWER UTILITY G&A ELECTRIC SERVICE
1,924.67STORM WATER UTILITY G&A ELECTRIC SERVICE
5,730.37PARK MAINTENANCE G & A ELECTRIC SERVICE
152.10BRICK HOUSE (1324)ELECTRIC SERVICE
193.33WW RENTAL HOUSE (1322)ELECTRIC SERVICE
25,785.91REC CENTER BUILDING ELECTRIC SERVICE
150,113.97
321.00YOUNG ENV. CONSULTING GROUP, LLC. STORM WATER UTILITY G&A GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
321.00
12,064.00ZENGER FOLKMAN COMPANY HUMAN RESOURCES ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
12,064.00
59.97ZIEGLER INC GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEET INVENTORY
4,366.36PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT MTCE SERVICE
4,426.33
Report Totals 2,503,406.51
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Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 4b
Executive summary
Title: Vehicle towing and impounding agreement and impound lot lease extension
Recommended action: Staff recommends that council approve the vehicle towing and
impounding agreement and impound lot lease extension with Bobby & Steve’s Auto World
Eden Prairie, LLC.
Policy consideration: Does council wish to approve the vehicle towing and impounding
agreement and impound lot lease extension with Bobby & Steve’s Auto World Eden Prairie,
LLC?
Summary: The current vehicle towing and impounding agreement and impound lot lease with
Bobby & Steve’s Auto World Eden Prairie, LLC expired on March 31, 2022. Due to delays in the
completion of the City’s water tower rehabilitation, staff is recommending that the vehicle
towing and impounding agreement and impound lot lease be extended for one year to ensure
the continuity of services for vehicle towing and impounding.
The vehicle towing and impounding agreement and impound lot lease extension agreement has
been reviewed and approved by the St. Louis Park City Attorney.
Financial or budget considerations: None
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to creating opportunities to build
social capital through community engagement.
Supporting documents: Vehicle towing agreement and impound lot lease extensions
Vehicle towing and impound agreement
Prepared by: Mike Harcey, police chief
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
1
LEASE EXTENSION
AGREEMENT (“Lease Extension”) made this _______ day of __________________,
2022 by and between CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK, a Minnesota municipal corporation (“City”),
as Lessor and the BOBBY & STEVE’S AUTO WORLD EDEN PRAIRIE, LLC, a Minnesota
limited liability corporation (“Auto World”) as Lessee.
WHEREAS, the parties entered into a Lease Agreement dated March 28, 2018 relating to
the lease of real property at 5100 Park Glen Road (“Water Tower Property”) (City Contract No.
44-18); and
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with and as a condition of the execution of this Lease
Extension, Auto World is entering into a Vehicle Towing and Impounding Agreement Extension
with the City for a term of one (1) year (subject to early termination) (“City Towing Contract
Extension”); and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to extend the term of the Lease by one (1) year.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1.The term of the Lease Agreement shall be extended from March 31, 2022 to March
31, 2023.
2.All other terms and conditions of the Lease Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect, including without limitation the requirement set forth in paragraph 7 of the Lease
Agreement that all vehicles and equipment must be parked inside the fence.
BOBBY & STEVE’S AUTO WORLD
By:
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ______ day of
______________, 2022, by _____________________, the _________________ of Bobby &
Steve’s Auto World Eden Prairie, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability partnership, on behalf of said
partnership.
Notary Public
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CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
By:
Jake Spano, Mayor
By:
Kim Keller, City Manager
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ___ day of __________, 2021,
by Jake Spano and Kim Keller, the Mayor and City Manager of the City of St. Louis Park, a
Minnesota municipal corporation, on behalf of the corporation and pursuant to the authority
granted by its City Council.
Notary Public
DRAFTED BY:
CAMPBELL KNUTSON
Professional Association
Grand Oak Office Center I
860 Blue Gentian Road, Suite 290
Eagan, Minnesota 55121
Telephone: (651) 452-5000
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VEHICLE TOWING AND IMPOUNDING AGREEMENT EXTENSION
AGREEMENT made this _______ day of __________________, 2022 by and between
CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK, a Minnesota municipal corporation (“City”), and BOBBY &
STEVE’S AUTO WORLD EDEN PRAIRIE, LLC, (“Contractor”).
WHEREAS, the parties entered into a Vehicle Towing and Impounding Agreement (“City
Towing Contract”) dated March 28, 2018 relating to the impounding services (City Contract No.
43-18); and
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with and as a condition of the execution of this City
Towing Contract Extension, Contractor is entering into a Lease Extension with the City for a term
of one (1) year (subject to early termination) (“Lease Extension”); and
WHEREAS, the EDA has consented to the Lease Extension in the form of the Landowner
Consent attached to the Lease Extension and incorporated therein by reference (“EDA Consent”);
and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to extend the term of the City Towing Contract by one (1)
year.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. The term of the City Towing Contract shall be extended from March 31, 2022 to
March 31, 2023.
2. All other terms and conditions of the City Towing Contract and of the Parking Lot
Lease Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
BOBBY & STEVE’S AUTO WORLD
By:
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ______ day of
______________, 2021, by _____________________, the _________________ of Bobby &
Steve’s Auto World Eden Prairie, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability partnership, on behalf of said
partnership.
Notary Public
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CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
By:
Jake Spano, Mayor
By:
Kim Keller, City Manager
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
)ss.
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ___ day of __________, 2022,
by Jake Spano and Kim Keller, the Mayor and City Manager of the City of St. Louis Park, a
Minnesota municipal corporation, on behalf of the corporation and pursuant to the authority
granted by its City Council.
Notary Public
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CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
VEHICLE TOWING AND IMPOUNDING AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, made as of ________________, 2022, between the CITY OF ST. LOUIS
PARK, a Minnesota municipal corporation ("City"), and Bobby & Steve’s Auto World Eden Prairie,
LLC ("Contractor").
The City and the Contractor agree as follows:
1. WORK TO BE PERFORMED
The Contractor agrees to perform the following services upon receipt of a specific request
from the City: To remove, impound and transport, or tow to storage facilities, all stolen,
abandoned, damaged, illegally parked or other vehicles upon proper police request found in
the public streets or elsewhere in the City of St. Louis Park. The Contractor also agrees to
care for and store all such cars when requested by the City and to preserve and deliver them
to the owners or persons entitled to the possession of them upon payment of towing and
storage fees, all in accordance with the provisions of the State and City statutes and
ordinances and these Contract documents. The Contractor represents that the Contractor has
a commitment for and agrees to maintain storage facilities large enough to accommodate at
least two hundred (200) automobiles, at the following location, 5100 Park Glen Road St.
Louis Park, MN 55416.
2. LEASE OF REQUIRED STORAGE FACILITY
Contractor is leasing from the City a portion of the property commonly referred to as the
Water Tower property located at 5100 Park Glen Road upon which its required storage
facility is located (“Water Tower Property Lease). The City’s early termination of the Water
Tower Property Lease as a result of a default of the Lease terms by Contractor shall constitute
a breach of this Contract entitling the City to early termination pursuant to Paragraph 13
herein. The early termination of the Water Tower Property Lease as a result of a MnDOT
acquisition shall also terminate this Agreement.
3. TERM
This Contract will be for a term of one (1) years commencing April 1, 2022 and ending
March 31, 2023, unless terminated earlier pursuant to Paragraph 13 of this Contract.
4. DUTIES OF THE CONTRACTOR
4.1 The Contractor further agrees to pay all persons furnishing labor, supplies,
equipment, space, or material to the Contractor in and about the performance of this
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Contract, these persons to be paid first, out of the amount due the Contractor, its
agents or assigns.
4.2 The Contractor shall take immediate possession of any vehicle duly ordered
impounded by the City and shall tow, not drive, such vehicle to the impounding
storage facility. All vehicles being held for evidential or investigative reasons by the
Police Department may not be released without authorization by the City Manager,
Chief of Police or other designee. Other vehicles may be released as provided herein
without formal authorization from the City Manager or Chief of Police.
4.3 The Contractor shall be responsible to check the theft status of any impounded
vehicle in the Contractor’s possession at least once every week.
4.4 The Contractor also agrees to establish the identity of the registered owners and lien
holders, if any, of impounded vehicles through the Department of Public Safety
automobile titles, insurance papers, and dealer bills of sale.
4.5 It shall be the responsibility of the Contractor, immediately upon the deposit of a
towed vehicle in the storage lot, to send the registered owner and lien holder of record
a notice by certified mail specifying the date and place of the taking, the year, make,
model, and serial number of the vehicle towed and the right to reclaim. Said notice
shall include the procedure for reclaiming the impounded vehicle. The notice shall
comply with Minn. Stat. 168B.06 and any other applicable law. A record of this
notice shall be retained by the Contractor during the term of this Contract, and for an
additional two (2) years after the expiration of this Contract. The cost of this notice
is included in the Contractor’s portion of the administrative fee. If the owner of the
impounded vehicle subject to a lien fails to reclaim the vehicle, the Contractor shall
provide notice to the lien holder, if any, prior to disposition of the vehicle.
Exception: When the vehicle is an abandoned vehicle (as defined by Minnesota law)
more than seven model years of age, is not currently licensed, and is missing vital
component parts, the Contractor may, with the approval of the Chief of Police,
immediately dispose of such vehicle pursuant to Minn. Stat. 168B.01 et. seq. and any
other applicable law.
4.6 The Contractor shall be solely responsible for all matters relating to the operation
of the storage facility as provided for in the City Code. Said storage facility shall
be fenced in a secure manner.
4.7 The Contractor agrees to keep safely all impounded vehicles, equipment and
accessories contained therein, and personal property, and, notwithstanding the
foregoing, to retain possession of same until all charges against the impounded
vehicle have been satisfied, and to reimburse the City and the owners for any and all
losses relating thereto. All personal property valued at One Hundred and no/100
Dollars ($100.00) or more shall be removed from the vehicle and stored in a secured
place until returned to the owner at the time said vehicle is released. Personal
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property that, in the judgment of the Police Department is necessary for health and
safety purposes, shall be released upon order of the Police Department.
4.8 The Contractor shall be required to keep, in a manner acceptable to the City, a
monthly report of all vehicles towed, released, and still held. The report shall be
forwarded to the Police Department no later than the tenth day of the following
month. The report shall also include the reason why vehicles, if any, towed in the
preceding month have not been released. All clerical, administrative, and late fees
due the City shall be paid no later than the tenth of the month following that in which
the charges accrued.
4.9 To promote the general welfare and safety, in all cases where the Contractor shall fail
to respond to any call for tow trucks within thirty (30) minutes, the City shall be paid
Fifty and no/100 Dollars ($50.00) by the Contractor. If the Contractor fails to
respond within sixty (60) minutes, another vendor may be contacted to provide
services, and the Contractor shall be responsible for the cost of the tow.
4.10 Contractor shall insure that all employees dress in appropriate attire that is clean
and well maintained. Clothing should display the name of the contractor displayed
in a contrasting color visible on the front of the employee’s shirt.
5. TOWING CHARGES
Towing charges for service provided by the Contractor under this Contract shall be $129.50
per tow. The Contractor will not charge additional fees for specific services provided nor
particular circumstances relating to any individual tow. The prohibited fees include, but are
not limited to the following: Show up but not hoisted; show up hoisted and dropped; use of
one dolly; waiting time, regardless of the amount; unusual labor required (e.g., more than
fifty feet off the roadway, in a lake, etc.); and winching more than fifty feet. No additional
administrative fees or charges of any kind, other than those specifically listed in this Contract,
shall be charged. Vehicles which are snowed in and require shoveling by tow truck operator
prior to towing shall be charged a $25.00 labor charge in addition to the standard towing fee.
Towed vehicles exceeding one ton capacity shall be charged the standard tow fee plus an
additional labor charge pro-rated per hour or part thereof at $100.00 per hour, plus material
costs.
The fee charged for storage of towed cars by Contractor will be the sum of $35.00/ per car
space per day, calculated from midnight to midnight.
The Contractor's towing charges shall include an additional administrative fee of fifty and
no/100 dollars ($50.00) per vehicle towed, of which twenty-five and no/100 dollars ($25.00)
per vehicle towed shall be paid to the City monthly, within ten (10) days of the end of each
month, by the Contractor for clerical and administrative expenses of the City. City vehicles
that require towing shall be towed without charge to the City. Contractor will not be liable
to tow oversized City vehicles (i.e. firetrucks and maintenance equipment) without charge.
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Vehicles towed and stored pursuant to seizure under state law, at the request of the City,
shall be charged a storage fee by Contractor of $3.00 per day. Contractor’s storage fee and
tow fee for vehicles held pursuant to seizure under state law shall not exceed $540.00 per
vehicle.
Any private cars towed and/or stored in error at the request of the City shall be returned to
the registered owner at no charge to the registered owner or the City.
All tow prices shall include the clean-up of the street or highway by the Contractor.
6. STORAGE AND RELEASE OF IMPOUNDED VEHICLES
Any vehicle directed to be impounded, from the time it is taken possession of by the
Contractor and during the time it is impounded, and until it is reclaimed, shall be considered
to be in the custody of the law, and no work shall be done on it by the Contractor, nor shall
the Contractor permit anyone to do any work on it until the vehicle has been reclaimed. All
vehicles, when ordered released by the City Manager or Police Department, shall be released
to the registered owner without other charges other than the impounding and storage fees.
During the time the vehicle is impounded, the Contractor shall not permit the owner or other
persons to take or remove the vehicle or any parts or change or repair any parts. All vehicles
impounded may be stored in inside garages or in fenced designated parking lots with a
minimum fenced height of six (6) feet.
The Contractor's hours of operation for release of impounded vehicles shall be as follows:
Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon
Sunday and holidays 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Contractor shall allow the vehicle owner to pick up a towed vehicle after Contractor’s hours
of operation by paying an extra $100.00 fee.
7. RELEASE FORM
No vehicles shall be released by the Contractor without authorization from the City. No
vehicle shall be released without proper proof of ownership and proof of current automobile
insurance. Vehicles ordered held by the Police Department shall not be released without
written authorization from the Police Department.
At the time of the return of the vehicle, the Contractor shall give a release in writing which
shall state the date of such release together with the charges enumerated thereon and the
purpose for which the charges were made. The release shall be made in one original and two
copies, all of which shall be signed by the Contractor and the person to whom the release is
made. The Contractor shall retain the original of the release and shall deliver one copy to
the owner of the vehicle and one copy to the Police Department.
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8. CHARGES FOR OPERATIONS
To the extent allowed by law, all charges for towing and storage shall be secured by a lien
against the vehicle and its contents impounded and carried on account until the sale or other
proper disposition of such vehicle is authorized by the City.
9. COMMUNICATIONS
The Contractor shall provide a constant telephone answering service 24 hours a day, seven
days per week, for the purpose of receiving requests for service pursuant to this Contract.
10. INSURANCE
During the term of this Contract, the Contractor shall secure and maintain all bonds and
insurance policies as will protect them from claims arising out of or as a result of Contractor's
operations under this Contract whether such operations be by Contractor or by a
Subcontractor or Sub-subcontractor or anyone directly or indirectly employed by any one of
them, or by anyone for whose acts any of them may be held liable. Approval of the insurance
by the City shall not in any way relieve or decrease the liability of Contractor hereunder, and
it is expressly understood that the City does not in any way represent that the required
insurance or liability limits hereunder are sufficient or adequate to protect Contractor's
liabilities, obligations or interests.
Contractor shall furnish City an Insurance Certificate in the form approved by the City's Risk
Assessment Manager and/or City Clerk. Any insurance agent for coverage required by this
Contract shall have in force and effect errors and omissions coverage in limits of not less
than $500,000 per occurrence and $500,000 aggregate. Contractor shall not begin any work
until the City has reviewed and approved the Insurance Certificates and has so notified
Contractor directly in writing. Notice to proceed shall be subject to such approval of the
City. Certificate of Insurance shall show that the required insurance is currently in force, and
providing that said coverage shall not be terminated or changed by the Insurer except upon
sixty (60) days prior written notice to the City. Failure to comply with the provisions of this
section shall automatically suspend this Contract until said insurance provisions have been
satisfied. A notice of insurance renewal shall be provided to the City (30) days prior to the
renewal date of this insurance or the annual anniversary date of this Contract. Failure to
provide the City with evidence of renewal shall automatically suspend this Contract until
satisfactory evidence of renewal is provided the City. No policy shall contain any provisions
for exclusion from liability other than the provisions for exclusions from liability forming
part of the standard, basic, unamended and unendorsed form or policy, except no exclusion
will be permitted if it conflicts with the coverage expressly required by this Contract or which
would conflict with or in any way impair coverage under the Contractual coverage applying
to this Contract. Compliance by the Contractor with the foregoing requirements to carry
insurance and furnish certificates shall not relieve Contractor from liability assumed under
any provision of this Contract.
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11. LIABILITY
The Contractor will be liable for the loss of or damage to any impounded vehicle, including
equipment thereon, and any personal property or other contents, which loss or damage is
caused by the Contractor, its employees, agents or subcontractors. This liability would take
effect from the time the Contractor or the Contractor’s agent signs the receipt for the vehicle
provided by the Police Department or takes custody of the vehicle by hooking or hoisting,
whichever occurs first. The Contractor shall take all precautions necessary to protect the
public against injury, and will defend and hold the City harmless from all damages and claims
of damage that may arise by reasons of the towing and storage of vehicles pursuant to this
Contract.
12. INDEMNIFICATION
The Contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless the City and its agents and employees
from and against all claims, damages, losses and expenses including attorneys' fees, which
may be asserted against or incurred by the City or for which the City may be held liable
because of bodily injury including death at any time resulting therefrom, property damage
including loss of use thereof, economic loss of, or any other type of damage arising out of
the performance of this Contract by the Contractor, its employees, agents or subcontractors.
13. EARLY TERMINATION
The City shall have the right to terminate this Contract in the event of breach thereof by the
Contractor, and a continuing breach shall not be deemed to be waived because it was not
followed by prompt termination. Upon breach of this Contract, neither party shall be entitled
to any administrative hearing to establish the fact of default or a party’s right to terminate.
Rather, all parties retain any and all rights at common law to obtain redress for breach of this
Contract. This Contract shall terminate, and neither party nor officer of the City shall be
liable for further performance after such termination if the Contract shall become invalid by
reason of any present or future law other than an ordinance of the City.
14. EXCUSE FOR PERFORMANCE
The work shall be done with resources which are adequate to insure the satisfactory towing
of vehicles under all adverse conditions. Weather, breakdown, and similar hindrance which
on other work might be regarded as "acts of providence" shall not apply to relieve the
Contractor of the responsibility for carrying out the work.
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15. PERFORMANCE BOND
The Contractor shall execute and deliver to the City Clerk a letter of credit or a performance
bond executed by a corporate surety company authorized to do business in the State of
Minnesota in the sum of Twenty-Five Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($25,000.00) to secure
the faithful performance of this Contract by said Contractor conditioned upon that the
Contractor shall well and truly perform and carry out the covenants, terms and conditions of
this Contract in strict accordance with its provisions. This Contract shall be subject to
termination by the City at any time if said bond shall be canceled or if the surety thereon is
relieved from liability because of the Contractor's failure to pay the premium or upon the
occurrence of the expiration of the period of the bond without renewal thereof.
16. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
The Contractor, its successors, executors, administrators, and assigns are bound jointly and
severally to the City in respect to all covenants of this Contract. The Contractor shall not
assign or transfer any part of the Contractor’s interest in this Contract, or sublet as a whole,
nor shall the Contractor assign any moneys due, or to become due, without the City's prior
written consent.
17. SALE AND/OR DISPOSAL OF VEHICLES
When the total of all charges for towing, storage and necessary additional charges equals or
exceeds the value of the vehicle impounded, the Contractor shall sell at sheriff's sale or
dispose of by any other legal means the said vehicle. In disposing of impounded vehicles,
the Contractor shall comply with the provisions of Minnesota Statute 168B.09, Subd. (1) and
(2) and any other applicable law. The Contractor shall report all transactions of sale or
disposal, and the proceeds received therefrom, to the Office of the City Manager within two
business days. The Contractor shall keep a record of all losses and profits from the sale or
disposal of said vehicles and report annually.
18. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
At all times and for all purposes herein, the Contractor is an independent contractor and not
an employee of the City. No statement herein shall be construed so to find the Contractor an
employee of the City.
19. NON-DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICE
During the performance of this Contract, the Contractor shall not discriminate against any
employee or applicant for employment or other individual because of race, color, creed,
religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability,
age, sexual preference, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. The
Contractor shall post in places available to employees and applicants for employment,
notices setting forth the provisions of this non-discrimination clause and stating that all
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The Contractor shall
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incorporate the foregoing requirements of this paragraph in all of its subcontractors for
program work, and will require all of its subcontractors for such work to incorporate such
requirements in all subcontractors for program work.
20. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
The Contractor recognizes that the City is an equal opportunity employer and agrees during
the life of this Contract to take affirmative action to provide equal employment opportunity
without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual
preference, physical or mental disability, membership or activity in a local committee or
status with respect to public assistance.
21. COMPLIANCE
In providing services pursuant to this Contract, Contractor shall abide by all statutes,
ordinances, rules, and regulations pertaining to the performance of this Contract. Failure of
the Contractor to comply with any of the obligations of this Contract shall constitute a breach
of the Contractor's obligations and shall entitle the City to terminate the Contract and collect
all damages, including the arrearages and all costs of collection including reasonable
attorneys’ fees.
22. RECORDS AVAILABILITY AND RETENTION
Pursuant to Minn. Stat. 16C.05, Subd. 4, Contractor agrees that the City, the State Auditor,
or any of their duly authorized representatives at any time during normal business hours and
as often as they may reasonably deem necessary, shall have access to and the right to
examine, audit, excerpt, and transcribe any books, documents, papers, records, etc., which
are pertinent to the accounting practices and procedures of Contractor and involve
transactions relating to this Contract.
23. DATA PRACTICES
All data collected, created, received, maintained or disseminated or used for any purposes in
the course of this Contract by any party is governed by the Minnesota Government Data
Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, as amended, the Minnesota Rules
implementing such Act now in force or as adopted, as well as federal regulations on data
privacy.
24. NOTICES
All notices, requests, demands, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed given if personally delivered or mailed, certified mail, return receipt
requested, to the following addresses:
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If to City: City Manager
City of St. Louis Park
5005 Minnetonka Boulevard
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
With Copy to: St. Louis Park City Attorney
Campbell Knutson, P.A.
Grand Oak Office Center I
860 Blue Gentian Road, Suite 290
Eagan, MN 55121
If to Contractor: Bobby & Steve’s Auto World Eden Prairie, LLC
8100 Flying Cloud Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
25. WHOLE AGREEMENT
This Contract embodies the entire agreement between the parties including all prior
understandings and agreements and may not be modified except in writing signed by both
parties.
EXECUTED as of the day and year first written above.
CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
By:
Jake Spano, Mayor
By:
Kim Keller, City Manager
CONTRACTOR:
By:
Its:
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Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 4c
Executive summary
Title: Fencing Consortium Joint Powers Agreement
Recommended action: Staff recommends that council adopt the resolution to participate in the
fencing consortium joint powers agreement.
Policy consideration: Does council wish to authorize the police department to participate in
the fencing consortium as outlined in the joint powers agreement?
Summary: Anti-scale fencing serves a significant role for de-escalation and establishing a space
for lawful protests. In the spring of 2021, a significant number of public agency professionals
(with police, fire, public works, and emergency management backgrounds) joined together to
form a fence working group.
The fence working group’s efforts have led to the formation of a fencing consortium. The
fencing consortium is made up of local government agencies that will jointly contract with a
fencing vendor for the availability, storage, maintenance, and transportation of anti-scale
fencing. At the time of this report, fifty-two metro area communities have expressed their
intent to enter into the fencing consortium agreement.
The anti-scale fencing would only be deployed upon recommendation of the City Manager or
acting Emergency Management Director. The council would approve the full deployment of the
fencing through a mayoral declaration of a local emergency.
City Attorney, Soren Mattick, has been involved in the development and review of the joint
powers agreement. Staff has reviewed the agreement and requests council’s approval of the
attached resolution and joint powers agreement.
Financial or budget considerations: The annual fee to participate in the fencing consortium and
provide the ability to fence the city hall and police department campus is $7,509. This would be
a new budget item added to the Emergency Management budget in 2023.
Strategic priority consideration: Not applicable.
Supporting documents: Fencing consortium resolution
Fencing consortium joint powers agreement
Statewide public works mutual aid agreement
St. Louis Park campus fencing map
Prepared by: Mike Harcey, police chief
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
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Discussion
Background: Anti-scale fencing serves an important role in de-escalation and establishing a
space for lawful protests. After social unrest occurred in multiple nearby cities, in the spring of
2021, a significant number of public agency professionals (with police, fire, public works, and
emergency management backgrounds) joined together to form a fence working group. The
group identified the tradeoffs of utilizing anti-scale fencing. Though deploying fencing can be
triggering for members of the community and employees, ultimately, the consortium
determined that the benefits of eliminating or reducing the non-tangibles associated with civil
unrest significantly outweigh the activation. Fencing does this by:
1) Providing physical separation between law enforcement and protestors to de-escalate
tension between the two groups
2) Reducing the need for crowd control measures to be used to ensure for public safety
3) Reducing potential trauma to all involved
4) Creating a space for public peaceful protesting
5) Reducing public safety resource demands committed to one location for extended
periods of time
The fence working group’s efforts have led to the formation of a fencing consortium. The
fencing consortium is made up of local government agencies (members) that will jointly
contract with a fencing vendor for the availability, storage, maintenance, and transportation of
anti-scale fencing. The consortium will have, at a minimum, enough fencing for the largest
police department building in the consortium. The fencing consortium joint powers agreement,
along with the existing statewide public works mutual aid agreement, establishes the processes
and procedures to secure the vendor contract, associated costs, availability, storage,
maintenance, transportation, and deployment of anti-scale fencing. The intent is to provide
anti-scale fencing within hours, instead of days, around potentially impacted government
building(s) in response to a critical incident.
The purpose and structure of the fence consortium is to provide experienced leadership for
fence deployment operations across multiple jurisdictions in a unified command structure and
coordinate during the deployment of anti-scale fencing. This includes considering and planning
for operational logistics and tactical planning associated with fence deployment. The fence
consortium itself is a multi-agency, pre-planned, coordinated resource management system to
continue efforts to minimize multiple local and state agencies from being over-extended.
Fence deployment procedure: The anti-scale fencing would only be deployed upon
recommendation of the City Manager or acting Emergency Management Director. The council
would approve the full deployment of the fencing through a mayoral declaration of a local
emergency. A fencing map of the city hall and police department campus has been added as an
attachment to this report. The fencing could also be utilized at any city building if needed.
Fence deployment team: One of the biggest costs and factors for the deployment of any fence
is the labor, equipment, and scheduling of staffing to setup the fence. To address this need, the
working group determined that the best way to meet these challenges is to use the existing
Statewide Public Works Mutual Aid Pact to provide the labor and equipment needed to deploy
the fence. Just like police and fire use existing mutual aid agreements during civil unrest, public
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works would do the same. One key reason for this is that the joint powers agreement can
leverage these other existing mutual aid agreements when it comes to labor considerations.
Each consortium member would need to provide between 1 and 3 people who would be
assigned to the fence deployment team. This team would train 3 times a year (2 times in
person) so that when the call to deploy the fence was made, everyone would be familiar with
what needed to be done and it could be done as efficiently as possible. Each consortium
member would cover the costs, including if there was a deployment (likely overtime), of their
staff on the Fence Deployment Team. St. Louis Park public works staff has reviewed and
affirmed their ability to meet the expectations of the fencing consortium joint powers
agreement as part of the statewide public works mutual aid agreement.
Cost: The annual cost of the fencing consortium agreement is based on percentage of the linear
footage needed for each community compared to the community with the largest linear
footage need. The annual fee to participate in the fencing consortium and provide the ability to
fence our city hall and police department campus is $7,509. If the fence were to be deployed in
St. Louis Park, the cost for the actual use of the fencing would be subject to the vendor contract
negotiated by the fencing consortium, which we anticipate to be significantly lower than we
could obtain as an individual entity.
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Resolution No. 22-____
Resolution approving Fencing Consortium Joint Powers Agreements with the
City of St. Louis Park on behalf of its city and police department
Whereas, the governmental units in the state have experienced an increase in
incidences of civil unrest with violent and destructive actors who pose a threat to the public,
public personnel, buildings, and critical infrastructure; and
Whereas, the First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the freedom
of speech, the press, and the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
government for a redress of grievances; and
Whereas, recent experience has shown that the use of anti-scale fencing has greatly de-
escalated tension between law enforcement and protesters; and
Whereas, by de-escalating the tension, the anti-scale fencing helps to reduce the
trauma on the community, improve the safety for all, minimize the impact on neighboring
properties, and reduce the community resources that have to be committed to such events;
and
Whereas, governmental units have recognized the need to have ready access to anti-
scalable fencing as a tool for de-escalation and community safety while protecting against
violent and destructive actors; and
Whereas, the best means for a governmental unit to access such fencing in a timely and
cost-effective manner is to work cooperatively with other governmental units; and
Whereas, the Fencing Consortium Joint Powers Agreement (“Fencing JPA”), which is
incorporated herein by reference, establishes a joint board to obtain and make available to
members anti-scalable fencing in response to critical incidences, sets out the powers of the
joint board, requires members to pay their share of the fencing costs and operational costs of
the Fencing Consortium, requires members to provide staffing to assemble and disassemble the
fencing as part of the Public Works Mutual Aid Pact, and otherwise provides for the operation
of the Fencing Consortium as a joint powers entity; and
Whereas, the governmental unit is a member of the Public Works Mutual Aid Pact and
is otherwise eligible to adopt the Fencing JPA; and
Whereas, it is in the best interests of the community to become a member and
participate in the Fencing Consortium.
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Now therefore be it resolved, by the governing body as follows:
1. The Fencing JPA is hereby approved and adopted.
2. That Jake Spano, the mayor for the City of St. Louis Park, is authorized and directed
to make nominations and to cast votes on persons to be elected to the Fencing Consortium
Board of Directors.
3. Staff are authorized and directed to do each of the following:
a. Submit a fully executed copy of this Resolution as directed in the Fencing JPA to
indicate membership in the Fencing Consortium;
b. Designate a primary and secondary point of contact for the Fencing Consortium
for administrative purposes.
c. Coordinate with the other Fencing Consortium members and the Board on the
selection of staff from the public works department to serve on the fencing
deployment team; and
d. To take such other actions as may be needed to carry out the intent of this
Resolution and as may be required under the terms of the Fencing JPA.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council May 16, 2022
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
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FENCING CONSORTIUM JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
THIS FENCING CONSORTIUM JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is
made and entered into by and among the Governmental Units identified in the attached Exhibit A
(each a “Member” or collectively the “Members”).
RECITALS
A. The civil unrest and resulting negative impacts on mental health, damage to buildings,
and a reduction in overall safety experienced in the Seven County Metropolitan Area in
recent years has given rise to a need for communities to have ready access to anti-
scalable fencing. The anti-scale fencing can be set up to protect public buildings, critical
infrastructure, and other key locations to de-escalate tensions between law enforcement
and protestors as well as reduce the need to rely on crowd control measures to protect
such locations from violent and destructive actors.
B. Appropriate fencing to serve this purpose is produced by few vendors, currently all of
which are located outside of the state.
C. This type of fencing is expensive and the delays associated with attempting to identify
and secure the delivery of fencing during the response to a critical incident may result in
unnecessary risks to personnel and public property.
D. By pooling resources and working cooperatively, communities can access high quality
fencing, trained personnel, and related resources to assemble it in as efficient manner as
possible to support de-escalation measures with protestors and protect facilities from
violent and destructive actors.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the mutual agreements and understandings, and intending to be
legally bound, the Members hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND PURPOSE
1.1. Definition of Terms. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the meaning given them in this section.
(a) Additional Member. “Additional Member” means a Governmental Unit that
submits a Membership Resolution after the Effective Date and that the Board
votes to accept as a Member of the Fencing Consortium.
(b) Agreement. “Agreement” means this Fencing Consortium Joint Powers
Agreement.
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(c) Board. “Board” means the Fencing Consortium Joint Board established by this
Agreement.
(d) Call Out. “Call Out” means a request by a Requesting Member to the Board
requesting the deployment of the Fencing.
(e) Critical Incident. “Critical Incident” means an event or occurrence that occurs
within a Governmental Unit that is reasonably anticipated to result in, or that does
result in, civil unrest focused against one or more public buildings, infrastructure,
or other critical site with the Governmental Unit.
(f) Deployment Site. “Deployment Site” means the specific location at which the
Fence is to be assembled.
(g) Deployment Team. “Deployment Team” means the public works personnel or
others assigned by each Member who are responsible for responding to requests
by Members to assemble and disassemble the Fencing at a Member’s Deployment
Site in accordance with its Fencing Preplan.
(h) Deployment Team Manager. “Deployment Team Manager” is the member of the
Deployment Team designated as supervisor and who has operational control over
the deployment and demobilization of the Fencing.
(i) Effective Date. “Effective Date” means the date this Agreement goes into effect
and the date by which Original Members must adopt the Membership Resolution.
The Effective Date is September 2, 2022.
(j) Extended Membership Area. “Extended Membership Area” means the area
established by the Board outside of the Seven County Metropolitan Area in which
Governmental Units are eligible to request membership in the Fencing
Consortium.
(k) Fencing. “Fencing” means the non-scalable, portable, free-standing fence secured
by the Board and made available to Members under this Agreement.
