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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-05-20 PACKET 07.A.REQUEST OF C�TY COUNCIL ACTION COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING ITEM # /� DATE 5/20/98 � �t� . PREPARED BY Finance Liz Johnson C7RIGINATING DEPARTMENT STAFF AUTHOR .��,.,..��.��,�<,���,<,><��>��..,,,<���<�w<,���.�..� COUfVCIL ACTION REQUEST Consider bid awards for bond sale: 1. Adopt resolution accepting proposal on sale of $3,940,000 General Obligation Series 1998A bonds and providing for their issuance and 2. Adopt resolution accepting praposal on sale of $1,060,000 General Obligation Series 19988 bonds and providing for their issuance BUDGET IMPLICATION: $ $ BUDGETED AMOUNT ACTUAL AMOUNT FUNDING SOURCE ADVISORY COMMISSION ACTION DATE REVIEWED ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ APPROVED ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ DENIED a ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ PLANNING ❑ PUBLIC SAFETY ❑ PUBLIC WORKS ❑ PARKS AND RECREATION ❑ FiUMAtJ SERVICES(RIGHTS ❑ ECdNOMIC DEV. AUTHORITY ❑ SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ❑ MEMO/LETTER: ❑ RESOLUTION: ❑ ORDINANCE: ❑ ENGINEERING RECOiVIMENDATION: ❑ LEGAL RECOMMENDATION: ❑ C7THER: . -. - � `S 7 0 �� Date * i k k* L fi tr k R A R* k d N Y R R k ik W W 4 S* k#�t b W b *##* A k% k'k k i'k cc�vr�ci� ,ac �aK��: ❑ APP�ov�� ❑ ���i�a ❑ o-re-i�R To: Honorable Mayor and City Council CC: Ryan Schroeder, City Administrator From: Elizabeth Johnson, Acting Pinance Director�' Date: OS/14/98 Re: Bids for bond sale Tl�e bids for the bond sale will be opened on May 20, 1998 and will be ready for Council review on that date. The bids will be for two issues; $3,940,000 General Obligation Series 1998A and $1,060,000 General Obligation Series 1998B. The series 1998A bonds are being issued to provide funding for 1998 Pavement Management and 80' Street Improvements. The Series 1998$ bonds will provide funding for West Draw Meadows and Pine Forest 3` The Counci] approved the sale of the bonds at the meeting of May 6`�. EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA HELD: May 20, 1998 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cottage Grove, Washington County, Minnesota, was duly held at the City Ha11 in said City on Wednesday, the 20th day of May, 1998, at 7:30 P.M. for the purpose, in part, of considering proposals for, and awarding the sale of, $3,940,000 General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1998A of the City. The following members were present: and the following were absent: Member introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION ACCEPTING PROPOSAL ON SALE OF $3,940,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BONDS, SERIES 1998A, PROVIDING FOR THEIR ISSUANCE, AND LEVYING A TAX FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF A. WHEREAS, on May 6, 1998, the City Council of the City of Cottage Grove, Minnesota (the "City"), adopted a resolution (the "Preliminary Resolution"), which provided for the sale of $3,940,000 General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1998A (the "Bonds"}; and B. WHEREAS, proposals to purchase the Bonds have been solicited by Ehlers and Associates, Inc. ("Ehlers") in accordance with the Preliminary Resolution; and C. WHEREAS, the proposals set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto were received and opened pursuant to the Bond Sale Report established for the Bonds in the presence of the Clerk, or designee, at the offices of Ehlers at 11:00 A.M., Central Time, this same day; and D. WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore determined and declared that it is necessary and expedient to issue the Bonds pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 429 and 937915.1 475, to finance the construction of various public improvements within the City (the "Improvements"); and E. WHEREAS, the Improvements and all their components have been ordered prior to the date hereof, after a hearing thereon for which notice was given describing the Improvements or al1 their components by general nature, estimated cost, and area to be assessed; and F. WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City that the Bonds be issued in book-entry form as hereinafter provided; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, as follows: 1. Acceptance of Proposal. The proposal of (the "Purchaser"), to purchase the Bonds of the City (or individually, a"Bond"), in accordance with the Bond Sa1e Report established for the Bonds, at the rates of interest hereinafter set forth, and to pay therefor the sum of $ , plus interest accrued to settlement, is hereby found, determined and declared to be the most favorable proposal received and is hereby accepted, and the Bonds are hereby awarded to said proposal maker. The Clerk is directed to retain the deposit of said proposal maker and to forthwith return to the unsuccessful proposal makers their good faith checks or drafts, 2. Bond Terms. (a) Title; OriQinal Issue Date; Denominations; Maturi Combininq Maturities. The Bonds shall be titled "General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1998A", shall be dated l, 1998, as the date of original issue and shall be issued forthwith on or after such date as fully registered bonds. Bonds shall be numbered from R-1 upward in the denomination $5,000 each or in any integral multiple thereof of a single maturity (the "Authorized Denominations"). The Bonds shall mature on.February 1 in the years and amounts as follows: Year 2000 2001 2002 2003-2005 2006-2007 2008-2009 Amount $280,000 165,000 160,000 165,000 170,000 175,000 All dates are inclusive. Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 June The of Amount $170,000 175,000 170,000 800,000 835,000 937915.1 For the purpose of complying with Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.54, Subdivision l, the maturity schedule for the Bonds has been combined with the maturity schedule for the , as permitted by Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.54, Subdivision 2. (b) Book Entry On1y System. The Depository Trust Company, a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York or any of its successors or its successors to its functions hereunder (the "Depository") will act as securities depository for the Bonds, and to this end: (i) The Bonds shall be initially issued and, so long as they remain in book entry form only (the "Book Entry Only Period"), shall at all times be in the form of a separate single fully registered Bond for each maturity of the Bonds; and for purposes of complying with this requirement under paragraphs 5 and 10 Authorized Denominations for any Bond shall be deemed to be limited during the Book Entry Only Period to the outstanding principal amount of that Bond. (ii) Upon initial issuance, ownership of the Bonds shall be registered in a bond register maintained by the Bond Registrar (as hereinafter defined) in the name of CEDE & CO., as the nominee (it or any nominee of the existing or a successor Depository, the "NOminee"). (iii) With respect to the Bonds neither the City nor the Bond Registrar shall have any responsibility or obligation to any broker, dealer, bank, or any other financial institution for which the Depository holds Bonds as securities depository (the "Participant") or the person for which a Participant holds an interest in the Bonds shown on the books and records of the Participant (the "Beneficial Owner"). Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, neither the City, nor the Bond Registrar, shall have any such responsibility or obligation with respect to (A) the accuracy of the records of the Depository, the Nominee or any Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Bonds, or (B) the delivery to any Participant, any Owner or any other person, other than the Depository, of any notice with respect to the Bonds, including any notice of redemption, or (C) the payment to any Participant, any Beneficial Owner or any other person, other than the Depository, of any amount with respect to the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds, or (D) the consent given or other action taken by the Depository as the Register Holder of any Bonds (the "Holder"). For gurposes of securing the vote or consent of any Holder under this Resolution, the City may, however, rely upon an omnibus proxy under which the Depository assigns its consenting or voting rights to certain 937915.1 3 Participants to whose accounts the Bonds are credited on the record date identified in a listing attached to the omnibus proxy. (iv) The City and the Bond Registrar may treat as and deem the Depository to be the absolute owner of the Bonds for the purpose of payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds, for the purpose of giving notices of redemption and other matters with respect to the Bonds, for the purpose of obtaining any consent or other action to be taken by Holders for the purpose of registering transfers with respect to such Bonds, and for all purpose whatsoever. The Bond Registrar, as paying agent hereunder, shall pay all principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds only to or upon the Holder of the Holders of the Bonds as shown on the bond register, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to fully satisfy and discharge the City's obligations with respect to the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. (v) Upon delivery by the Depository to the Bond Registrar of written notice to the effect that the Depository has determined to substitute a new Nominee in place of the existing Nominee, and subject to the transfer provisions in paragraph 10 hereof, references to the Nominee hereunder shall refer to such new Nominee. (vi) So long as any Bond is registered in the name of a Nominee, all payments with respect to the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Bond and all notices with respect to such Bond shall be made and given, respectively, by the Bond Registrar or City, as the case may be, to the Depository as provided in the Letter of Representations to the Depository required by the Depository as a condition to its acting as book-entry Depository for the Bonds (said Letter of Representations, together with any replacement thereof or amendment or substitute thereto, including any standard procedures or policies referenced therein or applicable thereto respecting the procedures and other matters relating to the Depository's role as book-entry Depository for the Bonds, collectively hereinafter referred to as the "Letter of Representations"). (vii) All transfers of beneficial ownership interests in each Bond issued in book-entry form shall be limited in principal amount to Authorized Denominations and shall be effected by procedures by the Depository with the Participants for recording and transferring the ownership of beneficial interests in such Bonds. 