Loading...
City Council Resolution 2017-66CITY OF MONTICELLO WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2017-66 A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE SALE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2017A, IN THE ORIGINAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $590009000; FIXING THEIR FORM AND SPECIFICATIONS; DIRECTING THEIR EXECUTION AND DELIVERY; AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR PAYMENT. follows: BE IT RESOLVED By the City Council of the City of Monticello, Minnesota (the "City"), as Section 1. Sale of Bonds. 1.01. Abatement Bonds. (a) The City has determined to undertake infrastructure improvements primarily consisting of the construction of the Fallon Overpass in the City (the "Abatement Project"). (b) Under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 475, as amended, and Sections 469.1812 through 469.1815, as amended (collectively, the "Abatement Act"), the City is authorized to grant a property tax abatement on specified parcels in order to accomplish certain public purposes, including the provision or construction of public infrastructure. (c) Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the City Council of the City on June 26, 2017 (the "Abatement Resolution") following a duly noticed public hearing, the City Council approved a property tax abatement (the "Abatements") for certain property in the City (the "Abatement Parcels") over a period of fifteen (15) years, in an amount sufficient to pay the principal amount of bonds issued to finance the Abatement Project in an approximate principal amount of $9,000,000. (d) In the Abatement Resolution, the City found and determined that the Abatement Project benefits the Abatement Parcels, and that the maximum principal amount of bonds to be secured by Abatements does not exceed the estimated sum of Abatements from the Abatement Parcels for the term authorized under the Abatement Resolution. (e) It is necessary and expedient to the sound financial management of the affairs of the City to issue general obligation bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $2,960,000 (the "Abatement Bonds"), pursuant to the Abatement Act, to provide financing for a portion of the Abatement Project. 1.02. Improvement Bonds. (a) Certain assessable public improvements designated as the 2017 Street Improvements (the "Assessable Improvements") have been made, duly ordered or contracts let for the construction thereof pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 429 and 475, as amended (collectively, the "Improvement Act"). 504766v2 MNI MN190-154 (b) It is necessary and expedient to the sound financial management of the affairs of the City to issue general obligation bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $2,040,000 (the "Improvement Bonds"), pursuant to the Improvement Act, to provide financing for the Assessable Improvements. 1.03. Issuance of General Obligation Bonds. (a) The City Council finds it necessary and expedient to the sound financial management of the affairs of the City to issue the City's General Obligation Bonds, Series 2017A (the "Bonds"), in the original aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000, pursuant to the Abatement Act and the Improvement Act (together, the "Act"), to provide financing for the Abatement Project and the Assessable Improvements. (b) The City desires to proceed with the sale of the Bonds by direct negotiation with Northland Securities, Inc. (the "Purchaser"). The Purchaser will purchase the Bonds in an arm's-length commercial transaction with the City. The City hereby retains Blue Rose Capital Advisors, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota ("Blue Rose") to act as an independent financial advisor for the purpose of reviewing the pricing fairness associated with the purchase and subsequent reoffering of the Bonds. The Mayor and/or the City Administrator of the City is hereby authorized to execute an agreement with Blue Rose for an amount not to exceed $2,000. It being thus determined that the City has retained an independent financial advisor in connection with such sale, the City is authorized by Section 475.60, subdivision 2(9) of the Act to negotiate the sale of the Bonds. 1.04. Award to the Purchaser and Interest Rates. The proposal of the 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 $5,008,813.80 (par amount of $5,000,000, plus net original issue premium of $78,813.80, less underwriter's discount of $70,000.00), plus accrued interest to date of delivery, for Bonds bearing interest as follows: Year Interest Rate Year Interest Rate 2018 2.00% 2026 2.50% 2019 2.00 2027 2.50 2020 2.00 2028 2.50 2021 2.00 2029 2.60 2022 2.00 2030 3.00 2023 2.00 2031 3.00 2024 2.00 2032 3.00 2025 2.00 True interest cost: 2.4007017% 1.05. Purchase Contract. The Mayor and City Administrator are directed to execute a contract with the Purchaser on behalf of the City. 1.06. Terms and Princival Amounts of the Bonds. The City will forthwith issue and sell the Bonds, pursuant to the Act, in the total principal amount of $5,000,000, originally dated as of October 24, 2017, in the denomination of $5,000 each or any integral multiple thereof, numbered No. R-1, upward, 504766v2 MNI MN190-154 2 bearing interest as above set forth, and maturing serially on December 15 in the years and amounts as follows: Year Amount Year Amount 2018 $340,000 2026 $420,000 2019 365,000 2027 430,000 2020 370,000 2028 210,000 2021 380,000 2029 215,000 2022 385,000 2030 220,000 2023 390,000 2031 230,000 2024 400,000 2032 235,000 2025 410,000 (a) $2,960,000 of the Bonds (the Abatement Bonds), maturing on December 15 in the years and the amounts set forth below, will be used to finance the construction of the Abatement Project: Year Amount Year Amount 2018 $160,000 2026 $200,000 2019 175,000 2027 205,000 2020 175,000 2028 210,000 2021 180,000 2029 215,000 2022 185,000 2030 220,000 2023 185,000 2031 230,000 2024 190,000 2032 235,000 2025 195,000 (b) The remainder of the Bonds in the principal amount of $2,040,000 (the Improvement Bonds), maturing on December 15 in the years and the amounts set forth below, will be used to finance the construction of the Assessable Improvements: Year Amount Year Amount 2018 $180,000 2023 $205,000 2019 190,000 2024 210,000 2020 195,000 2025 215,000 2021 200,000 2026 220,000 2022 200,000 2027 225,000 1.05. Optional Redemption. The City may elect on December 15, 2026, and on any day thereafter to prepay Bonds due on or after December 15, 2027. 