(l) Fencing Preplan. “Fencing Preplan” means a plan developed by a Governmental
Unit showing the general location and length of the Fencing needed and the type
and location of gates within the Fencing.
(m) Governmental Unit. “Governmental Unit” means a local government or other
political subdivision of the State that is authorized under Minnesota Statutes,
section 471.59 to enter into a joint powers agreement. The term also includes
state agencies and joint powers entities that own a public building.
(n) Lease. “Lease” means the lease agreement between the Board and the Vendor to
secure the Fencing for the Fencing Consortium and that sets out the terms for the
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storge, delivery, and maintenance of the Fencing. The Lease may also establish
the use charge the Requesting Member is required to pay the Vendor for the
actual use of the Fencing.
(o) Member. “Member” means an Original Member or an Additional Member. The
term is used generally in this Agreement to refer to an individual current member
Governmental Unit or, in its plural form, to all current member Governmental
Units. A Governmental Unit must remain in good standing under this Agreement
to remain a Member of the Fencing Consortium.
(p) Member Assessment. “Member Assessment” means the amount determined
annually by the Board to pay the costs of the Fencing Consortium and which is
invoiced to each Member.
(q) Membership Resolution. “Membership Resolution” means the resolution form a
Governmental Unit adopts to join the Fencing Consortium. Any resolution that is
not substantively the same in all respects as the form resolution developed for
membership shall not constitute a Membership Resolution.
(r) Notification System. “Notification System” means the communications or alert
system, or systems, selected by the Board to issue a Call Out for the deployment
of the Deployment Team and Fencing to a Requesting Member’s Governmental
Unit.
(s) Original Member. “Original Member” means a Governmental Unit that
completed all requirements to enter into this Agreement prior to the Effective
Date.
(t) Public Works Mutual Aid Pact. “Public Works Mutual Aid Pact” means the
Public Works Joint Powers Mutual Aid Agreement, which was originally
effective as of July 1, 2018 and is incorporated herein by reference.
(u) Requesting Member. “Requesting Member” means a Member who makes a
request to the Board for the deployment of the Fencing in its Governmental Unit.
(v) Seven County Metropolitan Area. “Seven County Metropolitan Area” means the
counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
(w) Staging Area. “Staging Area” means the location identified for the Deployment
Team to gather at in response to a Call Out before convoying to the Deployment
Site.
(x) Surcharge. “Surcharge” means the amount an Additional Member is required to
pay to join the Fencing Consortium as determined by the Board. The Surcharge is
in addition to the amount the Additional Member is required to pay based on the
length of its Fencing needs as shown in its Fencing Preplan. The Surcharge
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includes the amount the Member is to pay for the Member Assessment for the
year in which the Governmental Unit becomes a Member and any buy-in costs as
determined by the Board.
(y) Vendor. “Vendor” means the fencing company selected to provide the Fencing to
the Fencing Consortium.
1.2. Purpose. It is the general purpose of this Agreement to:
(a) To establish the Fencing Consortium, the responsibilities of the Members toward
the Fencing Consortium, and to establish the “Fencing Consortium Joint Board”
to govern the Fencing Consortium and its operations;
(b) To authorize the Board to obtain and provide for the storage and deployment of
Fencing in response to a Critical Incident and for other purposes as provided in
this Agreement and as determined by the Board;
(c) To authorize the Board to negotiate and enter into an agreement with a Vendor to
obtain the Fencing and provide for its storage, delivery to, and return from a
Requesting Member’s Governmental Unit;
(d) To authorize the Board to establish policies and procedures for the deployment of
the Fencing, the training and deployment of the Deployment Team, and on other
matters as needed to achieve the purposes of this Agreement;
(e) To authorize the Board to determine the Governmental Units eligible for
membership in the Fencing Consortium, including expanding the eligible territory
as it determines is appropriate; and
(f) To authorize the Board, upon deliberation and continued communication with the
Members, to revise the initial structure of the Fencing Consortium over time as it
may determine is in the best interests of the Members to do things such as moving
from a leasing arrangement to purchasing the Fencing and to provide for its
storage, maintenance, and transportation.
ARTICLE II
FENCING CONSORTIUM ESTABLISHED
2.1. Established. There is hereby established, by the execution of this Agreement, the
“Fencing Consortium” as a joint powers entity formed pursuant to Minnesota Statutes,
section 471.59, which is to be managed and operated by the Board pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement.
2.2. Scope. This Agreement applies to those Governmental Units that are Members of the
Fencing Consortium and provides for the operation of the Fencing Consortium by a
Board of Directors elected as provided herein.
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ARTICLE III
MEMBERSHIP
3.1. Original Members. A Governmental Unit that adopts and submits the Membership
Resolution to join the Fencing Consortium before the Effective Date shall be considered
an Original Member under this Agreement. A Governmental Unit is eligible to be an
Original Member of the Fencing Consortium if it satisfies all of the following:
(a) Is a member of the Public Works Mutual Aid Pact;
(b) Is within the Seven County Metropolitan Area;
(c) Has submitted a Fencing Preplan prior to the Effective Date; and
(d) Has properly adopted and submitted a Membership Resolution prior to the
Effective Date.
The Governmental Unit shall submit its Membership Resolution to the Chief of Police in
the City of Crystal. The Membership Resolutions shall be transferred to the Board once
it is formed. Membership Resolutions adopted after the Effective Date shall be sent to
the Board.
3.2. Additional Members. After the Effective Date, a Governmental Unit may request to
become an Additional Member of the Fencing Consortium if it satisfies the following:
(a) Is a member of the Public Works Mutual Aid Pact;
(b) Is located within the Seven County Metropolitan Area or within the Extended
Membership Area as determined by the Board;
(c) Submits a Fencing Preplan;
(d) Submits the fully adopted Membership Resolution; and
(e) The Board votes to accept the Governmental Unit as an Additional Member.
Additional Members are required to pay a Surcharge to the Fencing Consortium in the
amount determined by the Board, and to comply with such additional requirements as
may reasonably be imposed by the Board.
3.3. Exception. The membership requirement to be a member of the Public Works Mutual
Aid Pact is to establish a mechanism through which local public works staff can be
utilized to assist in the mobilization and demobilization of the Fencing within the
Governmental Unit. However, there are entities that do not have their own public works
staff, desire to become a Member of the Fencing Consortium, and for which local support
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can be provided through another Governmental Unit. Therefore, a Governmental Unit
that does not have a public works department or public works employees is not required
to be a member of the Public Works Mutual Aid Pact to be eligible to become a Member
of the Fencing Consortium, provided the following are complied with to the extent
applicable:
(a) If the Governmental Unit is a joint undertaking among other Governmental
Units, the community in which any of the Governmental Unit’s buildings are
located and to which its Fencing Preplan applies must be a member of the Public
Works Mutual Aid Pact; or
(b) If the Government Unit relies on the county sheriff’s department as the primary
source of law enforcement services, that county must be a member of the Public
Works Mutual Aid Pact.
3.4. Requirement of Good Standing. Continued membership in the Fencing Consortium
shall be contingent upon: paying the annual Member Assessment and any additional
charges as determined by the Board as provided herein; making public works staff
available to participate as members of the Deployment Team; and on-going compliance
with the other requirements, terms, and conditions of this Agreement and the policies and
procedures adopted by the Board.
3.5. Withdrawing from Membership . A Member may withdraw from the Fencing
Consortium as provided in Article XI of this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
FENCING CONSORTIUM JOINT BOARD
4.1. Established. There is hereby established the “Fencing Consortium Joint Board.” The
Board shall consist of five Directors elected by the Members in accordance with this
Article. Directors shall serve without compensation from the Fencing Consortium. The
Director positions shall be assigned as follows:
(a) Two Directors representing law enforcement;
(b) One Director representing fire;
(c) One Director representing public works; and
(d) One Director representing emergency managers.
4.2. Initial Directors. The Board shall initially be comprised of the following Directors
(“Initial Board”):
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(a) Ryan Murphy, Commander, Special Operations Unit, Saint Paul Police
Department and Ryan Seibert, Chief of Police, City of Chaska, representing law
enforcement;
(b) Ward Parker, Assistant Chief Operations, City of Eden Prairie, representing fire;
(c) Daniel Ruiz, Director of Operations & Maintenance, City of Brooklyn Park,
representing public works; and
(d) Doug Berglund, Director, Emergency Management, Washington County Sheriff’s
Office, representing emergency managers.
The Initial Board shall be responsible for Organizing the Board and the Fence
Consortium. The Initial Board shall conduct an election in 2022 for Members to elect
three Directors to the Board. An election will then be held in 2023 for Members to elect
the remaining two Directors to the Board. Those elected in 2022 shall assume their
positions effective on January 1, 2023 and those elected in 2023 shall assume their
positions on January 1, 2024. The Initial Board shall determine which positions are up
for election in 2022 and 2023, except the two law enforcement Director positions shall be
elected in separate years.
4.3. Director Eligibility. To be eligible to be elected to the Board a person must be currently
employed by a Member and actively serving in the profession the person is proposed to
represent on the Board. If a Director loses eligibility to continue serving on the Board,
the position shall be deemed vacant and the vacancy filled as provided herein.
4.4. Term. Each Director serves a two-year term commencing on January 1. The terms shall
be staggered to minimize the number of Directors up for election in the same year. The
Initial Board shall determine the terms and the staggering of the positions as part of
adopting the bylaws. A vacancy in the office of Director shall be filled by appointment
of the Board until the next election, at which time the position shall be up for election for
the remainder of the term.
4.5. Election of Directors. The annual election of Directors shall occur in accordance with
this Agreement and the bylaws established by the Board. This process is not subject to
federal, state, or local election laws or procedures. Instead, the intent is to provide a
reasonable means for Members to nominate candidates and to select those whom they
wish to serve on the Board. Each Member in good standing when the nomination process
begins has an opportunity to nominate people from its Governmental Unit for any or all
the open positions on the Board. All persons nominated to a position must be eligible to
represent that position on the Board. The Board shall collect the nominations and prepare
a ballot to be distributed among the Members for a vote. Each Member in good standing
shall have one vote on each open position. A Member must determine for itself who is
authorized to submit nominations and cast the vote on its behalf. The name of the
Member submitting the ballot must be on the ballot. The Board shall tabulate the votes
and provide the Members a list of the persons elected to the Board. The conducting of
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the nomination and election process shall occur early enough in a year to allow the newly
elected Directors to take their positions on the Board as of January 1.
4.6. Director Duties. Directors are responsible for carrying out the duties of the Board under
this Agreement in a diligent and timely manner. If a Director fails to attend three
consecutive Board meetings without reasonable cause, the Board may declare the office
vacant and fill the position by appointment. The position will then be up for election at
the next election for the remainder of the term.
4.7. Board Officers. Each year at its annual meeting the Board shall elect from among its
Directors a Chair and a Vice-Chair. The Board shall also appoint a Secretary/Treasurer,
which is not required to be selected from among the Directors. If the Secretary/Treasurer
is not a Director, the person shall not have a vote. The Chair shall act as the presiding
officer at Board meetings and the Vice-Chair shall act as the presiding officer in the
absence of the Chair. The Secretary/Treasurer shall take the minutes of Board meetings
and shall serve as the finance manager for the Fencing Consortium. The Board shall
adopt by-laws to establish its own procedures, provided such procedures are consistent
with the purposes of this Agreement.
4.8. Board Meetings. The Board shall hold regular meetings on the schedule as established
in its bylaws. The Board may also hold special meetings as needed upon the call of the
Chair or upon the written request of two Directors given to the Secretary/Treasurer.
Meetings of the Board are subject to the Minnesota Open Meeting Law (Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 13D). The Secretary/Treasurer shall inform all Directors of special
meetings, maintain a schedule of the Board’s regular meetings, and shall post notice of
any special meetings on the bulletin board designated by the Board for such notices or, if
a bulletin board is not designated, upon the outside door of the building in which the
Board meets. The Board may hold emergency meetings and such other meetings as
allowed by law. The Board shall hold an annual meeting in January or in such other
month as designated by the Board. The annual meeting may be held together with a
regular meeting.
4.9. Voting. A majority of the Directors (three) shall constitute a quorum of the Board to
meet and conduct the business of the Board. Each Director shall have an equal, non-
weighted, vote. Unless specifically indicated otherwise herein, a majority vote of the
Directors present at a meeting, if at least a quorum is present, shall be required for the
Board to take action on any issue that comes before it. A Director must be present at a
meeting to vote and shall not vote by proxy. A Director may be considered present and
vote from a remote location to the extent allowed under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13D.
4.10. Powers of the Board.
(a) To take all actions necessary and convenient to discharge its duty to lease Fencing
and to make it available to Members pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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(b) Establish policies and procedures for requesting, deploying, using, demobilizing,
and returning the Fencing, and on such other operational matters as the Board
may determines is appropriate. This power includes, but is not limited to, further
refining the definition of Critical Incident as may be needed and otherwise
identifying situations in which deployment of the Fencing is automatic and when
it is discretionary with the Board.
(c) Authorize one or more of its Directors to receive request from a Requesting
Member and to issue a Call Out of the Fencing to a Critical Incident in
accordance with established policies and procedures.
(d) Obtain the Fencing initially by lease, or purchase with State appropriation, and
then determine over time whether to purchase part or all of the Fencing provided
under this Agreement. If the Fencing is purchased, to provide for its storage and
deployment.
(e) Select the notification system for the Call Out.
(f) To adopt bylaws and rules or policies consistent with this Agreement as required
to effectively exercise the powers, or accomplish the purposes, of the Fencing
Consortium;
(g) To interpret and apply the provisions of this Agreement in a manner that furthers
its purpose and intent including, but not limited to, determining the eligibility of a
Governmental Unit to become a Member;
(h) To adopt an annual operating and capital budget, including a statement of sources
of funding and allocation of costs to Members;
(i) To establish a system to communicate budget and other information of interest to
Members;
(j) To enter into contracts in its own name;
(k) Contract with an auditing firm to perform financial audits of the Fencing
Consortium as the Board determines is appropriate;
(l) To purchase any insurance and indemnity or surety bonds as necessary to carry
out the purposes of this Agreement;
(m) To seek, apply for, and accept appropriations (including legislative
appropriations), grants, gifts, loans of money or other assistance as permitted by
law from any person or entity, whether public or private;
(n) To sue;
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(o) To annually charge and collect from Members a Member Assessment as needed
to pay the on-going costs of the Fencing Consortium;
(p) To determine and require the payment of a Surcharge by Additional Members
joining the Fencing Consortium; and
(q) To exercise all other powers necessary and incidental to carry out the purposes of
this Agreement provided such powers are consistent with the purposes of the
Agreement and are exercised in accordance with the applicable statutory powers
of the Members.
4.11. Powers Not Delegated. The Members expressly reserve for themselves the following
powers, which shall not be deemed delegated to, and may not be exercised by, the Board:
(a) Hire employees;
(b) Purchase real property;
(c) Issue bonds; or
(d) Undertake or otherwise perform any functions exceeding the general scope and
purpose of this Agreement.
4.12. Specific Duties of the Board. The Board shall exercise the powers provided it under this
Agreement to perform, in addition to the other duties provided for in this Agreement, the
following specific duties:
(a) Lease Fence. The Board shall enter into a Lease with the Vendor to obtain the
Fencing and trailer(s) for transporting the Fencing. The Board shall ensure it
secures and maintains a sufficient length of Fencing to cover the Member with the
longest Fencing lengths as shown on the Fencing Preplans, rounded up to the
nearest 500 feet. Initially, the Board shall base the amount of Fencing on the
Fencing Preplans submitted by the Original Members. As Additional Members
join the Fencing Consortium, the Board shall consider the Fencing needs and may
secure additional Fencing as it determines is needed.
(b) Fence Storage and Transport. The Lease shall require the Vendor to store the
Fencing at a location agreeable to the Board, deliver the Fencing to the identified
Staging Area upon the Board’s request within the response timeframe identified
in the Lease, and to address other transportation needs as specified in the Lease.
(c) Select Notification System. The Board shall select a Notification Systems that
will be used by Directors to Call Out the Deployment Team to a Requesting
Member’s Governmental Unit.
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(d) Reports. The Board shall prepare and distribute such reports to the Members as
the Board determines are necessary to keep them informed of the Fencing
Consortium’s activities. The Board shall determine the best method for
distributing such reports.
4.13. Office. The initial office of the Fencing Consortium shall be selected by the Board. The
Board may change the location of the office as it determines is appropriate. The Board
will hold its meetings at the designated office, but may also meet at such other locations
as it determines appropriate to carry out its duties.
4.14. Disbursements. Except as otherwise provided, all unbudgeted disbursements and
expenditures of the Fencing Consortium shall be approved by the Board. All checks
issued by the Fencing Consortium from its funds shall be co-signed by two Directors
designated by the Board.
4.15. Fiscal Agent. The Board may appoint, and enter into agreements with, a fiscal agent for
the Fencing Consortium and may change the fiscal agent from time to time as it deems
necessary. The fiscal agent may be a Member Governmental Unit. The Board may
delegate authority to the fiscal agent to act on its behalf as the Board deems appropriate
and in accordance with applicable laws.
ARTICLE V
DEPLOYMENT OF THE FENCING
5.1. Automatic Deployment. The Fencing shall be made available for automatic deployment
upon the occurrence of a Critical Incident in a Member’s Governmental Unit. The
Requesting Member shall notify a Director of a Critical Incident and a Director shall
utilize the designated Notification System to Call Out the Deployment Team for
deployment of the Fencing. The Deployment Team shall then respond to the Requesting
Member to unload and assemble the Fencing at the Deployment Site. The process to
request deployment and demobilization of the Fencing shall occur in accordance with this
Agreement and the policies and procedures adopted by the Board. The Deployment
Team Manager shall be responsible for coordinating the deployment and demobilization
of the Fencing.
5.2. Requesting Member Obligations . A Requesting Member requesting deployment of the
Fencing for a Critical Incident occurring in the Member’s jurisdiction shall be responsible
for the following:
(a) Providing security for the Deployment Team while it is conducting its work at the
Deployment Site;
(b) Provide any equipment that may be needed to deploy or demobilize the Fencing that
is not provided by the Vendor;
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(c) Pay the Vendor charges for the actual use of the Fencing. Such payments are to be
made directly to the Vendor unless directed otherwise by the Board;
(d) Providing food, water, first aid, and similar support to the Deployment Team as
may reasonably be needed;
(e) Contacting the Board or the Board’s designee if there are any issues with the
Fencing once it is in place; and
(f) Complying with Board policies and procedures applicable to a Requesting Member,
including avoiding any activities that may unreasonably damage the Fencing or
expose the Deployment Team to an unreasonable risk.
5.3. Discretionary Deployment. A Member may make a request to the Board for the
deployment of the Fencing in the Member’s Governmental Unit for an event or
occurrence other than a Critical Incident. The deployment of the Fencing for something
other than a Critical Incident is left to the sole discretion of the Board. The Board shall
consider all such requests at a meeting and determine whether to approve the Member’s
request. The Board shall adopt criteria or standards for determining when to allow the
discretionary deployment of the Fencing and the requesting Member’s obligations if the
request is approved. The Board may delegate the authority to one or more Directors to
determine whether to allow the discretionary deployment of the Fencing based on the
criteria established by the Board.
5.4. Non-Member Deployment. The Board shall adopt standards and requirements for
determining whether to allow the deployment of the Fencing in response to a Critical
Incident that occurred in a non-member Governmental Unit. Nothing in this Agreement
obligates the Fencing Consortium to deploy the Fencing to a non-member Governmental
Unit.
5.5. No Guarantee. The Members understand and agree the deployment of the Fencing by
the Deployment Team is a cooperative undertaking and that the Fencing Consortium
cannot guarantee a certain response time or make any representations or warranties
regarding response times, the Fencing, its assembly, or effectiveness. The Deployment
Team will endeavor to respond as quickly as possible to a Critical Incident and to place
the Fencing as shown in the Requesting Member’s Fencing Preplan as provided in this
Agreement and in accordance with Board policies and procedures.
5.6. Demobilization. The Member who receives the Fencing in response to a Critical
Incident shall work with the Fencing Consortium to determine when to initiate the
demobilization of the Fencing from the Deployment Site. For a discretionary deployment
of the fence, the demobilization date shall be determined prior to the deployment. The
Deployment Team shall be responsible for disassembling the Fencing as part of the
demobilization. The Board shall establish such procedures and policies as may be needed
to address the demobilization of the Fencing. The Board has the authority to recall the
Fencing from a Member if it determines there is a more critical need for the Fencing in
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another Governmental Unit that cannot be fulfilled by the remaining Fencing held by the
Fencing Consortium.
ARTICLE VI
MEMBERSHIP COSTS AND ASSESSMENTS
6.1. Original Member Costs. Each Original Member shall be responsible for paying a share
of the Fencing costs based on the length of fence indicated in its Fencing Preplan as a
percentage of the total amount of initial Fencing to be leased by the Board. The Board
shall determine the amount each Original Member is required to pay and provide each an
invoice together with a sheet showing the division of costs. Invoice shall be paid within
45 days of receipt.
6.2. Additional Member Costs. Each Additional Member shall be required to pay their
share of the Fencing costs calculated as if they were an Original Member. Each
Additional Member shall also be required to pay a Surcharge in the amount determined
by the Board. The Surcharge is to pay the Additional Member’s portion of the Member
Assessment, any buy-in costs to cover a share of the Fencing and related costs, and to
partially reimburse the costs paid by the existing Members. The Board shall apply the
buy-in amounts collected to reduce the future charges to the existing Members.
6.3. Member Assessments. In addition to the initial Fencing costs each Member is required
to pay, Members shall also be assessed for the on-going costs to operate and maintain the
Fencing Consortium. These operational costs will be divided based on the Fencing costs
formula and paid by each Member as a Member Assessment. The formula shall take into
account the total length of Fencing held by the Fencing Consortium and then divided by
the length of each Member’s Fencing needs as indicated in the Fencing Preplan. The
Board shall, as part of the annual budget, determine the total amount of the Member
Assessments and the specific amount to be assessed each Member to pay the anticipated
Fencing Consortium costs in the upcoming year.
6.4. Payment of Member Assessments. The Fencing Consortium shall invoice Members for
their Member Assessment amount for the upcoming year. Invoices are to be sent no later
than January 15th in the year for which the assessment is being imposed. Members shall
pay their invoices in full within 45 days from the date of the invoice.
6.5. Default. Any Member who breaches or otherwise fails to comply with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement including, but not limited to, failure to pay its Member
Assessment in full by the due date, shall be considered in default of this Agreement. Any
dispute regarding whether a Member is in default shall be determined by a vote of the
Board. A Member shall not be considered in default until it has been notified in writing
by the Board of the condition placing it in default. The notice of default shall indicate the
Member is not in good standing and may be expelled if the default is not cured within 90
days. If a Member fails to fully cure a default within 90 days of the notice of default, the
Board may issue a written notice of expulsion from the Fencing Consortium. Upon such
notice, the Governmental Unit is no longer a Member of the Fencing Consortium as if the
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Governmental Unit voluntarily elected to terminate its membership in the Fencing
Consortium as provided herein.
ARTICLE VII
MEMBER STAFFING REQUIREMENTS
7.1. Public Works Staff. Each Member is expected to assign member(s) of its public works
staff to serve on the Deployment Team to train with the Fencing and to participate in the
unloading, assembly, and demobilization of the Fencing at a Deployment Site. The
providing of public works staff is through the Public Works Mutual Aid Pact and is at
each Member’s own cost.
7.2. Training. The Deployment Team shall train with the Fencing at least three times a year
to familiarize the Deployment Team with the Fencing and to help ensure its rapid
assembly at a Deployment Site in response to a Call Out. The Board shall work with the
Deployment Team to determine a reasonable training schedule that does not negatively
impact their regular duties.
7.3. Employees. The members of the Deployment Team are not employees of the Fencing
Consortium. The assigned members shall remain employees of their Governmental Unit
for all purposes including, but not limited to, workers’ compensation coverage.
7.4. Equipment. Any damage to or loss of Member equipment utilized by the Deployment
Team shall be addressed as provided in the Public Works Mutual Aid Pact.
7.5. Liability. Liability for the acts of the Deployment Team when responding to a Call Out
shall be addressed in accordance with the terms of the Public Works Mutual Aid Pact.
For the purposes of the Public Works Mutual Aid Pact, the Requesting Member shall be
the “Requesting Party” and each of the Members assigning personnel to the Deployment
Team shall be a “Sending Party.”
ARTICLE VIII
BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING
8.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Fencing Consortium is the calendar year.
8.2. Annual Budget. The Board shall prepare and adopt an annual budget as provided in this
section.
(a) Proposed Budget. The Board shall prepare and approve a proposed budget for the
upcoming fiscal year. The proposed budget shall account for all anticipated costs in
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the upcoming year and indicate the amounts proposed to be assessed to the
Members.
(b) Notice to Members. The Board shall adopt a proposed budget and distribute it to
the Members by no later than June 1 st each year. Members may submit written
comments to the Board regarding the proposed budget by no later than July 1 st.
(c) Final Budget. The Board shall consider the comments received from Members and
shall act to adopt a final budget by no later than August 31st. The Board shall
distribute a copy of the adopted annual budget to the Members. To reduce
administrative costs given the potential number of Members, the Board may send
notices and otherwise communicate with Members using email messages in lieu of
mailing.
ARTICLE IX
INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 Insurance. The Fencing Consortium shall purchase and maintain such insurance policies
as the Board determines is necessary and appropriate to cover the Fencing Consortium,
the Board, its operations, and, if required, the Fencing. By purchasing insurance the
Members, the Fencing Consortium, and the Board do not waive, and shall not be
construed as having waived, any exemptions, immunities, or limitations on liability
provided by any applicable Minnesota Law, including Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 466
and section 471.59, subdivision 1a. Any uninsured liabilities incurred by the Fencing
Consortium shall be paid by the Members in the same percentage as their Member
Assessments as set out in this Agreement.
9.2 Director Indemnification. The Fencing Consortium shall defend and indemnify its
Directors from any claim or damages levied against a Director arising out of the
Director’s lawful acts or omissions made or occurring in the good faith performance of
their duties on the Board. The Fencing Consortium is not required to indemnify a
Director for any act or omission for which the Director is guilty of malfeasance, willful
neglect of duty, or bad faith.
9.3 Member Indemnification. The Fencing Consortium shall hold the Members harmless,
individually and collectively, and will defend and indemnify the Members for any claims,
suits, demands or causes of action for any damages or injuries based on allegations of
negligence or omissions by the Fencing Consortium. The Fencing Consortium’s duty to
indemnify does not constitute, and shall not be construed as, a waiver by either the
Fencing Consortium or any or all Members of any exemptions, immunities, or limitations
on liability provided by law or of being treated as a single governmental unit as provided
in Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59, subdivision 1a.
9.4 Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, this Agreement and the activities
carried out hereunder thereof are intended to be and shall be construed as a “cooperative
activity” and it is the intent of the Members that they, together with the Board, shall be
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deemed a “single governmental unit” for the purposes of liability, all as set forth in
Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59, subdivision 1a. For purposes of the statute, each
Member to this Agreement expressly declines responsibility for the acts or omissions of
the other Members.
SECTION X
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
10.1 Dispute Resolution Process. The Members agree to engage in good faith to attempt to
resolve any disputes that may arise over the establishment, operation, or maintenance of
the Fencing Consortium. If a dispute is not resolved informally, the Members agree to
use the following process to attempt to resolve any dispute they may have related to the
Fencing Consortium.
(a) Written Notice of Dispute. Any Member with a dispute regarding the Fencing
Consortium or the Board may submit a written explanation of its dispute to the
Fencing Consortium and to each Member. The Board shall make the email list of
Members available for the purpose of providing this notice. The explanation of
the dispute must be detailed, not repetitive of a dispute already addressed by the
Board regarding the same Member, relate directly to a matter within the scope of
the Fencing Consortium or of the Board’s powers, and must suggest a solution.
(b) Review and Response by Board. Upon the Fencing Consortium’s receipt of a
written dispute it shall be placed on the agenda of the Board’s next scheduled
regular meeting for consideration. The Board shall respond in writing to all
properly submitted disputes within three months and shall provide each Member a
copy of its response.
(c) Mediation. If the Member with the dispute is not satisfied with the Board’s
response, it may file a written request with the Board for mediation. If the
Member and the Board are not able to mutually agree on a mediator, the Member
and the Board shall each select a mediator and the two mediators shall select a
third. Each party to the mediation shall be responsible for the cost of the mediator
it selected and shall share equally in the costs of the mediation and of the third
mediator.
(d) Binding Arbitration. If the dispute is not resolved in mediation, the aggrieved
Member and the Board may agree to submit to a binding arbitration process. The
arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, chapter
572B following the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
Association, unless the Board and the Member agree to follow different rules.
The Members and the Board agree the decision of the arbitrator shall be binding
on the Fencing Consortium and its Members.
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SECTION XI
WITHDRAWAL OF A MEMBER
11.1 Process. A Member may withdraw from the Fencing Consortium by providing written
notice to the Board of its intent to withdraw. To avoid a withdrawal from interrupting the
on-going payments for the costs of the Fencing, the effective date of the withdrawal will
depend on its timing with respect to the Board’s work to set the budget for the upcoming
year. If the Board receives the withdrawal notice prior to May 1 st in a year, the effective
date of the withdrawal will be December 31st of the same year. If the Board receives the
notice after May 1st, the withdrawal will be effective December 31st of the following year.
11.2 Effect of Withdrawal. The withdrawing Member shall be responsible for paying its full
Member Assessment for the full year in which the withdrawal is effective. Recognizing
the Fencing Consortium is an ongoing concern, the Members agree the withdrawing
Member shall not receive any reimbursement of the amounts it has paid and is not
entitled to any share in the assets of the Fencing Consortium. Upon the effective date of
the withdrawal, the former Member shall no longer be considered a Member under this
Agreement.
SECTION XII
DISSOLUTION OF FENCING CONSORTIUM
12.1 Dissolution Process. The Fencing Consortium may only be dissolved by a joint
resolution approved by four-fifths of the then current Members or by a unanimous vote of
the entire Board on a dissolution resolution. Dissolution shall not be effective for at least
six months from the adoption the resolution unless an earlier dissolution date is approved
as part of the resolution. Prior to the effective date of the dissolution, the Board shall use
the Fencing Consortium’s assets to pay its outstanding obligations. If the assets on hand
are not sufficient to pay all outstanding obligations, the Board shall impose a Member
Assessment to collect sufficient funds to pay the outstanding amounts. The Board shall
divide the amount needing to be collected by a Member Assessment using the same
formula for other Member Assessments. The Fencing Consortium shall not be finally
dissolved until its outstanding obligations are paid in full.
12.2 Distribution of Assets and Property. Upon dissolution, the Board shall distribute any
remaining assets to the Members in proportion to the Member Assessment of each
Member in effect as of the date of dissolution. The Board shall have the power to
determine the best method for distributing the assets and to decide any disputes that may
arise among the Members concerning such distribution.
SECTION XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
13.1 Official Copy. This Agreement is being entered into through the adoption by each
Member and the Membership Resolution. The Board shall maintain the official copy of
this Agreement and maintain a list of the Original Members and the Additional Members.
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The official copy shall constitute the Agreement, which shall be binding on all of the
Members.
13.2 Data Practices. The Fencing Consortium shall comply with the requirements of
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13, the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (“Act”).
The Vendor shall be required to comply with the Act as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
section 13.05. The Vendor shall be required to notify the Board if it receives a data
request and to work with the Fencing Consortium to respond to it.
13.3 Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be given to the Fencing Consortium under
this Agreement shall be given in writing, and shall be sent by first class mail to its current
address. Notice to each Member shall be given in writing by first class mail or email to
the Member’s chief of police or other designated contact person.
13.4 Waiver. The delay or failure of any party of this Agreement at any time to require
performance or compliance by any other party of any of its obligations under this
Agreement shall in no way be deemed a waiver of those rights to require such
performance or compliance.
13.5 Governing Law. The respective rights, obligations and remedies of the parties under
this Agreement and the interpretation thereof shall be governed by the laws of the State
of Minnesota which pertain to agreements made and to be performed in the State of
Minnesota.
13.6 Headings and Captions. The headings and captions of these paragraphs and sections of
this Agreement are included for convenience or reference only and shall not constitute a
part hereof.
13.7 No Third-Party Rights. This Agreement is entered into for the sole benefit of the
Members and no other parties are intended to be direct or incidental beneficiaries of this
Agreement, and no third party shall have any right in, under, or to this Agreement.
13.8 Good Faith. Each Member shall act in good faith. In exercising its rights and fulfilling
its obligations under this Agreement, each party acknowledges that this Agreement
contemplates cooperation between and among the parties.
13.9 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the recitals and all of the Membership
Resolutions, contains the entire understanding between the Members concerning the
subject matter hereof.
13.10 Amendments. Amendments to this Agreement may be proposed by the Board or by at
least 10% of the Members submitting a proposed amendment to the Board. The Board
shall forward proposed amendments to the Members in the form of an amendment
resolution. The Board will only forward amendments proposed by Members if it
determines the proposed amendments are lawful and not contrary to the primary purposes
of this Agreement. Members adopting the amendment resolution shall return a copy of
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CR225-476-758705.v8
the executed resolution to the Board. A proposed amendment shall be considered
approved if the amendment resolution is adopted by at least 90% of the then current
Members.
13.11 Examination of Books. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 16C.05, Subd. 5, the
books, records, documents and accounting procedures and practices of the Fencing
Consortium and the Vendor are subject to examination by the State. Members may
examine the financial records of the Fencing Consortium upon reasonable request.
13.12 Recitals and Exhibits Incorporated. The recitals contained herein, and the
Membership Resolutions, are incorporated in and made part of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Members have, by adoption and execution of the
Membership Resolution, entered into this Agreement as of the Effective Date or, if an Additional
Member, as of the date of acceptance by the Board of the Membership Resolution.
[A list of all Members is maintained by the Fencing Consortium.]
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
PUBLIC WORKS
MUTUAL AID PACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD 2
PUBLIC WORKS JOINT POWERS MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT 4
I. GENERAL PURPOSE 4
II. DEFINITION OF TERMS 4
III. PARTIES 5
IV. PROCEDURE 5
V. RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY 6
VI. EFFECTIVE DATE AND MODIFICATIONS 7
VII. WITHDRAWAL AND TERMINATION 7
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PUBLIC WORKS JOINT POWERS
MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
FOREWORD
The general purpose of this Public Works Joint Powers Mutual Aid Agreement
(“Agreement”) is to provide a process for units of government to share public works
personnel and equipment with other agencies within the State of Minnesota. This
Agreement specifically allows a requesting party to select the resources that best meets the
needs of a given situation. A requesting party may call upon any other participating party for
mutual aid. There is no requirement to make requests through a particular party. In addition,
this Agreement should not be interpreted as being limited to providing resources to deal
with only major catastrophic situations. Participating parties can utilize the resources for
many reasons including routine circumstances such as training efforts, maintenance
operations, joint-projects, and back-up support service. This Agreement provides the
flexibility for all units of government to use the resources located among all participating
parties in the State of Minnesota.
The decision as to when to invoke mutual aid and whether to respond is left to the discretion
of the requesting or sending party. Each unit of government should acquaint supervisory
personnel with any internal procedures used for mutual aid. While the Joint Powers
Agreement does not require particular words or actions to initiate mutual aid, agencies
should be clear about whether mutual aid is being requested and what type of assistance is
requested. The responding agency should also be clear about what, if any, assistance they
will provide in response to the request. Parties should not self-deploy.
Furthermore, each staff member within a department should have a basic familiarity with
mutual aid, the responsibilities when reporting to another unit of government and the
protections afforded under the unit of government’s workers’ compensation.
For liability reasons, management of a mutual aid situation is under the control of the
requesting party. However, the sending party has discretion whether to provide personnel or
equipment and can recall such assistance at any time.
While there is no hard and fast time limit related to requests for mutual aid, the commitment
of resources can be taxing on agencies. In addition, in some situations an advantage can
be gained by ending a mutual aid request and entering into a different form of contractual
assistance.
In order to keep this mutual aid agreement closer to local level of government, Hennepin
County Emergency Management (“HCEM”) has volunteered to serve as the administrative
coordinator for the units of government entering into this Agreement. When a community
adopts this Agreement a fully executed copy of the Agreement needs to be forwarded to
HCEM.
Each unit of government is responsible for entering and updating available unit of
government resources. Resources will now be listed online in a mutually agreed upon
resource management database. The parties to this Agreement are solely responsible for
updating their available resources in the agreed upon database.
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The effective date for this Agreement is October 1, 2018. This date was established to allow
enough time for agencies to receive the appropriate authority. Participation can be started
upon execution of the Agreement and is effective for a unit of government upon its
submission of the signed Agreement to HCEM. Agencies that elect not to participate in the
Agreement may be bound by other existing mutual aid agreement or state statutes.
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PUBLIC WORKS JOINT POWERS MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
This Public Works Joint Powers Mutual Aid Agreement (“Agreement”) is formed and
entered into effective as of the 1st day of October, 2018 by and among the governmental
units that have executed this document as evidenced by the signature pages attached
hereto (individually, a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”).
I. GENERAL PURPOSE
The general purpose of this Agreement is to provide a means by which a Party may
request and obtain public works assistance from one or more other Parties when the
Party determines such public works assistance is necessary. This Agreement is
made pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59, which authorizes the joint or
cooperative exercise of powers common to the Parties.
II. DEFINITION OF TERMS
For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms defined in this section shall have the
following meanings:
Subd. 1. Eligible Party. “Eligible Party” means a “governmental unit” as defined by
Minnesota Statues, section 471.59, subdivision 1.
Subd. 2. Public Works Assistance. “Public Works Assistance” means equipment
and personnel including, but not limited to, licensed staff, professional engineers,
and non-licensed personnel that are used for activities related to streets, water,
stormwater, wastewater, sewers, parks, transit, buildings/facilities, airports, and all
other public works programs.
Subd. 3. Party and Parties. “Party” means an Eligible Party that elects to
participate in this Agreement by the authorization of its governing body. “Parties”
means more than one Party to this Agreement.
Subd. 4. Requesting Official. “Requesting Official” means a person who is
designated by the Requesting Party to request Public Works Assistance from
another Party.
Subd. 5. Requesting Party. “Requesting Party” means a Party that requests Public
Works Assistance from another Party.
Subd. 6. Sending Official. “Sending Official” means a person who is designated by
a Party to determine whether and to what extent that Party should provide Public
Works Assistance to a Requesting Party.
Subd. 7. Sending Party. “Sending Party” means a Party that provides Public Works
Assistance to a Requesting Party.
Subd. 8. HCEM. “HCEM” means the Hennepin County Emergency Management or
designee.
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III. PARTIES
The Parties to this Agreement shall consist of as many Eligible Parties that have
approved this Agreement by October 1, 2018. Additional Eligible Parties shall
become a Party on the date this Agreement is approved and executed by the Party’s
governing body.
Upon approval by a Party, the executed signature page of this Agreement shall be
sent to the HCEM along with a resolution approving this Agreement.
IV. PROCEDURE
Subd. 1. Designate Officials. Each Party shall designate, and keep on file with the
HCEM, the name of the person(s) of that Party who shall be its Requesting Official
and Sending Official. A Party may designate the same person as both the
Requesting Official and the Sending Official. Also, a Party may designate one or
more persons to serve as an alternate in the absence of a designated official.
Subd. 2. Request for Assistance. Whenever, in the opinion of a Requesting
Official of a Party, there is a need for Public Works Assistance from another Party,
such Requesting Official may, at his or her discretion, call upon the Sending Official
of any other Party to furnish Public Works Assistance.
Subd. 3. Response. Upon the receipt of a request for Public Works Assistance from
a Party, the Sending Official may authorize and direct personnel and equipment of
the Sending Party be sent to the Requesting Party. Whether the Sending Party
provides such Public Works Assistance to the Requesting Party and, if so, to what
extent such Public Works Assistance is provided shall be determined solely by the
Sending Official (subject to such supervision and direction as may be applicable
within the governmental structure of the Party by which they are employed). Failure
to provide Public Works Assistance will not result in liability to a Party and each
Party hereby waives all claims against another Party for failure to provide Public
Works Assistance.
Subd. 4. Back-Up Assistance. When a Sending Party provides Public Works
Assistance under the terms of this Agreement, it may in turn request Public Works
Assistance from other Parties as “back-up” during the period it is it outside of its
jurisdiction providing Public Works Assistance to the original Requesting Party.
Subd. 5. Recalling Assistance. Whenever a Sending Party has provided Public
Works Assistance to a Requesting Party, the Sending Official may at any time recall
its personnel and equipment, or any part thereof, if the Sending Official in his or her
best judgment deems such recall is necessary to provide for the best interests of the
Sending Party’s community. Such action will not result in liability to any Party and
each Party hereby waives all claims against another Party for recalling Public Works
Assistance.
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Subd. 6. Command of Scene. The Requesting Party shall be in command of all
situations where Public Works Assistance is provided. The personnel and equipment
of the Sending Party shall be under the direction and control of the Requesting Party
until the Sending Party withdraws Public Works Assistance or the Public Works
Assistance is no longer needed.
Subd. 7. Charges. Charges may be levied by a Sending Party for Public Works
Assistance rendered to a Requesting Party under the terms of this Agreement. The
Sending Party may submit to the Requesting Party an itemized bill for the actual cost
of any Public Works Assistance provided, including salaries, overtime, materials, and
supplies, equipment operation, and other necessary expenses. The Requesting
Party will reimburse the Sending Party providing the Public Works Assistance for
that amount or other such amount as mutually negotiated. Such charges are not
contingent upon the availability of federal or state government funds. A Party may
request a list of rates from another Party prior to requesting assistance. No charges
shall apply to joint training events unless the Parties participating in the particular
event agree to a charge in writing prior to the event.
V. RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY
Subd. 1. Personnel. Each Party shall be responsible for its own personnel and
equipment, and for injuries or death to any such personnel or damage to any such
equipment. Responding personnel shall be deemed to be performing their regular
duties for each respective Sending Party for purposes of workers’ compensation.
Subd. 2. Worker’s Compensation. Each Party will maintain workers’ compensation
insurance or self-insurance coverage, covering its own personnel while they are
providing Public Works Assistance pursuant to this Agreement. Each Party, and
where applicable its insurer or coverage provider, waives the right to sue any other
Party for any worker’s compensation benefits paid to its own employee or volunteer
or their dependents, even if the injuries or death were caused wholly or partially by
the negligence of any other Party or its officers, employees, or volunteers.
Subd. 3. Damage to Equipment. Each Party shall be responsible for damages to or
loss of its own equipment. Each Party, and where applicable its insurer or coverage
provider, waives the right to sue any other Party for any damages to or loss of its
equipment, even if the damages or losses were caused wholly or partially by the
negligence of any other Party or its officers, employees or volunteers.
Subd. 4. Liability. For the purposes of the Minnesota Municipal Tort Liability Act
(Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 466), the employees and officers of the Sending Party
are deemed to be employees (as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 466.01,
subdivision 6) of the Requesting Party.
The Requesting Party agrees to defend and indemnify the Sending Party against
any claims brought or actions filed against a Sending Party or any officers,
employees, or volunteers of a Sending Party for injury or death to any third person or
persons or damage to the property of third persons arising out of the performance
and provision of Public Works Assistance pursuant to the Agreement. Under no
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circumstances, however, shall a Party be required to pay, on behalf of itself and
other Parties, any amount in excess of the limits of liability established in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 466, applicable to any one Party. The limits of liability for some or
all of the Parties may not, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59,
subdivision 1a, be added together to determine the maximum amount of liability for
any Party.
The intent of this subdivision is to impose on each Requesting Party a limited duty to
defend and indemnify a Sending Party for claims arising within the Requesting
Party’s jurisdiction subject to the limits of liability under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
466. The purpose of creating this duty to defend and indemnify is to simplify the
defense of claims by eliminating conflicts among the Parties and to permit liability
claims against the Parties from a single occurrence to be defended by a single
attorney. However, the Sending Party, at is option and its own expense, shall have
the right to select its own attorney or approve a joint attorney as appropriate,
considering potential conflicts of interest. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to
constitute a waiver of any immunities and privileges from liability available under
federal law or the laws of Minnesota. If a court determines that the liability of a Party
or Parties is not subject to the tort caps and liability exceeds the tort cap maximum, a
Party shall be subject to liability only for the acts of its officers, employees and
volunteers.
No Party to this Agreement nor any official, employee or volunteer of any Party shall
be liable to any other Party or to any other person for failure of any Party to furnish
Public Works Assistance or for recalling Public Works Assistance.
VI. EFFECTIVE DATE AND MODIFICATIONS
This Agreement shall become effective and operative beginning at 12:01 A.M., local
time on October 1, 2018. The HCEM shall maintain a current list of the Parties to
this Agreement and, whenever there is a change, shall notify the designated
Sending Officials. Notice may be sent to the Sending Officials via email or through
the United States Postal Service. No modification of this Agreement shall be
effective unless it is reduced to writing and is approved by action of the governing
body of each of the then current Parties.
VII. WITHDRAWAL AND TERMINATION
A Party may withdraw from this Agreement by its governing body adopting a
resolution to withdraw. Withdrawal is effective after 30 days’ written notice is
provided to the HCEM. HCEM shall thereupon give notice of such withdrawal, and
the effective date thereof, to all other Parties. Parties that have withdrawn may rejoin
by following the procedure set forth in this Agreement. This Agreement will terminate
with respect to all Parties if the total number of Parties to the Agreement falls below
11. HCEM shall notify the remaining Parties that the Agreement has terminated.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties, by action of their respective governing bodies,
caused this Agreement to be approved on the dates below.
(Each Party must attach a dated and signed signature
page consistent with that Party’s method of executing contracts.)
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Entity:_______________________________
Mailing Address:
____________________________________
____________________________________
Adopted on the ___ day of ___________________,___________.
By:_______________________________
Its:_______________________________
By:_______________________________
Its:_______________________________
Attest:
By:______________________________
Its:______________________________
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QuentinMinnetonka
RaleighST. LOUISPARK
St Louis Park
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Feet
1:720 - 1" = 60'
Length: 2278'
Contour Interval = 2'
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Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 4d
Executive summary
Title: Bid Tabulation: 36th Street and Wooddale Avenue Improvements project – (4022-6000) -
Ward 2
Recommended action: Motion to designate Geislinger and Sons, Inc. the lowest responsible
bidder and authorize execution of a contract with the firm in the amount of $5,217,582.00 for
the 36th Street and Wooddale Avenue Improvements project - Project No. 4022-6000.
Policy consideration: Does the city council wish to pursue the pavement rehabilitation, bikeway
installation, pedestrian improvements and sanitary sewer upgrades as part of this public
improvement project?
Summary: Bids were received for the 36th Street and Wooddale project on April 25, 2022. A
total of three (3) bids were received.. A summary of the bid results is as follows:
CONTRACTOR
BID AMOUNT
Geislinger and Sons, Inc. $5,217,582.00
Bituminous Roadways, Inc. $6,398,056.20
S.M. Hentges & Son, Inc. $7,036,762.50
Engineer’s estimate $5,565,357.70
A review of the bids indicates Geislinger and Sons, Inc. submitted the lowest bid. Staff has
checked their references and spoke with other contractors in the industry. All references and
contractors' feedback indicate that Geislinger and Sons, Inc. is a reputable contractor. Staff
recommends that a contract be awarded to the firm in the amount of $5,217,582.00.
Financial or budget considerations: This project is included in the city's Capital Improvement
Plan (CIP) for 2022. Funding will be provided by Elmwood Tax increment funds (TIF). Additional
information on the breakdown of the funding can be found later in this report.
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to providing a variety of options for
people to make their way around the city comfortably, safely and reliably.
Supporting documents: Discussion
Overall 2022 financial summary
Prepared by: Joseph Shamla, engineering project manager
Reviewed by: Debra Heiser, engineering director, melanie schmitt, finance director
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4d) Page 2
Title: Bid Tabulation: 36th Street and Wooddale Avenue Improvements project – (4022-6000)
Discussion
Background: Bids were received on April 25, 2022, for the 36th Street and Wooddale Avenue
Improvements. This project is located in the Elmwood neighborhood, Ward 2. Work will take
place on 36th Street from Alabama Avenue to Highway 100 and Wooddale Avenue from 36th
Street to the Highway 100 ramp. Improvements include pavement replacement, bikeway
installation, sidewalk upgrades and upsizing of the sanitary sewer main on 36th Street.
An advertisement for bids was published in the St. Louis Park Sun Sailor on March 10, 2022, and
March 17, 2022, and in Finance and Commerce from March 15 to March 26, 2022 and April 14,
2022 to April 21, 2022. In addition, plans and specifications were available for viewing at City Hall
and electronically via the internet on the city's OneOffice website. Information regarding this
bidding opportunity was shared with three (3) minority associations and 35 Disadvantaged
Business Enterprises (DBE) contractors, as well as posted on the Association of Women
Contractors Bid Opportunity Board.
Thirty-four (34) contractors/vendors downloaded plan sets, of which three (3) were
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) companies.
Funding Details: Staff has analyzed the bids and determined that Geislinger and Sons, Inc. is a
qualified contractor that can complete this work during the 2022 construction season.
Based on the low bid received, cost and funding details are as follows:
Due to the nature of our construction projects, unexpected costs do come up. To address this,
past practice has been to show a contingency for the project. What follows is a table that shows
this contingency and how this would affect the project costs.
Low bid Contingency (5%) Engineering Total
Elmwood TIF $5,217,582.00 $260,879.10 $1,302,741.00 $6,781,202.10
Attached is the overall financial summary for the transportation and maintenance projects
included in the 2022 CIP. This is the last project to bid this year.
Recommendation: Staff recommends that a contract be awarded to Geislinger and Sons, Inc.;
their bid was less than the engineer's estimate.
It should be noted that the funding for this project is recommended to be entirely paid for using
Elmwood TIF; this will reduce the impact to utility rates. The infrastructure replacement,
mobility improvements and sanitary system upsizing are eligible for TIF funding.
Next steps: Private utility construction has started on this project. CenterPoint Energy is
currently working on replacing their gas main in 36th Street. The construction on the city
portion of the project is anticipated to begin in June and should be completed by November
2022.
CIP Low bid
Construction cost $5,326,900.00 $5,217,582.00
Engineering and administration $1,331,725.00 $1,302,741.00
Base bid total $6,658,625.00 $6,520,323.00
Funding sources
Elmwood TIF $6,658,625.00 $6,520,323.00
Overall financial summary
2022 Budget
Pavement
management
(Area 8)
Fern Hill
Concrete
replacement
Alley
construction
Sanitary sewer
lining
W 36th/
Wooddale
street
rehabiliation
4021-1000 4022-0003 4022-1500 4022-3000 4022-6000
Fund balance-Connect the Park 926,000 621,000 - - - 305,000
Fund balance-New sidewalk construction 510,600 510,600 - - - -
Pavement management fund 3,955,150 3,404,000 82,500 468,650 - -
Tax Increment 4,325,000 - - - - 4,325,000
Stormwater 1,128,725 580,750 110,000 252,350 - 185,625
Water 2,084,037 1,984,662 - - - 99,375
Sanitary sewer 2,574,000 290,375 - - 540,000 1,743,625
Operations budget 95,000 - 95,000 - - -
Total funding 15,598,512 7,391,387 287,500 721,000 540,000 6,658,625
Table 1: 2022 Transportation and maintence projects funding -CIP
2022 Budget
Pavement
management
(Area 8)
Fern Hill
Concrete
replacement
Alley
construction
Sanitary sewer
lining
W 36th/
Wooddale
street
rehabiliation
2022 project
balance
4021-1000 4022-0003 4022-1500 4022-3000 4022-6000
Fund Balance-Connect the Park 926,000 315,267 - - - - 610,733
Fund Balance-New sidewalk construction 510,600 623,494 - - - - (112,894)
Pavement management fund 3,955,150 3,666,806 88,685 542,823 - - (343,164)
Tax Increment 4,325,000 - - - - 6,781,202 (2,456,202)
Stormwater 1,128,725 1,013,717 118,111 292,289 - - (295,392)
Water 2,084,037 2,367,624 - - - - (283,587)
Sanitary sewer 2,574,000 432,040 - - 442,000 - 1,699,960
Operations budget 95,000 - 102,029 - - - (7,029)
Total funding 15,598,512 8,418,948 308,824 835,112 442,000 6,781,202 (1,187,574)
Bid award with
contingency
Bid award with
contingency
Bid award with
contingency
Bid award with
contingency
Bid award with
contingency
Table 2: 2022 Transportation and maintence projects funding - actual
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Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 4e
Executive summary
Title: Preliminary and final plat of STEP Expansion – Ward 3
Recommended action: Motion to adopt Resolution approving a preliminary and final plat of
STEP Expansion.
Policy consideration: Does the preliminary and final plat meet code requirements?
Summary: The applicant proposes to combine three parcels into one to facilitate the expansion
of the STEP use into the adjacent two existing buildings. The properties are located in Ward 3.
Site information: STEP is located on the west side of Lake Street West, between Library Lane
and Brownlow Avenue South. The applicant proposes to combine its property with the two
properties to the north to form the proposed STEP Expansion plat. If the plat is approved, then
STEP will expand its office and service operations into the two adjacent buildings. The
expansion into the adjacent buildings is needed to improve and increase social and emergency
services offered to residents of St. Louis Park.
The planning commission conducted a public hearing on April 6, 2022. No comments were
received and the planning commission recommended approval.
Financial or budget considerations: None
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to creating opportunities to build
social capital through community engagement.
Supporting documents: Discussion
Draft resolution
Preliminary and final plat
Prepared by: Gary Morrison, zoning administrator
Reviewed by: Sean Walther, planning manager
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
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Title: Preliminary and final plat of STEP Expansion – Ward 3
Discussion
Site information: STEP is located on the west side of Lake Street West, between Library Lane
and Brownlow Avenue South. The applicant is proposing to combine its property with the two
properties to the north to form the proposed STEP Expansion plat. The total combined area is
outlined in blue below.
Site area (acres): 21,047 square feet
Current uses: Surrounding land uses:
6800 Lake St. W.: Office/warehouse
6804 Lake St. W.: Two tenants - hair
salon and office/warehouse
6812 Lake St. W.: STEP
North: Library Lane
East: Lake Street
South: Parking lot owned by STEP
West: school and office
Current 2040 land use guidance Current zoning
MX - mixed use MX-2 neighborhood mixed use
Background: STEP is a volunteer-based organization that provides many services to the
community, including operating a food shelf, and providing clothing and social services. It began
operating at its current location, 6812 Lake Street West, in 2010.
Present considerations: STEP has outgrown its space and purchased the two adjacent buildings
to the north of its existing site. Their plan is to expand into these two buildings; however, it
cannot do so until the three properties are combined into one parcel by way of the proposed
preliminary and final plat. STEP proposes to provide interior connections between the three
buildings to facilitate the expansion. They are not proposing expansions to the existing
buildings.
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Title: Preliminary and final plat of STEP Expansion – Ward 3
STEP utilizes the parking lot to the south of their location. The parking lot, however, is not
included in the plat because its inclusion would create a non-conforming situation to the
building frontage requirement. The MX-2 district requires the front wall of the building on a lot
to occupy at least 80% of the building frontage along Lake Street. The existing three buildings
meet this requirement because they each exist on their own lots. If the parking lot property,
however, were included in the proposed combination, then the combined front walls of the
existing buildings would cover only 71% of the lot frontage along Lake Steet, which does not
conform with the 80% minimum requirement. By leaving the parking lot property out of the
plat, the proposed plat meets this requirement because the existing front walls of the buildings
occupy 94% of the proposed lot frontage along Lake Street.
The small property at the corner of Lake Street and Library Lane is not included in the plat
because it is owned by the Soo Line Railroad.
Analysis: The following is an analysis of the proposed preliminary and final plat.
Lot: Lot 1, Block 1, STEP Expansion is the only lot proposed in the plat. It consists of 21,047
square feet.
Easements: A ten-foot drainage and utility easement is proposed along the east lot line
adjacent to Lake Street. The building wall along the west lot line, adjacent to the alley is only
5.7 feet from the lot line. Therefore, a five-foot drainage and utility easement is proposed along
the west lot line, adjacent to the alley. No easement is proposed along north property line
because the building is located 4.5 feet from the lot line, which is insufficient space for a
drainage and utility easement.
Easements are not proposed along the south property line because it is an interior side lot line,
with the existing building located 6.2 feet from the side lot line.
Right-of-way dedication: A right of way dedication is not requested. The city engineering
department determined that no additional right-of-way is required by the city for existing or
future public improvements.
Park dedication: Park dedication is not requested because this plat is a combination of existing
platted lots, and park dedication is required when lots are created, not combined.
Next steps: If approved, the final plat will be recorded at Hennepin County and staff will
process building permits for the STEP operations to expand into the two adjacent buildings.
Previous/future actions Governing body Date
Public hearing conducted.
Recommendation of approval passed.
Planning commission 4/6/2022
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Title: Preliminary and final plat of STEP Expansion – Ward 3
Resolution No. 22-____
Resolution approving the preliminary and final plat of
STEP Expansion
Whereas, STEP applied for approval of preliminary and final plat in the manner required
for platting land under the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code, and all proceedings have been duly
had thereunder; and
Whereas, the proposed preliminary and final plat has been found to be in all respects
consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and the regulations and requirements of the laws of
the State of Minnesota and the ordinances of the City of St. Louis Park; and
Whereas, the proposed plat is situated upon lands in Hennepin County, Minnesota, legally
described as:
Lots 37 and 38, Block 175, Rearrangement of St. Louis Park
The northerly 80 feet of Lots 29 and 30, Block 175, Rearrangement of St. Louis Park
Lots 31 and 32, Block 175, Rearrangement of St. Louis Park
Lots 33, 34, 35 and 36, Block 175, Rearrangement of St. Louis Park
Now therefore be it resolved the proposed preliminary and final plat of STEP Expansion is
hereby approved and accepted by the City as being in accord and conformity with all
ordinances, City plans and regulations of the City of St. Louis Park and the laws of the State of
Minnesota, provided, however, that this approval is made subject to the opinion of the City
Attorney and Certification by the City Clerk and subject to the following conditions:
1. Prior to the city signing and releasing the final plat to the developer for filing with
Hennepin County a financial security in the form of a cash escrow or letter of credit in
the amount of $1,000 shall be submitted to the city to ensure that a signed Mylar copy
of the final plat is provided to the city and that property corner irons are placed as
indicated on the plat.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council May 16, 2022
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
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Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 4f
Executive summary
Title: Traffic study 754 – Installation of all-way stop controls at 28th Street and Monterey
Parkway (Petition) – Ward 1
Recommended action: Motion to approve Resolution authorizing all-way stop controls at 28th
Street and Monterey Parkway, based on a resident petition
Policy consideration: Installing traffic controls is allowed per the city’s established regulatory
authority. City council considers non-qualifying traffic control devices if 70 percent of residents
within a 600-foot radius from the location sign a petition in support.
Summary: Staff received a request to evaluate all-way stop signs at the intersection of 28th
Street and Monterey Parkway as a part of the 2022 Pavement management street
reconstruction project public process. This T-intersection does not have any existing traffic
controls.
The city’s traffic control policy and the Minnesota Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
(MnMUTCD) guide the installation of stop signs. The policy sets out warrant criteria that an
intersection should meet in order to have stop signs installed. The stop sign criteria for traffic
volume, crash history, and sightlines were not met for this intersection.
The traffic committee discussed this intersection and did not recommend supporting the
request because the intersection did not meet the thresholds for stop sign installation.
A petition was received in March 2022 that meets the traffic control policy requirements.
A letter was sent to the surrounding area (58 in total), looking for comments and concerns
regarding the proposed traffic control change. One person responded to the letter and was not
in support of adding stop signs at this location.
Financial or budget considerations: The cost of installing these stop signs is estimated to cost
$500 and is expected to come from the general operating budget. Similar traffic signs last
roughly 10 years in the field.
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to providing a variety of options for
people to make their way around the city comfortably, safely and reliably.
Supporting documents: Discussion
Resolution
Location map
Petition
Prepared by: Jack Sullivan, engineering project manager
Reviewed by: Debra Heiser, engineering director
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4f) Page 2
Title: Traffic study 754 – Installation of all-way stop controls at 28th Street and Monterey Parkway (Petition)
Discussion
Background: Staff received the request for all-way stop signs at the intersection of 28th Street
and Monterey Parkway during the public process for the 2022 pavement management project
in Fern Hill. The existing intersection is a T-intersection with no existing traffic controls.
The city’s traffic control policy and the Minnesota Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
(MnMUTCD) guide the installation of stop signs. The policy sets out warrant criteria that an
intersection should meet in order to have stop signs installed. The stop sign criteria for traffic
volume, crash history, and sightlines were not met for this intersection.
Staff often fields resident complaints about low stop sign compliance. Experience has
demonstrated that placing stop signs in locations where they do not meet these criteria can
potentially cause an intersection to be less safe due to low compliance. Installing unwarranted
stop signs increases the number of locations in the city for probable low stop sign compliance.
Stop signs are installed to control conflicting traffic movements at intersections and assign who
has the right of way. Multiple studies have found that stop signs do not slow down traffic
except in the immediate vicinity of the intersection. Meaning, stop signs are not an effective
traffic calming measure to decrease overall vehicle speeds on a street segment.
Stop sign compliance is low when drivers believe the signs are not justified. Places where there
is an assumption that vehicles will stop or yield and vehicles don’t stop or yield, create a false
sense of security for other road users, especially pedestrians and bicyclists. Finally, they create
traffic noise and higher CO2 emissions due to vehicles slowing down, idling, and starting back
up again.
Due to these potential impacts, the city takes traffic control requests seriously and completes a
thorough review of the intersection, using established industry standards to develop
recommendations.
Traffic review: The traffic committee is an internal employee workgroup made up of the
engineering, operations, police, and community development departments. The group meets
monthly to discuss traffic requests from across the city and makes recommendations on
possible changes. Any official changes to traffic controls or parking restrictions are ultimately
approved by the city council.
The intersection of 28th Street and Monterey Parkway is a T intersection with no existing traffic
controls. Stop or yield signs should be considered at the intersection of two local roads where
the intersection has three or more approaches and where one of the following criteria is met:
• Combined vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian volumes entering the intersection from all
approaches average more than 2,000 a day.
Result: Data collected in 2021 indicated approximately 980 vehicles a day
entered the intersection.
• Crash records indicate five or more accidents within a three-year period.
Result: Crash history showed no reported accidents within the last three years.
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Title: Traffic study 754 – Installation of all-way stop controls at 28th Street and Monterey Parkway (Petition)
• The ability to see conflicting traffic on an approach is not sufficient to allow a road user
to stop or yield in compliance with the normal right of way rule if stopping or yielding.
Result: The sightlines were found to be clear at this intersection with adequate
ability for drivers to apply the normal right of way rule if stopping or yielding.
The traffic committee completed a review of the intersection as part of the preliminary design
of the 2022 Pavement Management project and did not recommend the installation of stop
signs at this intersection since it did not meet the criteria for installation.
Petition and comments: Per city policy, when the traffic committee does not recommend the
installation of a traffic control device, residents are advised that they have an opportunity to
bring their request to the city council for consideration through a petition. The petition will be
brought to the council for consideration if 70% of residents within a 600-foot radius from the
location sign a petition in support of the request.
The city has received the attached petition that meets this requirement.
A letter was sent to the surrounding area (58 in total) looking for comments and concerns
regarding the proposed traffic control change. Only one person responded to the letter and was
not in favor of adding stop signs at this location. They indicated that they don’t see the need for
stop signs at this location and that other forms of traffic management, such as basketweave
stop signs in the neighborhood, might be more effective at managing driver behavior.
Schedule: If the installation of the stop signs is approved, the signs will be installed later this
fall after the 2022 pavement management project construction work is complete in this area to
minimize the potential for damage to the sign.
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4f) Page 4
Title: Traffic study 754 – Installation of all-way stop controls at 28th Street and Monterey Parkway (Petition)
Resolution No. 22-____
Installation of all-way stop controls at 28th Street and Monterey Parkway
Whereas, the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota received a request for stop signs at the
intersection of 28th Street and Monterey Parkway; and,
Whereas, the traffic committee has reviewed the request and did not recommend
installation of stop signs at the intersection of 28th Street and Monterey Parkway; and,
Whereas, non-qualifying traffic control devices may be considered by the city council if
seventy (70) percent of residents within a six hundred (600) foot radius from the intersection
petition; and,
Whereas, city staff received a completed and valid petition requesting the installation of
all-way stop signs at the intersection of 28th Street and Monterey Parkway and presented the
petition and traffic review to the city council; and,
Whereas, St. Louis Park is committed to providing a variety of options for people to make
their way around the city comfortably, safely, and reliably.
Now therefore be it resolved by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota,
that the engineering director is hereby authorized to:
1. Install stop signs on all approaches to the intersection of 28th Street and Monterey
Parkway.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council May 16, 2022
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
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Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 4g
Executive summary
Title: Support of CommonBond Communities’ participation in Hennepin County’s Pandemic
Recovery Fund and Affordable Housing Incentive Fund for Rise on 7 – Ward 2
Recommended action: Motion to Adopt resolution of support of CommonBond Communities’
participation in Hennepin County’s Pandemic Recovery Fund and Affordable Housing Incentive
Fund for Rise on 7.
Policy consideration: Does the city council wish to support CommonBond Communities’
requests for Pandemic Recovery Funds and Affordable Housing Incentive Funds from Hennepin
County in connection with its Rise on 7 development?
Summary: Affordable housing developer CommonBond Communities acquired the former
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church property at 8115 MN Highway 7 in 2020 with plans to
redevelop it. CommonBond proposes removal of the existing building and construction of an
all-affordable, five-story, 120-unit multifamily housing development named Rise on 7, including
a 6,600-square-foot daycare which intends to provide childcare at affordable rates for half the
children that attend and approximately fifteen of the spaces will be reserved for families living
on the property. The proposed $40.7 million development includes a mix of all-affordable one-,
two-, and three-bedroom units ranging from 30% to 60% area median income, exceeding the
city's Inclusionary Housing Policy requirements.
CommonBond Communities applied to Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment
Authority (HCHRA) for utilization of pandemic relief and affordable housing funding to help
offset increased costs incurred by the development related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CommonBond Communities received funding allocations from HCHRA from its Pandemic
Recovery Fund and Affordable Housing Incentive Fund to assist with the construction of the all-
affordable Rise on 7 development. State Statute Section 383B.77, Subdivision 3, requires
approval of the local governing body where the project is located for utilization of these funds.
Financial or budget considerations: Not applicable. The resolution of support for Hennepin
County’s HCHRA funding does not obligate the EDA or city to provide financial assistance to the
development. However, CommonBond Communities has applied for financial assistance from
the EDA and city. The EDA/city council received a staff report detailing the Redeveloper’s TIF
Application at the April 11, 2022 study session along with a recommendation of financial
assistance that would enable Rise on 7 to move forward.
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to providing a broad range of
housing and neighborhood oriented development.
Supporting documents: Resolution
Prepared by: Jennifer Monson, redevelopment administrator
Reviewed by: Greg Hunt, economic development manager
Sean Walther, planning manager
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4g) Page 2
Title: Support of CommonBond Communities’ participation in Hennepin County’s Pandemic Recovery Fund and
Affordable Housing Incentive Fund for Rise on 7 – Ward 2
Resolution No. 22-____
Resolution approving the participation of the Hennepin County
Housing and Redevelopment Authority in an affordable housing project
Be it resolved by the City Council (the “City Council”) of the City of St. Louis Park,
Hennepin County, Minnesota (the “City”) as follows:
Section 1. Recitals.
1.01. The Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (the “HCHRA”) has
allocated funds from its Pandemic Recovery Fund and Affordable Housing Incentive Fund to
assist CB SLP Housing Limited Partnership, a Minnesota limited partnership, with the
development of an approximately 120-unit multifamily rental housing facility and facilities
functionally related and subordinate thereto located at 8115 State Highway No. 7 in the City to
be known as the Rise on 7 (the “Project”).
1.02. Proposed housing or redevelopment projects undertaken by the HCHRA
pursuant to authority established at Minnesota Statutes, Section 383B.77, subdivision 3 (the
“Statute”) require approval of the local governing body where the project(s) will be located.
1.03. The HCHRA intends to rely on the Statute to assist the Project.
Section 2. Approvals.
2.01. The City hereby grants its approval of the Project under the Statute.
2.02. Nothing in this resolution shall create a pecuniary obligation of the City to assist
the Project, nor shall the City be in any way responsible for any financing obligation or
agreement of the HCHRA with respect to its provision of financial assistance to the Project.
2.03. This resolution shall neither serve to endorse the Project nor operate as a
substitute for any other required City approvals required for the Project.
Reviewed for Administration: Adopted by the City Council May 16, 2022
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 4h
Executive summary
Title: Bremer Bank conditional use permit time extension – Ward 3
Recommended action: Motion to approve an extension until June 15, 2023, for Frauenshuh to
act upon the conditional use permit (CUP) for Bremer Bank at 7924 Highway 7.
Policy consideration: Does the council wish to allow Frauenshuh Commercial Real estate
(Frauenshuh) an additional year to act upon the approved CUP for the Bremer Bank project?
Summary: The subject property is located in Ward 3. The city council approved a conditional
use permit for the redevelopment of the subject property on June 15, 2020, for a bank with in-
vehicle sales (drive-through). At that time, city code required the conditional use permit to be
acted upon within one year. Frauenshuh requested, and the city council approved, a one-year
extension to the CUP on November 16, 2020. This extended the deadline to June 15, 2022, to
give the existing tenants more time to relocate.
Frauenshuh anticipates the tenants
will vacate or relocate this year, but
after June 15. Frauenshuh and
Bremer Bank are eager to start
construction soon afterwards.
Frauenshuh requests a second
extension of the CUP to June 15,
2023. Staff recommend approval of
a one-year extension to act upon
the CUP by June 15, 2023.
Financial or budget considerations: None.
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to providing a broad range of
housing and neighborhood oriented development.
Supporting documents: Extension request letter
Prepared by: Gary Morrison, zoning administrator
Reviewed by: Sean Walther, planning manager
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
Previous/future actions Governing body Date
Approved CUP to build a bank with in-vehicle service. city council 6/15/2020
Approved one year CUP extension. city council 11/16/2020
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4h) Page 2
Title: Bremer Bank conditional use permit time extension – Ward 3
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 4i
Executive summary
Title: Premises amendment for existing liquor license – Steel Toe Brewing – Ward 2
Recommended action: Motion to approve the premises amendment to the liquor license for
Steel Toe Brewing, located at 4848 W 35th Street.
Policy consideration: Does the council wish to approve the premises amendment for the liquor
license at Steel Toe Brewing?
Summary: Steel Toe Brewing LLC dba Steel Toe Brewing has submitted an application for a
premises amendment to their current liquor license located at 4848 W 35th Street. The
proposed amendment will add approximately 1,315 square feet of outdoor space and will
provide occupancy for an additional 60 guests.
St. Louis Park City Code Section 3-68 (a) states “each license shall be issued only for the exact
rooms and square footage described in the application. A license is valid only in the compact
and contiguous building or structure situated on the premises described in the license”.
St. Louis Park City Code Section 3-106 states that “proposed enlargement or substantial
alteration which changes the character of the licensed establishment or extension of a premise
previously licensed shall not be allowed unless the city council approves an amendment to the
liquor license”.
All zoning and building and energy requirements have been approved by city staff and we are
recommending approval of this application.
Financial or budget considerations: Not applicable
Strategic priority consideration: Not applicable.
Supporting documents: None.
Prepared by: Chase Peterson-Etem, office assistant
Reviewed by: Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 4j
Executive summary
Title: Special assessment – sewer service line repair at 2655 Vernon Avenue South – Ward 1
Recommended action: Motion to adopt a resolution authorizing a special assessment for the
repair of the sewer service line at 2655 Vernon Avenue South, St. Louis Park, MN.
P.I.D. 31-029-24-32-0019.
Policy consideration: The proposed action is consistent with policy previously established by
the city council.
Summary: Stephen and Sharon Guffan, owners of the single-family residence at 2655 Vernon
Avenue South, have requested the city to authorize the repair of the sewer service line for their
home and assess the cost against the property in accordance with the city’s special assessment
policy.
The city requires the repair of service lines to promote the general public health, safety and welfare
within the community. The special assessment policy for the repair or replacement of water or
sewer service lines for existing homes was adopted by the city council in 1996. This program was put
into place because sometimes property owners face financial hardships when emergency repairs like
this are unexpectedly required. Plans and permits for this service line repair work were completed,
submitted, and approved by city staff. The property owner hired a contractor and repaired the sewer
service line in compliance with current codes and regulations. Based on the completed work, this
repair qualifies for the city’s special assessment program. The property owners have petitioned the
city to authorize the sewer service line repair and special assess the cost of the repair. The total
eligible cost of the repair has been determined to be $ 4,980.00.
Financial or budget considerations: The city has funds in place to finance the cost of this special
assessment.
Strategic priority consideration: Not applicable.
Supporting documents: Resolution
Prepared by: Jay Hall, utility superintendent
Reviewed by: Mark Hanson, public works superintendent
Emily Carr, assessing technician
Cynthia S. Walsh, deputy city manager / director of operations and recreation
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4j) Page 2
Title: Special assessment – sewer service line repair at 2655 Vernon Avenue South – Ward 1
Resolution No. 22-___
Resolution authorizing the special assessment for the repair of the
sewer service line at 2655 Vernon Avenue South, St. Louis Park, MN
P.I.D. 31-029-24-32-0019
Whereas, the property owners at 2655 Vernon Avenue South, have petitioned the City
of St. Louis Park to authorize a special assessment for the repair of the sewer service line for the
single family residence located at 2655 Vernon Avenue South; and
Whereas, the property owners have agreed to waive the right to a public hearing, right
of notice and right of appeal pursuant to Minnesota Statute, Chapter 429; and
Whereas, the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park has received a report from the
Utility Superintendent related to the repair of the sewer service line.
Now therefore be it resolved by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota,
that:
1. The petition from the property owners requesting the approval and special assessment for
the sewer service line repair is hereby accepted.
2. The sewer service line repair that was done in conformance with the plans and
specifications approved by the Operations and Recreation Department and Department of
Inspections is hereby accepted.
3. The total cost for the repair of the sewer service line is accepted at $4,980.00.
4. The property owners have agreed to waive the right to a public hearing, notice and appeal
from the special assessment, whether provided by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429, or by
other statutes, or by ordinance, City Charter, the constitution, or common law.
5. The property owners have agreed to pay the city for the total cost of the above
improvements through a special assessment over a ten (10) year period at the interest rate
of 3%.
6. The property owners have executed an agreement with the city and all other documents
necessary to implement the repair of the sewer service line and the special assessment of
all costs associated therewith.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council May 16, 2022
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 4k
Executive summary
Title: Special assessment – sewer service line repair at 4110 Xenwood Avenue South – Ward 2
Recommended action: Motion to adopt Resolution authorizing the special assessment for the
repair of the sewer service line at 4110 Xenwood Avenue South, St. Louis Park, MN.
P.I.D. 21-117-21-31-0122.
Policy consideration: The proposed action is consistent with policy previously established by
the city council.
Summary: Joseph Huff and Mariah Schulte, owners of the single-family residence at
4110 Xenwood Avenue South have requested the city to authorize the repair of the sewer
service line for their home and assess the cost against the property in accordance with the city’s
special assessment policy.
The city requires the repair of service lines to promote the general public health, safety and welfare
within the community. The special assessment policy for the repair or replacement of water or
sewer service lines for existing homes was adopted by the city council in 1996. This program was put
into place because sometimes property owners face financial hardships when emergency repairs like
this are unexpectedly required. Plans and permits for this service line repair work were completed,
submitted, and approved by city staff. The property owner hired a contractor and repaired the sewer
service line in compliance with current codes and regulations. Based on the completed work, this
repair qualifies for the city’s special assessment program. The property owners have petitioned the
city to authorize the sewer service line repair and special assess the cost of the repair. The total
eligible cost of the repair has been determined to be $ 8,185.00.
Financial or budget considerations: The city has funds in place to finance the cost of this special
assessment.
Strategic priority consideration: Not applicable.
Supporting documents: Resolution
Prepared by: Jay Hall, utility superintendent
Reviewed by: Mark Hanson, public works superintendent
Emily Carr, assessing technician
Cynthia S. Walsh, deputy city manager / director of operations and recreation
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4k) Page 2
Title: Special assessment – sewer service line repair at 4110 Xenwood Avenue South – Ward 2
Resolution No. 22-____
Resolution authorizing the special assessment for the repair of the
sewer service line at 4110 Xenwood Avenue South, St. Louis Park, MN
P.I.D. 21-117-21-31-0122
Whereas, the property owners at 4110 Xenwood Avenue South, have petitioned the
City of St. Louis Park to authorize a special assessment for the repair of the sewer service line
for the single family residence located at 4110 Xenwood Avenue South; and
Whereas, the property owners have agreed to waive the right to a public hearing, right
of notice and right of appeal pursuant to Minnesota Statute, Chapter 429; and
Whereas, the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park has received a report from the
Utility Superintendent related to the repair of the sewer service line.
Now therefore be it resolved by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota,
that:
1. The petition from the property owners requesting the approval and special assessment for
the sewer service line repair is hereby accepted.
2. The sewer service line repair that was done in conformance with the plans and
specifications approved by the Operations and Recreation Department and Department of
Inspections is hereby accepted.
3. The total cost for the repair of the sewer service line is accepted at $8,185.00.
4. The property owners have agreed to waive the right to a public hearing, notice and appeal
from the special assessment, whether provided by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429, or by
other statutes, or by ordinance, City Charter, the constitution, or common law.
5. The property owners have agreed to pay the city for the total cost of the above
improvements through a special assessment over a ten (10) year period at the interest rate
of 3%.
6. The property owners have executed an agreement with the city and all other documents
necessary to implement the repair of the sewer service line and the special assessment of
all costs associated therewith.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council May 16, 2022
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 4l
Executive summary
Title: Special assessment – sewer service line repair at 4210 Yosemite Avenue South – Ward 2
Recommended action: Motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the special assessment for the
repair of the sewer service line at 4210 Yosemite Avenue South, St. Louis Park, MN.
P.I.D. 21-117-21-34-0133.
Policy consideration: The proposed action is consistent with policy previously established by
the city council.
Summary: David and Tracey Larson, owners of the single-family residence at 4210 Yosemite
Avenue South, have requested the city to authorize the repair of the sewer service line for their
home and assess the cost against the property in accordance with the city’s special assessment
policy.
The city requires the repair of service lines to promote the general public health, safety and welfare
within the community. The special assessment policy for the repair or replacement of water or
sewer service lines for existing homes was adopted by the city council in 1996. This program was put
into place because sometimes property owners face financial hardships when emergency repairs like
this are unexpectedly required. Plans and permits for this service line repair work were completed,
submitted, and approved by city staff. The property owner hired a contractor and repaired the sewer
service line in compliance with current codes and regulations. Based on the completed work, this
repair qualifies for the city’s special assessment program. The property owners have petitioned the
city to authorize the sewer service line repair and special assess the cost of the repair. The total
eligible cost of the repair has been determined to be $9,660.00.
Financial or budget considerations: The city has funds in place to finance the cost of this special
assessment.
Strategic priority consideration: Not applicable.
Supporting documents: Resolution
Prepared by: Jay Hall, utility superintendent
Reviewed by: Mark Hanson, public works superintendent
Emily Carr, assessing technician
Cynthia S. Walsh, deputy city manager / director of operations and recreation
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4l) Page 2
Title: Special assessment – sewer service line repair at 4210 Yosemite Avenue South – Ward 2
Resolution No. 22-____
Resolution authorizing the special assessment for the repair of the
sewer service line at 4210 Yosemite Avenue South, St. Louis Park, MN
P.I.D. 21-117-21-34-0133
Whereas, the property owners at 4210 Yosemite Avenue South, have petitioned the City
of St. Louis Park to authorize a special assessment for the repair of the sewer service line for the
single family residence located at 4210 Yosemite Avenue South; and
Whereas, the property owners have agreed to waive the right to a public hearing, right
of notice and right of appeal pursuant to Minnesota Statute, Chapter 429; and
Whereas, the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park has received a report from the
Utility Superintendent related to the repair of the sewer service line.
Now therefore be it resolved by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota,
that:
1. The petition from the property owners requesting the approval and special assessment for
the sewer service line repair is hereby accepted.
2. The sewer service line repair that was done in conformance with the plans and
specifications approved by the Operations and Recreation Department and Department of
Inspections is hereby accepted.
3. The total cost for the repair of the sewer service line is accepted at $9,660.00.
4. The property owners have agreed to waive the right to a public hearing, notice and appeal
from the special assessment, whether provided by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429, or by
other statutes, or by ordinance, City Charter, the constitution, or common law.
5. The property owners have agreed to pay the city for the total cost of the above
improvements through a special assessment over a ten (10) year period at the interest rate
of 3%.
6. The property owners have executed an agreement with the city and all other documents
necessary to implement the repair of the sewer service line and the special assessment of
all costs associated therewith.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council May 16, 2022
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 4m
Executive summary
Title: Accept donation to Operations and Recreation Department
Recommended action: Motion to adopt a resolution approving acceptance of $2,200 from
Neelam and Deepak Sethi for the purchase of a memorial bench at Wolfe Park honoring Peachy
Sethi.
Policy consideration: Does the city council wish to accept this gift with restrictions on its use?
Summary: State statute requires city council’s acceptance of donations. This requirement is
necessary in order to make sure the city council has knowledge of any restrictions placed on the
use of each donation prior to it being expended.
Neelam and Deepak Sethi graciously donated $2,200 for a memorial bench to be installed in
Wolfe Park honoring Peachy Sethi.
Financial or budget considerations: This donation will be used to purchase an honorary bench
to be installed in Wolfe Park.
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to creating opportunities to build
social capital through community engagement.
Supporting documents: Resolution
Prepared by: Stacy Voelker, senior office assistant
Reviewed by: Rick Beane, parks superintendent
Cynthia S. Walsh, interim deputy city manager/ director of operations and recreation
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4m) Page 2
Title: Accept donation to Operations and Recreation Department
Resolution No. 22-__
Resolution approving acceptance of a donation in the amount of $2,200 for the
purchase and installation of a memorial bench in Wolfe Park
Whereas, the City of St. Louis Park is required by state statute to authorize acceptance of
any donations; and
Whereas, the city council must also ratify any restrictions placed on the donation by the
donor; and
Whereas, Neelam and Deepak Sethi donated $2,200 for the purchase of a memorial
bench.
Now therefore be it resolved by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park that this gift
is hereby accepted with thanks to Neelam and Deepak Sethi with the understanding that it
must be used for a memorial bench in Wolfe Park honoring Peachy Sethi.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council May 16, 2022
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Action agenda item: 4n
Executive summary
Title: Traffic Study 755 – Authorize parking restrictions on Highway 7 Frontage Road west of
Texas Avenue to cul-de-sac – Ward 2
Recommended action: Motion to adopt two Resolutions authorizing:
• Truck parking restrictions on the north side of Highway 7 Frontage Road from Texas
Avenue west to include the cul-de-sac.
• Prohibit parking along the south side of Highway 7 Frontage Road from Texas Avenue
west to start of the cul-de-sac.
Policy consideration: Installing parking restrictions is allowed per the city’s established
regulatory authority. The request was considered with the city's traffic control policy in mind.
Summary: In March 2022, staff received a request from a property owner on Highway 7
Frontage Road to evaluate the concern related to limited visibility that is present when entering
and exiting driveways due to parked semi-trucks on the road. In addition, the road becomes too
narrow to navigate when vehicles are parked on both sides of the frontage road.
These requests were brought to the traffic committee in April 2022. The committee
recommended installing parking restrictions on the south side of the frontage road and
prohibiting truck parking on the north side of the frontage road. These recommended parking
restrictions were sent via letter to 168 surrounding property owners in St. Louis Park and
Hopkins. The letter asked for comments and feedback on both the recommended truck parking
restrictions and the recommended no parking. In addition to the letter, staff placed temporary
signage notifying users of the roadway that truck parking restrictions are being considered at
this location.
Staff received four comments to the letter and temporary signs. An overview of the comments
is included in the report.
Financial or budget considerations: The cost of installing these restrictions is estimated to cost
$2,000 and is expected to come from the general operating budget. Similar traffic signs last
roughly 10 years in the field.
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to providing a variety of options for
people to make their way around the city comfortably, safely and reliably.
Supporting documents: Discussion
Resolution for truck parking restrictions
Resolution for no parking
Location map
Prepared by: Jack Sullivan, engineering project manager
Reviewed by: Deb Heiser, engineering director
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4n) Page 2
Title: Traffic Study 755 – Authorize parking restrictions on Highway 7 Frontage Road west of Texas Avenue to cul-
de-sac
Discussion
Background: In August 2021, the city council adopted an ordinance giving the city authority to
restrict truck parking in non-residential areas. The ordinance focuses on semi-trailers, truck
tractors, or other vehicles that are heavier than 12,000 pounds. The ordinance also includes
vehicles whose main function is to tow other vehicles.
In March 2022, staff received a request from a property owner on Highway 7 Frontage Road to
evaluate the concern related to trucks parking along the frontage road that:
- limit line of sight from Highway 7 to the business
- limit visibility when entering and exiting driveways due to parked semi-trucks on the
road.
- when vehicles are parked on both sides, the road becomes too narrow for vehicles to
navigate the roadway safely and efficiently.
The requestor stated that the frequency and number of trucks have increased significantly in
the last few months and are now causing issues for the businesses adjacent to the roadway.
These requests were brought to the traffic committee in April 2022. The recommended parking
restrictions were sent to 168 surrounding property owners later in April. Due to the proximity
to the border with the City of Hopkins, about 80 of the letters were to residents and businesses
in Hopkins.
Traffic committee: The traffic committee is an internal employee workgroup made up of staff
from the engineering, operations, police, and community development departments. The group
meets monthly to discuss traffic requests from across the city and makes recommendations on
possible changes. Any official changes to traffic controls or parking restrictions are ultimately
approved by the city council.
The traffic committee reviewed the request and made their recommendations on the following
information:
Width of roadway
The Highway 7 Frontage Road is currently 24 feet wide. It is the city’s practice to limit
parking to only one side of the street when a road is less than 28 feet wide. Allowing
parking on only one side of the road will allow for vehicles to navigate the road and for
maintenance activities such as snow plowing to occur. The north side was the preferred
side for on-street parking to allow for clear sightlines as drivers enter and exit the
business driveways along the south side of the road.
Land use
Adjacent land use along the west end of the Highway 7 Frontage Road is mostly
commercial uses that operate 7-days a week and in the evenings. Therefore, limiting
trucks to nights or weekends does not address the concern about line of sight to the
businesses or sightlines at driveways.
In addition, the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church is transitioning to Rise on 7, a 120-unit
affordable housing development with a daycare. Truck parking is considered non-
compatible in areas with residential uses.
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4n) Page 3
Title: Traffic Study 755 – Authorize parking restrictions on Highway 7 Frontage Road west of Texas Avenue to cul-
de-sac
At the April 2022 meeting, the traffic committee recommended the following parking
restrictions:
• Truck parking restrictions on the north side of Highway 7 Frontage Road from Texas
Avenue west to include the cul-de-sac.
• Prohibit parking along the south side of Highway 7 Frontage Road from Texas Avenue
west to start of the cul-de-sac.
These parking prohibitions will eliminate sightline issues to the driveways, allow on-street
parking for the businesses and Rise on 7 and allow safe travel along this narrower roadway.
Community feedback: In April, a letter was sent to the surrounding area asking for comments
and feedback on the recommended parking restrictions. In addition to the letter, staff placed
temporary signage notifying users of the roadway that truck parking restrictions are being
considered at this location.
Staff received four comments from community members. All four commented on the truck
parking restrictions. Three were not in favor of prohibiting truck parking, citing that trucks and
truck drivers need a place to park to grab food from the nearby restaurants and that the street
is fairly quiet. One respondent was a business owner along the frontage road that supports
removing truck parking.
Only one individual commented on the removal of all parking on the south side of the frontage
road. They were in favor of this recommendation to help with the sightlines entering and
exiting the business’ driveways.
Staff has reviewed the community feedback but is not recommending making changes to the
original parking restrictions proposed by the traffic committee.
Schedule: If the parking restrictions are approved as recommended, it will take 4 to 6 weeks to
install the truck parking restriction signs.
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4n) Page 4
Title: Traffic Study 755 – Authorize parking restrictions on Highway 7 Frontage Road west of Texas Avenue to cul-
de-sac
Resolution No. 22-____
Authorizing truck parking restrictions on Highway 7 Frontage Road west of
Texas Avenue
Whereas, The City of St. Louis Park received a request to install truck parking restrictions
on the north side of Highway 7 Frontage Road from Texas Avenue west to include the cul-de-
sac; and,
Whereas, installing truck parking restrictions is allowed per city ordinance 2623-21; and,
Whereas, the traffic committee has reviewed the request and recommended the
installation of truck parking restrictions on the north side of Highway 7 Frontage Road from
Texas Avenue west to include the cul-de-sac; and
Whereas, St. Louis Park is committed to providing a variety of options for people to make
their way around the city comfortably, safely, and reliably.
Now therefore be it resolved by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota
that the engineering director is authorized to:
1. Install truck parking restrictions on the north side of Highway 7 Frontage Road
from Texas Avenue west to include the cul-de-sac; and
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council May 16, 2022
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4n) Page 5
Title: Traffic Study 755 – Authorize parking restrictions on Highway 7 Frontage Road west of Texas Avenue to cul-
de-sac
Resolution No. 22-____
Authorizing parking restrictions on Highway 7 Frontage Road west of Texas
Avenue
Whereas, The City of St. Louis Park received a request to install parking restrictions on the
south side of Highway 7 Frontage Road from Texas Avenue west to the start of the cul-de-sac;
and,
Whereas, the traffic committee has reviewed the request and recommended the
installation of parking restrictions on the south side of Highway 7 Frontage Road from Texas
Avenue west to the start of the cul-de-sac; and
Whereas, St. Louis Park is committed to providing a variety of options for people to make
their way around the city comfortably, safely, and reliably.
Now therefore be it resolved by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota
that the engineering director is authorized to:
1. Install parking restrictions on the south side of Highway 7 Frontage Road from
Texas Avenue west to the start of the cul-de-sac.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council May 16, 2022
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
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Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Consent agenda item: 4o
Official Minutes
Human Rights Commission
March 15, 2022 – 7:00 p.m.
Members present: Virginia Mancini, Jaime Chismar, Astein Osei, Li Livdahl, Thomas
Scott, Emily Buchholz, Paul Baudhuin
Members absent: Andre Barajas, Katie Lawler Turnbull, Avi Olitzky
Staff present: HR director (Ali Timpone)
Guests: None
1. Call to order
Chair Mancini called the commission to order at 7:00 pm.
2. Approval of minutes – Human rights commission of February 15, 2022
A motion was made by Commissioner Osei, seconded by Commissioner Scott, to approve the
minutes as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
3. Approval of agenda
A motion was made by Commissioner Buchholz, seconded by Commissioner Chismar, to
approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
4. Election of 2022 Chair and Vice Chair
The commission discussed the roles and responsibilities of chair and vice chair officers.
After much discussion, Commissioner Baudhuin was elected the Chair, and Commissioner
Lawler Turnbull was elected Vice Chair.
5. Kudos
• Chair Mancini gave kudos to Commissioner Livdahl for continuing her college
admissions process, in the next few weeks she should have plans for next year
solidified.
• Commissioner Scott (and the rest of the commission) gave kudos to Chair Mancini
for being appointed to the St. Louis Park School Board.
6. Bias Motivated Crime Review
The group reviewed the recent bias motivated crime report from the police department, in
which a Black male Minneapolis resident was subjected to racist slurs/comments from
someone in another vehicle while entering a storage facility on February 17. The
commission discussed possible actions, including a letter of support/apology to the victim,
but ultimately decided that a letter may appear performative and may cause negative
emotions or cause harm to the victim by bringing this up more than a month after the
incident.
A motion was made by Commissioner Chismar, seconded by Commissioner Baudhuin to
create a Bias Motivated Crime subcommittee to review future crimes and make
recommendations on actions. The subcommittee members will be appointed at the April
meeting. Motion passed unanimously.
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 4o) Page 2
Title: Human rights commission meeting minutes of March 15, 2022
The commission also discussed the recent racially motivated incident at the SLP boys hockey
game versus New Prague. Commissioner Osei gave an excellent background of the work
that has been happening at the school and with other stakeholders including the MN State
High School League. There has been much discussion on the appropriate way to repair
harm in these situations and to ensure culturally relevant frameworks in the schools. Chair
Mancini has been in contact with representatives from the MN Dept of Human Rights and
they are also talking about this incident and are supportive of more collaboration among
commissions across the metro. One important goal is to ignite and engage bystanders to
shut down these types of racist taunts or jeers.
The commission had drafted a letter of support and solidarity with the SLP students and for
school’s swift and appropriate actions based on feedback from our youth commissioners.
The city council indicated possible interest in co-signing the letter and will review at their
meeting on March 21. Ms. Timpone will provide feedback to the commissioners after that
meeting.
7. Brainstorming Ideas
The commission had several ideas for avenues for future action, which included:
• Creating a 2022 Summer of Action Youth Event, working with SOAR
• Making it a goal for the Summer of Action to connect with neighboring cities
• Develop a community mural devoted to human rights
• Connect with the State HRC, Chair Mancini noted that there was a virtual lunch
event coming up on April 12 at noon, commissioners were welcome to attend.
The commission directed the Summer of Action subcommittee to meet to start to roadmap
events for 2022 (Commissioners Chismar, Livdahl, and Mancini).
8. Human Rights Award
The commission reviewed the nomination form and award guidelines for the Human Rights
Award. Preference will be given to nominees who are doing recent or ongoing work to
advance human rights. The deadline for nominations will be April 18 and Ms. Timpone will
work with city communications staff to promote the award and solicit nominations by the
deadline. Commissioners are asked to also promote the award and share on their personal
social media networks.
9. Staff Report
Ms. Timpone provided the staff report:
• 50 city staff members recently participated in a full day workshop called the
Foundations of Racially Conscious Collaborations and will next attend focus groups
to tell the consultant about the city’s staffing needs in racial equity. An additional
focus group will be added and boards/commissions across the city will be invited to
have a member participate. Ms. Timpone will provide more information when
available.
• The library staff indicate about 10 books have been taken from our recent book club
promotion. Ms. Timpone will send the commission additional marketing
information to share via their personal social media networks. Commissioner Osei
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Title: Human rights commission meeting minutes of March 15, 2022
will see if the info can be added to the next school newsletter and Commissioner
Baudhuin will share with the faith community. Commissioner Chismar will share to
the Allies of SLP facebook group.
• Ms. Timpone noted that there is an item on the council’s tentative agenda on March
28 regarding the structure, function and authority of boards and commissions.
10. Other business
The commissioners determined that a quorum can be present if the April meeting was
rescheduled to April 5.
11. The commission adjourned at 8:47 pm.
Respectfully submitted by:
Ali Timpone, HR director/HRC staff liaison
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Action agenda item: 5a
Executive summary
Title: Appoint representatives to advisory boards and commissions
Recommended action: Motion to appoint representatives to the advisory boards and
commissions as listed in Exhibit A.
Policy consideration: Does the city council support appointment of the representatives to the
city’s advisory boards and commissions as listed in Exhibit A?
Summary: The city received a great response from individuals interested in serving on a city
board or commission. A total of 40 applications were received for open positions on the
Community Technology Advisory Commission, Environment & Sustainability Commission,
Human Rights Commission, Planning Commission, and Police Advisory Commission. The city
council evaluated all applications that were submitted. Interview panels, consisting of three
council members and the board/commission chair or designated representative, conducted
interviews and provided the appointment recommendations in Exhibit A.
New members participate in an orientation program with their staff liaison prior to the start of
their term on May 31, 2022. Terms on boards and commissions are staggered. Generally, new
members are appointed to 3-year terms except when they are appointed to fill the remainder
of an unexpired term. Because there are more applicants than positions available, not all
candidates will be appointed to a board or commission at this time. Applications for candidates
not appointed are kept on file for 1 year. Candidates who are not appointed are strongly
encouraged to get involved in the community, including participation in events or activities
offered by the city, volunteer opportunities, or initiatives that may be hosted/sponsored by
boards or commissions.
Financial or budget considerations: Not applicable.
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to creating opportunities to build
social capital through community engagement.
Supporting documents: Exhibit A
Prepared by: Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 5a) Page 2
Title: Appoint representatives to advisory boards and commissions
Exhibit A
Name Board/Commission Term
Expiration
Rudyard Dyer Community Technology Advisory Commission 5/31/2025
Drew Keogh Community Technology Advisory Commission 5/31/2025
Konnor Slaats Community Technology Advisory Commission 5/31/2025
Ramil Goonetilleke Environment & Sustainability Commission 5/31/2025
Hailey Sexton Environment & Sustainability Commission 5/31/2025
Eric Zweber Environment & Sustainability Commission 5/31/2025
Andrea Alvarez Human Rights Commission 5/31/2025
Saleta Sallett-Cobb Human Rights Commission 5/31/2025
Jodi Johnston Police Advisory Commission 5/31/2025
Caroline Noble Police Advisory Commission 5/31/2025
Taylor Williams Police Advisory Commission 5/31/2025
Karl Gamradt Police Advisory Commission – remainder of unexpired
term
5/31/2024
Mia Divecha Planning Commission 5/31/2025
Jan Youngquist Planning Commission 5/31/2025
Leah Hollingsworth Parks & Recreation Advisory Commission 5/31/2025
Sonya Rippe Parks & Recreation Advisory Commission 5/31/2025
Jay Jaffee Parks & Recreation Advisory Commission – remainder
of unexpired term
5/31/2023
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Public hearing: 6a
Executive summary
Title: Beltline station development conduit bond
Recommended action: Hold public hearing for May 16th for Beltline station development
regarding the issuance of multifamily housing revenue notes; approving a housing program;
and authorizing the execution of related documents.
Policy consideration: Does the city council wish to consider the issuance of multifamily housing
revenue notes; approving a housing program; and authorizing the execution of related
documents.
Summary: Beltline Station Limited Partnership requested multifamily housing revenue bonds to
finance a portion of its affordable housing project proposed to be constructed at the
intersection of County Road 25 and Monterey Avenue. The bonds will help finance construction
of an 82unit multifamily rental housing building and facilities functionally related, to be located
in the city for occupancy by individuals and families of low and moderate income.
Beltline Station Limited Partnership secured an allocation of Housing bonds from Minnesota
Management and Budget (MMB) in the amount of $13,725,800. The city acts as a conduit for
the housing bonds from MMB.
Financial or budget considerations: Issuance of these bonds will not impact the city’s debt
capacity, would not constitute a general or moral obligation of the city, and would not be
secured by the taxing powers of the city or any assets or property of the city. In addition, if the
financing goes forward, Beltline Station LP will pay an administration fee in the amount of 1/8th
of 1% (.125%) of the outstanding principal of the bonds.
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to providing a broad range of
housing and neighborhood oriented development.
Supporting documents: Resolution
Prepared by: Melanie Schmitt, chief financial officer
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
City council meeting of May 16, 2022 (Item No. 6a) Page 2
Title: Resolution authorizing the sale of GO refunding bonds
Resolution No. 22-______
Resolution authorizing the issuance of multifamily housing revenue
notes for the benefit of Beltline Station Limited Partnership;
approving a housing program; and authorizing the execution of
related documents
Be it resolved by the City Council (the “City Council”) of the City of St. Louis Park,
Hennepin County, Minnesota (the “City”) as follows:
Section 1. Recitals.
1.01. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 462C, as amended (the “Act”), the City
is authorized to carry out the public purposes described in the Act by providing for the issuance
of revenue obligations to provide funds to finance multifamily housing developments located
within the City.
1.02. Beltline Station Limited Partnership, a Minnesota limited partnership (the
“Borrower”), has proposed that the City issue one or more series of taxable or tax-exempt
revenue obligations (the “Notes”) in an estimated aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$13,725,800 for the benefit of the Borrower for the purposes of (i) financing the acquisition,
construction, and equipping of an approximately 82-unit multifamily housing development for
occupancy by persons of low and moderate income and facilities functionally related and
subordinate thereto to be located at the intersection of County Road 25 and Monterey Avenue
in the City (the “Project”), which will be owned and operated by the Borrower; (ii) funding any
required reserve funds; (iii) financing capitalized interest during the construction of the Project,
if necessary; and (iv) paying the costs of issuing the Notes.
