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Res 71 - 437 Issuance & Delivery of $340,000 Temporary Improvement Bonds, Series 1971Following discussion of the bids, Member Walter Gutrmer intro- duced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO 435 RESOLUTION AWARDING SALE OF $340,000 TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENT BONDS, SERIES 1971 BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Men- dota Heights, Minnesota, that the bid of the ,American National Bank & Trust Company �. of St. Paul i 14iunesota , and associates named therein, to purchase $34o,o00 Temporary Improvement Bonds, Series 1971 of the Village to be dated November 1, 1971, and to be issued as speci- fied in the notice of sale heretofore published, is hereby found and declared to be the bid most favorable to the Village received pursuant to due notice, and should be and is hereby accepted, said bid being to purchase the bonds at a price of $ 337.790.00 , *and accrued interest, all bonds to bear interest at the rate of 3,5 % per annum, g'&AX)flqftb[3 and directed to endorse an acceptance on said bid and on a copy there- of, and to return such copy to the bidder. The Treasurer is directed to retain the good faith check of said bidder pending completion and delivery of the bonds, and the good faith checks of other bidders shall be forthwith returned to them. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Member Bob Lockwood , and upon vote being taken there- on, the following voted in favor thereof: all yes and the following voted against the same: Nona whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. Member Walt Gutsmer introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 437�� RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE IT87 ilYCE AND DELIVERY OF $34o,000 TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENT BONDS, SERIES 1971 BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of Men- dota Heights, Minnesota, as follows: 1. It is hereby found, determined and declared that the Vil- lage of Mendota Heights has.heretofore issued $1,550,000 Temporary Improvement Bonds, Series 1970, dated June 1, 1970, under terms and conditions as specified in the resolution authorizing the issuance and delivery of said temporary bonds, duly passed by this Council on May 5, 1970. Out of said bond proceeds, the sum of $$75,000 was credited to -2- 9 the 111970 Improvement Fund", a separate and special fund created by the Village by resolution duly adopted on June 2, 1970, to defray the costs of construction of the 1970 Improvement (Eagle Ridge, Willow Springs -Breckenridge, and School). To complete the financing of that portion of the 1970 Improvement in the vicinity of the New Sibley High School, as fully described in Resolution No. 295, adopted January 6, 1970, it is now necessary to borrow $340,000 by the issu- ance of general obligation temporary improvement bonds of the Village in accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Section 429.091, subd. 3, as amended; and this Council has awarded the sale of said bonds to the American National Bank b Trust Company b Associates of St. pain,, Minnesota, on the terms and conditions set forth in this resolution. 2. The.1970 Improvement Fund created by resolution of June 2, 1970 shall be continued upon the books of the Village, and into said fund shall be paid the sum of $337,000 from the proceeds of the bonds herein authorized, the collections of all special assessments heretofore or hereafter levied on account of said Improvement, and any other moneys which this Council may appropriate to defray the' expenses connected with the Improvement. 3. Upon completion and payment of all costs of making the Improvement, the 1970 Improvement Fund shall be discontinued, and all moneys therein shall be paid into the Temporary Improvement Bond Fund of the Village created by the resolution of this Council adopted on June 6, 1967, which shall constitute a separate and special debt're- demption fund, to be maintained as long as any of the bonds herein authorized remain unpaid, the moneys therein to be used only for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds herein authorized and on any additional bonds heretofore or hereafter issued and made payable from said fund. After discontinuance of said Improvement Fund, and as long as any of said bonds shall remain unpaid, the col- lections of all general ad valorem taxes and special assessments pre- viously required to be paid into the discontinued fund shall be paid into said Temporary Improvement Bond Fund, or, if any definitive im- provement bonds have been issued on account of said improvement, into a fund to be created for payment of such bonds. There shall be cre- dited directly to the Temporary Improvement Bond Fund out the proceeds of this issue any amount by which the purchase price exceeds $337,000, and any accrued interest received on the bonds. 