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 (as defined in Section 7 hereof) 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. 504766v2 MNI MN190-154 3 Section 2. Registration and Pavment. 2.01. 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. 2.02. Dates, Interest Pavment 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 June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 2018, to the registered owners of record thereof as of the close of business on the first day of the month of such interest payment date, whether or not such day is a business day. 2.03. Registration. The City will appoint a bond registrar, transfer agent, authenticating agent and paying agent (the "Registrar"). 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 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 504766v2 MNI MN190-154 4 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. (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 Destroved 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) Redemution. 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. 2.04. Atmointment of Initial Registrar. The City appoints U.S. Bank National Association, Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the initial Registrar. The Mayor and the City Administrator 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 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 City Council, the Finance Director must transmit to the Registrar moneys sufficient for the payment of all principal and interest then due. 2.05. Execution. Authentication and Deliverv. The Bonds will be prepared under the direction of the City Administrator and executed on behalf of the City by the signatures of the Mayor and the City Administrator, 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 504766v2 MNI MN 190-154 5 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 City Administrator will deliver the same to the Purchaser upon payment of the purchase price in accordance with the contract of sale heretofore made and executed, and the Purchaser is not obligated to see to the application of the purchase price. 2.06. Temvorary Bonds. The City may elect to deliver in lieu of printed definitive Bonds one or more typewritten temporary Bonds in substantially the form set forth in EXHIBIT A attached hereto with such changes as may be necessary to reflect more than one maturity in a single temporary bond. Upon the execution and delivery of definitive Bonds the temporary Bonds will be exchanged therefor and cancelled. Section 3. Form of Bond. 3.01. Execution of the Bonds. The Bonds will be printed or typewritten in substantially the form set forth in EXHIBIT A. 3.02. Approving Legal Opinion. The City Administrator is authorized and directed to obtain a copy of the proposed approving legal opinion of Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, Minneapolis, Minnesota, which is to be complete except as to dating thereof and cause the opinion to be printed on or accompany each Bond. Section 4. Payment: Security. Pledges and Covenants. 4.01. Debt Service Fund. The Bonds will be payable from the General Obligation Bonds, Series 2017A Debt Service Fund (the "Debt Service Fund") hereby created. The Debt Service Fund shall be administered and maintained by the Finance Director as a bookkeeping account separate and apart from all other funds maintained in the official financial records of the City. The City will maintain the following accounts in the Debt Service Fund: the "Abatement Account" and the "Assessable Improvements Account." Amounts in the Abatement Account are irrevocably pledged to the Abatement Bonds, and amounts in the Assessable Improvements Account are irrevocably pledged to the Improvement Bonds. (a) Abatement Account. Abatements from the Abatement Parcels and ad valorem taxes levied for the Abatement Project are hereby pledged to the Abatement Account of the Debt Service Fund. (b) Assessable Improvements Account. Ad valorem taxes hereinafter levied and special assessments (the "Assessments") collected for the Assessable Improvements are hereby pledged to the Assessable Improvements Account of the Debt Service Fund. 4.02. Construction Fund. The City hereby creates the General Obligation Bonds, Series 2017A Construction Fund (the "Construction Fund"). The City will maintain the following accounts in the Construction Fund: the "Abatement Account" and the "Assessable Improvements Account." Amounts in the Abatement Account are irrevocably pledged to the Abatement Bonds, and amounts in the Assessable Improvements Account are irrevocably pledged to the Improvement Bonds. (a) Abatement Account. Proceeds of the Abatement Bonds, less the appropriations made in Section 4.01(a) hereof, together with any other funds appropriated for the Abatement Project, Abatements from the Abatement Parcels and ad valorem taxes collected during the 504766v2 MNI MN 190-154 6 construction of the Abatement Project, will be deposited in the Abatement Account of the Construction Fund to be used solely to defray expenses of the Abatement Project. When the Abatement Project is completed and the cost thereof paid, the Abatement Account of the Construction Fund is to be closed and any funds remaining may be deposited in the Abatement Account of the Debt Service Fund. (b) Assessable Imorovements Account. Proceeds of the Improvement Bonds, less the appropriations made in Section 4.01(b) hereof, together with any other funds appropriated for the Assessable Improvements, ad valorem taxes, and Assessments collected during the construction of the Assessable Improvements, will be deposited in the Assessable Improvements Account of the Construction Fund to be used solely to defray expenses of the Assessable Improvements and the payment of principal of and interest on the Improvement Bonds prior to the completion and payment of all costs of the Assessable Improvements. Any balance remaining in the Assessable Improvements Account after completion of the Assessable Improvements may be used to pay the cost in whole or in part of any other improvement instituted under the Improvement Act, under the direction of the City Council. When the Assessable Improvements are completed and the cost thereof paid, the Assessable Improvements Account of the Construction Fund is to be closed and any subsequent collections of Assessments and ad valorem taxes for the Assessable Improvements are to be deposited in the Assessable Improvements Account of the Debt Service Fund. 4.03. City Covenants with Resoect to the Imurovement Bonds. It is hereby determined that the Assessable Improvements will directly and indirectly benefit abutting property, and the City hereby covenants with the holders from time to time of the Bonds as follows: (a) The City will cause the Assessments for the Assessable Improvements to be promptly levied so that the first installment for the Assessable Improvements will be collectible not later than 2018 and will take all steps necessary to assure prompt collection, and the levy of the Assessments is hereby authorized. The City Council will cause to be taken with due diligence all further actions that are required for the construction of each Assessable Improvement financed wholly or partly from the proceeds of the Improvement Bonds, and will take all further actions necessary for the final and valid levy of the Assessments and the appropriation of any other funds needed to pay the Improvement Bonds and interest thereon when due. (b) In the event of any current or anticipated deficiency in Assessments and ad valorem taxes, the City Council will levy additional ad valorem taxes in the amount of the current or anticipated deficiency. (c) The City will keep complete and accurate books and records showing receipts and disbursements in connection with the Assessable Improvements, Assessments and ad valorem taxes levied therefor and other funds appropriated for their payment, collections thereof and disbursements therefrom, monies on hand and, the balance of unpaid Assessments. (d) The City will cause its books and records to be audited at least annually and will furnish copies of such audit reports to any interested person upon request. (e) At least twenty percent (20%) of the cost to the City of the Assessable Improvements described herein will be specially assessed against benefited properties. 504766v2 MNI MN190-154 7 4.04. General Obligation Pledge. For the prompt and full payment of the principal and interest on the Bonds, as the same respectively become due, the full faith, credit and taxing powers of the City will be and are hereby irrevocably pledged. If the balance in the Debt Service Fund is ever insufficient to pay all principal and interest then due on the Bonds and any other bonds payable therefrom, the deficiency will be promptly paid out of monies in the general fund of the City which are available for such purpose, and such general fund may be reimbursed with or without interest from the Debt Service Fund when a sufficient balance is available therein. 4.05. Pledge of Tax Levv. For the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on the Bonds, there is levied a direct annual irrepealable ad valorem tax (the "Taxes") upon all of the taxable property in the City, which will be spread upon the tax rolls and collected with and as part of other general taxes of the City. The Taxes will be credited on a pro rata basis to the Abatement Account and the Assessable Improvements Account of the Debt Service Fund above provided and will be in the years and amounts as attached hereto as EXHIBIT B. 4.06. Certification to Countv Auditor/Treasurer as to Debt Service Fund Amount. It is hereby determined that the estimated collections of Abatements from the Abatement Parcels, Taxes and Assessments 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. The tax levy herein provided is irrepealable until all of the Bonds are paid, provided that at the time the City makes its annual tax levies the Finance Director may certify to the County Auditor/Treasurer of Wright County, Minnesota (the "County Auditor/Treasurer") the amount available in the Debt Service Fund to pay principal and interest due during the ensuing year, and the County Auditor/Treasurer will thereupon reduce the levy collectible during such year by the amount so certified. 4.07. Registration of Resolution. The City Administrator is authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the County Auditor/Treasurer and to obtain the certificate required by Section 475.63 of the Act. Section 5. Authentication of Transcriat. 5.01. Citv Proceedings and Records. The officers of the City are authorized and directed to prepare and furnish to the 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. 5.02. Certification as to Official Statement. The Mayor, the City Administrator, 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. 5.03. Other Certificates. The Mayor, the City Administrator, and the Finance Director are hereby authorized and directed to furnish to the 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 Administrator, and the Finance Director shall also execute and deliver to the Purchaser a suitable 504766v2 MNI MN 190-154 8 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. Section 6. Tax Covenant. 6.01. 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 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, in effect at the time of 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. 6.02. No Rebate Required. (a) The City will comply with 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, if the Bonds (together with other obligations reasonably expected to be issued in calendar year 2017) exceed the small -issuer exception amount of $5,000,000. (b) For purposes of qualifying for the small issuer exception to the federal arbitrage rebate requirements, the City finds, determines and declares that the aggregate face amount of all tax-exempt bonds (other than private activity bonds) issued by the City (and all subordinate entities of the City) during the calendar year in which the Bonds are issued and outstanding at one time is not reasonably expected to exceed $5,000,000, all within the meaning of Section 148(f)(4)(D) of the Code. 6.03. Not Private Activitv Bonds. The City further covenants not to use the proceeds of the Bonds or to cause or permit them or any of them to be used, in such a manner as to cause the Bonds to be "private activity bonds" within the meaning of Sections 103 and 141 through 150 of the Code. 6.04. Oualified Tax-Exemut Obligations. In order to qualify the Bonds as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code, the City makes the following factual statements and representations: (a) the Bonds are not "private activity bonds" as defined in Section 141 of the Code; (b) the City designates the Bonds as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code; (c) the reasonably anticipated amount of tax-exempt obligations (other than private activity bonds that are not qualified 501(c)(3) bonds) which will be issued by the City (and all subordinate entities of the City) during calendar year 2017 will not exceed $10,000,000; and (d) not more than $10,000,000 of obligations issued by the City during calendar year 2017 have been designated for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code. 504766v2 MNI MN 190-154 9 6.05. 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 7. Book -Entry Svstem; Limited Obligation of Citv. 7.01. 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 Section 1.06 hereof. 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 The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, and its successors and assigns ("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. 7.02. Particinants. 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 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 Administrator 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 Administrator will promptly deliver a copy of the same to the Registrar and Paying Agent. 7.03. Reuresentation Letter. The City has heretofore executed and delivered to DTC a Blanket Issuer 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. 7.04. Transfers Outside Book -Entry Svstem. 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 504766v2 MN1 MN 190-154 10 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. 7.05. Pavments 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 8. Continuine Disclosure. 8.01. Execution of Continuine Disclosure Certificate. "Continuing,_ Disclosure Certificate' means that certain Continuing Disclosure Certificate executed by the Mayor and City Administrator and dated the date of issuance and delivery of the Bonds, as originally executed and as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. 8.02. Citv Compliance with Provisions of Continuine 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 9. Defeasance. When all Bonds and all interest thereon have been discharged as provided in this section, all pledges, covenants and other rights granted by this resolution to the holders of the Bonds will cease, except that the pledge of the full faith and credit of the City for the prompt and full payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds will remain in full force and effect. The City may discharge all Bonds which are due on any date by depositing with the Registrar on or before that date a sum sufficient for the payment thereof in full. If any Bond should not be paid when due, it may nevertheless be discharged by depositing with the Registrar a sum sufficient for the payment thereof in full with interest accrued to the date of such deposit. ADOPTED BYthe City Council of the City of Monticello, Minnesota, this 25th day of September, 2017. rB ian Stumpf, Ma r ATTEST: Jeff,97 I, City Administrator 504766v MNI MN190-154 I I Extract of Minutes of Meeting of the City Council of the City of Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Monticello, Minnesota, was duly held in the City Hall in said City on September 25, 2017, commencing at 6:30 P.M. The following members were present: Mayor Stumpf and Members: Hilgart, Fair, Davidson, Gabler and the following were absent: None The resolution was presented by Member Hilgart, who moved its adoption; The motion for the adoption of the consent agenda was duly seconded by Member Fair, and upon vote being taken thereon the following members voted in favor of the motion: Mayor Stumpf and Members: Hilgart, Fair, Davidson, Gabler and the following voted against: None whereupon the resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. 504766v2 MNI MN190-154 12 EXHIBIT A FORM OF BOND No. R- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA $ STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF WRIGHT CITY OF MONTICELLO GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND SERIES 2017A Date of Rate Maturitv Original Issue CUSIP December 15, 20_ October 24, 2017 614468 Registered Owner: Cede & Co. The City of Monticello, Minnesota, a duly organized and existing municipal corporation in Wright County, Minnesota (the "City"), acknowledges itself to be indebted and for value received hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner specified above or registered assigns, the principal sum of $ on the maturity date specified above, with interest thereon from the date hereof at the annual rate specified above, payable June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing June 15, 2018, to the person in whose name this Bond is registered at the close of business on the first day (whether or not a business day) of the month of such interest payment date. 