1.03. On November 15, 2021, the City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the
submission of an application to the office of Minnesota Management and Budget for an
allocation of bonding authority with respect to the Note to finance the Project in accordance
with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 474A, as amended (the “Allocation Act”),
and providing preliminary approval for the sale and issuance of the Notes for the Project.
1.04. On January 11, 2022, the City received Certificate of Allocation No. 424 from the
Minnesota Department of Management and Budget allocating bonding authority to the City in
the amount of $13,725,800 from the State of Minnesota, pursuant to the Allocation Act.
1.05. In accordance with the Act, the City has prepared a housing program (the
“Housing Program”) to authorize the issuance by the City of the Notes to finance the Project,
and the Housing Program was prepared and submitted to Metropolitan Council for its review
and comment.
1.06. A notice of public hearing (the “Public Notice”) was published in the Sun Sailor,
the official newspaper of and a newspaper of general circulation in the City, with respect to the
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Title: Resolution authorizing the sale of GO refunding bonds
required public hearing under Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”), and Section 462C.04, subdivision 2 of the Act.
1.07. The Public Notice was published at least fifteen (15) days before the regularly
scheduled meeting of the City Council, and on the date hereof, the City Council conducted a
public hearing on the Housing Program and the issuance of the Notes at which a reasonable
opportunity was provided for interested individuals to express their views, both orally and in
writing.
1.08. Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust Company, an Iowa banking corporation, or another
financial institution selected by the Borrower (the “Lender”), intends to purchase the Notes.
Section 2. The Housing Program. The Housing Program, in the form substantially on
file with the City, is hereby approved.
Section 3. The Notes. The Borrower has requested that the City issue, sell, and
deliver one or more series of the Notes in the estimated aggregate principal amount of
$13,725,800. The City may issue two separate series of the Notes (the “Series 2022A Note” and
the “Series 2022B Note,” respectively).
Section 4. Series 2022A Note.
4.01. The proceeds derived from the sale of the Series 2022A Note will be loaned by
the City to the Borrower (the “Series 2022A Loan”) pursuant to the terms of a Loan Agreement
(the “Series 2022A Loan Agreement”) between the City and the Borrower.
4.02. The Series 2022A Loan Agreement requires the Borrower to make loan
repayments to produce revenue sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on the Series 2022A Note when due. The City will assign its rights to the loan repayments, basic
payments, and certain other rights under the Series 2022A Loan Agreement to the Lender
pursuant to the terms of an Assignment of Loan Agreement (the “Series 2022A Assignment of
Loan Agreement”) between the City and the Lender.
4.03. As security for the repayment of principal of and interest on the Series 2022A
Loan, the Borrower will execute and deliver to the City a mortgage agreement (the
“Series 2022A Mortgage”) to be assigned by the City to the Lender pursuant to an assignment
of mortgage (the “Series 2022A Mortgage Assignment”) or such other collateral as determined
by the Lender, including but not limited to one or more guaranties.
4.04. The Series 2022A Note will be issued pursuant to this resolution and the Act, and
the Notes and the interest thereon (i) shall be payable solely from the revenues pledged
therefor under the Series 2022A Loan Agreement and additional sources of revenues provided
by or on behalf of the Borrower, which will be assigned to the Lender pursuant to the
Series 2022A Assignment of Loan Agreement; (ii) shall not constitute a debt of the City within
the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation; (iii) shall not constitute nor give rise
to a pecuniary liability of the City or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers;
(iv) shall not constitute a charge, lien, or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of
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the City other than the City’s interest in the Series 2022A Loan Agreement and the revenues
and assets thereunder, which will be pledged to the Lender; and (v) shall not constitute a
general or moral obligation of the City.
4.05. The City acknowledges, finds, determines, and declares that the issuance of the
Series 2022A Note is authorized by the Act and is consistent with the purposes of the Act and
that the issuance of the Series 2022A Note, and the other actions of the City under the
Series 2022A Loan Agreement, the Series 2022A Assignment of Loan Agreement, and this
resolution constitute a public purpose and are in the interests of the City. In authorizing the
issuance of the Series 2022A Note to finance the Project and the related costs, the City’s
purpose is and the effect thereof will be to promote the public welfare of the City and its
residents by providing multifamily housing developments for individuals and families of low or
moderate income and otherwise furthering the purposes and policies of the Act.
4.06. For the purposes set forth above, there is hereby authorized the issuance, sale,
and delivery of the Series 2022A Note.
4.07. The Series 2022A Note shall bear interest at the rates, shall be designated, shall
be numbered, shall be dated, shall mature, shall be in the aggregate principal amount, shall be
subject to redemption prior to maturity, shall be in such form, and shall have such other terms,
details, and provisions as are prescribed in the form of the Series 2022A Note now on file with
the City, with the amendments referenced herein. The City hereby authorizes the Series 2022A
Note to be issued, in whole or in part, as a “tax-exempt obligation,” the interest on which is not
includable in gross income for federal and State of Minnesota income tax purposes.
4.08. All of the provisions of the Series 2022A Note, when executed as authorized
herein, shall be deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if
incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution
and delivery thereof. The Series 2022A Note shall be substantially in the form on file with the
City, which form is hereby approved, with such necessary and appropriate variations,
omissions, and insertions (including changes to the aggregate principal amount of the
Series 2022A Note, the stated maturities of the Series 2022A Note, the interest rates on the
Series 2022A Note and the terms of redemption of the Series 2022A Note) as the Mayor and
the City Manager, in their discretion, shall determine. The execution of the Series 2022A Note
with the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor and the City Manager and the delivery of
the Series 2022A Note by the City shall be conclusive evidence of such determination.
4.09. The Series 2022A Note shall be a special, limited obligation of the City payable
solely from the revenues provided by the Borrower pursuant to the Series 2022A Loan
Agreement, including revenues derived from the Project. The City Council hereby authorizes
and directs the Mayor and the City Manager to execute the Series 2022A Note in accordance
with the terms thereof.
4.10. The Mayor and the City Manager are hereby authorized and directed to execute
and deliver the Series 2022A Loan Agreement and the Series 2022A Assignment of Loan
Agreement. All of the provisions of the Series 2022A Loan Agreement and the Series 2022A
Assignment of Loan Agreement, when executed and delivered as authorized herein, shall be
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deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated
verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery
thereof. The Series 2022A Loan Agreement and the Series 2022A Assignment of Loan
Agreement shall be substantially in the forms on file with the City which are hereby approved,
with such omissions and insertions as do not materially change the substance thereof, and as
the Mayor and the City Manager, in their discretion, shall determine, and the execution thereof
by the Mayor and the City Manager shall be conclusive evidence of such determinations.
Section 5. Series 2022B Note.
5.01. The proceeds derived from the sale of the Series 2022B Note will be loaned by
the City to the Borrower (the “Series 2022B Loan”) pursuant to the terms of a Loan Agreement
(the “Series 2022B Loan Agreement”) between the City and the Borrower.
5.02. The Series 2022B Loan Agreement requires the Borrower to make loan
repayments to produce revenue sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on the Series 2022B Note when due. The City will assign its rights to the loan repayments, basic
payments, and certain other rights under the Series 2022B Loan Agreement to the Lender
pursuant to the terms of an Assignment of Loan Agreement (the “Series 2022B Assignment of
Loan Agreement”) between the City and the Lender.
5.03. As security for the repayment of principal of and interest on the Series 2022B
Loan, the Borrower will execute and deliver to the City a mortgage agreement (the
“Series 2022B Mortgage”) to be assigned by the City to the Lender pursuant to an assignment
of mortgage (the “Series 2022B Mortgage Assignment”) or such other collateral as determined
by the Lender, including but not limited to one or more guaranties.
5.04. The Series 2022B Note will be issued pursuant to this resolution and the Act, and
the Notes and the interest thereon (i) shall be payable solely from the revenues pledged
therefor under the Series 2022B Loan Agreement and additional sources of revenues provided
by or on behalf of the Borrower, which will be assigned to the Lender pursuant to the
Series 2022B Assignment of Loan Agreement; (ii) shall not constitute a debt of the City within
the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation; (iii) shall not constitute nor give rise
to a pecuniary liability of the City or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers;
(iv) shall not constitute a charge, lien, or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of
the City other than the City’s interest in the Series 2022B Loan Agreement and the revenues
and assets thereunder, which will be pledged to the Lender; and (v) shall not constitute a
general or moral obligation of the City.
5.05. The City acknowledges, finds, determines, and declares that the issuance of the
Series 2022B Note is authorized by the Act and is consistent with the purposes of the Act and
that the issuance of the Series 2022B Note, and the other actions of the City under the
Series 2022B Loan Agreement, the Series 2022B Assignment of Loan Agreement, and this
resolution constitute a public purpose and are in the interests of the City. In authorizing the
issuance of the Series 2022B Note to finance the Project and the related costs, the City’s
purpose is and the effect thereof will be to promote the public welfare of the City and its
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residents by providing multifamily housing developments for individuals and families of low or
moderate income and otherwise furthering the purposes and policies of the Act.
5.06. For the purposes set forth above, there is hereby authorized the issuance, sale,
and delivery of the Series 2022B Note.
5.07. The Series 2022B Note shall bear interest at the rates, shall be designated, shall
be numbered, shall be dated, shall mature, shall be in the aggregate principal amount, shall be
subject to redemption prior to maturity, shall be in such form, and shall have such other terms,
details, and provisions as are prescribed in the form of the Series 2022B Note now on file with
the City, with the amendments referenced herein. The City hereby authorizes the Series 2022B
Note to be issued, in whole or in part, as a “tax-exempt obligation,” the interest on which is not
includable in gross income for federal and State of Minnesota income tax purposes.
5.08. All of the provisions of the Series 2022B Note, when executed as authorized
herein, shall be deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if
incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution
and delivery thereof. The Series 2022B Note shall be substantially in the form on file with the
City, which form is hereby approved, with such necessary and appropriate variations,
omissions, and insertions (including changes to the aggregate principal amount of the
Series 2022B Note, the stated maturities of the Series 2022B Note, the interest rates on the
Series 2022B Note and the terms of redemption of the Series 2022B Note) as the Mayor and
the City Manager, in their discretion, shall determine. The execution of the Series 2022B Note
with the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor and the City Manager and the delivery of
the Series 2022B Note by the City shall be conclusive evidence of such determination.
5.09. The Series 2022B Note shall be a special, limited obligation of the City payable
solely from the revenues provided by the Borrower pursuant to the Series 2022B Loan
Agreement, including revenues derived from the Project. The City Council hereby authorizes
and directs the Mayor and the City Manager to execute the Series 2022B Note in accordance
with the terms thereof.
5.10. The Mayor and the City Manager are hereby authorized and directed to execute
and deliver the Series 2022B Loan Agreement and the Series 2022B Assignment of Loan
Agreement. All of the provisions of the Series 2022B Loan Agreement and the Series 2022B
Assignment of Loan Agreement, when executed and delivered as authorized herein, shall be
deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated
verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery
thereof. The Series 2022B Loan Agreement and the Series 2022B Assignment of Loan
Agreement shall be substantially in the forms on file with the City which are hereby approved,
with such omissions and insertions as do not materially change the substance thereof, and as
the Mayor and the City Manager, in their discretion, shall determine, and the execution thereof
by the Mayor and the City Manager shall be conclusive evidence of such determinations.
5.11. Based on a final determination of security required for the Borrower’s
repayment obligations with respect to the Notes, the Borrower may determine that only one
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series of Notes is necessary. If such a determination is made, the Series 2022B Note will not be
issued by the City.
Section 6. Agreements Applicable to the Notes.
6.01. To ensure compliance with certain rental and occupancy restrictions imposed by
the Act and Section 142(d) of the Code, and to ensure compliance with certain restrictions
imposed by the City, the Mayor and City Manager are also hereby authorized and directed to
execute and deliver a Regulatory Agreement (the “Regulatory Agreement”) between the City,
the Borrower, and the Lender. All of the provisions of the Regulatory Agreement, when
executed and delivered as authorized herein, shall be deemed to be a part of this resolution as
fully and to the same extent as if incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in full force and
effect from the date of execution and delivery thereof. The Regulatory Agreement shall be
substantially in the form on file with the City which is hereby approved, with such omissions
and insertions as do not materially change the substance thereof, or as the Mayor and the City
Manager, in their discretion, shall determine, and the execution thereof by the Mayor and the
City Manager shall be conclusive evidence of such determination.
6.02. To provide a portion of the financing for the Project, the City will consider
making a loan to the Borrower in the estimated principal amount of $618,238 (the
“Subordinate Loan”) from its Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Provided that the City Council
approves the Subordinate Loan at a future City Council meeting, the Mayor and the City
Manager are hereby authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the City, a subordination
agreement (the “Subordination Agreement”) between the Lender, the City, as the issuer of the
Bonds, the City, as the lender of the Subordinate Loan, any additional subordinate lenders, and
the Borrower. All of the provisions of the Subordination Agreement, when executed and
delivered as authorized herein, shall be deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to
the same extent as if incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the
date of execution and delivery thereof. The Subordination Agreement is hereby approved,
subject to final review and approval by City staff and legal counsel.
6.03. The Mayor, the City Manager, and the Finance Director of the City are hereby
authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the City, such other documents and certificates
as are necessary or appropriate in connection with the issuance, sale, and delivery of the Notes,
including the Series 2022A Mortgage Assignment, the Series 2022B Mortgage Assignment,
various certificates of the City, an Information Return for Tax-Exempt Private Activity Bond
Issues, Form 8038, an endorsement of the City to the tax certificate of the Borrower, and
similar documents, additional subordination agreements, and all other documents and
certificates as shall be necessary and appropriate in connection with the issuance, sale, and
delivery of the Notes. The City hereby authorizes Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, as bond
counsel (“Bond Counsel”), to prepare, execute, and deliver its approving legal opinions with
respect to the Notes.
6.04. The City hereby authorizes the Borrower to provide such security for payment of
its obligations under the Series 2022A Loan Agreement and the Series 2022B Loan Agreement
and for payment of the Notes, including the Series 2022A Mortgage, Series 2022B Mortgage,
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one or more guaranties, or any other security agreed upon by the Borrower and the Lender,
and the City hereby approves the execution and delivery of such security.
Section 7. Additional Findings and Certifications.
7.01. Except as otherwise provided in this resolution, all rights, powers, and privileges
conferred and duties and liabilities imposed upon the City or the City Council by the provisions
of this resolution or of the aforementioned documents shall be exercised or performed by the
City or by such members of the City Council, or such officers, board, body or agency thereof as
may be required or authorized by law to exercise such powers and to perform such duties.
No covenant, stipulation, obligation or agreement herein contained or contained in the
aforementioned documents shall be deemed to be a covenant, stipulation, obligation or
agreement of any member of the City Council, or any officer, agent or employee of the City in
that person’s individual capacity, and neither the City Council nor any officer or employee
executing the Notes shall be personally liable on the Notes or be subject to any personal
liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.
No provision, covenant or agreement contained in the aforementioned documents, the
Notes, or in any other document relating to the Notes, and no obligation therein or herein
imposed upon the City or the breach thereof, shall constitute or give rise to a general or moral
obligation of the City or any pecuniary liability of the City or any charge upon its general credit
or taxing powers. In making the agreements, provisions, covenants, and representations set
forth in such documents, the City has not obligated itself to pay or remit any funds or revenues,
other than funds and revenues derived from the Series 2022A Loan Agreement and the
Series 2022B Loan Agreement which are to be applied to the payment of the Notes, as provided
therein.
7.02. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, nothing in this resolution or in
the aforementioned documents expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to
confer upon any person or firm or corporation, other than the City, any holder of the Notes
issued under the provisions of this resolution, any right, remedy or claim, legal or equitable,
under and by reason of this resolution or any provisions hereof, this resolution, the
aforementioned documents, and all of their provisions being intended to be and being for the
sole and exclusive benefit of the City, and any holder from time to time of the Notes issued
under the provisions of this resolution.
7.03. In case any one or more of the provisions of this resolution, other than the
provisions contained in the first sentence of Sections 4.09 and 5.09 hereof, or of the
aforementioned documents, or of the Notes issued hereunder shall for any reason be held to
be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this
resolution, or of the aforementioned documents, or of the Notes, but this resolution, the
aforementioned documents, and the Notes shall be construed and endorsed as if such illegal or
invalid provisions had not been contained therein.
7.04. The Notes, when executed and delivered, shall contain a recital that they are
issued pursuant to the Act, and such recital shall be conclusive evidence of the validity of the
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Notes and the regularity of the issuance thereof, and that all acts, conditions, and things
required by the laws of the State of Minnesota relating to the adoption of this resolution, to the
issuance of the Notes, and to the execution of the aforementioned documents to happen, exist,
and be performed precedent to the execution of the aforementioned documents have
happened, exist, and have been performed as so required by law.
7.05. The officers of the City, Bond Counsel, other attorneys, engineers, and other
agents or employees of the City are hereby authorized to do all acts and things required of
them by or in connection with this resolution, the aforementioned documents, and the Notes,
for the full, punctual, and complete performance of all the terms, covenants, and agreements
contained in the Notes, the aforementioned documents, and this resolution. If for any reason
the Mayor or the City Manager is unable to execute and deliver the documents referred to in
this resolution, such documents may be executed by any member of the City Council or any
officer of the City delegated the duties of the Mayor or the City Manager with the same force
and effect as if such documents were executed and delivered by the Mayor or the City
Manager.
7.06. The Borrower shall pay the administrative fee of the City for the issuance of
conduit debt. The Borrower will also pay, or, upon demand, reimburse the City for payment of,
any and all costs incurred by the City in connection with the Project and the issuance of the
Notes, whether or not the Notes are issued, including any costs for reasonable attorneys’ fees.
Section 8. Effective Date. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and
after its approval. The approvals contained in the resolution are effective for one year after the
date hereof.
Reviewed for Administration: Adopted by the City Council May 16, 2022
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Public hearing: 6b
Executive summary
Title: Wooddale avenue apartment conduit bond
Recommended action: Hold public hearing for May 16th for AH I, LLLP regarding the issuance of
multifamily housing revenue notes; approving a housing program; and authorizing the
execution of related documents.
Policy consideration: Does the city council wish to consider the issuance of multifamily housing
revenue notes; approving a housing program; and authorizing the execution of related
documents.
Summary: AH I LLLP requested multifamily housing revenue bonds to finance a portion of its
affordable housing project proposed to be constructed at 3801 Wooddale Avenue South. The
bonds will help finance construction of an 114unit multifamily rental housing building and
facilities functionally related, to be located in the city for occupancy by individuals and families
of low and moderate income.
The wooddale avenue project secured an allocation of Housing bonds from Minnesota
Management and Budget (MMB) in the amount of $27,990,500. The city acts as a conduit for
the housing bonds from MMB.
Financial or budget considerations: Issuance of these bonds will not impact the city’s debt
capacity, would not constitute a general or moral obligation of the city, and would not be
secured by the taxing powers of the city or any assets or property of the city. In addition, if the
financing goes forward, Beltline Station LP will pay an administration fee in the amount of 1/8th
of 1% (.125%) of the outstanding principal of the bonds.
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to providing a broad range of
housing and neighborhood oriented development.
Supporting documents: Resolution
Prepared by: Melanie Schmitt, chief financial officer
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
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Resolution No. 22-______
Resolution authorizing the issuance of multifamily housing revenue
notes for the benefit of St. Louis Park AH I, LLLP; approving a housing
program; and authorizing the execution of related documents
Be it resolved by the City Council (the “City Council”) of the City of St. Louis Park,
Hennepin County, Minnesota (the “City”) as follows:
Section 1. Recitals.
1.01. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 462C, as amended (the “Housing Act”),
the City is authorized to carry out the public purposes described in the Housing Act by providing
for the issuance of revenue obligations to provide funds to finance multifamily housing
developments located within the City.
1.02. St. Louis Park AH I, LLLP, a Minnesota limited liability limited partnership (the
“Borrower”), has proposed that the City issue one or more series of taxable or tax-exempt
revenue obligations (the “Notes”) in an estimated aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$27,990,550 for the benefit of the Borrower for the purposes of (i) financing the acquisition,
construction, and equipping of an approximately 114-unit multifamily housing development for
occupancy by persons of low and moderate income and facilities functionally related and
subordinate thereto to be located at 3801 Wooddale Avenue South in the City (the “Project”),
which will be owned and operated by the Borrower; (ii) funding any required reserve funds;
(iii) financing capitalized interest during the construction of the Project, if necessary; and
(iv) paying the costs of issuing the Notes.
1.03. On December 6, 2021, the City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the
submission of an application to the office of Minnesota Management and Budget for an
allocation of bonding authority with respect to the Notes to finance the Project in accordance
with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 474A, as amended (the “Allocation Act”),
and providing preliminary approval for the sale and issuance of the Notes for the Project.
1.04. On January 11, 2022, the City received Certificate of Allocation No. 425 from the
Minnesota Department of Management and Budget allocating bonding authority to the City in
the amount of $17,490,550 from the State of Minnesota (the “State”), pursuant to the
Allocation Act.
1.05. Section 146(i)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”), permits the reuse of bonding authority for affordable housing projects and treats the
reuse as a refunding for tax purposes if: (i) the “refunding” occurs within four (4) years after the
original bonds were issued, (ii) the “refunding” bonds are issued within six (6) months after the
principal payment of the original bonds, and (iii) the “refunding” bonds mature within thirty-
four (34) years of the original issue date.
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1.06. Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.656, as amended, authorizes a municipality to
issue obligations to finance the acquisition or improvement of property located outside of the
corporate boundaries of such municipality if the obligations are issued under a joint powers
agreement between the municipality issuing the obligations and the municipality in which the
property to be acquired or improved is located. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes,
Section 471.59, as amended, by the terms of a joint powers agreement entered into through
action of their governing bodies, two municipalities may jointly or cooperatively exercise any
power common to the contracting parties or any similar powers, including those which are the
same except for the territorial limits within which they may be exercised and the joint powers
agreement may provide for the exercise of such powers by one or more of the participating
governmental units on behalf of the other participating units.
1.07. The Borrower has represented to the City that the Notes will meet the
requirements of Section 146(i)(6) of the Code with respect to the reuse of a portion of the
bonding authority from the Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds (Lincoln Place/Vadnais
Highlands Projects), Series 2021 (the “Participant City Bonds”), issued by the City of
Mahtomedi, Minnesota (the “Participant City”) on June 30, 2021, in the original aggregate
principal amount of $10,500,000. In order to better leverage public funding by recycling
bonding authority as permitted by Section 146(i)(6) of the Code, the Borrower has proposed
that the City and the Participant City enter into a cooperative agreement pursuant to the Act
and Minnesota Statutes, Sections 471.59 and 471.656, as amended (the “Joint Powers Act”), in
order to provide for issuance of the Notes to finance the Project using, in part, recycled bonding
authority from the Participant City Bonds.
1.08. The Project is expected to be financed with tax-exempt obligations issued using
housing allocation received from the State in the amount of $17,490,550 and recycled
allocation from the Participant City in the amount of up to $10,500,000.
1.09. In accordance with the Housing Act, the City has prepared a housing program
(the “Housing Program”) to authorize the issuance by the City of the Notes to finance the
Project, and the Housing Program was prepared and submitted to Metropolitan Council for its
review and comment.
1.10. A notice of public hearing (the “Public Notice”) was published in the Sun Sailor,
the official newspaper of and a newspaper of general circulation in the City, with respect to the
required public hearing under Section 147(f) of the Code and Section 462C.04, subdivision 2 of
the Housing Act.
1.11. The Public Notice was published at least fifteen (15) days before the regularly
scheduled meeting of the City Council, and on the date hereof, the City Council conducted a
public hearing on the Housing Program and the issuance of the Notes at which a reasonable
opportunity was provided for interested individuals to express their views, both orally and in
writing.
1.12. Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust Company, an Iowa banking corporation, or another
financial institution selected by the Borrower (the “Lender”), intends to purchase the Notes.
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Section 2. The Housing Program. The Housing Program, in the form substantially on
file with the City, is hereby approved.
Section 3. The Notes. The Borrower has requested that the City issue, sell, and
deliver one or more series of the Notes in the estimated aggregate principal amount of
$27,990,550. The City expects to issue two separate series of the Notes (the “Series 2022A
Note” and the “Series 2022B Note,” respectively).
Section 4. The Series 2022A Note.
4.01. The proceeds derived from the sale of the Series 2022A Note will be loaned by
the City to the Borrower (the “Series 2022A Loan”) pursuant to the terms of a Loan Agreement
(the “Series 2022A Loan Agreement”) between the City and the Borrower.
4.02. The Series 2022A Loan Agreement requires the Borrower to make loan
repayments to produce revenue sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on the Series 2022A Note when due. The City will assign its rights to the loan repayments, basic
payments, and certain other rights under the Series 2022A Loan Agreement to the Lender
pursuant to the terms of an Assignment of Loan Agreement (the “Series 2022A Assignment of
Loan Agreement”) between the City and the Lender.
4.03. As security for the repayment of principal of and interest on the Series 2022A
Loan, the Borrower will execute and deliver to the City a mortgage agreement (the
“Series 2022A Mortgage”) to be assigned by the City to the Lender pursuant to an assignment
of mortgage (the “Series 2022A Mortgage Assignment”).
4.04. The Series 2022A Note will be issued pursuant to this resolution, the Housing
Act, and the Joint Powers Act, and the Series 2022A Note and the interest thereon (i) shall be
payable solely from the revenues pledged therefor under the Series 2022A Loan Agreement
and additional sources of revenues provided by or on behalf of the Borrower, which will be
assigned to the Lender pursuant to the Series 2022A Assignment of Loan Agreement; (ii) shall
not constitute a debt of the City within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory
limitation; (iii) shall not constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the City or a charge
against its general credit or taxing powers; (iv) shall not constitute a charge, lien, or
encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of the City other than the City’s interest in
the Series 2022A Loan Agreement and the revenues and assets thereunder, which will be
pledged to the Lender; and (v) shall not constitute a general or moral obligation of the City.
4.05. The City acknowledges, finds, determines, and declares that the issuance of the
Series 2022A Note is authorized by the Housing Act and the Joint Powers Act and is consistent
with the purposes of the Housing Act and the Joint Powers Act and that the issuance of the
Series 2022A Note, and the other actions of the City under the Series 2022A Loan Agreement,
the Series 2022A Assignment of Loan Agreement, and this resolution constitute a public
purpose and are in the interests of the City. In authorizing the issuance of the Series 2022A
Note to finance a portion of the Project and the related costs, the City’s purpose is and the
effect thereof will be to promote the public welfare of the City and its residents by providing
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multifamily housing developments for individuals and families of low or moderate income and
otherwise furthering the purposes and policies of the Housing Act.
4.06. For the purposes set forth above, there is hereby authorized the issuance, sale,
and delivery of the Series 2022A Note.
4.07. The Series 2022A Note shall bear interest at the rates, shall be designated, shall
be numbered, shall be dated, shall mature, shall be in the aggregate principal amount, shall be
subject to redemption prior to maturity, shall be in such form, and shall have such other terms,
details, and provisions as are prescribed in the form of the Series 2022A Note now on file with
the City, with the amendments referenced herein. The City hereby authorizes the Series 2022A
Note to be issued, in whole or in part, as a “tax-exempt obligation,” the interest on which is not
includable in gross income for federal and State of Minnesota income tax purposes.
4.08. All of the provisions of the Series 2022A Note, when executed as authorized
herein, shall be deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if
incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution
and delivery thereof. The Series 2022A Note shall be substantially in the form on file with the
City, which form is hereby approved, with such necessary and appropriate variations,
omissions, and insertions (including changes to the aggregate principal amount of the
Series 2022A Note, the stated maturities of the Series 2022A Note, the interest rates on the
Series 2022A Note and the terms of redemption of the Series 2022A Note) as the Mayor and
the City Manager, in their discretion, shall determine. The execution of the Series 2022A Note
with the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor and the City Manager and the delivery of
the Series 2022A Note by the City shall be conclusive evidence of such determination.
4.09. The Series 2022A Note shall be a special, limited obligation of the City payable
solely from the revenues provided by the Borrower pursuant to the Series 2022A Loan
Agreement, including revenues derived from the Project. The City Council hereby authorizes
and directs the Mayor and the City Manager to execute the Series 2022A Note in accordance
with the terms thereof.
4.10. The Mayor and the City Manager are hereby authorized and directed to execute
and deliver the Series 2022A Loan Agreement and the Series 2022A Assignment of Loan
Agreement. All of the provisions of the Series 2022A Loan Agreement and the Series 2022A
Assignment of Loan Agreement, when executed and delivered as authorized herein, shall be
deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated
verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery
thereof. The Series 2022A Loan Agreement and the Series 2022A Assignment of Loan
Agreement shall be substantially in the forms on file with the City which are hereby approved,
with such omissions and insertions as do not materially change the substance thereof, and as
the Mayor and the City Manager, in their discretion, shall determine, and the execution thereof
by the Mayor and the City Manager shall be conclusive evidence of such determinations.
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Section 5. The Series 2022B Note.
5.01. The proceeds derived from the sale of the Series 2022B Note will be loaned by
the City to the Borrower (the “Series 2022B Loan”) pursuant to the terms of a Loan Agreement
(the “Series 2022B Loan Agreement”) between the City and the Borrower.
5.02. The Series 2022B Loan Agreement requires the Borrower to make loan
repayments to produce revenue sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on the Series 2022B Note when due. The City will assign its rights to the loan repayments, basic
payments, and certain other rights under the Series 2022B Loan Agreement to the Lender
pursuant to the terms of an Assignment of Loan Agreement (the “Series 2022B Assignment of
Loan Agreement”) between the City and the Lender.
5.03. As security for the repayment of principal of and interest on the Series 2022B
Loan, the Borrower will pledge to the Lender a portion of equity installments attributable to
low-income housing tax credits for the Project. Additionally, the Borrower may cause one or
more guaranties to be delivered to secure the Borrower’s obligations under the Series 2022B
Loan Agreement.
5.04. The Series 2022B Note will be issued pursuant to this resolution, the Housing
Act, and the Joint Powers Act, and the Series 2022B Note and the interest thereon (i) shall be
payable solely from the revenues pledged therefor under the Series 2022B Loan Agreement and
additional sources of revenues provided by or on behalf of the Borrower, which will be assigned
to the Lender pursuant to the Series 2022B Assignment of Loan Agreement; (ii) shall not
constitute a debt of the City within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation;
(iii) shall not constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the City or a charge against its
general credit or taxing powers; (iv) shall not constitute a charge, lien, or encumbrance, legal or
equitable, upon any property of the City other than the City’s interest in the Series 2022B Loan
Agreement and the revenues and assets thereunder, which will be pledged to the Lender; and
(v) shall not constitute a general or moral obligation of the City.
5.05. The City acknowledges, finds, determines, and declares that the issuance of the
Series 2022B Note is authorized by the Housing Act and the Joint Powers Act and is consistent
with the purposes of the Housing Act and the Joint Powers Act and that the issuance of the
Series 2022B Note, and the other actions of the City under the Series 2022B Loan Agreement,
the Series 2022B Assignment of Loan Agreement, and this resolution constitute a public
purpose and are in the interests of the City. In authorizing the issuance of the Series 2022B
Note to finance a portion of the Project and the related costs, the City’s purpose is and the
effect thereof will be to promote the public welfare of the City and its residents by providing
multifamily housing developments for individuals and families of low or moderate income and
otherwise furthering the purposes and policies of the Housing Act.
5.06. For the purposes set forth above, there is hereby authorized the issuance, sale,
and delivery of the Series 2022B Note.
5.07. The Series 2022B Note shall bear interest at the rates, shall be designated, shall
be numbered, shall be dated, shall mature, shall be in the aggregate principal amount, shall be
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subject to redemption prior to maturity, shall be in such form, and shall have such other terms,
details, and provisions as are prescribed in the form of the Series 2022B Note now on file with
the City, with the amendments referenced herein. The City hereby authorizes the Series 2022B
Note to be issued, in whole or in part, as a “tax-exempt obligation,” the interest on which is not
includable in gross income for federal and State of Minnesota income tax purposes.
5.08. All of the provisions of the Series 2022B Note, when executed as authorized
herein, shall be deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if
incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution
and delivery thereof. The Series 2022B Note shall be substantially in the form on file with the
City, which form is hereby approved, with such necessary and appropriate variations,
omissions, and insertions (including changes to the aggregate principal amount of the
Series 2022B Note, the stated maturities of the Series 2022B Note, the interest rates on the
Series 2022B Note and the terms of redemption of the Series 2022B Note) as the Mayor and
the City Manager, in their discretion, shall determine. The execution of the Series 2022B Note
with the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor and the City Manager and the delivery of
the Series 2022B Note by the City shall be conclusive evidence of such determination.
5.09. The Series 2022B Note shall be a special, limited obligation of the City payable
solely from the revenues provided by the Borrower pursuant to the Series 2022B Loan
Agreement, including revenues derived from the Project and the equity installments
attributable to low-income housing tax credits for the Project. The City Council hereby
authorizes and directs the Mayor and the City Manager to execute the Series 2022B Note in
accordance with the terms thereof.
5.10. The Mayor and the City Manager are hereby authorized and directed to execute
and deliver the Series 2022B Loan Agreement and the Series 2022B Assignment of Loan
Agreement. All of the provisions of the Series 2022B Loan Agreement and the Series 2022B
Assignment of Loan Agreement, when executed and delivered as authorized herein, shall be
deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated
verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery
thereof. The Series 2022B Loan Agreement and the Series 2022B Assignment of Loan
Agreement shall be substantially in the forms on file with the City which are hereby approved,
with such omissions and insertions as do not materially change the substance thereof, and as
the Mayor and the City Manager, in their discretion, shall determine, and the execution thereof
by the Mayor and the City Manager shall be conclusive evidence of such determinations.
5.11. If the City obtains recycled allocation from the Participant City, the Borrower
may determine that only one series of Notes is necessary. If such a determination is made, the
Series 2022B Note will not be issued by the City.
Section 6. Agreements Applicable to the Notes.
6.01. If the Borrower is able to obtain recycled allocation from the Participant City, or
another municipality or authority, the Mayor and the City Manager are authorized and directed
to execute a Cooperative Agreement in substantially the form now on file with the City which is
hereby approved, with such omissions and insertions as do not materially change the substance
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thereof, or as the Mayor and the City Manager, in their discretion, shall determine, and the
execution thereof by the Mayor and the City Manager shall be conclusive evidence of such
determination.
6.02. To ensure compliance with certain rental and occupancy restrictions imposed by
the Housing Act and Section 142(d) of the Code, and to ensure compliance with certain
restrictions imposed by the City, the Mayor and City Manager are also hereby authorized and
directed to execute and deliver a Regulatory Agreement (the “Regulatory Agreement”)
between the City, the Borrower, and the Lender. All of the provisions of the Regulatory
Agreement, when executed and delivered as authorized herein, shall be deemed to be a part of
this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in
full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery thereof. The Regulatory
Agreement shall be substantially in the form on file with the City which is hereby approved,
with such omissions and insertions as do not materially change the substance thereof, or as the
Mayor and the City Manager, in their discretion, shall determine, and the execution thereof by
the Mayor and the City Manager shall be conclusive evidence of such determination.
6.03. To provide a portion of the financing for the Project, the City will consider
making a loan to the Borrower in the estimated principal amount of $850,000 (the
“Subordinate Loan”) from its Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Provided that the City Council
approves the Subordinate Loan at a future City Council meeting, the Mayor and the City
Manager are hereby authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the City, a Master
Subordination Agreement (the “Master Subordination Agreement”) between the Lender, the
City, as the issuer of the Notes, the City, as the lender of the Subordinate Loan, any additional
subordinate lenders, and the Borrower. All of the provisions of the Master Subordination
Agreement, when executed and delivered as authorized herein, shall be deemed to be a part of
this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in
full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery thereof. The Master Subordination
Agreement shall be substantially in the form on file with the City which is hereby approved,
with such omissions and insertions as do not materially change the substance thereof, or as the
Mayor and the City Manager, in their discretion, shall determine, and the execution thereof by
the Mayor and the City Manager shall be conclusive evidence of such determination.
6.04. The Mayor, the City Manager, and the Finance Director of the City are hereby
authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the City, such other documents and certificates
as are necessary or appropriate in connection with the issuance, sale, and delivery of the Notes,
including the Series 2022A Mortgage Assignment, various certificates of the City, an
Information Return for Tax-Exempt Private Activity Bond Issues, Form 8038, an endorsement of
the City to the tax certificate of the Borrower, and similar documents, additional subordination
agreements, and all other documents and certificates as shall be necessary and appropriate in
connection with the issuance, sale, and delivery of the Notes. The City hereby authorizes
Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, as bond counsel (“Bond Counsel”), to prepare, execute, and
deliver its approving legal opinions with respect to the Notes.
6.05. The City hereby authorizes the Borrower to provide such security for payment of
its obligations under the Loan Agreement and for payment of the Notes, including the
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Mortgage, one or more guaranties, or any other security agreed upon by the Borrower and the
Lender, and the City hereby approves the execution and delivery of such security.
Section 7. Additional Findings and Certifications.
7.01. Except as otherwise provided in this resolution, all rights, powers, and privileges
conferred and duties and liabilities imposed upon the City or the City Council by the provisions
of this resolution or of the aforementioned documents shall be exercised or performed by the
City or by such members of the City Council, or such officers, board, body or agency thereof as
may be required or authorized by law to exercise such powers and to perform such duties.
No covenant, stipulation, obligation or agreement herein contained or contained in the
aforementioned documents shall be deemed to be a covenant, stipulation, obligation or
agreement of any member of the City Council, or any officer, agent or employee of the City in
that person’s individual capacity, and neither the City Council nor any officer or employee
executing the Notes shall be personally liable on the Notes or be subject to any personal
liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.
No provision, covenant or agreement contained in the aforementioned documents, the
Notes, or in any other document relating to the Notes, and no obligation therein or herein
imposed upon the City or the breach thereof, shall constitute or give rise to a general or moral
obligation of the City or any pecuniary liability of the City or any charge upon its general credit
or taxing powers. In making the agreements, provisions, covenants, and representations set
forth in such documents, the City has not obligated itself to pay or remit any funds or revenues,
other than funds and revenues derived from the Series 2022A Loan Agreement and the
Series 2022B Loan Agreement which are to be applied to the payment of the Notes, as provided
therein.
7.02. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, nothing in this resolution or in
the aforementioned documents expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to
confer upon any person or firm or corporation, other than the City, any holder of the Notes
issued under the provisions of this resolution, any right, remedy or claim, legal or equitable,
under and by reason of this resolution or any provisions hereof, this resolution, the
aforementioned documents, and all of their provisions being intended to be and being for the
sole and exclusive benefit of the City, and any holder from time to time of the Notes issued
under the provisions of this resolution.
7.03. In case any one or more of the provisions of this resolution, other than the
provisions contained in the first sentence of Sections 4.09 and 5.09 hereof, or of the
aforementioned documents, or of the Notes issued hereunder shall for any reason be held to
be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this
resolution, or of the aforementioned documents, or of the Notes, but this resolution, the
aforementioned documents, and the Notes shall be construed and endorsed as if such illegal or
invalid provisions had not been contained therein.
7.04. The Notes, when executed and delivered, shall contain a recital that they are
issued pursuant to the Housing Act and the Joint Powers Act, and such recital shall be
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conclusive evidence of the validity of the Notes and the regularity of the issuance thereof, and
that all acts, conditions, and things required by the laws of the State of Minnesota relating to
the adoption of this resolution, to the issuance of the Notes, and to the execution of the
aforementioned documents to happen, exist, and be performed precedent to the execution of
the aforementioned documents have happened, exist, and have been performed as so required
by law.
7.05. The officers of the City, Bond Counsel, other attorneys, engineers, and other
agents or employees of the City are hereby authorized to do all acts and things required of
them by or in connection with this resolution, the aforementioned documents, and the Notes,
for the full, punctual, and complete performance of all the terms, covenants, and agreements
contained in the Notes, the aforementioned documents, and this resolution. If for any reason
the Mayor or the City Manager is unable to execute and deliver the documents referred to in
this resolution, such documents may be executed by any member of the City Council or any
officer of the City delegated the duties of the Mayor or the City Manager with the same force
and effect as if such documents were executed and delivered by the Mayor or the City
Manager.
7.06. The Borrower shall pay the administrative fee of the City for the issuance of
conduit debt. The Borrower will also pay, or, upon demand, reimburse the City for payment of,
any and all costs incurred by the City in connection with the Project and the issuance of the
Notes, whether or not the Notes are issued, including any costs for reasonable attorneys’ fees.
Section 8. Effective Date. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and
after its approval. The approvals contained in the resolution are effective for one year after the
date hereof.
Reviewed for Administration: Adopted by the City Council May 16, 2022
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Public hearing: 6c
Executive summary
Title: Rise on 7 conduit bond
Recommended action: Hold public hearing for May 16th for CB SLP Housing Limited Partnership
(Rise on 7) regarding the issuance of multifamily housing revenue notes; approving a housing
program; and authorizing the execution of related documents.
Policy consideration: Does the city council wish to consider the issuance of multifamily housing
revenue notes; approving a housing program; and authorizing the execution of related
documents.
Summary: CB SLP Housing Limited Partnership requested multifamily housing revenue bonds to
finance a portion of its affordable housing project proposed to be constructed at 8115 State
Highway No. 7. The bonds will help finance construction of a 120unit multifamily rental housing
building and facilities functionally related, for occupancy by individuals, families, and seniors of
low and moderate income.
CB SLP Housing Limited Partnership secured an allocation of Housing bonds from Minnesota
Management and Budget (MMB) in the amount of $20,576,600. The city acts as a conduit for
the housing bonds from MMB.
Financial or budget considerations: Issuance of these bonds will not impact the city’s debt
capacity, would not constitute a general or moral obligation of the city, and would not be
secured by the taxing powers of the city or any assets or property of the city. In addition, if the
financing goes forward, Beltline Station LP will pay an administration fee in the amount of 1/8th
of 1% (.125%) of the outstanding principal of the bonds.
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to providing a broad range of
housing and neighborhood oriented development.
Supporting documents: Resolution
Prepared by: Melanie Schmitt, chief financial officer
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
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Resolution No. 22-_____
Resolution authorizing the issuance of multifamily housing revenue bonds for
the benefit of CB SLP Housing Limited Partnership; approving a housing
program; and authorizing the execution of related documents
Be it resolved by the City Council (the “City Council”) of the City of St. Louis Park,
Hennepin County, Minnesota (the “City”) as follows:
Section 1. Recitals.
1.01. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 462C, as amended (the “Act”), the City
is authorized to carry out the public purposes described in the Housing Act by providing for the
issuance of revenue obligations to provide funds to finance multifamily housing developments
located within the City.
1.02. CB SLP Housing Limited Partnership, a Minnesota limited partnership (the
“Borrower”), has proposed that the City issue one or more series of taxable or tax-exempt
revenue obligations (the “Bonds”) in an estimated aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$20,576,600 for the benefit of the Borrower for the purposes of (i) financing the acquisition,
construction, and equipping of an approximately 120-unit multifamily rental housing facility
and facilities functionally related and subordinate thereto located at 8115 State Highway No. 7
in the City (the “Project”) for occupancy by individuals, families, and seniors of low and
moderate income; (ii) funding of one or more reserve funds to secure the timely payment of
the Bonds, if necessary; (iii) paying interest on the Bonds during the construction of the Project,
if necessary; and (iv) paying the costs of issuing the Bonds.
1.03. On December 6, 2021, the City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the
submission of an application to the office of Minnesota Management and Budget for an
allocation of bonding authority with respect to the Bond to finance the Project in accordance
with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 474A, as amended (the “Allocation Act”),
and providing preliminary approval for the sale and issuance of the Bonds for the Project.
1.04. On January 11, 2022, the City received Certificate of Allocation No. 418 from the
Minnesota Department of Management and Budget allocating bonding authority to the City in
the amount of $20,576,600 from the State of Minnesota, pursuant to the Allocation Act.
1.05. In accordance with the Act, the City has prepared a housing program (the
“Housing Program”) to authorize the issuance by the City of the Bonds to finance the Project,
and the Housing Program was prepared and submitted to Metropolitan Council for its review
and comment.
1.06. A notice of public hearing (the “Public Notice”) was published in the Sun Sailor,
the official newspaper of and a newspaper of general circulation in the City, with respect to the
required public hearing under Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”), and Section 462C.04, subdivision 2 of the Act.
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1.07. The Public Notice was published at least fifteen (15) days before the regularly
scheduled meeting of the City Council, and on the date hereof, the City Council conducted a
public hearing on the Housing Program and the issuance of the Bonds at which a reasonable
opportunity was provided for interested individuals to express their views, both orally and in
writing.
Section 2. Housing Program. The Housing Program, in the form substantially on file
with the City, is hereby approved.
Section 3. The Bonds.
3.01. The Borrower has requested that the City issue, sell, and deliver the Bonds in the
approximate principal amount of $20,576,600. The Bonds are proposed to be sold to the
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization Housing Investment
Trust, a District of Columbia common law trust (the “Purchaser”).
3.02. The Bonds are proposed to be issued pursuant to this resolution, the Act, and an
Indenture of Trust (the “Indenture”) between the City and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National
Association, a national banking association (the “Trustee”).
3.03. The proceeds derived from the sale of the Bonds will be loaned by the City to the
Borrower (the “Loan”) pursuant to the terms of a Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”)
between the City and the Borrower.
3.04. The Bonds and the interest on the Bonds (i) shall be payable solely from the
revenues pledged therefor under the Loan Agreement and additional sources of revenue
provided by or on behalf of the Borrower; (ii) shall not constitute a debt of the City within the
meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation; (iii) shall not constitute or give rise to a
pecuniary liability of the City or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers; (iv) shall
not constitute a charge, lien, or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of the City
other than the City’s interest in the Loan Agreement; and (v) shall not constitute a general or
moral obligation of the City.
3.05. The loan repayments to be made by the Borrower under the Loan Agreement
will be fixed so as to produce revenue sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Bonds when due. Such loan repayments will be assigned to the Trustee under
the terms of the Indenture.
3.06. The Borrower’s repayment obligations in respect of the Loan will be evidenced
by a Promissory Note from the Borrower to the City and assigned to the Trustee and may be
secured by one or more guaranties.
3.07. The City acknowledges, finds, determines, and declares that the issuance of the
Bonds is authorized by the Act and is consistent with the purposes of the Act and that the
issuance of the Bonds, and the other actions of the City under the Indenture, the Loan
Agreement, and this resolution constitute a public purpose and are in the interests of the City.
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In authorizing the issuance of the Bonds to finance a portion of the Project and the related
costs, the City’s purpose is and the effect thereof will be to promote the public welfare of the
City and its residents by providing multifamily housing developments for low or moderate
income residents of the City and otherwise furthering the purposes and policies of the Act.
3.08. For the purposes set forth above, there is hereby authorized the issuance, sale,
and delivery of the Bonds in the approximate aggregate principal amount of $20,576,600. The
Bonds shall bear interest at the rates, shall be designated, shall be numbered, shall be dated,
shall mature, shall be in the aggregate principal amount, shall be subject to redemption prior to
maturity, shall be in such form, and shall have such other terms, details, and provisions as are
prescribed in the Indenture, substantially in the form now on file with the City, with the
amendments referenced herein. The City hereby authorizes all or a portion of the Bonds to be
issued as “tax-exempt bonds,” the interest on which is not includable in gross income for
federal and State of Minnesota income tax purposes.
3.09. All of the provisions of the Bonds, when executed as authorized herein, shall be
deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated
verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery
thereof. The Bonds shall be substantially in the form of the Indenture on file with the City,
which form is hereby approved, with such necessary and appropriate variations, omissions, and
insertions (including changes to the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds, the stated
maturities of the Bonds, the interest rates on the Bonds and the terms of redemption of the
Bonds) as the Mayor and the City Manager, in their discretion, shall determine. The execution
of the Bonds with the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor and the City Manager and
the delivery of the Bonds by the City shall be conclusive evidence of such determination.
3.10. The Bonds shall be special, limited obligations of the City payable solely from the
revenues provided by the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Agreement, including revenues
derived from the Project, and other funds pledged pursuant to the Indenture. The City Council
hereby authorizes and directs the Mayor and the City Manager to execute the Bonds in
accordance with the terms thereof.
3.11. All of the provisions of the Indenture, when executed as authorized herein, shall
be deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated
verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery
thereof. The Indenture shall be substantially in the form on file with the City, which is hereby
approved, with such necessary and appropriate variations, omissions and insertions as do not
materially change the substance thereof, and as the Mayor and the City Manager, in their
discretion, shall determine, and the execution thereof by the Mayor and the City Manager shall
be conclusive evidence of such determination. The Mayor and the City Manager are hereby
authorized and directed to execute the Indenture, and to deliver the Indenture to the Trustee,
and hereby authorizes and directs the execution of the Bonds in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture, and hereby provides that the Indenture shall provide the terms and conditions,
covenants, rights, obligations, duties, and agreements of the owners of the Bonds, the City, and
the Trustee as set forth therein.
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3.12. The Mayor and the City Manager are hereby authorized and directed to execute
and deliver the Loan Agreement and all other documents and assignments related to the Loan
required to be executed by the City. All of the provisions of such documents, when executed
and delivered as authorized herein, shall be deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and
to the same extent as if incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from
the date of execution and delivery thereof. The aforementioned documents shall be
substantially in the forms on file with the City which are hereby approved, with such omissions
and insertions as do not materially change the substance thereof, and as the Mayor and the
City Manager, in their discretion, shall determine, and the execution thereof by the Mayor and
the City Manager shall be conclusive evidence of such determinations.
3.13. To ensure compliance with certain rental and occupancy restrictions imposed by
the Act and Section 142(d) of the Code, and to ensure compliance with certain restrictions
imposed by the City, the Mayor and the City Manager are also hereby authorized and directed
to execute and deliver a Regulatory Agreement (the “Regulatory Agreement”) between the
City, the Borrower, and the Trustee. All of the provisions of the Regulatory Agreement, when
executed and delivered as authorized herein, shall be deemed to be a part of this resolution as
fully and to the same extent as if incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in full force and
effect from the date of execution and delivery thereof. The Regulatory Agreement shall be
substantially in the form on file with the City which is hereby approved, with such omissions
and insertions as do not materially change the substance thereof, or as the Mayor and the City
Manager, in their discretion, shall determine, and the execution thereof by the Mayor and the
City Manager shall be conclusive evidence of such determination.
3.14. The City will not participate in the preparation of the Private Placement
Memorandum (the “Private Placement Memorandum”) relating to the offer and sale of the
Bonds and will make no independent investigation with respect to the information contained
therein, including the appendices thereto, except for the information set forth in the Private
Placement Memorandum regarding the City and certain matters relating to litigation, and the
City assumes no responsibility for the sufficiency, accuracy, or completeness of such
information. Subject to the foregoing, the City hereby consents to the distribution and the use
by the Purchaser of the Private Placement Memorandum in connection with the offer and sale
of the Bonds. The Private Placement Memorandum is the sole material consented to by the
City for use in connection with the offer and sale of the Bonds.
3.15. To provide a portion of the financing for the Project, the City will consider
making a loan to the Borrower in the estimated principal amount of $1,800,000 (the
“Subordinate Loan”) from its Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Provided that the City Council
approves the Subordinate Loan at a future City Council meeting, the Mayor and the City
Manager are hereby authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the City, a subordination
agreement (the “Subordination Agreement”) between the Trustee, the City, as the issuer of the
Bonds, the City, as the lender of the Subordinate Loan, any additional subordinate lenders, and
the Borrower. All of the provisions of the Subordination Agreement, when executed and
delivered as authorized herein, shall be deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to
the same extent as if incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the
date of execution and delivery thereof. The Subordination Agreement is hereby approved,
subject to final review and approval by City staff and legal counsel.
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3.16. The Mayor, the City Manager, and the Finance Director of the City are hereby
authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the City, such other documents and certificates
as are necessary or appropriate in connection with the issuance, sale, and delivery of the
Bonds, including various certificates of the City, an Information Return for Tax-Exempt Private
Activity Bond Issues, Form 8038, an endorsement of the City to the tax certificate of the
Borrower, and similar documents, additional subordination agreements, and all other
documents and certificates as shall be necessary and appropriate in connection with the
issuance, sale, and delivery of the Bonds. The City hereby authorizes Kennedy & Graven,
Chartered, as bond counsel (“Bond Counsel”), to prepare, execute, and deliver its approving
legal opinions with respect to the Bonds.
3.17. The City hereby authorizes the Borrower to provide such security for payment of
its obligations under the Loan Agreement and for payment of the Bonds, and the City hereby
approves the execution and delivery of such security.
Section 4. Additional Findings and Certifications.
4.01. Except as otherwise provided in this resolution, all rights, powers, and privileges
conferred and duties and liabilities imposed upon the City or the City Council by the provisions
of this resolution or of the aforementioned documents shall be exercised or performed by the
City or by such members of the City Council, or such officers, board, body or agency thereof as
may be required or authorized by law to exercise such powers and to perform such duties.
No covenant, stipulation, obligation or agreement herein contained or contained in the
aforementioned documents shall be deemed to be a covenant, stipulation, obligation or
agreement of any member of the City Council, or any officer, agent or employee of the City in
that person’s individual capacity, and neither the City Council nor any officer or employee
executing the Bonds shall be personally liable on the Bonds or be subject to any personal
liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.
No provision, covenant or agreement contained in the aforementioned documents, the
Bonds, or in any other document relating to the Bonds, and no obligation therein or herein
imposed upon the City or the breach thereof, shall constitute or give rise to a general or moral
obligation of the City or any pecuniary liability of the City or any charge upon its general credit
or taxing powers. In making the agreements, provisions, covenants, and representations set
forth in such documents, the City has not obligated itself to pay or remit any funds or revenues,
other than funds and revenues as described herein which are to be applied to the payment of
the Bonds, as provided therein.
4.02. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, nothing in this resolution or in
the aforementioned documents expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to
confer upon any person or firm or corporation, other than the City, any holder of the Bonds
issued under the provisions of this resolution, any right, remedy or claim, legal or equitable,
under and by reason of this resolution or any provisions hereof, this resolution, the
aforementioned documents, and all of their provisions being intended to be and being for the
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sole and exclusive benefit of the City, and any holder from time to time of the Bonds issued
under the provisions of this resolution.
4.03. In case any one or more of the provisions of this resolution, other than the
provisions contained in the first sentence of Section 3.10 hereof, or of the aforementioned
documents, or of the Bonds issued hereunder shall for any reason be held to be illegal or
invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this resolution, or of
the aforementioned documents, or of the Bonds, but this resolution, the aforementioned
documents, and the Bonds shall be construed and endorsed as if such illegal or invalid
provisions had not been contained therein.
4.04. The Bonds, when executed and delivered, shall contain a recital that they are
issued pursuant to the Act, and such recital shall be conclusive evidence of the validity of the
Bonds and the regularity of the issuance thereof, and that all acts, conditions, and things
required by the laws of the State of Minnesota relating to the adoption of this resolution, to the
issuance of the Bonds, and to the execution of the aforementioned documents to happen,
exist, and be performed precedent to the execution of the aforementioned documents have
happened, exist, and have been performed as so required by law.
4.05. The officers of the City, Bond Counsel, other attorneys, engineers, and other
agents or employees of the City are hereby authorized to do all acts and things required of
them by or in connection with this resolution, the aforementioned documents, and the Bonds,
for the full, punctual, and complete performance of all the terms, covenants, and agreements
contained in the Bonds, the aforementioned documents, and this resolution. If for any reason
the Mayor or the City Manager is unable to execute and deliver the documents referred to in
this resolution, such documents may be executed by any member of the City Council or any
officer of the City delegated the duties of the Mayor or the City Manager with the same force
and effect as if such documents were executed and delivered by the Mayor or the City
Manager.
4.06. The Borrower shall pay the administrative fee of the City for the issuance of
conduit debt. The Borrower will also pay, or, upon demand, reimburse the City for payment of,
any and all costs incurred by the City in connection with the Project and the issuance of the
Bonds, whether or not the Bonds are issued, including any costs for reasonable attorneys’ fees.
Section 5. Effective Date. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and
after its approval. The approvals contained in the resolution are effective for one year after the
date hereof.
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Title: Resolution authorizing the sale of GO refunding bonds
Reviewed for Administration: Adopted by the City Council May 16, 2022
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
Meeting: City council
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Action agenda item: 8a
Executive summary
Title: Sale of bonds, Louisiana court
Recommended action: Motion to adopt Resolution providing for the sale of refunding bonds
originally used to finance the Louisiana court project.
Policy consideration: Does the city council wish to issue refunding general obligation bonds
originally used to finance Louisiana court housing project in an aggregate principal amount not
to exceed $1,405,000?
Summary: The Louisiana court housing project has outstanding debt through the City that was
issued originally in 2000 in the amount of $4,505,000. In 2010 the City restructured the debt to
reduce the yearly debt obligations and aid long term sustainability for the complex. The 2010C
bonds have a balance of $1,405,000 are eligible to be refunded. The current debt has a true
interest cost of 5.24%. Our projected interest cost on the new issue is 2.93%. We are reducing
the length of the debt with the interest cost savings. A representative from Ehlers will be
present to discuss the sale result with council.
Financial or budget considerations: Issuance of these bonds would not impact the city’s debt
capacity. Louisiana court is currently making the debt service payments, and the City holds a
reserve in the amount of $121,105 for the debt.
Strategic priority consideration: St. Louis Park is committed to providing a broad range of
housing and neighborhood oriented development.
Supporting documents: Resolution
Prepared by: Melanie Schmitt, chief financial officer
Approved By: Kim Keller, city manager
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Title: Sale of bonds, Louisiana court
Resolution No. 22-______
Resolution awarding the sale of General Obligation Refunding
Bonds (Louisiana Court Project), Series 2022A, in the original aggregate
principal amount of $1,345,000; fixing their form and specifications;
directing their execution and delivery; approving the execution of
agreements; providing for their payment; and providing for the
redemption of bonds refunded thereby
Be it resolved by the City Council (the “City Council”) of the City of St. Louis Park,
Hennepin County, Minnesota (the “City”) as follows:
Section 1. Background.
1.01. The City is a home rule city and political subdivision of the State of Minnesota
(the “State”) and is authorized under its charter (the “Charter”) to issue bonds for any public
purpose not prohibited by law.
1.02. The Housing Authority of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, as succeeded by the St. Louis
Park Economic Development Authority (the “Authority”), is authorized under Minnesota
Statutes, Sections 469.001 through 469.047, as amended (the “HRA Act”), to undertake certain
housing development projects intended to alleviate a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary
housing for persons of low or moderate income and their families (as such income is defined by
the Authority). The City is authorized by the HRA Act to enter into agreements with the
Authority regarding projects undertaken under the HRA Act and is further authorized under
Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59, as amended, to perform functions for the Authority that
the City is authorized to provide for itself. The Authority and the City are authorized under
Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.192, as amended, to make loans to private parties for any
purpose that the City and the Authority are authorized to carry out under the HRA Act.
1.03. PPL Louisiana Court Limited Partnership, a Minnesota limited partnership (the
“Borrower”), acquired certain rental housing facilities located within the boundaries of the City
and renovated the facilities for use as a multifamily rental housing facility intended primarily for
low and moderate income persons and their families (the “Facility”).
1.04. The City and the Authority provided for the financing of the Facility pursuant to
the Charter, the HRA Act, Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 474A and 475, as amended, and
Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.192 and 471.59, as amended (collectively, the “Act”), through
issuance by the City of its General Obligation Bonds (Louisiana Court Project), Series 2000A (the
“Series 2000A Bonds”), issued in the original aggregate principal amount of $4,505,000.
1.05. Pursuant to a Loan Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000 (the “2000 Loan
Agreement”), between the City and the Borrower, the City loaned the proceeds derived from
the sale of the Series 2000A Bonds to the Borrower to finance the costs of issuance of the
Series 2000A Bonds, to fund certain reserves, and to pay a portion of the costs of the
acquisition and renovation of the Facility.
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1.06. The Series 2000A Bonds were secured by a pledge of the full faith and credit of
the City and by the taxing power of the City and were also payable from payments made by the
Borrower pursuant to the 2000 Loan Agreement.
1.07. The obligations of the Borrower under the 2000 Loan Agreement were secured
by a Mortgage, Assignment of Rents and Leases, Security Agreement, and Fixture Filing, dated
as of May 1, 2000, by the Borrower in favor of the City.
1.08. The City and the Borrower entered into a Regulatory Agreement, dated as of
May 1, 2000 (the “Original Regulatory Agreement”), to ensure compliance by the Borrower with
certain federal and state requirements applicable to the Facility.
1.09. In accordance with the Act, including Section 475.67, subdivision 3, the City
issued its General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Louisiana Court Project), Series 2010C (the
“Refunded Bonds”), dated December 29, 2010, in the original aggregate principal amount of
$1,770,000. The Refunded Bonds are subject to optional redemption on or after
February 1, 2020 and are currently outstanding in the principal amount of $1,345,000.
1.10. Pursuant to a Loan Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2010 (the “Prior Loan
Agreement”), between the City and the Borrower, the City loaned the proceeds derived from
the sale of the Refunded Bonds to the Borrower to refinance the Borrower’s obligations with
respect to the loan made pursuant to the 2000 Loan Agreement and to finance costs of
issuance of the Refunded Bonds and to fund certain reserves.
1.11. The Refunded Bonds were secured by a pledge of the full faith and credit of the
City and by the taxing power of the City and were also payable from payments made by the
Borrower pursuant to the Prior Loan Agreement.
1.12. The obligations of the Borrower under the Prior Loan Agreement were secured
by a Mortgage, Assignment of Rents and Leases, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as
of December 1, 2010 (the “Prior Mortgage”), by the Borrower in favor of the City.
1.13. In connection with the issuance of the Refunded Bonds, the City and the
Borrower entered into a First Amendment to Regulatory Agreement, dated as of
December 1, 2010 (the “First Amendment to Regulatory Agreement”), to ensure compliance by
the Borrower with certain federal and state requirements applicable to the Facility.
1.14. The City is authorized pursuant to Section 475.67, subdivision 3 of the Act to
issue and sell its general obligation bonds to refund obligations and the interest thereon before
the due date of the obligations, if consistent with covenants made with the holders thereof,
when determined by the City Council to be necessary or desirable for the reduction of debt
service cost to the City or for the extension or adjustment of maturities in relation to the
resources available for their payment.
1.15. The City Council finds it necessary and desirable to reduce debt service costs that
the City issue its General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Louisiana Court Project), Series 2022A
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(the “Bonds”), in the original aggregate principal amount of $1,345,000, to refinance the
Refunded Bonds.
1.16. Pursuant to the terms of a Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) between
the City and the Borrower, the City proposes to make a loan (the “Loan”) to the Borrower to be
funded from the proceeds derived from the sale of the Bonds. The proceeds of the Loan will be
applied by the Borrower, together with other funds described herein, to prepay the obligations
of the Borrower under the Prior Loan Agreement, which prepayments will be applied to the
redemption and prepayment of the Refunded Bonds in whole.
1.17. The obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Agreement will be secured by an
Amended and Restated Combination Mortgage, Assignment of Rents and Leases, Security
Agreement, and Fixture Filing between the Borrower and the City, which will amend and
restate the Prior Mortgage.
1.18. In connection with issuance of the Bonds and to ensure compliance by the
Borrower with certain federal and state requirements applicable to the Facility, the City and
Borrower will enter into a Second Amendment to Regulatory Agreement, which will amend the
Original Regulatory Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment to Regulatory Agreement.
1.19. The Borrower, the City, and other lenders will enter into a Third Amended and
Restated Master Subordination Agreement and Estoppel Certificate, which sets forth the
priority of the repayment of the various loans provided to the Borrower in connection with
financing and refinancing the Facility, including but not limited to the Loan.
1.20. The City is authorized by Section 475.60, subdivision 2(9) of the Act to negotiate
the sale of the Bonds because the City has retained an independent municipal advisor in
connection with the sale of the Bonds. The actions of the City staff and municipal advisor in
negotiating the sale of the Bonds are ratified and confirmed in all aspects.
Section 2. Definitions; Other General Provisions. For all purposes of this Resolution,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context clearly otherwise requires:
2.01. Definitions. The terms defined in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement, when used
herein, shall have the meanings specified in that Section.
All references in this instrument to designated “Sections” and other subdivisions are to
the designated Sections and other subdivisions of this Resolution.
The words “herein,” “hereof,” and “hereunder,” and other words of similar import,
without reference to any particular Section or subdivision, refer to this Resolution as a whole
and not to any particular Section or other subdivision.
The terms defined in this Section have the meanings assigned to them in this Section
and include the plural as well as the singular.
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All accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
All computations herein provided for shall be made in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.
“Accountant” means a certified public accountant or accountants retained by the
Borrower.
“Act” means Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 474A and 475, as amended, including
Section 475.67, subdivision 3, and Sections 469.001 through 469.047, 469.192, and 471.59, all
as amended.
“Bond Counsel” means any attorney or firm of attorneys nationally recognized as
experienced in matters relating to the tax-exempt financing of facilities of the same character
as the Facility, retained by the Borrower or the City.
“Bond Fund” means the fund created in Section 6.03 hereof.
“Bondholder” means a Person in whose name a Bond is registered in the Bond Register.
“Bond Register” has the meaning provided in Section 4.03 hereof.
“Bonds” means the General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Louisiana Court Project),
Series 2022A, issued by the City on the Date of Issue, in the original aggregate principal amount
of $1,345,000.
“Bond Year” means the period from the Date of Issue of the Bonds to May 31, 2023, and
as long as any Bonds are Outstanding, each one (1) year period thereafter commencing on any
June 1 and ending on May 31 of the following year.
“Borrower” means PPL Louisiana Court Limited Partnership, a Minnesota limited
partnership, and any permitted successor to the Borrower under Section 7.1 of the Loan
Agreement.
“Borrower Certificate” means a certificate of the Borrower signed by a person then
having been granted signatory authority and delivered to the City.
“City” means the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, a home rule city and political
subdivision of the State, and any successor to its functions.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
References to the Code and Sections of the Code include relevant applicable regulations
(including temporary regulations) and proposed regulations thereunder and under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and any successor provisions to those sections, regulations
or proposed regulations.
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“Collateral Document” means any written instrument other than this Resolution, the
Loan Agreement, and the Mortgage, whereby any property or interest in property of any kind is
granted, pledged, conveyed, assigned, or transferred to the City as security for performance by
the Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement.
“Costs of Issuance” means, without duplication, any and all costs incurred by the City
and the Borrower in the authorization, sale and issuance of the Bonds, including but not limited
to all legal, abstracting, financial and accounting fees and expenses; underwriters’ fees or
commissions; printing and engraving costs; fees, costs and expenses of the City; all fees and
taxes required in connection with recording or filing the Mortgage and all financing statements;
and all other expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of the Loan Agreement, this
Resolution, the Mortgage, the Regulatory Agreement, any Collateral Document, and any other
documents.
“Costs of Issuance Fund” means the fund established pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof.
“Date of Issue” means June 21, 2022, which is the date of issuance of the Bonds.
“Defeasance Obligations” means Government Obligations which are not subject to
redemption.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, and its successors
and assigns.
“Facility” means the approximately 130-unit multifamily rental housing project located
on the Land originally acquired and renovated by the Borrower with the proceeds of the
Series 2000A Bonds and other funds.
“Fee Payments” means the payments required to be made by the Borrower by
Section 2.3 of the Loan Agreement.
“Funds” means any of the funds established under Section 6 hereof, as the context
requires.
“Government Obligations” means direct obligations of, or obligations the payment of
the principal of and the interest on which is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by, the United
States of America, or securities or receipts evidencing ownership interests in any of the
foregoing obligations or in specified portions (such as principal or interest) of any of the
foregoing obligations.
“Holder” means a Bondholder.
“Improvement” means any addition, enlargement, improvement, extension or
alteration of or to the Facility as it then exists, and any fixtures, structures or other facilities
acquired or constructed by the Borrower and located on the Land.
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“Independent,” when used with respect to any specified Person, means such a Person
who (i) is in fact independent; (ii) does not have any direct financial interest or any material
indirect financial interest in the Borrower, the Facility Manager or any affiliate, other than the
payment to be received under a contract for services to be performed by such Person; and
(iii) is not connected with the Borrower, the Facility Manager or any affiliate as an official,
officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing
similar functions. Whenever it is herein provided that any Independent Person’s opinion or
certificate shall be furnished to the City, such Person shall be appointed by the City and such
opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has read this definition and that the signer is
Independent within the meaning hereof.
“Interest Payment Date” means, while the Bonds are Outstanding, February 1 and
August 1 of each year, commencing February 1, 2023.
“Loan” means the loan by the City to the Borrower of the proceeds of the Bonds,
evidenced by the execution and delivery of the Loan Agreement, but exclusive of any accrued
interest paid by the Original Purchaser of Bonds upon the delivery thereof but including the
underwriting discount, if any, in connection with the sale of Bonds by the City to the Original
Purchaser.
“Loan Agreement” means the Loan Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2022, between the
City and the Borrower with respect to the loan of the proceeds of the Bonds, as the same may
be from time to time amended or supplemented in accordance with the provisions thereof and
hereof.
“Loan Repayment” means a payment required to be made by the Borrower by
Section 2.2 of the Loan Agreement.
“Maturity,” when used with respect to any Bond, means the date on which the principal
of such Bond becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“Mortgage” means the Amended and Restated Combination Mortgage, Security
Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases, and Fixture Filing, dated as of June 1, 2022,
between the Borrower and the City, as the same may from time to time be amended or
supplemented in accordance with the provisions thereof and hereof.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel, who may be counsel for
the City or the Borrower, except as otherwise specifically provided herein or in the Loan
Agreement.
“Original Purchaser” means ________________________________, which is the original
purchaser of the Bonds from the City.
“Other Lenders” means the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Hennepin County,
Minnesota, the Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, and the Family
Housing Fund.
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“Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Bonds theretofore issued and
delivered under this Resolution, except: (i) Bonds theretofore cancelled; (ii) Bonds and portions
of Bonds for whose payment or redemption money or Defeasance Obligations (as provided in
Section 6 hereof) shall have been theretofore deposited in trust for the Holders of such Bonds;
provided, however, that if such Bonds are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption shall
have been duly given pursuant to this Resolution or irrevocable instructions to call such Bonds
for redemption at a stated Redemption Date shall have been given to the Holders; and
(iii) Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of which other Bonds shall have been issued and delivered
pursuant to this Resolution. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Bonds have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, Bonds owned by the City or the Borrower or any affiliate shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that in determining whether the City
shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, or waiver, only Bonds which the City knows to be so owned shall be disregarded.
“Paying Agent” means any Person designated by or pursuant to this Resolution to
receive and disburse the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds on behalf
of the City.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
limited liability partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Principal Payment Date” means the Stated Maturity of principal of any Bond or, for a
Bond to be redeemed on a Sinking Fund Payment Date, the Sinking Fund Payment Date.
“Qualified Investments” means Government Obligations and any other investments
authorized to be made by the City under applicable laws of the State, as such laws may be
amended from time to time.
“Rebate Fund” means the fund created in Section 6.09 hereof.
“Redemption Date,” when used with respect to any Bond to be redeemed, means the
date on which it is to be redeemed pursuant hereto.
“Refunded Bonds” means the City’s General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Louisiana
Court Project), Series 2010C, dated December 29, 2010, issued in the original aggregate
principal amount of $1,770,000.
“Refunding Fund” means the fund created in Section 6.08 hereof.
“Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 4.03 hereof.
“Regulatory Agreement” means the Regulatory Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2000,
between the City and the Borrower, as amended by the First Amendment to Regulatory
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Agreement dated as of December 1, 2010, as further amended by the Second Amendment to
Regulatory Agreement, and as may be further amended from time to time.
“Repair and Replacement Fund” means the fund created in Section 6.05 hereof.
“Reserve Fund” means the fund created in Section 6.04 hereof.
“Reserve Requirement” means the least of the following: (i) ten percent (10%) of the
stated principal amount of the Bonds, as of the Date of Issue of the Bonds; (ii) the maximum
annual principal and interest requirements on the Bonds in any Bond Year, as of the Date of
Issue of the Bonds; (iii) one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the average annual principal
and interest requirements on the Bonds, as of the Date of Issue of the Bonds; or (iv) $121,105.
“Resolution” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to
time be supplemented or amended by one or more Supplemental Resolutions.
“Revenue Fund” means the fund created in Section 6.02 hereof.
“Second Amendment to Regulatory Agreement” means the Second Amendment to
Regulatory Agreement, dated the Date of Issue, between the City and the Borrower, as it may
be amended from time to time.
“Series 2000A Bonds” means the City’s General Obligation Bonds (Louisiana Court
Project), Series 2000A, issued in the original aggregate principal amount of $4,505,000.
“Sinking Fund Payment Date” means one of the dates set forth in Section 3.05 hereof
for the making of mandatory sinking fund principal payments.
“State” means the State of Minnesota.
“Stated Maturity,” when used with respect to any Bond, means the date specified in
such Bond as the fixed date on which the principal of such Bond is due and payable.
“Supplemental Resolution” means any resolution supplemental to this instrument
entered into pursuant to Section 12 hereof.
“Surplus Fund” means the fund created in Section 6.06 hereof.
“Third Amended and Restated Master Subordination Agreement” means the Third
Amended and Restated Master Subordination Agreement and Estoppel Certificate, dated the
Date of Issue, between the Borrower, the City, and the Other Lenders, as it may be amended
from time to time.
2.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by the
Borrower to the City to take any action under any provision of this Resolution or the Loan
Agreement, the Borrower shall furnish to the City a Borrower Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Resolution or the Loan Agreement relating to
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the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the
opinion of such Counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Resolution or the Loan Agreement shall include (i) a statement that each
individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the
definitions herein relating thereto; (ii) a statement that each such individual has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable the individual to express an informed
opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (iii) a
statement whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been
complied with.
2.03. Form of Documents. In any case where several matters are required to be
certified by, or covered by an opinion of any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such
matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of only one such Person, or that they be so
certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion
with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any
such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the City or the Borrower may be based, insofar
as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by, counsel,
unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which the certificate
or opinion is based are erroneous. Any Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to
factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by, an officer or officers of
the City or the Borrower stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in
the possession of the City or the Borrower, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
such matters are erroneous.
When any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications,
requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Resolution, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
An “application” for the release of property, or the withdrawal of cash, under any
provision of this Resolution, shall consist of and shall not be deemed complete until the City
shall have been furnished with, all such documents, cash, bonds, securities and other
instruments as are required by such provision to establish the right of the Borrower to the
transaction applied for, and the date of such application shall be deemed to be the date upon
which such application shall be so completed.
Wherever in this Resolution, in connection with any application or certificate or report
to the City, it is provided that the Borrower shall deliver any document as a condition of the
granting of such application, or as evidence of the Borrower’s compliance with any term hereof
it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at
the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions
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stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of the City or
the Borrower to have such application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report.
2.04. Acts of Bondholders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Resolution to be given or taken by Bondholders may be embodied in
and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such
Bondholders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
are delivered to the City, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Borrower. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient
for any purpose of this Resolution and conclusive in favor of the City and the Borrower if made
in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any
notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying
that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged the execution thereof.
Where such execution is by an officer of a company or a member of a partnership, on behalf of
the company or partnership, the certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of
the officer’s authority. The fact and date of the execution of any instrument or writing, or the
authority of the Persons executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which
the City deems sufficient; and the City may in any instance require further proof with respect to
any of the matters referred to in this Section.
(c) The ownership of Bonds shall be proved by the Bond Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action by the Holder of any Bond shall bind every future Holder of the same Bond and the
Holder of every Bond issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the City or the Borrower in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Bond.
2.05. Notices to City and Borrower. Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or act of Bondholders or other document provided or permitted by this
Resolution shall be sufficient for any purpose under this Resolution and shall be deemed given
when mailed certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid (except as otherwise
provided in this Resolution), with a copy to the other parties, at the addresses provided in the
Loan Agreement, or such other address as may be provided by any party by notice.
2.06. Notices to Bondholders; Waiver. Where this Resolution provides for notice to
Bondholders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Bondholder
affected by such event, at the Bondholder’s address as it appears on the Bond Register, not
later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of
such notice. In any case where notice to Bondholders is given by mail, neither the failure to
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mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Bondholder shall
affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Bondholders. Notice may also be
faxed to a Bondholder (other than notice of redemption of any Bond) with the same effect as
mailed notice if the Bondholder has provided to the City a fax number to which such notices
may be sent, and confirmation of the transmission of the notice by fax is received.
Where this Resolution provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Bondholders shall be filed
with the City, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
2.07. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
2.08. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Resolution by the
City shall bind its successors, whether so expressed or not.
2.09. Severability Clause. In case any provision in this Resolution or in the Bonds shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
2.10. Construction. This Resolution shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the State without giving effect to the conflicts-of-laws principles thereof.
2.11. Benefit of Resolution. Nothing in this Resolution or in the Bonds express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder,
the Borrower and the Holders of the Bonds any benefit or other legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Resolution.
2.12. No Personal Liability. No covenant or agreement contained in the Bonds, in this
Resolution or in the Loan Agreement shall be deemed to be the covenant or agreement of any
official, officer, agent or employee of the City in its individual capacity, and neither the
members of the City Council of the City nor any official executing the Bonds shall be liable
personally on the Bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the
issuance thereof.
Section 3. Sale of Bonds; Approval of Documents.
3.01. Award to the Original Purchaser and Interest Rates. A tabulation of proposals
received is attached hereto as Exhibit A. The proposal of the Original Purchaser to purchase the
Bonds is hereby found and determined to be a reasonable offer and is hereby accepted, the
proposal being to purchase the Bonds at a price of $____________ (the par amount of the
Bonds of $1,345,000, [plus original issue premium of $___________,] [less original issue
discount of $____________,] less underwriter’s discount of $___________), plus accrued
interest, if any, to date of delivery for Bonds bearing interest as follows:
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Year Interest Rate Year Interest Rate
2023 % 2031 %
2024 2032
2025 2033
2026 2034
2027 2035
2028 2036
2029 2037
2030
3.02. Purchase Contract. The sum of $_____________, being the amount proposed by
the Purchaser in excess of $1,324,825, shall be credited to the Bond Fund hereinafter created or
deposited in the Refunding Fund hereinafter created, as determined by the Finance Director of the
City in consultation with the City’s municipal advisor. The good faith deposit of the Original
Purchaser shall be retained and deposited until the Bonds have been delivered and shall be
deducted from the purchase price paid at settlement. The Mayor and City Manager are directed
to execute a contract with the Original Purchaser on behalf of the City.
3.03. Terms and Principal Amounts of the Bonds. The City will forthwith issue and sell
the Bonds in the total principal amount of $1,345,000, originally dated the Date of Issue, in the
denomination of $5,000 each or any integral multiple thereof, numbered No. R-1 upward,
bearing interest as above set forth, and having Stated Maturities on February 1 in the years and
amounts as follows:
Year Amount Year Amount
2023 $ 2031 $
2024 2032
2025 2033
2026 2034
2027 2035
2028 2036
2029 2037
2030
3.04. Optional Redemption. The City may elect on February 1, 2031 and on any day
thereafter to prepay Bonds due on or after February 1, 2032. 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 maturity are called for redemption, the City will notify 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 maturity to be redeemed. Prepayments
will be at a price of par plus accrued interest.
[TO BE COMPLETED IF TERM BONDS ARE REQUESTED 3.05. Mandatory Redemption;
Term Bonds. The Bonds maturing on February 1, 20____ and February 1, 20____ shall hereinafter
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be referred to collectively as the “Term Bonds.” The principal amount of the Term Bonds subject
to mandatory sinking fund redemption on any date may be reduced through earlier optional
redemptions, with any partial redemptions of the Term Bonds credited against future mandatory
sinking fund redemptions of such Term Bond in such order as the City shall determine. The Term
Bonds are subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption and shall be redeemed in part at par plus
accrued interest on February 1 of the following years and in the principal amounts as follows:]
Sinking Fund Installment Date
February 1, 20___ Term Bond Principal Amount
____________________
* Maturity
February 1, 20___ Term Bond Principal Amount
____________________
* Maturity
3.06. Bond Documents Approved. The Mayor and the City Manager are hereby
authorized to execute and deliver the Loan Agreement, the Mortgage, the Third Amendment to
Regulatory Agreement, and the Third Amended and Restated Master Subordination Agreement
(collectively, the “Bond Documents”). All of the provisions of the Bond Documents, when
executed and delivered as authorized herein, shall be deemed to be a part of this Resolution as
fully and to the same extent as if incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in full force and
effect from the date of execution and delivery thereof. The Bond Documents shall be
substantially in the forms on file with the City, which are hereby approved, with such variations,
omissions, and insertions as the Mayor and the City Manager, in their discretion, shall approve,
and the execution thereof by the Mayor and the City Manager shall be conclusive evidence of
such approval.
Section 4. Registration and Payment.
4.01. 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.
4.02. 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 the Bond will
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 the Bond will be dated as of the date of original issue. The
interest on the Bonds is payable on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing
February 1, 2023, to the registered owners of record thereof as of the close of business on the
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fifteenth day immediately preceding each interest payment date, whether or not such day is a
business day.
4.03. Registration. The City will appoint a bond registrar, transfer agent,
authenticating agent and paying agent (the “Registrar” and the “Paying Agent”). 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 principal corporate trust office a
bond register (the “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 writing, the Registrar will
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 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 principal amount and maturity as requested by the registered owner
or the owner’s attorney in writing.
(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 authorized. The Registrar will
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 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.
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(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.
(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 any 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 appropriate 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
with 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.
4.04. Appointment of Initial Registrar. The City appoints Bond Trust Services
Corporation, Roseville, 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 authorized by law to conduct such business, the resulting
corporation is authorized to act as successor Registrar. 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 thirty (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 Finance Director must transmit to the Registrar moneys sufficient for the payment
of all principal and interest then due.
4.05. Execution, Authentication, and Delivery. The Bonds will be prepared under the
direction of the Finance Director and executed on behalf of the City by the signatures of the
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Mayor and the City Manager, provided that those signatures may be printed, 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 a Bond, that
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 security 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 representative. The
executed certificate 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 Finance Director will deliver the same to the Original
Purchaser upon payment of the purchase price in accordance with the contract of sale
heretofore made and executed, and the Original Purchaser is not obligated to see to the
application of the purchase price.
Section 5. Form of Bond.
5.01. Execution of the Bonds. The Bonds will be printed or typewritten in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
5.02. Approving Legal Opinion. The Finance Director is authorized and directed to
obtain a copy of the proposed approving legal opinion of Kennedy & Graven, Chartered,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, and cause the opinion to be printed on or accompany each Bond.
Section 6. Payment; Security; Funds; Pledges and Covenants.
6.01. Initial Deposits to the Funds. On the Date of Issue of the Bonds, the City shall
deposit the proceeds derived from the sale of the Bonds and other funds of in the following
Funds and accounts:
(a) To the Reserve Fund, an amount equal to the Reserve Requirement (but
no less than $__________) to be provided from funds transferred from the reserve fund
established for the Refunded Bonds;
(b) To the Costs of Issuance Fund, an amount designated by an authorized
officer of the City to be funded from funds of the Borrower; and
(c) To the Refunding Fund, (i) proceeds of the Bonds in the amount of
$__________; (ii) $__________ transferred from reserve fund established for the Prior
Bonds; and (iii) $__________ representing Borrower equity.
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6.02. Revenue Fund.
(a) A special Fund is hereby established by the City and designated as the
“Revenue Fund.” The City shall deposit and credit to the Revenue Fund all payments
received from the Borrower as provided in Article II of the Loan Agreement (excluding
Fee Payments paid pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Loan Agreement), including
specifically: (i) all payments of Loan Repayments required to be made by the Borrower
to the City pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Loan Agreement; (ii) all prepayments of Loan
Repayments that the Borrower elects to make to the City pursuant to Section 10.1 of
the Loan Agreement; (iii) all money paid by the Borrower for deposit in the Repair and
Replacement Fund pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Loan Agreement; (iv) all earnings
derived from the investment of funds in any of the Funds required by the terms of this
Resolution to be transferred to the Revenue Fund; (v) any money or investments
transferred to the City by the Borrower with instructions to deposit and credit such
money or investments to the Revenue Fund; and (vi) all earnings derived from the
investment of the foregoing, except as otherwise set forth herein, which other earnings
shall be retained in the respective funds and accounts identified herein.
(b) On the twenty-fifth day of each month, commencing August 25, 2022 the City
shall apply money on deposit in the Revenue Fund to the following uses in the following
order of priority: (i) to the Bond Fund, (1) one-sixth of the amount necessary to pay the
interest on the Bonds due on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, (2) continuing
through January 25, 2023, one-sixth of the amount necessary to pay principal of the
Bonds due on the next succeeding Principal Payment Date, and (3) on February 25, 2022
and continuing while the Bonds are Outstanding, one-twelfth of the amount necessary
to pay principal of the Bonds due on the next succeeding Principal Payment Date;
provided, that on each January 25 and July 25 (commencing January 25, 2023) the City
shall deposit in the Bond Fund the amount necessary, after taking into account the
balance in the Bond Fund, to pay all principal of and interest on the Bonds due on the
succeeding Interest Payment Date or Principal Payment Date; (ii) to the Rebate Fund on
January 25 in each year, any amount calculated by any rebate analyst engaged by the
Borrower and the City as required to be deposited in the Rebate Fund; (iii) to the
Reserve Fund, one-sixth of any amount theretofore transferred from the Reserve Fund
to the Bond Fund to pay principal of or interest on the Bonds and not theretofore repaid
to the Reserve Fund; (iv) to the Repair and Replacement Fund, one-sixth of any amount
theretofore transferred from the Repair and Replacement Fund to the Bond Fund to pay
principal of or interest on the Bonds and not theretofore repaid to the Repair and
Replacement Fund; (v) to the Repair and Replacement Fund, the monthly amount then
required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.4 of the Loan Agreement; (vi)
to the Reserve Fund, the amount necessary to restore the balance in the Reserve Fund
to the Reserve Requirement; and (vii) to the Surplus Fund, the remaining money in the
Revenue Fund.
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(c) If on the twenty-fifth day of any month, the balance in the Revenue Fund is
insufficient to make any of the deposits required by clauses (i) through (vi) of subsection
(b) above, the City shall transfer any money then on hand in the Surplus Fund to the
Revenue Fund. Promptly following such transfer, the City shall notify the Borrower of
the date and amount of the transfer.
(d) All income derived from the investment of amounts on hand in the
Revenue Fund shall be credited as received to the Revenue Fund.
6.03. Bond Fund.
(a) A special Fund is hereby established by the City and designated as the
“Bond Fund.”
(b) The City shall deposit and credit to the Bond Fund: (i) all amounts
required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 6.02(b)(i) hereof; (ii) all
prepayments of Loan Repayments made by the Borrower to the City pursuant to
Section 10.1 of the Loan Agreement when any Bonds are Outstanding; (iii) all other
money required by the terms of this Resolution to be deposited in the Bond Fund when
any Bonds are Outstanding; (iv) while any Bonds are Outstanding, any money or
investments transferred to the City by or on behalf of the Borrower with instructions to
deposit and credit such money or investments to the Bond Fund; and (v) all earnings
derived from the investment of the foregoing, except as otherwise set forth herein,
which other earnings shall be retained in the respective funds and accounts identified
herein.
(c) On each Interest Payment Date and each Redemption Date with respect to the
Bonds, the City shall apply money on deposit in the Bond Fund to pay principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds then due.
(d) If on any Interest Payment Date the balance in the Bond Fund is not sufficient to
pay the total amount of the principal and premium of and interest on the Bonds then
due, the City shall transfer any money then on hand in the Revenue Fund, the Surplus
Fund, the Repair and Replacement Fund and the Reserve Fund, in the order listed and in
an amount equal to such deficiency, to the Bond Fund and apply the amount so
transferred to payment of principal of and interest on the Bonds then due. Promptly
following any such transfer, the City shall notify the Borrower of the date and amount of
the transfer.
(e) All income derived from the investment of amounts on hand in the Bond
Fund shall be credited as received to the Revenue Fund.
(f) When no Bonds remain Outstanding under this Resolution, if amounts
remain on deposit in the Bond Fund, the City shall transfer to the general fund of the
City (or other fund designated by the City) an amount from the Bond Fund equal to the
funds of the City previously deposited in the Bond Fund and not previously reimbursed
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to the City. Any amounts remaining on deposit in the Bond Fund (other than amounts
held for the payment or redemption of Bonds) after any transfer to the City shall be
transferred to the Borrower.
6.04. Reserve Fund. A special Fund is hereby established by the City and designated as
the “Reserve Fund.” The City shall initially credit to the Reserve Fund the money required to be
deposited in the Reserve Fund in accordance with the terms of Section 6.01 hereof. There shall
also be credited to the Reserve Fund the money required to be transferred to the Reserve Fund
in accordance with the terms of Section 6.02(b)(iii) and (vi) hereof. At any time on or after
February 1, 2031, the City may elect to withdraw all or any portion of the money credited to the
Reserve Fund. The determination to withdraw all or any portion of the funds credited to the
Reserve Fund shall be in the sole discretion of the City.
If on any Interest Payment Date, Principal Payment Date or Redemption Date with respect
to the Bonds there is a deficiency in the Bond Fund, for payment of interest, principal, or
premium then due with respect to the Bonds, and the amounts in the Revenue Fund and
the Surplus Fund are not sufficient to eliminate such deficiency, the City shall transfer from
the Reserve Fund to the Bond Fund an amount equal to the lesser of the amount in the
Reserve Fund on such date, or the amount of the remaining deficiency on such date.
Promptly following any such transfer, the City shall notify the Borrower of the date and
amount of the transfer.
Amounts on hand in the Reserve Fund shall be invested in Qualified Investments. All
income derived from the investment of amounts on hand in the Reserve Fund shall be
transferred to the Revenue Fund; provided, that no such transfer shall be made which would
reduce the balance in the Reserve Fund below the Reserve Requirement. On February 1 of
each year, any balance in the Reserve Fund in excess of the Reserve Requirement shall be
transferred to the Revenue Fund. In computing the balance in the Reserve Fund, Qualified
Investments shall be valued at face value if purchased at par or at the amortized value if
purchased at other than par; provided that Qualified Investments credited to the Reserve Fund
are required to be valued only on February 1 of each year. For purposes of this Section, the
term “amortized value” means the value as of any given time obtained by dividing the total
premium or discount at which such a Qualified Investment was purchased by the number of
days remaining to maturity on such obligation at the date of such purchase and by multiplying
the amount thus calculated by the number of days having passed since such purchase and (i) in
the case of a Qualified Investment purchased at a premium, by deducting the product thus
obtained from the purchase price, and (ii) in the case of a Qualified Investment purchased at a
discount, by adding the product thus obtained to the purchase price. Valuation of Qualified
Investments as of any particular date shall include the amount of interest earned or accrued to
such date.
Amounts in the Reserve Fund, if any, are held for the benefit of the City. Amounts, if
any, remaining in the Reserve Fund upon the payment in full of all Bonds, or the provision for
payment thereof in accordance with the terms of this Resolution, shall be transferred as
follows.
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6.05. Repair and Replacement Fund. A special trust fund is hereby established with
the City and designated as the “Repair and Replacement Fund.” There shall be credited to the
Repair and Replacement Fund the amounts required by Section 6.02(b)(iv) and (v) hereof. If the
Borrower has provided all reports and financial statements theretofore due under Section 4.10
of the Loan Agreement, the City shall apply money in the Repair and Replacement Fund, as
requested in a Borrower Certificate, to the payment of items of maintenance, capital
expenditures, and other costs with respect to the Facility that are approved by the City and, if
the disbursement is more than $5,000, by the Tax Credit Investor. The Borrower Certificate,
which shall be submitted no more frequently than semiannually (or more frequently upon the
occurrence of an emergency or otherwise with the consent of the City), shall identify the
expenditures to be made by nature and amount, shall identify the contractor or other party
making the Improvements, performing the maintenance, or incurring the other costs, as the
case may be, and shall certify that the expenditures are proper expenditures to be made or
reimbursed from the Repair and Replacement Fund. The consent of the City to the request for
a disbursement from the Repair and Replacement Fund shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
If on any Interest Payment Date, Principal Payment Date or Redemption Date with respect
to the Bonds there is a deficiency in the Bond Fund, for payment of interest, principal, or
premium then due with respect to the Bonds, and the amounts in the Surplus Fund and the
Reserve Fund are not sufficient to eliminate such deficiency, the City shall transfer from the
Repair and Replacement Fund to the Bond Fund an amount equal to the lesser of the
amount in the Repair and Replacement Fund on such date, or the amount of the remaining
deficiency on such date. Promptly following any such transfer, the City shall notify the
Borrower of the date and amount of the transfer.
Investment earnings on amounts held in the Repair and Replacement Fund shall remain in
the Repair and Replacement Fund.
Amounts, if any, remaining in the Repair and Replacement Fund upon the payment in
full of all Bonds, or the provision for payment thereof in accordance with the terms of this
Resolution, shall be transferred: (i) first, to the general fund of the City (or other fund
designated by the City) to the extent of any funds of the City deposited in the Repair and
Replacement Fund and not previously reimbursed to the City; and (ii) second, to the Borrower
the remaining funds in the Repair and Replacement Fund.
6.06. Surplus Fund.
(a) A special Fund is hereby established by the City and designated as the
“Surplus Fund.” The City shall credit to the Surplus Fund the money required to be
transferred to the Surplus Fund in accordance with the terms of Section 6.02(b)(vii) or
any other provision hereof.
(b) If on any Interest Payment Date, Principal Payment Date or Redemption Date
with respect to the Bonds there is a deficiency in the Bond Fund for payment of interest,
principal, or premium then due with respect to the Bonds, the City shall transfer from
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the Surplus Fund to the Bond Fund an amount equal to the lesser of the amount in the
Surplus Fund on such date, or the amount of the remaining deficiency on such date.
Promptly following any such transfer, the City shall notify the Borrower of the date and
amount of the transfer.
(c) On May 1 of each year, commencing May 1, 2023, if (i) no Event of
Default or event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both has
occurred and is continuing; (ii) the balance in the Bond Fund is not less than the amount
then required to be on deposit therein; (iii) the balance in the Reserve Fund is not less
than the Reserve Requirement; (iv) the balance in the Repair and Replacement Fund is
not less than the total of monthly deposits to the Repair and Replacement Fund
theretofore required under Section 2.4 of the Loan Agreement less any amounts paid
from the Repair and Replacement Fund pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 6.05
hereof; (v) the Borrower has provided all reports and financial statements theretofore
due under Section 4.10 of the Loan Agreement; and (vi) the requirements of
Section 4.7(b) of the Loan Agreement are satisfied for the immediately preceding Fiscal
Year, the amount on deposit in the Surplus Fund shall be paid to the Borrower.
(d) Investment earnings on amounts held in the Surplus Fund shall be transferred to
the Revenue Fund.
(e) Amounts, if any, remaining in the Surplus Fund upon the payment in full
of all the Bonds, or the provision for payment thereof in accordance with the terms of
this Resolution, shall be transferred: (i) first, to the general fund of the City (or other
fund designated by the City) to the extent of any funds deposited in any fund or account
established under this Resolution and not previously reimbursed from any other fund or
account hereunder; and (ii) second, to the Borrower the remaining funds in the Surplus
Fund.
6.07. Costs of Issuance Fund. A special trust fund is hereby established by the City and
designated as the “Costs of Issuance Fund.” The City shall credit to the Costs of Issuance Fund
the amounts specified in Section 6.01 hereof, from the sources specified therein. No Costs of
Issuance shall be payable from proceeds of the Bonds.
The City shall disburse money from the Costs of Issuance Fund to the Borrower or its
designee to pay Costs of Issuance (or to reimburse the Borrower for any expenditure in
payment of Costs of Issuance) upon receipt by the City of a Borrower Certificate, which shall
be in writing and shall contain the following: (i) a statement of the amount and general
nature of each item of Costs of Issuance certified to have been incurred or paid by and
requested to be reimbursed to the Borrower, or certified to be due and payable and
requested to be paid to a Person other than the Borrower; and (ii) a statement that each
item for which payment or reimbursement is requested is or was necessary in connection
with the issuance of the Bonds and that none of such items has formed the basis for any
previous payment from the Costs of Issuance Fund. If the amount on hand in the Costs of
Issuance Fund is insufficient to pay all of the Costs of Issuance, the Borrower shall provide
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for the payment of such Costs of Issuance out of its own funds and such Costs of Issuance
shall not be paid or reimbursed from any other Funds.
Income derived from the investment of amounts on deposit in the Costs of Issuance
Fund shall be credited as received to the Revenue Fund. After payment in full of the Costs of
Issuance and receipt of a Borrower Certificate stating that all Costs of Issuance have been paid,
the City shall transfer any balance then on hand in the Costs of Issuance Fund to the Bond Fund;
within thirty days thereafter the City shall furnish the Borrower a written report as to the
amounts disbursed from the Costs of Issuance Fund, showing the date of each such
disbursement and the Person to whom it was made.
6.08. Refunding Fund.
(a) A special Fund is hereby established by the City and designated as the
Refunding Fund. The City shall credit to the Refunding Fund the amounts specified in
Section 6.01 hereof, from the sources specified therein. Amounts in the Refunding Fund
shall be disbursed on June 21, 2022 (the “Refunded Bonds Redemption Date”) to
redeem the Refunded Bonds maturing after the Refunded Bonds Redemption Date in
accordance with subsection (b) below. Pending such disbursement, the money credited
to the Refunding Fund shall not be invested.
(b) It is hereby found and determined that based upon information presently
available from the City’s municipal advisor, the issuance of the Bonds is consistent with
covenants made with the holders of the Refunded Bonds and is necessary and desirable
for the reduction of debt service cost to the City. It is further found and determined that
the proceeds of the Bonds deposited in the Refunding Fund, together with other funds
deposited therein as described in this Section, will be sufficient to prepay all of the
principal of, interest on and redemption premium (if any) on the Refunded Bonds.
(c) The Refunded Bonds maturing on February 1, 2023 and thereafter will be
redeemed and prepaid on the Refunded Bonds Redemption Date. The Refunded Bonds
will be redeemed and prepaid in accordance with their terms and in accordance with the
terms and conditions set forth in the forms of Notice of Call for Redemption attached
hereto as Exhibit C, which terms and conditions are hereby approved and incorporated
herein by reference. The registrar for the Refunded Bonds is authorized and directed to
send a copy of the Notice of Redemption to each registered holder of the Refunded
Bonds.
6.09. Rebate Fund. A special fund is hereby established by the City and designated as
the “Rebate Fund.” The City shall make information regarding the Bonds and investments
hereunder available to the Borrower, shall make deposits and disbursements from the Rebate
Fund in accordance with the requirements of Section 148 of the Code, shall invest the Rebate
Fund pursuant to the requirements of the tax compliance certificates of the City and the
Borrower, and shall deposit income from such investments immediately upon receipt thereof in
the Rebate Fund.
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6.10. Fee Payments. By Section 2.3 of the Loan Agreement, the Borrower has
covenanted to pay directly to the City when due Fee Payments in an amount sufficient to pay
the costs and expenses of the City. Such Fee Payments shall not be treated or considered as
pledge to any Fund for any purpose of this Resolution and the City may on its own behalf
enforce such covenant against the Borrower.
6.11. Investments.
(a) Subject to the provisions of any law then in effect to the contrary, the
City shall invest all Trust Money on hand from time to time in Qualified Investments.
Money credited to any Fund maintained hereunder pending disbursement or receipt of
proper investment directions or as directed herein, shall be deposited to and held in an
interest bearing time or demand deposit account, certificates of deposit, bankers
acceptances, daily money market account or other similar banking arrangement
established with a commercial bank, without the pledge of Bonds to or other
collateralization of such deposit accounts. Each Qualified Investment and each other
investment acquired by the City shall mature or be redeemable at the option of the
holder no later than five (5) years after the date of investment.