93�915.1 4 (viii) In connection with any notice or other communication to be provided to the Holders pursuant to this Resolution by the City or Bond Registrar with respect to any consent or other action to be taken by Holders, the Depository shall consider the date of receipt of notice requesting such consent or other action as the record date for such consent or other action; provided, that the City or the Bond Registrar may establish a special record date for such consent or other action. The City or the Bond Registrar shall, to the extent possible, give the Depository notice of such special record date not less than 15 calendar days in advance of such special record date to the extent possible. (ix) Any successor Bond Registrar in its written acceptance of its duties under this Resolution and any paying agency/bond registrar agreement, shall agree to take any actions necessary from time to time to comply with the requirements of the Letter of Representations. (x) In the case of a partial prepayment of a Bond, the Holder may, in lieu of surrendering the Bonds for a Bond of a lesser denomination as provided in paragraph 5 hereof, make a notation of the reduction in principal amount on the panel provided on the Bond stating the amount so redeemed. (c) Termination of Book-Entry Only System. Discontinuance of a particular Depository's services and termination of the book-entry only system may be effected as follows: (i) The Depository may determine to discontinue providing its services with respect to the Bonds at any time by giving written notice to the City and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. The City may terminate the services of the Depository with respect to the Bond if it determines that the Depository is no longer able to carry out its functions as securities depository or the continuation of the system of book-entry transfers through the Depository is not in the best interests of the City or the Beneficial Owners. (ii) Upon termination of the services of the Depository as provided in the preceding paragraph, and if no substitute securities depository is willing to undertake the functions of the Depository hereunder can be found which, in the opinion of the City, is willing and able to assume such functions upon reasonable or customary terms, or if the City determines that it is in the best interests of the City or the Beneficial Owners of the Bond that the Beneficial Owners be able to obtain certificates for the Bonds, the Bonds shall no longer be registered as being registered in the bond register in the name of the Nominee, but may be 937915.1 S registered in whatever name or names the Holder of the Bonds shall designate at that time, in accordance with paragraph 10 hereof. To the extent that the Beneficial Owners are designated as the transferee by the Holders, in accordance with paragraph 10 hereof, the Bonds will be delivered to the Beneficial Owners. (iii) Nothing in this subparagraph (c) shall limit or restrict the provisions of paragraph 10 hereof. (d) Letter of Representations. The provisions in the Letter of Representation are incorporated herein by referenced and made a part of the resolution, and if and to the extent any such provisions are inconsistent with the other provisions of this resolution, the provisions in the Letter of Representation shall control. . 3. Purpose; Cost. The Bonds shall provide funds to finance the Improvements in the City. The total cost of the Improvements, which shall include all costs enumerated in Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.65, is estimated to be at least equal to the amount of the Bonds. The City covenants that it shall do all things and perform all acts required of it to assure that work on the Improvements proceeds with due diligence to completion and that any and all permits and studies required under law for the Improvements are obtained. 4. Interest. The Bonds shall bear interest payable semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing February 1, 1999, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, at the respective rates per annum set forth opposite the maturity years as follows: Maturity Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Interest Rate % Maturity Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Interest Rate 0 5. Redemption. All Bonds maturing in the years 2007 to 2014, both inclusive, shall be subject to redemption and prepayment at the option of the City on February 1, 2006, and on any date thereafter at a price of par plus accrued interest. Redemption may be in whole or in part of the Bonds subject to prepayment. If redemption is in part, the maturities and the 937915.1� 6 principal amounts within each maturity to be redeemed shall be determined by the City; and if only part of the Bonds having a common maturity date are called for prepayment, the specific Bonds to be prepaid shall be chosen by lot by the Bond Registrar. Bonds or portions thereof called for redemption shall be due and payable on the redemption date, and interest thereon shall cease to accrue from and after the redemption date. Notice of redemption shall be given by registered or certified mail at least thirty (30? days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the paying agent and to each affected registered holder of the Bonds at the address shown on the registration books. To effect a partial redemption of Bonds having a common maturity date, the Bond Registrar prior to giving notice of redemption shall assign to each Bond having a commoa maturity date a distinctive number for each $5,000 of the principal amount of such Bond. The Bor.d Registrar shall then select by lot, using such method of selection as it sha11 deem proper in its discre- tion, from the numbers so assigned to such Bonds, as many numbers as, at $5,000 for each number, shall equal the principal amount of such Bonds to be redeemed. The Bonds to be redeemed shall be the Bonds to which were assigned numbers so