HomeMy WebLinkAbout18-186 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2018/11/19Resolution No. 18-186
Resolution calling a public hearing for the purpose of providing host
approval for the issuance of revenue obligations by the
City of Medina
Be it resolved by the City Council (the "City Council") of the City of St. Louis Park,
Minnesota (the "City"), as follows:
Section 1. Recitals.
1.01. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.152 through 469.1655, as
amended (the "Act'), a municipality is authorized to issue revenues bonds to finance, in whole
or in part, the cost of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment,
or extension of any properties, real or personal, used or useful in connection with a revenue-
producing enterprise, whether or not operated for profit.
1.02. 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 governing body of the city in which the
property is located consents by resolution to the issuance of such obligations.
1.03. Yeshiva of Minneapolis, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation (the "Borrower"), has
proposed to refinance the acquisition of a building located at 4411 Minnetonka Boulevard in
the City and renovate the building to provide faculty housing and to expand its school facilities
located at 3115 Ottawa Avenue South in the City by constructing a new gymnasium and
constructing new student dormitories (the "Project').
1.04. The Borrower has requested that the City of Medina, Minnesota (the "Issuer")
issue its revenue bonds, in one or more series, as taxable or tax-exempt obligations (the
"Bonds"), in an estimated maximum principal amount of $10,000,000 and loan the proceeds
thereof to the Borrower in order to finance the Project.
1.05. Prior to the issuance of the Bonds by the Issuer, the City Council of the City is
required to (i) conduct at public hearing in accordance with the requirements of the Act, and
Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") with respect to
the proposed issuance of the Bonds; and (ii) approve the issuance of the Bonds by the Issuer to
finance the Project.
Section 2. Required Actions.
2.01. The City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, December 17, 2018, to
conduct a public hearing and consider the proposed issuance of the Bonds by the Issuer in
accordance with the Act and Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.656, as amended, to finance the
Project.
2.02. Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, as bond counsel to the Issuer, is hereby
authorized and directed to publish on behalf of the City a notice of the public hearing, in
Resolution No. 18-186
substantially the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT A, in the Sun Sailor, the official newspaper of
and a newspaper of general circulation in the City. The notice shall be published once at least
fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the public hearing.
2.03. The Borrower shall pay to the City any and all costs paid or incurred by the City in
connection with the Bonds or the financing contemplated herein, whether or not the financing
is carried to completion and whether or not the Bonds or operative instruments are executed
and delivered.
Reviewe for /Arninistration: #dppted by, the City Council November 19, 2018
Thomas`<. gatrAening, City Manager
Attest: