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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7366 (Res.)• )'1 • RESOLUTION NO. 7366 RESOLUTION RELATING TO $675,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE BONDS, SERIES 1984; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, AWARDING THE SALE, PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND DETAILS AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Stillwater, Minnesota (the City), as follows: Section 1. Recitals; Authorization and Sale of Bonds. 1.01. This Council, by a resolution adopted • August 23, 1984, authorized the issuance and public sale of general obligation bonds of the City in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $675,000 (the Bonds), to finance various capital projects in the City as set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The resolution is incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. 1.02. Notice of sale of the Bonds has been duly rublished, and this Council, having examined and considered all bids received pursuant to the published notice, does hereby find and determine that the most favorable bid received is that of The First National Bank of Saint Paul in St. Paul Minnesota and associates, to purchase the Bonds at a price of $ 662,006.2S plus accrued interest on all Bonds to the day of delivery and payment, on the further terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. 1.13. The sale of the Bonds is hereby awarded to said bidder, and he Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the City to execute a contract for the sale of the Bonds in accordance with the terms of said bid. The good faith check of the successful bidder shall be retained by the Finance Director of the City until the Bonds have been delivered and the purchase price paid. The good faith checks of other bidders shall be returned to them forthwith. Section 2. Bond Terms, Registration, Execution and Delivery. 2.01. The Bonds shall be designated General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 1984, shall be orgirally dated as of October 1, 1984, shall be in the denomination of $5,000 each, or any integral multiple thereof, shall mature on February 1 in the respective years and amounts 203 1 • • • stated below and shall bear interest from date of issue until paidor duly called for redemption at the respective annual rates set forth opposite such years and amounts, as follows: Year 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Amount Rate 6130,000 50,000 10,000 10,000 50,000 50,000 80,000 115,000 80,000 100,000 9.108 4.10% 9.10% 9.10% 9.10% 9.10% 9.10% 9.10% 9.10% 9.25% 2.02. Each Bond shall be dated as of the last interest payment date preceding the date of authentication to which interst on the Bond has been paid or made available for payment, unless (i) the date of authentication is an interest payment date to which interest has been paid or made available for payment, in which case such Bond shall be dated as of the date of authentication, or (ii) the date of authentication is prior to August 1, 1985, in which case such Bond shall be dated as of October 1, 1984. The interest on the Bonds shall be payable on February 1 and August 1 in each year, commencing August 1, 1985, to the owner of record thereof as of close of business on the fifteenth day of the immediately preceding month. 2.03. The Bonds shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest. The City shall appoint, and shall maintain,a bond registrar, transfer agent and paying agent (the Agent). (a) Register. The Agent shall keep at its principal corporate trust office a bond register in which the Agent shall provide for the registration of Bonds and the registration of transfers of Bonds entitled to be registered or transferred. (b) Transfer of Bonds. Upon surrender for transfer of any Bond duly endorsed by the registered owner thereof or accompanied Id a written instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Agent, duly executed by the registered owner thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, the Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new 0 • • • e • • • twy Bonds of a like aggregate principal amount and maturity, as requested by the transferor. (c) Exchange of Bonds. Whenever any Bonds are surrendered for exchange the Agent shall authenticate and deliver the Bonds which the owner making the exchange is entitled to receive. (d) Cancellation. All Bonds surrendered upon any transfer or exchange shall be promptly cancelled by the Agent and thereafter disposed of as directed by the City. (e) Improper or Unauthorized Transfer. When any Bond is presented to the Agent for transfer, the Agent may refuse to transfer the same until it is satisfied that the endorsement on such Bond or separate instrument of transfer is valid and genuine and that the requested transfer is legally authorized. The Agent shall incu. 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 Agent may treat the person in whose name any Bond is registered in the bond register as the absolute owner of such Bond, whether such Bond shall be overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal of and interest on such Bond and for all other purposes, and all such payments so made to any such registered owner or upon his order shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. (g) Taxes, Fees and Charges. For every transfer or exchange of Bonds, the Agent may impose a charge upon the owner thereof sufficient to reimburse the Agent for any tax; fee or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer or exchange. (h) Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Bonds. In case any Bond shall become mutilated or be destroyed, stolen or lost, the Agent shall deliver a new Bond of like amount, number, maturity date and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of such mutilated Bond or in lieu of and in substitution for such Bond destroyed, stolen or lost, upon the payment of the reasonable expenses and charges of the Agent in connection therewith, and, in case of a Bond destroyed, stolen or lost, upon filing with the Agent evidence satisfactory to it that such Bond was destroyed, stolen or lost, and of his ownership thereof, and furnishing the Agent with an • • • • appropriate bond or indemnity in form, substance and amount satisfactory to it in which both the City and the Agent shall be named as obligees. A11 Bonds so surrendered to the Agent shall be cancelled by it and evidence of such cancellation shall be given to the City. If the mutilated, destroyed, stolen or lost Bond has already matured or been called for redemption in accordance with its terms it shall not be necessary to issue a new Bond prior to payment. 