selected; provided, however, that only so much of the principal amount of each such Bond of a denomination of more than $5,000 sha11 be redeemed as shall equal $5,000 for each number assigned to it and so selected. If a Bond is to be redeemed only in part, it shall be surrendered to the Bond Registrar (with, if the City or Bond Registrar so requires, a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the City and Bond Registrar duly executed by the holder thereof or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing) and the City shall execute (if necessary) and the Bond Registrar shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Bond, without service charge, a new Bond or Bonds of the same series having the same stated maturity and interest rate and of any Authorized Denomination or Denominations, as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Bond so surrendered. 6. Bond Registrar. , in , , is appointed to act as bond registrar and transfer agent with respect to the Bonds (the "Bond Registrar"), and shall do so unless and until a successor Bond Registrar is duly appointed, all pursuant to any contract the City and Bond Registrar shall execute which is consistent herewith. The Bond Registrar shall also serve as paying agent unless and until a successor paying agent is duly appointed. Principal and interest on the Bonds shall be paid to the registered holders (or record holders) of the Bonds in the manner set forth in the form of Bond and paragraph 12 of this resolution. 937915.7 7 7. Form of Bond. The Bonds, together with the Bond Registrar's Certificate of Authentication, the form of Assignment and the registration information thereon, shall be in substantially the following form: 937915.1 $ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MINNESOTA WASHINGTON COUNTY CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE � GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BOND, SERIES 1998A INTEREST MATURITY DATE OF RATE DATE ORIGINAL ISSUE CUSIP JUNE l, 1998 REGISTERED OWNER: PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: I�• _ __.: KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the City of Cottage Grove, Washington County, Minnesota (the "Issuer"), certifies that it is indebted and for value received promises to pay to the registered owner specified above, or registered assigns, unless called for earlier redemption, in the manner hereinafter set forth, the principal amount specified above, on the maturity date specified above, and to pay interest thereon semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing rebruary l, 1999, at the rate per annum specified above (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) until the principal sum is paid or has been provided for. This Bond wi11 bear interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of original issue hereof. The principal of and premium, if any, on this Bond are payable upon presentation and surrender hereof at the principal office of , in , tthe "Bond Registrar"), acting as_paying agent, or any successor paying agent duly appointed by the Issuer. Interest on this Bond will be paid on each Interest Payment Date by check or draft mailed to the person in whose name this Bond is registered (the "HOlder" or "Bondholder") on the registration books of the Zssuer maintained by the Bond Registrar and at the address appearing thereon at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the calendar month next preceding such Interest Payment Date (the "Regular Record Date"). Any interest not so timely paid shall cease to be payable to the person who is the Holder hereof as of the Regular Record Date, and shall be payable to the person who is the Holder hereof at the close of business on a date (the "Special Record Date�') fixed by the Bond Registrar whenever money becomes available for 937915.1 payment of the defaulted interest. Notice of the Special Record Date shall be given to Bondholders not less than ten days prior to the Special Record Date. The principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of America. [So long as this Bond is regiatered in the name of the Depository or ita Nominee as provided in the Resolution hereinafter described, and as those terms are defined therein, payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Bond and notice with respect thereto shall be made as provided in the Letter of Representations, as defined in the Resolution, and surrender of this Bond shall not be required for payment of the redemption price upon a partial redemption of this Bond. Until termination of the book-entry only system pursuant to the Resolution, Bonds may only be registered in the name of the Depository or its Nominee.]' REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS BOND SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH HERE. ZT IS HEREBY CERTIFZED AND RECITED that all acts, conditions and things required by the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota to be done, to happen and to be performed, precedent to and in the issuance of this Bond, have been done, have happened and have been performed, in regular and due form, time and manner as required by law, and that this Bond, together with all other debts of the Issuer outstanding on the date of original issue hereof and the date of its issuance and delivery to the original purchaser, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness. ` Include only until termination of the book-entry only syetem under paragsaph 2 hereof. 