4. The Village has heretofore levied special assessments in the principal amount of $1,173,778.8tor payment of the costs of the 1970 Improvement, which amount exceeds 20% of the cost of the improve- ment including those items of cost to be paid out of the proceeds of the bonds herein authorized. It is the intention of the Village to levy, on or before October , 1972, additional assessments in the principal amount of $ 600,000 . In the event that any such assess- ment shall be at any time held invalid with respect to any lot or tract of land, due to any error, defect or irregularity in any action or proceeding taken or to be taken by the Village or the Village Coun- cil or any of the Village officers or employees in the making of the- -3- assessment or the performance of any condition precedent thereto, the Village will do all such further acts and things and shall take all such further proceedings as shall be required by law to make such assessment a valid and binding lien upon the property assessed. 5. Not later than November 13 19742, the Council will by resolution provide for the issuance, sale and delivery of definitive improvement bonds, payable from such fund or funds as may be determined by the Council, for the purpose of providing moneys to pay and redeem all temporary improvement bonds payable from said Temporary Improve- ment Bond Fund which become due and payable on said date, so far as the same cannot be paid out of moneys then on hand in said fund. 6. The Village shall forthwith issue and deliver to the purchaser thereof its negotiable coupon general obligation Temporary Improvement Bonds, Series 1971, dated as of November 1, 1971, in the denomination of $53000 each and in the principal amount of $340,000, to be numbered from 1 to 68. Said bonds shall mature on November 1, 19'T4, and shall bear interest at the basic rate of 31/2 % per annum from date of issue until paid, , 1 13P 4a, all interest to be payable on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing on May 1, 1972. Each bond is subject to redemption and prepayment at the option of the Village on November 1, 19733 or May 1, 19743 at a price of par and accrued interest, on notice of call for redemption published not less than 30 days prior to the date spe- cified for redemption in a daily or weekly periodical published in a Minnesota city of the first class or its metropolitan area which cir- culates throughout the state and furnishes financial news as a part of its service. The Village Treasurer shall also mail notice of call for redemption to the bank at which principal and interest are then payable, but published notice shall be effective without mailing. The prinbipal of and interest on said bonds shall be payable at the American National Bank and Trust Company , in St. Paul , Minnesota, and the Village hereby agrees to pay the reasonable and customary charges of said paying agent for the receipt and disbursement thereof. 7. Said bonds and the coupons attached thereto shall be in substantially the following form: -4- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF. MINNESOTA COUNTY OF DAKOTA VILLAGE OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENT BOND, SERIES 1971 No. $5,000 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the Village of Mendota Heights, a duly organized and existing municipal corporation of the County of Dakota, State of Minnesota, acknowledges itself to be in- debted and for value received promises to pay to bearer the sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS on the 1st day of November, 1974, or on a date prior thereto on which this bond shall have been duly called for re- demption, and to pay interest thereon at the basic rate of per cent ( %) per annum from the date hereof until said principal sum be paid or until this bond be duly called for redemption �cxc�xxcxC3rxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 9 said interest being payable on each May 1 and November 1, commencing on May 1, 1972, interest to maturity being represented by and payable in accordance with and upon presentation and surrender of the interest coupons appurtenant hereto, which are in two sets, one representing interest at said basic rate to maturity, and the other, designated as "B" coupons, representing interest at said additional rate for the limited period stated above. Both principal and interest are payable at , in Minnesota, in any coin or currency of the United States of America which on the respective dates of payment is legal tender for public and private debts. For the prompt and full payment of such prin- cipal and interest as the same respectively become due the full faith, credit and taxing powers of the Village are hereby irrevocably pledged. This bond is one of an issue in the aggregate principal amount of $340,000, all of like date and tenor except as to serial number, all issued for the purpose of defraying expenses incurred and to be incurred in constructing local improvements in said Village here- tofore duly ordered and contracted to be made in accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429, and is issued pursuant to -and in full conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota thereunto enabling, and pursuant to resolutions duly adopt- ed by the Village Council. This bond.is payable primarily from the Temporary Improvement Bond Fund of said Village, to which fund there have been irrevocably appropriated the special assessments to be levied in respect of the improvement financed by said issue, and into which fund there are to be paid the proceeds of definitive improvement bonds which the Village is required by law to issue at or prior to the matur- ity of this bond for the purpose of refunding the same so far as the collections of taxes and special assessments on hand in said fund are not sufficient for the payment thereof. —5— All bonds of this issue are each subject to redemption and prepayment at the'option of the Village on November 1, 1973 or May 1, 1974, at par and accrued interest, on notice of call for redemption published not less than 30 days before the date specified for redemp- tion in a financial newspaper published in a Minnesota,city of the first class, or its metropolitan area. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED, COVENANTED AND AGREED that all acts, conditions and things required by the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota to be done, to exist, to happen and to be performed preliminary to and in the issuance of this bond in order to make it a valid and binding general obligation of said Village accord- ing to its terms have been done, do exist, have happened and have been performed as so required; that ad valorem taxes, if needed for the payment of principal and interest, may be levied upon all taxable property -in the Village without limitation as to rate or amount; and that the issuance of this.bond did not cause the indebtedness of said Village to exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Village of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, by its Village Council, has caused this bond to be executed in its be- half by the signature of the Mayor,*attested by the signature of the Clerk, and by affixation hereto of its official seal, and the interest coupons appurtenant hereto and the certificate on the reverse side hereof to be executed and authenticated by the facsimile signatures of said officers, and has caused this bond to be dated November 1, 1971. Attest: Clerk Mayor (SEAL) (Form of Coupon) No. On the 1st day of May (November), 19 scribed below has been duly called for earlier of Mendota Heights, Dakota County,.Minnesota, E. , unless the bond de - redemption, the Village will pay to bearer at , in Minnesota, the sum shown hereon in lawful money of the United States of America for interest then due on its Temporary Improve- ment Bond, Series 1971, dated November 1, 1971. (Facsimile signature) Clerk (Facsimile signature) Mayor (Form of certificate to be printed on the back of each bond following the approving 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 Village of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, which includes the within bond, dated as of the date of delivery of and payment for the bonds. (Facsimile signature) (Facsimile signature) Clerk -6- Mayor 8. Said bonds shall be prepared for execution under the direction of the Village Clerk and executed on behalf of the Village by the signature of the Mayor, attested by the signature of the Vil- lage Clerk, and by affixation of the corporate seal of the Village on each bond, and the appurtenant interest coupons and the certificate as to opinion of bond counsel on the back of each bond shall be exe- cuted and authenticated by the printed, engraved or lithographed facsimile signatures of said Mayor and Clerk. When the bonds have been so executed and authenticated, they shall be delivered by the Village Treasurer to the purchaser thereof upon payment of the pur- _ chase price specified in the contract of sale, and the purchaser shall not be obligated to see to the application of the purchase price. 9. Each and all of the terms and provisions of this resolu- tion shall constitute a covenant and agreement on the part of the Village with the holders from time to time of each bond issued here- under. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed forthwith to file a certified copy of this resolution with the County Auditor of Dakota County, and to'obtain from the County Auditor a certificate that said bonds have been duly entered upon his register. 10. The officers of the Village and the County Auditor of Dakota County are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and fur- nish to the purchaser of the bonds issued hereunder, and to the attor- neys approving the legality of the issuance thereof, a certified copy of this resolution and of all other proceedings relating to said bonds, together with such affidavits, certificates and information as may be reasonably required to show the legality and marketability of said bonds, as such information appears from the books and records in their custody and control or as otherwise known to them, and all such certi- fied copies, certificates and affidavits shall be deemed representations of the Village as to the correctness of all statements contained therein. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Member Bob Lockwood , and upon vote being taken thereon, the following members voted in favor thereof: all yes and the following voted against the same: none whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. Member Bob Lockwood then introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: -7- r-