2.04. The City hereby appoints The First National Bank of Saint Paul , St. Paul Minnesota as the initial Agent. TheMayor and the City Clerk are authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the City, a contract with the Agent. Upon merger or consolidation of the Agent with another corporation, if the resulting corporation is a bank or trust company authorized by law to conduct such business, such corporation shall be authorized to act as successor Agent. The City agrees to pay the reasonable and customary charges of the Agent for the services performed. The City reserves the right to remove the Agent upon thirty (30) days notice and upon the appointment of a successor Agent, in which event the predecessor Agent shall delilver all cash and Bonds in its possession to the successor Agent and shall deliver the bond register to the successor Agent. 2.05. Bonds maturing in the years 1987 through 1994 shall not be subject to redemption prior to maturity, but Bonds maturing in the years 1995 through 1996 shall be subject to redemption and prepayment at the option of the City, in whole or in part, in inverse order of maturity dates and by lot, assigned in proportion to their principal amount, within any maturity, on February 1, 1994, and any interest payment date thereafter at a price equal to the principal amount thereof and accrued interest to the date of redemption. Prior to the date set for redemption of any Bond prior to its stated maturity date, the Clerk shall cause notice of the call for redemption thereof to be published as required by law and, at least 30 days prior to the designated redemption date, shall cause notice of the call to be mailed to the registered holders of any Bonds to be redeemed at their addresses as they appear on the bond register described in Section 2.03 hereof. 2.06. The Bonds shall be prepared under the direction of the City Clerk and shall be executed on behalf of the City by the signatures of the Mayor and the City Clerk, provided that all signatures may be printed, engraved or' lithographed facsimiles of the originals. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature shall appear on the Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of any • • • • O Th Bond, such signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if he had remained in office until delivery. No Bond shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any security or benefit under this resolution unless and until a certificate of authentica- tion on such Bond shall have been duly executed by an autho- rized representative of the Agent. Certificates of authentication on different Bonds need not be signed by the Same representative. The executed certificate of authentication on each Bond shall be conclusive evidence that it has been authenticated and delivered under this Resolution. 2.07. The Bonds shall be printed in substantially the following form: a • a • [Face of the Bonds] UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF WASHINGTON CITY OF STILLWATER GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE BOND, SERIES 1984 Date of Rate Maturity Original Issue October 1, 1984 Registered Owner. Principal Amount: Dollars CUSI P KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the City of Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota, acknowledges itself to be indebted and for value received hereby promises to pay to the registered owner specified above, or registered assigns, the principal amount specified above on the maturity date specified above, with interest thereon from the date hereof at the annual rate specified above, such interest payable on February 1 and August 1 in each year, commencing August 1, 1985, to the person in whose name this Bond is registered at the close of business on the 15th day (whether or not a business day) of the immediately preceding month, all subject to the provisions referred to herein with respect to the redemption of the principal of this Bond before maturity. The interest hereon and, upon presentation and surrender hereof, the principal hereof are payable in lawful money of the United States of America by check or draft by , in , as Bond Registrar and Paying Agent, or its designated successor. For the prompt and full payment of such principal and interest as the same respectively become due, the full faith and credit and taxing powers of the City have been and are hereby irrevocably pledged. Additional provisions of this Bond are contained on the reverse hereof and such provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place. e. • a e • • EMS This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under the resolution authorizing its issuance until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been executed by the Bond Registrar by manual signature of one of its authorized representatives. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be executed on its behalf by the facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Clerk, and has caused this Bond to be dated as of the date set forth below. Dated: Attest: CITY OF STILLWATER, MINNESOTA (facsimile) Mayor (facsimile) City Clerk CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Bonds delivered pursuant to the resolution mentioned within. By Authorized Representative [Reverse of the Bonds) This Bond is one of an issue in the aggregate principal amount of $675,000, all of like date and tenor, a • 1 • • AIN e s • except as to maturity date, redemption privilege, interest rate and denomination, and issued for the purpose of financing various capital projects within the City, and is issued pursuant to and in full conformity with the Constitution and laws of th State of Minnesota thereunto enabling, including Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 475, and pursuant to the City Charter of the City and resolutions duly adopted by the City Council, including an authorizing resolution of the City Council adopted September 11, 1984 (the Resolution). Bonds of this issue maturing in 1994 and earlier years are payable on their respective stated maturity dates without option of prior payment, but Bonds having stated maturity dates in 1995 and later years are each subject to redemption and prepayment at the option of the City, in whole or in part, and if in part in inverse order of maturity dates and by lot, assigned in proportion to their principal amount, within any maturity, on February 1, 1994 and any interest payment date thereafter, at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to the date of redemption. Prior to the date specified for the redemption of any Bond prior to its stated maturity date, the City will cause notice of the call for redemption to be published as required by law, and, at least 30 days prior to the designated redemption date, will cause notice of the call to be mailed to the registered owner of any Bond to be redeemed at his address as it appears on the bond register maintained by the Bond Registrar. Upon partial redemption of any Bond, a new Bond or Bonds will be delivered to the owner without charge, representing the remaining principal amount outstanding. As provided in the Resolution, and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Bond is transferrable upon the books of the City at the principal office of the Bond Registrar, by the registered owner hereof in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender hereof together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar, duly executed by the registered owner or his attorney; and may also be surrendered in exchange for Bonds of other authorized denominations. Upon such transfer or exchange the City will cause a new Bond or Bonds to be issued in the name of the transferee or registered owner, of the same aggregate principal amount, bearing interest at the same rate and maturing on the same date, subject to reimbursement for any tax, fee or governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer or exchange. The Bonds of this series are issuable only as fully registered bonds, in denominations of $5,000 or any multiple thereof, of single maturities. Y • m • • The City and the Bond Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name this Bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof, whether this Bond is overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and neither the City nor the Bond Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED, COVENANTED AND AGREED that all acts, conditions and things required by the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota, and the Charter of the City, to be done, to exist, to happen and to be performed preliminary to and in the issuance of this Bond in order to make it a valid and binding general obligation of the City in accordance with its terms, have been done, do exist, have happened and have been performed as so required; that, prior to the issuance hereof, the City has levied ad valorem taxes on all taxable property within the corporate limits of the City, which taxes are collectible for the years and in amounts sufficient to produce sums not less than 5% in excess of the principal of and interest on the Bonds of this issue when due, and has appropriated such taxes to the payment of such principal and interest; that if necessary for payment of such principal and interest, additional ad valorem taxes are required to be levied upon all taxable property in the City, without limitation as to rate or amount; and that theissuance of this Bond does not cause the indebtedness of the City to exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation. (form of certificate to be printed on the reverse side of each Bond, following a full copy of the legal opinion) We certify that the above is a full, true and correct copy of the legal opinion rendered by bond counsel on the issue of Bonds of the City of Stillwater, Minnesota, which includes the within Bond, dated as of the date of delivery of and payment for the Bonds. (Facsimile Signature) (FacsimileSignature) City Clerk The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: e • • 7 • • r+ TEN COM -- as tenants UNTF GIFT MIN ACT Custodian in common (Cust) (Minor) TEN ENT -- as tenants by entireties JT TEN • as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common Act under Uniform Gifts to Minors (state) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. -10- • 1 • a L ASSIGNMENT Por value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the within Bond and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said Bond on the books kept for registration of the within Bond, with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: Notice: The assignor's signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Bond in every particular, without alteration or any change whatever. Signature Guaranteed: Signatures) must be guaranteed by a national bank or trust company or by a brokerage firm having a membership in one of the major stock exchanges. The Bond Registrar will not effect transfer of this Bond unless the information concerning the assignee requested below is provided. Name and -Address: (Include informationfor all joint owners if the Bonds are held by joint account) Please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee • • I a a • • IP I Section 3. 1984 Corporate Purpose Bond Account. The Bonds shall be payable from a separate and special 1984 Corporate Purpose Bond Account in the Sinking Fund of the City (the Account), which is hereby established and which the City agrees to maintain until the Bonds have been pr:id in full. If the money in the Account should at any time be insufficient to pay principal and interest due on the Bonds, such amounts shall be paid from other moneys on hand in the General Fund or any other funds of the City that are available for that purpose, and the General Fund or such other funds shall be reimbursed therefor when sufficient money becomes available in the Account. The moneys on hand in the Account from time to time shall be used only to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds. Into the Account shall be paid all Bond proceeds in excess of $662,000, all taxes collected pursuant to Section 4 hereof, any excess Bond proceeds remaining after completion of the projects financed by the Bonds, and all other moneys appropriated thereto. Section 4. Pledge of Taxing Powers. The full faith and credit and taxing powers of the City are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds when due. For the purpose of producing sums which will be not less than 5% in excess of the principal of and interest on the Bonds when due, there is hereby levied upon all taxable property within the corporate limits of the City, a direct, annual, ad valorem tax to be spread upon the tax rolls of the City in each of the years set forth below, in the amounts set forth opposite such years, to be collected with and as a part of other general taxes of the City, in the respective succeeding collection years; Levy Year Collection Year Amount 1984 _ 1985 $86,206 286,206 1985 1986 1986 1987 104,733 1987 1988 57,955 1988 1989 57,000 1989 1990 - 98,044 1990 1991 93,267 1991 1992 119,989 1992 1993 149,095 1993 1994 101,357 1994 1995 114,713 Said tax shall be irrepealable so long as any of the Bonds are outstanding and unpaid; provided, that the City reserves the right and power to reduce the levies in the manner and to the _12_ w a • • extent permitted by Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.61. The City also recognizes and reaffirms its pledge of the full faith and credit of the City to the payment of the Bonds and, in the event that said tax does not prove sufficient to pay said principal and interest, the City will promptly levy additional ad valorem taxes upon all taxable property within the corporate limits of the City as necessary for such payment, without limitation as to rate or amount. Section 5. Defeasance. When all of the Bonds issued have been discharged as provided in this Section 5, all pledges, covenants and other rights granted by this resolution to the holders of the Bonds shall cease. The City may discharge its obligations with respect to any Bonds which are due on any date by depositing with the Agent, on or before that date, a sum sufficient for the payment of principal thereof and interest thereon in full, or, if the principal of or interest on any Bond shall not be paid when due, it may nevertheless be discharged by depositing with the Agent a sum sufficient for the payment thereof in full with interest accrued to the date of such deposit. The City may also at any time discharge its obligations with respect to any Bonds, subject to the provisions of law now or hereafter authorizing and regulating such action, by depositing irrevocably in escrow, with a bank qualified by law as an escrow agent for this purpose,- cash or securities which are authorized by law to be so deposited, bearing interest payable at such times and at such rates and maturing on such dates as shall be required to pay all principal and interest, if any, to become due thereon to maturity or earlier redemption. Section 6. Registration of Bonds. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the County Auditor of Washington County, together with such additional information as he shall require, and to.obtain from said County Auditor a certificate stating that the Bonds have been duly entered upon his bond register and that the tax required for the payment thereof has been levied and filed as required by law. Section 7. Authentication of Transcript. The officers of the City and the County Auditor are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and furnish to the purchasers of the Bonds and to the attorneys rendering an opinion as to the legality thereof certified copies of all proceedings and records relating to the authorization and issuance of the Bonds and to the financial condition and affairs of the City and such other affidavits, certificates and information as may be required to show the facts relating to the legality and marketability of the Bonds, as the same appear -13- • I 0 0 • • from the books and records in their custody and control or as otherwise known to them, and all such certified copies, affidavits and certificates, including any heretofore furnished, shall be deemed representations of the City as to the correctness of all statements contained therein. Section 8. Arbitrage. 8.01. The City covenants and agrees with the holders from time to time of the Bonds, that it will not take or permit to be taken by any of its officers, employees or agents any action that would cause the interest payable on the Bonds to become subject to taxation under the Code and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, as now existing or herein- after amended or proposed and in effect at the time of such action, and that it will take or it will cause its officers, employees or agents to take all affirmative actions within its powers that may be necessary to insure that such interest will not become subject to taxation under the Code and said Treasury Regulations. 8.02. The Mayor and the City Clerk, being the officers of the City charged with the responsibility for issuing the Bonds pursuant to this resolution, are authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the purchaser a certification in order to satisfy the provisions of Section 103(c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. Such certification shall state that, on the basis of the facts, estimates and circumstances in existence on the date of issue and delivery of the Bonds as therein set forth, it is not expected that the proceeds of the Bonds will be used in a manner that would cause the Bonds to be arbitrage bonds within the meaning of the Code and said Treasury Regulations, and the certification shall further state that, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the certifying officers, there are no other facts, estimates or circumstances that would materially change such expectation. Passed: September 11, 1984. Atte ,f/ ,4t Mayor City Coordinator / Acting City Clerk Publish--10-10-84 -14- e e •