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 U.S. Bank National Association, Saint Paul, Minnesota, as Bond Registrar, Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Authenticating Agent, or its designated successor under the Resolution described herein. 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. The City may elect on December 15, 2026, and on any day thereafter to prepay Bonds due on or after December 15, 2027. 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 an issue in the aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 all of like original issue date and tenor, except as to number, maturity date, redemption privilege, and interest rate, all issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the City Council on September 25, 2017 (the "Resolution"), for the purpose of providing money to defray the expenses incurred and to be incurred to the construction of public infrastructure improvements and certain assessable local improvements, pursuant to and in full conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota, including Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 429 and 475, as amended, and Sections 469.1812 through 469.1815. The principal hereof and 504766v2 MN1 MN 190-154 A-1 interest hereon are payable in part from abatements collected from certain property in the City, in part from ad valorem taxes, and in part from special assessments levied against property specially benefited by local improvements, as set forth in the Resolution to which reference is made for a full statement of rights and powers thereby conferred. The full faith and credit of the City are irrevocably pledged for payment of this Bond and the City Council has obligated itself to levy additional ad valorem taxes on all taxable property in the City in the event of any deficiency in taxes and special assessments pledged, which additional taxes may be levied without limitation as to rate or amount. The Bonds of this series are issued only as fully registered Bonds in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof of single maturities. The City Council has designated the issue of Bonds of which this Bond forms a part as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") relating to disallowance of interest expense for financial institutions and within the $10 million limit allowed by the Code for the calendar year of issue. As provided in the Resolution and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Bond is transferable upon the books of the City at the principal office of the Bond Registrar, by the registered owner hereof in person or by the owner's 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 the owner's 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 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 will 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 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, and that the issuance of this Bond does not cause the indebtedness of the City to exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness. This Bond is not valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any security or benefit under the Resolution until the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Bond Registrar by manual signature of one of its authorized representatives. 504766v2 MNI MN190-154 A-2 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Monticello, Wright 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 Administrator and has caused this Bond to be dated as of the date set forth below. Dated: October 24, 2017 CITY OF MONTICELLO, MINNESOTA (Facsimile) (Facsimile) Mayor City Administrator CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Bonds delivered pursuant to the Resolution mentioned within. U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION M 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 TEN ENT -- as tenants by entireties JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT Custodian (Gust) (Minor) under Uniform Gifts or Transfers to Minors Act, State of Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 504766v2 MNl MN 190-154 A-3 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. 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, STEMP, 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 504766v2 MNI MN190-154 A-4 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. Signature of Date of Registration Registered Owner Officer of Registrar Cede & Co. Federal ID #13-2555119 504766v2 MNI MN 190-154 A-5 EXHIBIT B TAX LEVY SCHEDULES Tax Lew Schedule for Abatement Bonds YEAR* 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 * Year tax levy collected. Tax Lew Schedule for Imarovement Bonds YEAR * 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 * Year tax levy collected. 504766v2 MNI MN 190-154 B-1 1 1�:,10.1i mum $92,409.98 79,325.75 75,650.75 72,225.75 68,695.75 64,810.75 61,175.75 57,435.75 53,590.75 48,590.75 43,459.50 38,197.00 32,577.50 26,147.50 19,152.50 TAX LEVY $175,135.88 175,455.91 176,715.92 177,870.92 173,670.91 174,720.92 175,665.92 176,505.90 177,240.91 176,715.91 STATE OF MINNESOTA ) COUNTY OF WRIGHT ) CITY OF MONTICELLO ) 1, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and Acting City Administrator of the City oflvlonticello, Minnesota (the "City"), do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the attached and foregoing extract of minutes of a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on September 25, 2017, with the original thereof on file in my office and the same is a full, true and correct copy thereof, insofar as the same relates to the issuance and sale of the City's General Obligation Bonds, Series 2017A, in the original aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000. WITNESS my hand as such City Administrator and the corporate seal of the City this 25th day of September, 2017. (i Ci ty A ptor City orMo (cello, Minnesota (SEAL) 504766v MNI MN 190-154