(b) The City shall, without further direction from the Borrower, sell such
Qualified Investments as and when required to make any payment for the purpose for
which such investments are held. Each investment shall be credited to the fund for
which it is held, after payment of any unpaid City’s fees, subject to any other provision
of this Resolution directing some other credit, but income on such Qualified Investments
shall be held or transferred, as received, in accordance with this Section 6. The City shall
furnish the Borrower, not less than semiannually, an accounting of all investments.
6.12. General Obligation Pledge; Debt Service Coverage. The Bonds are general
obligations of the City secured by a pledge of the full faith and credit of the City and a pledge of
the taxing power of the City. Principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds are
also payable from the revenues derived from the Loan Agreement (reduced to the extent the
Bonds are actually paid out of proceeds of the Bonds and money or investments in the Funds).
It is determined that the estimated collection of the payments under the Loan Agreement will
produce at least five percent (5%) in excess of the amount needed to meet when due, the
principal and interest payments on the Bonds, and therefore no tax levy is needed at this time.
6.13. Pledge of Loan Payments. The City has, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Bonds, pledged and granted to the Holders a security interest in the City’s interest in the Loan
Repayments to be made under the Loan Agreement.
6.14. Registration of Resolution. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to file a
certified copy of this resolution with the Taxpayer Services Division Manager of Hennepin
County, Minnesota and to obtain the certificate required by Section 475.63 of the Act.
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Section 7. Authentication of Transcript.
7.01. City Proceedings and Records. The officers of the City are authorized and
directed to prepare and furnish to the Original 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 marketability of the
Bonds, and such instruments, including any heretofore furnished, will be deemed
representations of the City as to the facts stated therein.
7.02. Certification as to Official Statement. The Mayor, the City Manager, and the
Finance Director are authorized 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.
7.03. Other Certificates. The Mayor, the City Manager, and the Finance Director are
hereby authorized and directed to furnish to the Original Purchaser at the closing such
certificates as are required as a condition of sale. Unless litigation shall have been commenced
and be pending questioning the Bonds or the organization of the City or incumbency of its
officers, at the closing the Mayor, the City Manager, and the Finance Director shall also execute
and deliver to the Original Purchaser a suitable certificate as to absence of material litigation,
and the Finance Director shall also execute and deliver a certificate as to payment for and
delivery of the Bonds.
7.04. Electronic Signatures. The electronic signature of the Mayor, the City Manager,
the Finance Director, and/or the City Clerk to this Resolution, any document, and any certificate
authorized to be executed hereunder shall be as valid as an original signature of such party and
shall be effective to bind the City thereto. For purposes hereof, (i) “electronic signature” means
a manually signed original signature that is then transmitted by electronic means; and
(ii) “transmitted by electronic means” means sent in the form of a facsimile or sent via the
internet as a portable document format (“pdf”) or other replicating image attached to an
electronic mail or internet message.
7.05. Payment of Costs of Issuance. The City authorizes the Original Purchaser to
forward the amount of Bond proceeds allocable to the payment of Costs of Issuance, if any, in
accordance with the closing memorandum to be prepared and distributed by Ehlers and
Associates, Inc., the municipal advisor to the City, on the Date of Issue.
Section 8. Tax Covenant.
8.01. Tax-Exempt Bonds. 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 subject to taxation
under the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, in effect at the time of
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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.
8.02. The City will comply with all 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 periods 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.
8.03. Exempt Facility Bonds. The Bonds are “private activity bonds” within the meaning
of Section 141(a) of the Code, but are “exempt facility bonds,” the net proceeds of which are to be
used to provide a “qualified residential rental project” within the meaning of Sections 142(a)(7)
and 142(d) of the Code.
8.04. Not Qualified Tax-Exempt Obligations. The Bonds are not designated as “qualified
tax-exempt obligations” for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code.
8.05. Procedural Requirements. 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.
Section 9. Book-Entry System; Limited Obligation of City.
9.01. DTC. The Bonds will be initially issued in the form of a separate single
typewritten or printed fully registered Bond for each of the Maturities set forth in this
Resolution. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of each Bond will be registered in the
registration books kept by the Registrar in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. Except
as provided in this section, all of the Outstanding Bonds will be registered in the registration
books kept by the Registrar in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC.
9.02. Participants. With respect to Bonds registered in the registration books kept by
the Registrar in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, the City, the 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 (the
“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 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 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 Registrar as the holder and absolute owner of
such Bond for the purpose of payment of principal, premium and interest with respect to such
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Bond, for the purpose of registering transfers with respect to such Bonds, and for all other
purposes. The Paying Agent will pay all principal 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 Registrar, and all such payments will be valid and effectual to fully satisfy and
discharge the City’s obligations with respect to payment of principal 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 Registrar, will receive
a certificated Bond evidencing the obligation of this resolution. Upon delivery by DTC to the
City Manager of a written 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 Registrar and Paying Agent.
9.03. Representation Letter. The City has heretofore executed and delivered to DTC a
Blanket City Letter of Representations (the “Representation Letter”) which will govern payment
of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds and notices with respect to the
Bonds. Any Paying Agent or 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 Registrar and Paying Agent, respectively, to be
complied with at all times.
9.04. 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 interests
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 securities depository is appointed, the City will issue and the
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.
9.05. 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 principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bond and all 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.
Section 10. Continuing Disclosure.
10.01. Execution of Continuing Disclosure Certificate. “Continuing Disclosure
Certificate” means that certain Continuing Disclosure Certificate executed by the Mayor and
City Manager and dated the Date of Issue and delivery of the Bonds, as originally executed and
as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
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10.02. City Compliance with Provisions of Continuing Disclosure Certificate. 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.
Section 11. Defeasance.
11.01. Payment of Indebtedness; Satisfaction and Discharge of the Bonds. The
covenants of the City in this Resolution shall cease to be of further effect (except as to rights of
transfer or exchange of Bonds herein expressly provided for), and the Bonds shall be deemed to
be satisfied and discharged, when:
(a) either:
(i) all Bonds theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (1)
Bonds which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced
as provided in Section 4.03(h) hereof; and (2) Bonds for whose payment money
has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
City and thereafter repaid to the City or discharged from such trust) have been
cancelled; or
(ii) all such Bonds not theretofore cancelled have been defeased in
accordance with Section 11.02 hereof; and
(b) the City has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder
by the City; and
(c) the City has received an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the Bonds
have been complied with.
Section 11.02. Defeasance of Bonds. Bonds shall be defeased and shall no longer be
deemed Outstanding (except as to rights of transfer or exchange of Bonds herein expressly
provided for and except for the administrative provisions of this Resolution) when:
(a) Defeasance Obligations, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
which when due will, without reinvestment, provide cash at times and in amounts which
together with the cash, if any, deposited with the City at the same time as the
Defeasance Obligations are delivered to the City, shall be sufficient to pay the full
amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest which will become due and payable
with respect to such Bonds, on and before their Stated Maturity or on and before a
specified Redemption Date, as the case may be, and if any of such Bonds are to be
redeemed arrangements have been made for giving notice of such redemption at the
expense of the Borrower in the manner provided by Section 4.03(i) hereof; and
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(b) an opinion of Bond Counsel to the effect that the deposit described in
subsection (a) above will not adversely affect the exemption from federal income
taxation of interest on any Bond; and
(c) if any Bonds are defeased more than ninety (90) days before their Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, a report of an Independent Accountant verifying the
mathematical sufficiency of the proceeds of the Defeasance Obligations and any cash
delivered to the City as described in subsection (a) above, to pay the entire amount of
principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds to be defeased on and before their
Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; and
(d) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that all conditions precedent
provided for herein relating to the defeasance of such Bonds have been complied with.
Section 11.03. Application of Deposited Money. All money, obligations and income
thereon deposited with the City pursuant to Section 11.02 hereof shall constitute a special trust
fund for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and shall be applied by the City to the
payment (either directly or through a Paying Agent), to the Persons entitled thereto, of the
principal, premium, if any, and interest for payment of which such money or obligation were
deposited with the City. All money, obligations, and income thereon deposited with the City
pursuant to Section 11.02 hereof for the purpose of paying the principal, premium, if any, and
interest on the Bonds shall be applied by the City solely for such purpose. If the City is unable
to apply any funds held in escrow pending payment of any Bonds in accordance with this
Section 11 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court
or governmental authority enjoining, restraining, or otherwise prohibiting such application, the
City’s obligations under this Resolution and the Bonds shall be revived and reinstated as though
no deposit had occurred until such time as the City is permitted to apply all such money to the
payment of Bonds in accordance with this Section 11; provided, however, that if the City has
made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Bonds because of the
reinstatement of its obligations, the City shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such
Bonds to receive such payments from the securities held by the City.
Section 11.04. Final Disposition of Money. Upon the satisfaction and discharge of the
Bonds and the satisfaction of any and all other claims against the City and the Borrower
pursuant to the terms of this Resolution, any money remaining in any fund or account created
under this Resolution and not required for the payment of any Bond shall be transferred:
(i) first, to the general fund of the City (or other fund designated by the City) to the extent of
any funds deposited in any fund or account established under this Resolution and not
previously reimbursed from any other fund or account hereunder; and (ii) second, to the
Borrower.
Section 12. Amendment of Documents.
12.01. Amendment to Loan Agreement, Mortgage, and Collateral Documents Without
Consent of Bondholders. Without the consent of the Holders of any Bonds, the City, at any
time and from time to time, may agree to one or more amendments or supplements to the
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Loan Agreement, the Mortgage or any Collateral Document, in form satisfactory to the City, for
any purpose.
12.02. Supplemental Resolutions Without Consent of Bondholders. Without the
consent of the Holders of any Bonds, the City, at any time and from time to time, may adopt
one or more resolutions supplemental hereto for any purpose except to change the Stated
Maturity of the principal of, or any Interest Payment Date of, any Bond, or reduce the principal
amount thereof or the interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof,
or change the coin or currency in which any Bond or the premium or interest thereon is
payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or
after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption
Date).
12.03. Effect of Supplemental Resolutions. Upon the execution of any Supplemental
Resolution under this Section 12, this Resolution shall be modified in accordance therewith, and
such Supplemental Resolution shall form a part of this Resolution for all purposes and every
Holder of Bonds theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be
bound thereby.
Reviewed for Administration: Adopted by the City Council May 16, 2022
Kim Keller, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
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Exhibit A
Proposals
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Exhibit B
Form of bond
NOTICE: Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company to the City or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede &
Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company and any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL so long as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.
United States of America
State of Minnesota
County of Hennepin
City of St. Louis Park
General Obligation Refunding Bond
(Louisiana Court Project)
Series 2022A
No. R-____ $_____________
Rate
Maturity
Date of
Original Issue
CUSIP
February 1, 20__ June 21, 2022
Registered Holder: Cede & Co.
For value received, the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, a home rule city and political
subdivision organized and existing under its Charter and the Constitution and laws of the State
of Minnesota (the “City”), hereby promises to pay to the registered holder named above, or
registered assigns, upon surrender hereof at the principal office of Bond Trust Services
Corporation, Roseville, Minnesota, as Registrar, Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and
Authenticating Agent, from the source and in the manner hereinafter provided, on the Maturity
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Date specified above, the principal amount specified above and to pay interest thereon from
the Date of Original Issue specified above, or from the most recent date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, payable on February 1 and August 1 in each year, commencing
February 1, 2023, from the source and in the manner hereinafter provided, until such principal
amount is paid or duly provided for at the rate per annum specified above (calculated on the
basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30 day months), and at the same rate (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) on any overdue installment of interest, all
except as the provisions below with respect to redemption of this Bond may become applicable
hereto. Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Bond shall be made in
any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts. Interest so payable, and punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, will be paid by check or draft 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 calendar month immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date
(the “Record Date”). Upon notice to the City delivered not less than fifteen days before an
Interest Payment Date, accompanied by proper wire transfer instructions and payment of any
fees imposed by the City, any Holder as of the relevant Record Date may elect to be paid the
interest on such Bonds payable on the Interest Payment Date by Federal Reserve System wire
transfer in immediately available funds to any bank in the United States specified by such
Holder which is a member of the Federal Reserve System. Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for shall be paid by check or draft to the person in whose name this Bond
is registered at the close of business on a special record date fixed by the City. Capitalized
terms used herein that are otherwise not defined shall have the meanings provided in the
Resolution or the Loan Agreement (hereinafter defined).
The City may elect on February 1, 2031, and on any day thereafter to prepay Bonds due
on or after February 1, 2032. 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
maturity are called for redemption, the City will notify The Depository 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 maturity to be redeemed. Prepayments
will be at a price of par plus accrued interest.
This Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of Bonds of the City in the aggregate principal
amount of $1,345,000 designated as “General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Louisiana Court
Project), Series 2022A” (the “Bonds”), issued under and secured by a resolution adopted by the
City Council of the City on May 16, 2022 (the “Resolution”). Reference is hereby made to the
Resolution and all resolutions supplemental thereto, for a description of the nature and extent
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of the security, the respective rights thereunder of the Holders of the Bonds and the City and
the terms upon which the Bonds are issued and are to be authenticated and delivered.
The Bonds are issued for the purpose of making a loan (the “Loan”) of the proceeds
thereof to PPL Louisiana Court Limited Partnership, a Minnesota limited partnership (the
“Borrower”), under a Loan Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2022 (the “Loan Agreement”),
between the City and the Borrower, to prepay the Borrower’s obligations under the Loan
Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2010, between the City and Borrower, and redeem the
outstanding principal amount of the City’s General Obligation Bonds (Louisiana Court Project),
Series 2010C, issued in the original aggregate principal amount of $1,770,000, the proceeds of
which refinanced a portion of the costs of the acquisition and renovation of a multifamily
housing development (the “Facility”). By the Loan Agreement, the Borrower has agreed to
repay the Loan, together with interest thereon, in amounts and at times sufficient to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds as the same shall become due and
payable. By an Amended and Restated Combination Mortgage, Security Agreement,
Assignment of Leases and Rents, and Fixture Filing, dated as of June 1, 2022 (the “Mortgage”),
between the Borrower and the City, the Borrower will grant to the City a mortgage lien on the
real property comprising the Facility and a security interest in the tangible personal property
located therein (the “Mortgaged Property”). Reference is hereby made to the Loan Agreement
and the Mortgage for a description of the agreements and covenants contained therein and a
description of the Mortgaged Property. The City has, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Bonds, pledged and granted to the Holders a security interest in the City’s interest in the Loan
Repayments to be made under the Loan Agreement.
The Bonds are issued pursuant to and in full compliance with the Charter of the City and
the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota, including Minnesota Statutes,
Chapters 474A and 475, as amended, including Section 475.67, subdivision 3, and
Sections 469.001 through 469.047, 469.192, and 471.59, all as amended, and pursuant to the
Resolution. The Bonds are issued in conformity with the provisions, restrictions, and limitations
of the Charter of the City and certain applicable provisions of Minnesota Statutes. The Bonds
are general obligations of the City and the taxing power of the City is pledged to the payment of
the Bonds and the interest thereon. Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds
are also payable out of the revenues derived from the Loan Agreement (other than to the
extent payable out of proceeds of the Bonds, amounts in the Reserve Fund and other funds
established under the Resolution, the net proceeds of insurance claims or condemnation
awards or the disposition of the Mortgaged Property). The State of Minnesota and the County
of Hennepin shall not in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
or interest on the Bonds or for the performance of any pledge, obligation or agreement of any
kind whatsoever that may be undertaken by the City. Neither the Bonds nor any of the
agreements or obligations of the City relating thereto shall be construed to constitute an
indebtedness of the State of Minnesota or the County of Hennepin within the meaning of any
constitutional or statutory provisions whatsoever, nor constitute or give rise to a pecuniary
liability or be a charge against the general credit or taxing powers of the State of Minnesota or
the County of Hennepin.
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Title: Sale of bonds, Louisiana court
The Bonds are not designated as “qualified tax-exempt obligations” for purposes of
Section 265(b)(3) of the Code.
As provided in the Resolution and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this
Bond is transferable on the Bond Register upon surrender of this Bond for transfer to the
Registrar duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or the Holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Bonds of the same series, of authorized
denominations, for the same aggregate principal amount and of the same Stated Maturity and
interest rate will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The City and the Registrar may treat the person in whose name this Bond is registered
as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes whether or not this Bond is overdue, and neither
the City, nor any such agent, shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
It is hereby certified and recited that all conditions, acts and things required to exist,
happen and be performed precedent to or in the issuance of this Bond and the issue of which it
is a part, do exist, have happened and have been performed in regular and due form as
required by law.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the authenticating
agent by manual signature, this Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Resolution
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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: June 21, 2022
City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota
(Facsimile) (Facsimile)
Mayor City Manager
_________________________________
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Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the Bonds delivered pursuant to the Resolution mentioned within.
Bond Trust Services Corporation
By
Authorized Representative
_________________________________
Abbreviations
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Bond, will
be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations:
TEN COM -- as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT
_________ Custodian _________
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT -- as tenants by entireties under Uniform Gifts or Transfers to Minors
Act, State of _______________
JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in
common
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, without
alteration or any change whatever.
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Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member of the
Securities 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 guarantee 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 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 this Bond
is held by joint account.)
Please insert social security or other
identifying number of assignee
_________________________________
Provisions as to Registration
The ownership of the principal 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.
Date of Registration
Registered Owner
Signature of
Officer of Registrar
Cede & Co.
Federal ID #13-2555119
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Exhibit C
Notice of call for redemption
$1,770,000
City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota
General Obligation Bonds
(Louisiana Court Project)
Series 2010C
Notice is hereby given that, by order of the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park,
Hennepin County, Minnesota, there have been called for redemption and prepayment on
June 21, 2022
all outstanding bonds of the City designated as General Obligation Bonds (Louisiana Court
Project) Series 2010C, dated December 29, 2010, having stated maturity dates of February 1 in
the years 2023 through 2040, both inclusive, totaling $1,345,000 in principal amount, and with
the following CUSIP numbers:
Year of Maturity Amount CUSIP
2023 $50,000 791740 XT5
2024 50,000 791740 XU2
2025 55,000 791740 XV0
2026 55,000 791740 XW8
2027 60,000 791740 XX6
2028 60,000 791740 XY4
2029 65,000 791740 XZ1
2030 65,000 791740 YA5
2031 70,000 791740 YB3
2032 75,000 791740 YC1
2033 75,000 791740 YD9
2034 80,000 791740 YE7
2035 85,000 791740 YF4
2036 90,000 791740 YG2
2037 95,000 791740 YH0
2038 100,000 791740 YJ6
2039 105,000 791740 YK3
2040 110,000 791740 YL1
The bonds are being called at a price of par plus accrued interest to June 21, 2022, 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 at the main office of Bond Trust
Services Corporation, 3060 Centre Pointe Drive, Roseville, Minnesota 55113, on or before
June 21, 2022.
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Important Notice: In compliance with the Economic Growth and Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2003, the paying agent is required to withhold a specified percentage of
the principal amount of the redemption price payable to the holder of any Bonds subject to
redemption and prepayment on the redemption date, unless the paying agent is provided with
the Social Security Number or Federal Employer Identification Number of the holder, properly
certified. Submission of a fully executed Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and
Certification, Form W-9, will satisfy the requirements of this paragraph.
Dated: ________________, 2022.
By order of the City Council of the City of St.
Louis Park, Minnesota
By /s/ Melissa Kennedy
City Clerk
City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota
SA140-138 (JAE)
791129v3
Meeting: Special study session
Meeting date: May 16, 2022
Discussion item: 1
Executive summary
Title: 2023 Budget: Long range financial plan, debt, fund balances, ARPA
Recommended action: No formal action required. This report is to assist with the study session
discussion about the preliminary Budget and Levy. Staff is preparing a presentation that goes
through the information in this report. We will discuss the levy components and how ARPA
funding could be utilized.
Policy consideration:
1. What level of ARPA funding does the council want to dedicate to planned operations
and/or transformational capital improvements?
2. Should staff continue to plan for three levies for the 2023 budget: general, HRA and
EDA?
Summary: The City has a comprehensive long range financial plan to assist with financial
planning. We will look at that plan and discuss the three different levy components. Operations
levy, debt levy, and capital/special revenue levies are our three main areas. A high-level
overview of what drives those levies will be discussed, as well as where many of the funds sit in
regard to cash balances as of 12/31/21. The American recovery plan act monies will be woven
into some projections in differing dollar amounts. We will explain the HRA and EDA levies and
how they are being used in 2022.
Financial or budget considerations: Details regarding the levy will be discussed at the work
session.
Strategic priority consideration: All areas of the adopted strategic priorities are impacted by
the city’s budget and financial health.
Supporting documents: Discussion
Prepared by: Melanie Schmitt, finance director
Reviewed by: Cindy Walsh, deputy city manager/operations director
Approved by: Kim Keller, city manager
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Title: Preliminary Levy/Budget Discussion
Discussion
Background: This is the first look at our long-range financial plan estimates since last year and
begins our 2023 budget planning. We will lay out current information regarding our future
finances, including the city’s levies. Note, as updated information becomes available, projected
numbers will be continually revised.
2023 Budget Timelines
June Study session: 2023 budget assumptions
July Study session: Preliminary 2023 budget including general fund, capital, enterprise
funds and ARPA allocation
August Study session: Preliminary 2023 levies and refined preliminary budget
September Council action: Approve 2023 preliminary tax levies
October Council action: Approval of 2023 fees including utility rates
November Study session: Final 2023 budget, tax levies, capital, enterprise funds, ARPA
December Council action: Truth in taxation hearing. Final passage of 2023 levy, budget,
capital improvement plan.
Long Range Financial Plan
We keep a 10-year estimate of projected levies based on the adopted capital plan and an
inflation rate for the bulk of revenue and expense. Below is an overview of our long-range
financial estimates if services remain stable and adopted capital improvement plan (CIP)
projects continue.
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
GENERAL LEVIES Final Final Proposed Projected Projected
General Fund 29,601,811 30,532,470 31,931,215 33,074,243 34,253,930
Total other levies 2,322,700 2,585,240 2,940,264 3,179,290 3,338,453
TOTAL GENERAL LEVIES 31,924,511 33,117,710 34,871,479 36,253,533 37,592,383
TOTAL DEBT LEVY 4,410,814 5,248,040 6,360,186 7,453,257 8,747,765
TOTAL LEVY 36,335,325 38,365,750 41,231,665 43,706,790 46,340,148
Increase in Net Levy 4.500% 5.588% 7.470% 6.003% 6.025%
As you can see above, our initial estimate for the 2023 levy is an increase of 7.47%. There are
three main parts to our levy: general fund, capital funds, and debt.
General fund: The general fund houses most departments in the City. The general fund also is
the largest fund we have.
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The general fund’s total budgeted revenue in 2022 was $44,312,567. The revenue sources are
as follows:
As you can see in the chart above, property taxes are by far our largest revenue contributor.
The next highest is licensing and permitting fees at $4.7 million. While property taxes are a very
dependable funding source, permitting fees are not as stable since they fluctuate depending on
the amount of development occurring. Charges for services, including our recreation programs
and facilities are at $3.8 million. This is followed by transfers in at $2.1 million as the next
highest revenue sources for the city. Transfers in refer to our enterprise funds within the city to
help support the general fund. Transfers in also cover overhead costs for employees working in
water and sewer.
The general fund’s total budgeted expense for 2022 is also $44,312,567. The expense for the
general fund is broken into the following categories:
Property taxes,
30,532,470
Licenses &
Permits,
4,750,604 Intergovernmental
Revenue, 1,688,839
Charges for
Services,
3,838,467
Fines and
Forfeits,
231,000
Interest
Income,
200,000
Miscellaneous,
872,710
Transfers In ,
2,198,477
Revenue
Personnel
Services,
34,250,126
Supplies,
1,906,105
Non-Capital
Equipment,
123,920
Services and
Other charges,
7,645,316
Misc/Other,
387,100
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Our largest expense in the general fund is personnel services which is budgeted for $34.2
million in 2022. The next closest expense is our services and charges at $7.2 million. Services
and charges category includes expense such as legal fees, insurance, and utilities. You can see
our primary general fund expense is for staffing.
The city has an adopted general fund policy, which is one of the factors in our control that
influences our AAA bond rating. Important context for this discussion includes the following
excerpts from the policy:
1. The city will maintain an unassigned General fund balance of not less than 40-50% of
subsequent year’s budgeted expenditures with a target of 45%; however, this need
could fluctuate with each year’s budget objectives.
2. Annual proposed General fund budgets shall include this benchmark policy. Council
shall review the amounts in fund balance in conjunction with the annual budget
approval and make adjustments as necessary to meet expected cash-flow needs.
3. In the event the unassigned General fund balance will be calculated to be less than the
minimum requirement at the completion of any fiscal year, the city shall plan to adjust
budget resources in the subsequent fiscal years to bring the fund balance into
compliance with this policy.
4. The City Council may consider appropriating (for authorized purposes) year-end fund
balance in excess of the policy level or increasing the minimum fund balance. An
example of preferred use of excess fund balance would be for one-time expenditures,
such as:
1. to fund one-time capital items
2. to fund a one-time (non-recurring) expenditure or grant match opportunity
3. to provide catch-up funding or long-term obligations not previously
recognized
4. to fund a one-time unplanned revenue shortfall
5. to fund an unplanned expenditure due to an emergency or disaster
6. to retire existing debt
7. to fund policy shifts by other governmental entities having a negative impact
on the city
5. Appropriation from the minimum fund balance shall require the approval of the City
Council and shall be used only for non-recurring expenditures, unforeseen emergencies
or immediate capital needs that cannot be accommodated through current year savings.
Replenishment recommendations will accompany the decision to utilize fund balance.
The general fund balance estimate, as of December 31, 2021, is $23.5 million. While 45% of the
2022 budget equals $19.9 million, some of the remaining balance is unavailable due to legal
encumbrance for prepaids, inventories and forfeitures. We anticipate having around $2.8
million for council to assign to fund balance in 2022.
Capital Funds: The City has many smaller capital funds. Many have funding sources other than
levy to support them. The funds we have levied for the last several years are:
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• Park Improvement Fund: This fund is used to pay for capital projects in our parks
system. Some of the more common projects are playground equipment, trails, and
major renovations of park facilities. Examples would be redoing the bathrooms at the
pool or new locker rooms at the ice arena. The recommended fund balance for the park
improvement fund is 3 to 6 months expense. That averages out to around $400,000.
Due to supply chain and contractor issues, many 2021 projects were not able to be
completed, leaving the fund balance on December 31, 2021 at $2.3 million. Once the
projects are on track, the fund balance will return to the recommended level.
• Capital Replacement Fund: This fund includes items ranging from: computers, servers
and software maintenance agreements, to major building repairs, upgrades and energy
efficiency efforts, to city fleet and equipment. It is recommended we have the
equivalent of $1 million in cash balance across all of our capital funds. This is equivalent
to 20% of expenditures for the year. As of December 31, 2021, the overall fund balance
was at $2.4 million. This fund is also running into supply chain issues. Most equipment
we order is taking over a year for delivery, which is why the balance is so healthy. In
2022, $1,575,240 was levied for capital replacement projects.
Special Revenue Fund: There is only one special revenue fund we have levied for in our general
levy the last several years. It is the employee benefit fund and we have levied $150,000 in 2022
and for many years before. This fund covers flex leave payouts for departing employees,
continuing education, and houses our PERA liabilities. We do not have a fund balance policy in
place for this fund due to the accounting nature of the PERA liability. We watch the cash
balance in this fund each year to ensure it does not go negative.
Debt Service: The debt levies are determined by how much debt we take out each year. Debt is
used for projects we don’t have enough cash to pay for. The most recent debt issued has
primarily been for connect the park projects. Other projects that used debt include Westwood
Hills Nature Center and Fire station #2. We are currently paying debt with levy on nine debt
issues. The amount levied for each debt issue depends on the total amount of debt, length of
time, and interest rate. We levied $5,248,040 for debt in 2022.
2022 debt obligations Amount repaid in 2022
2019B-fire station refunding 600,366
2014A-Connect the Park 475,000
2016A-Rec Center 1,231,322
2017A-Connect the Park 413,739
2018A-Connect the Park 254,835
2019 Nature Center 398,719
2019 Connect the Park 664,335
2020 GO Bonds-Connect the Park 856,958
2021 GO Bonds-Connect the Park 352,766
Our bond documents dictate that we must have 105% of the next year’s debt service available
to make our debt payments. We are also required to transfer any excess debt proceeds into the
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0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
8,000,000
9,000,000
10,000,000
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
tax levy in millions
tax levy in millions
bond funds when a project is complete. To project the amount of debt for the future, we use
the capital plans and assumed interest rates for the payments.
Below is our projected debt levy over the next several years along with the main project driving
the debt. Note: there are smaller Connect the Park projects every year; they are just not the
highest cost, and so are not listed.
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2027 2028 2029 2030 Connect the Park Dakota Bridge Connect the Park Louisiana Bridge Cedar Lake Road Louisiana Ave Connect the Park Bridge at Meadowbrook and Minnehaha Creek Oxford / Edgewood/ Cambridge Lake & Wooddale
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Two of the larger projects we will need debt for are the 2023 Cedar Lake Road, and the 2024
Louisiana Avenue projects. We are currently applying for federal money to mitigate the impact
of the projects. We could also allocate a portion of our ARPA monies to pay for a portion of one
or both projects.
To not take out more debt would require one of two options:
1. Cancel or delay all future street projects not on our pavement management schedule:
One option is to delay projects until we can capture levy capacity as our debt falls off.
Below is a look at our total debt issues. If we stop issuing debt, in 2026 we will no longer
have to levy for the 2014A bond issue. This frees up $550,000 of capacity and could levy
an additional $550,000 in 2026 without increasing the levy. In 2027, the levy for the
2016A debt falls off in the amount of $1,231,322. This means in 2027 we would be able
to levy $1,781,322 without increasing our levy.
DEBT LEVIES PAID OFF 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
2014A-Connect the Park 550,000 550,000 550,000 550,000 550,000
2016A-Rec Center (ROC) 1,231,322 1,231,322 1,231,322 1,231,322
2017A-Connect the Park 413,346 413,346 413,346
2018A-Connect the Park 254,153 254,153
2019 Connect the Park 665,123
TOTAL LEVY CAPACITY AVAILABLE 550,000 1,781,322 2,194,668 2,448,821 3,113,944
2. Find a new funding source: A second option is to identify an additional funding source
for the city. As noted earlier, staff are actively pursuing federal dollars to offset project
costs. In the past, the city has discussed a local option sales tax to alleviate levy
pressure. We could also bring forward discussion for an enterprise that would be
profitable. For example, other cities have elected to open municipal liquor stores.
Finally, ARPA dollars can be used to offset the cost of these transformative capital
projects.
American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA): The final piece we must talk about with our long-range
financial projections is our funding from the federal government for covid relief. St. Louis Park
qualified for $5.2 million in relief funds for the second phase of the federal government’s covid
relief funding. ARPA monies could be used to pay for projects and expense in 2023 and future
years to reduce pressure on the general levy. So as to not create a fiscal cliff, staff would
recommend feathering in ARPA dollars over a series of years, should the council decide to
pursue this approach. Below is a table showing how ARPA funds could impact our 2023 and
future levies.
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ARPA used
for
expense
(total over
4 years)
Projected Levy Increase, by year
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 (first year
without ARPA)
$0 7.47% 6.01% 6.03% 4.35% 3.88%
$1,000,000 6.56% 6.05% 6.19% 5.03% 3.88%
$2,460,000 6.01% 5.74% 5.89% 5.31% 4.75%
$4,100,000 5.51% 5.50% 5.13% 5.33% 5.33%
$5,000,000 5.12% 5.39% 5.25% 5.60% 6.21%
While accurate, the table above is meant to be an illustrative example. A couple of important
notes about the table: 1) It assumes current service and debt levels. 2) The amount of ARPA
dollars feathered in each year can shift as needed to best smooth out the levy curve.
HRA and EDA Levies: Communities put levies specific to housing redevelopment and economic
development in place as a signal of their value to the council and residents. Monies levied in
this way are secured for these purposes unless expressly authorized by the council. This differs
from the general levy, where city administration has the authority to reallocate funds as
needed to respond to current and emerging needs.
• HRA Levy: For many years we have levied for housing costs with the use of an HRA levy.
The HRA levy has been set at the maximum allowed amount each year of .0185% of
estimated market value. The 2022 levy was $1,517,799. Of this levy, we budgeted
$397,133 for salaries in the housing rehabilitation fund. The balance of $1,120,666 was
put into the affordable housing trust fund for future projects.
• EDA Levy: For 2022, the council approved an EDA levy in the amount of $500,000. This
levy was put in our development fund. The development fund has a loss each year due
to not having a consistent funding source. In 2021, preliminary numbers look like
around a $660,000 loss. The $500,000 is being used for salaries in the development
fund. This allows a transfer to our climate investment fund. In 2022 we are transferring
$300,000 to climate investment from the development fund.
Next Steps:
June Study session: 2023 budget assumptions
July Study session: Preliminary 2023 budget including general fund, capital, enterprise
funds and ARPA allocation
August Study session: Preliminary 2023 levies and refined preliminary budget
September Council action: Approve 2023 preliminary tax levies
October Council action: Approval of 2023 fees including utility rates
November Study session: Final 2023 budget, tax levies, capital, enterprise funds, ARPA
December Council action: Truth in taxation hearing. Final passage of 2023 levy, budget,
capital improvement plan.