937915.1 1 � IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Cottage Washington County, Minnesota, by its City Council Bond to be executed on its behalf by the facsimile its Mayor and its C1erk, the corporate seal of the been intentionally omitted as permitted by law. Date of Registration: BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This Bond is one of the Bonds described in the Resolution mentioned within. Bond Registrar By Authorized Signature Registrable by: Payable at: Grove, has caused this signatures of Issuer having CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA /s/ Facsimile Mayor /s/ Facsimile Clerk 937915.1 � 1.�. ON REVERSE OF BOND Redemption. All Bonds of this issue (the "Bonds") maturing in the years 2007 to 2014, both inclusive, are subject to redemption and prepayment at the option of the Issuer on February 1, 2006, and on any date thereafter at a price of par plus accrued interest. Redemption may be in whole or in part of the Bonds subject to prepayment. If redemption is in part, the maturities and the principal amounts within each maturity to be redeemed shall be determined by the Issuer; and if only part of the Bonds having a common maturity date are called for prepayment, the specific Bonds to be prepaid shall be chosen by lot by the Bond Registrar. Bonds or portions thereof called for redemption shall be due and payable on the redemption date, and interest thereon shall cease to accrue from and after the redemption date. Notice of redemption shall be given by registered or certified mail at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the paying agent and to each affected Holder of the Bonds at the address shown on the registration books. Selection of Bonds for Redemption; Partial Redemption. To effect a partial redemption of Bonds having a common maturity date, the Bond Registrar shall assign to each Bond having a common maturity date a distinctive number for each $5,000 of the principal amount of such Bond. The Bond Registrar sha11 then select by lot, using such method of selection as it shall deem proper in its discretion, from the numbers assigned to the Bonds, as many numbers as, at $5,000 for each number, shall equal the principal amount of such Bonds to be redeemed. The Bonds to be redeemed shall be the Bonds to which were assigned numbers so selected; provided, however, that only so much of the principal amount of such Bond of a denomination of more than $5,000 sha11 be redeemed as sha11 equal $5,000 for each number assigned to it and so selected. If a Bond is to be redeemed only in part, it shall be surrendered to the Bond Registrar (with, if the Issuer or Bond Registrar so requires, a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and Bond Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Issuer shall execute (if necessary) and the Bond Registrar shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Bond, without service charge, a new Bond or Bonds of the same series having the same stated maturity and interest rate and of any Authorized Denomination or Denomina- tions, as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Bond so surrendered. 937915.1 1 2 Issuance; Purpose; General Obligation. This Bond is one of an issue in the total principal amount of $3,940,000, all of like date of original issue and tenor, except as to number, maturity, interest rate, denomination and redemption privilege, which Bond has been issued pursuant to and in full conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota and pursuant to a resolution adopted by the City Council of the Issuer on May 20, 1998 (the "Resolution"), for the purpose of providing money to finance the construction of various public improvements within the jurisdiction of the Issuer. This Bond is payable out of the General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1998A Fund of the Issuer. This Bond constitutes a general obligation of the Issuer, and to provide moneys for the prompt and full payment of its principal, premium, if any, and interest when the same become due, the full faith and credit and taxing powers of the Issuer have been and are hereby irrevocably pledged. Denominations; Exchange: Resolution. The Bonds are issuable solely as fully registered bonds in Authorized Denominations (as defined in the Resolution) and are exchangeable for fully registered Bonds of other Authorized Denominations in equal aggregate principal amounts at the principal office of the Bond Registrar, but only in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Resolution. Reference is hereby made to the Resolution for a description of the rights and duties of the Bond Registrar. Copies of the Resolution are on file in the principal office of the Bond Registrar. Transfer. This Bond is transferable by the Holder in person or by his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing at the principal office of the Bond Registrar upon presentation and surrender hereof to the Bond Registrar, all subject to the terms and conditions provided in the Resolution and to reasonable regulations of the Issuer contained in any agreement with the Bond Registrar. Thereupon the Issuer shall execute and the Bond Registrar sha11 authenticate and deliver, in exchange for this Bond, one or more new fully registered Bonds in the name of the transferee (but not registered in blank or to "bearer" or similar designation), of an Authorized Denomination or Denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of this Bond, of the same maturity and bearing interest at the same rate. Fees upon Transfer or Loss. The Bond Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with the transfer or exchange of this Bond and any legal or unusual costs regarding transfers and lost Bonds. Treatment of Registered