RES 1980-109 - 00006594174
RESOLUTION NO. 109 - 1980
A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE SALE AND ISSUANCE OF INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS UNDER THE MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT ACT TO FINANCE A PROJECT THEREUNDER, SECURED BY PAY-
MENTS TO BE RECEIVED PURSUANT TO A LOAN AGREEMENT AND A PLEDGE
AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE CITY'S INTEREST IN THE LOAN AGREEMENT AND
PAYMENTS THEREUNDER TO A TRUSTEE, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION
OF DOCUMENTS (FARMERS UNION GRAIN TERMINAL ASSOCIATION)
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Fridley, Minnesota (the '
"City "), as follows:
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION AND RECITALS
1.01. General Authority
The City is, authorized by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 474, as amended (the
"Act "), to issue and sell its revenue bonds and to make secured or unsecured
loans to finance the acquisition of real property and the acquisition or
construction of buildings and improvements on such real property and the
installation of machinery and equipment of any and all kinds and any other
personal properties deemed necessary in connection with a project, as defined
in the Act.
1.02. Proposed Project and Bonds
Representatives of Dain Bosworth Incorporated (the Underwriter) and Farmers
Union Grain Terminal Association (the Company), a Minnesota cooperative
corporation, have proposed that the City, acting under and pursuant to the
Act, issue and sell its $6,000,000 Industrial Development Revenue Bonds
(Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association Project), Series 1980 (the Bonds),
for the purpose of defraying the costs of constructing improvements to
certain real property and installing thereon and therein items of machinery,
equipment and other personal property (the Project) suitable and to be used '
in conjunction with the existing facilities of the Company, as a facility for
the processing of agricultural and food products. Pursuant to the proposal
the proceeds of the Bonds will be loaned by the City to the Company and the
Company agrees to make payments sufficient to pay the principal of and
interest on the Bonds. The City will assign its interest in the Loan
Agreement (as hereinafter defined) to a Trustee (as hereinafter defined).
1.03. Prior Approval
On February 26, 1979, this Council adopted a resolution giving preliminary
approval to the Project and authorizing preparation of necessary documents.
1.04. Project Cost
The Company and the Underwriter have advised this Council and this Council
hereby finds that the estimated costs of the Project at the present time are
approximately as follows:
Building Construction 644,000
Machinery and Equipment 4,550,357
Engineering 500,000
Legal and Underwriting 162,000
Contingency 143,143
Total $6,000,000 ,
All costs of the Project in excess of the proceeds of the Bonds available
therefor are required to be paid by the Company.
1.05. Documentation
Forms of the following documents relating to the Project have been prepared
and submitted to this Council and are hereby directed to be filed with the
City Manager:
A. A Loan Agreement (the Loan Agreement), dated as of October 1, 1980,
proposed to be made and entered into between the City and the Company
pursuant to which the City loans the proceeds of the Bonds to the Company;
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B. An Indenture of Trust (the Indenture), dated as of October 1, 1980,
proposed to be made and entered into between the City and the First Trust
Company of Saint Paul, in St. Paul, Minnesota (the Trustee), creating and
authorizing the issuance and establishing the terms and conditions of the
Bonds;
C. A Bond Purchase Agreement (the Bond Purchase Agreement) proposed to be
executed by the Company, the City and the Underwriter, pursuant to which
the Underwriter agrees to purchase the Bonds; and
D. A Preliminary Official Statement (the Preliminary Official Statement),
dated as of October 2, 1980, whereby the Underwriter offers the Bonds for
sale.
SECTION 2. FINDINGS
It
is hereby found, determined and declared that:
A.
The Project, as defined herein and in the Loan Agreement, constitutes a
project authorized by Section 474.02, Subdivision 1, of the Act;
B.
The purpose of the Project is and the effect thereof will be to promote
the public welfare by encouraging the location and development of
economically sound industry and commerce within the City so as to
prevent, so far as possible, the emergence of blighted and marginal lands
and areas of chronic unemployment; by promotion the use of available
resources of the community thereby retaining the benefit of its existing
investment in educational and public service facilities, by discouraging
the movement of talented, educated personnel of mature age to other
areas, thus preserving the economic and human resources needed as a base
for providing governmental services and facilities; and by encouraging
more intensive development of land available in the City to provide an
adequate and better balanced tax base to finance the increase in the
amount and cost of governmental services;
C.
The Project is to be located within the City limits, at a site which is
readibly accessible to employees residing within the City and the
surrounding community;
D.
The Project when completed will add to the tax base of the City and
overlapping taxing jurisdictions;
E.
The Project has been approved by the Commissioner of Securities of the
State of Minnesota, as tending to further the purposes and policies of
the Act;
F. The financing of the Project, the issuance and sale of the Bonds in the
principal amount of $6,000,000, the execution and delivery of the Loan
Agreement, the Indenture and the Bond Purchase Agreement and the
performance of all covenants and agreements of the City contained in the
Loan Agreement, the Indenture and the Bond Purchase Agreement and of all
other acts and things required under the Constitution and laws of the
State of Minnesota to make the Loan Agreement, the Indenture, the Bond
Purchase Agreement and the Bonds valid and binding obligations in
accordance with their terms, are authorized by the Act;
G. It is desirable that the Bonds in the amount of $6,000,000 be issued by
the City upon the terms set forth in the Indenture, under the provisions
of which the City's interest in the Loan Agreement and the payments
thereunder will be pledged to the Trustee as security for the payment of
the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds;
H. The loan payments contained in the Loan Agreement are fixed, and are
required to be revised from time to time as necessary, so as to produce
income and revenue sufficient to provide for prompt payment of principal
of and interest on all Bonds issued under the Indenture when due; and the
Loan Agreement also provides that the Company is required to pay all
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expenses of the operation and maintenance of the Project, including, but
without limitation, adequate insurance thereon and insurance against all
liability for injury to persons or property arising from the operation
thereof, and all taxes and special assessments levied upon or with
respect to the Project site and payable during the term of the Loan
Agreement; and
I. Under the provisions of Section 474.10 of the Act and as provided in the
Loan Agreement and the Indenture, the Bonds are not to be payable from
nor charged upon any funds of the City other than the revenue pledged to
the payment thereof; the City is not subject to any liability thereon and
no holders of the Bonds shall ever have the right to compel any exercise
of the taxing powers of the City to pay any of the Bonds or the interest
thereon nor to enforce payment thereof against any property of the City'
the Bonds shall not constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance, legal or
equitable, upon any property of the City except its interest in the Loan
Agreement; each Bond issued under the Indenture shall recite that the
Bonds, including interest thereon, are payable solely from the revenues
pledged to the payment thereof; and no Bond shall constitute a debt of
the City within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation.
SECTION 3. AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT, LOAN AGREEMENT,
INDENTURE, BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL
STATEMENT
The City is hereby authorized to provide for the acquisition, construction
and equipment of the Project and pledge and assign the revenues therefrom and
its interest in the Loan Agreement, all as provided in the Loan Agreement and
the Indenture. The form of Loan Agreement, Indenture and Bond Purchase
Agreement referred to in Section 1.05 are approved subject to such
modifications as are deemed appropriate and approved by the City Attorney,
the Mayor and the City Manager, which approval shall be conclusively
evidenced by execution of the Loan Agreement, the Indenture, the Bond
Purchase Agreement and the Bonds by the Mayor and the City Manager. The
Mayor and the City Manager are directed to execute the Loan Agreement upon
execution thereof by the Company; the Indenture upon execution thereof by the
Trustee; and the Bond Purchase Agreement upon execution thereof by the
Underwriter and the Company. Copies of all of the documents shall be
delivered, filed and recorded as provided therein. The Mayor and the City
Manager are also authorized and directed to execute such other instruments as
may be required to give effect to the transaction herein contemplated. The
Preliminary Official Statement is hereby approved and the preparation and
distribution of a final Official Statement is hereby authorized.
SECTION 4. THE BONDS; SALE AND EXECUTION
4.01. Approval of Purchase Price, Interest Rates and Other Matters
The purchase price of $5,805,000, the interest rates, maturity dates and
redemption features relating to the Bonds set forth in the Indenture
presented at this meeting are hereby approved.
4.02. Authorization
In anticipation of the collection of revenues of the Project, the City shall
proceed forthwith to issue its Bonds dated as of October 1, 1980, in the form
and upon the terms set forth in the Indenture and this resolution.
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4.03. Execution .
The Mayor and the City Manager are hereby authorized and directed to execute
the Bonds as prescribed herein and in the Indenture and to deliver them to
the Trustee, together with a certified copy of this resolution, the other
documents required in the Indenture, and such other certificates, documents
and instruments as may be appropriate to effect the transaction herein
contemplated.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 20TH DAY
OF OCTOBER, 1980.
MAYOR - WILLIAM J.
ATTEST:
ACTING CITY CLERK - NASIM M. QURESHI
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