Owners. The Issuer and Bond Registrar may treat the person in whose name this Bond is 937915.1 1 3 registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided (except as otherwise provided on the reverse side hereof with respect to the Record Date) and for all other purposes, whether or not this Bond shall be overdue, and neither the Issuer nor the Bond Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Authentication. This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been executed by the Bond Registrar. Oualified Tax-Exempt Oblic�ation. This Bond has been designated by the Issuer as a"qualified tax-exempt obligation" for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. ABBREVIATIONS 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: TEN COM - as tenants in common TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common UTMA - as custodian for (Cust) (Minor) under the Uniform (State) Transfers to Minors Act Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 937915.1 14 ASSIGNMENT For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the within Bond and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the Bond on the books kept for the registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: Notice: The assignor's assignment mus as it appears within Bond i alteration or Signature Guaranteed: signature to this t correspond with the name upon the face of the n every particular, without any change whatever. Signature(s) 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 or any other "Eligible Guarantor Institution" as defined in 17 CFR 240.17 Ad-15(a){2). The Bond Registrar will not effect transfer of this Bond unless the information concerning the transferee requested below is provided. Name and Address: (Include information for al1 joint owners if the Bond is held by joint account.) 937915.1 1 5 [Use only for Bonds when they are Registered in Hook Entry Only System] PREPAYMENT SCHEDULE This Bond has been prepaid in part on the date(s) and in the amount(s) as follows: AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE DATE AMOUNT OF HOLDER 937915.1 1.6 8. Execution; Temporary Bonds. The Bonds shall be printed (or, at the request of the Purchaser, typewritten) and shall be executed on behalf of the City by the signatures of its Mayor and Clerk and be sealed with the seal of the City; provided, however, that the seal of the City may be a printed (or, at the request of the Purchaser, photocopied) facsimile; and provided further that both of such signatures may be printed (or, at the request of the Purchaser, photocopied) facsimiles and the corporate seal may be omitted on the Bonds as permitted by law. In the event of disability or resignation or other absence of either such officer, the Bonds may be signed by the manual or facsimile signature of that officer who may act on behalf of such absent or disabled officer. In case either such officer whose signature or facsimile of whose signature shall appear on the Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of the Bonds, such signature or facsimile sha11 nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if he or she had remained in office until delivery. The City may elect to deliver, in lieu of printed definitive bonds, one or more typewritten temporary bonds in substantially the form set forth above, with such changes as may be r.ecessary to reflect more than one maturity in a single temporary bond. Such temporary bonds may be executed with photocopied facsimile signatures of the Mayor and Clerk. Such temporary bonds shall, upon the printing of the definitive bonds and the execution thereof, be exchanged therefor and cancelled. 9. Authentication. No Bond shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under this resolution unless a Certificate of Authentication on such Bond, substantially in the form hereinabove set forth, shall have been duly executed by an authorized representative of the Bond Registrar. Certificates of Authentication on different Bonds need not be signed by the same person. The Bond Registrar shall authenticate the signatures of officers of the City on each Bond by execution of the Certificate of Authentication on the Bond and by inserting as the date of registration in the space provided the date on which the Bond is authenticated, except that for purposes of delivering the original Bonds to the Purchaser, the Bond Registrar shall insert as a date of registration the date of original issue, which date is June 1, 1998. The Certificate of Authentication so executed on each Bond shall be conclusive evidence that it has been authenticated and delivered under this resolution. 10. Reaistration; Transfer; ExchanQe. The City will cause to be kept at the principal office of the Bond Registrar a bond register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Bond Registrar may prescribe, the Bond Registrar shall provide for the registration of Bonds and the registration of transfers of Bonds entitled to be registered or transferred as herein provided. 937915.1 1 7 Upon surrender for transfer of any Bond at the principal office of the Bond Registrar, the City shall execute (if necessary), and the Bond Registrar shall authenticate, insert the date of registration (as provided in paragraph 9) of, and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Bonds of any Authorized Denomination or Denominations of a like aggregate principal amount, having the same stated maturity and interest rate, as requested by the transferor; provided, however, that no Bond may be registered in blank or in the name of "bearer" or similar designation. At the option of the Holder, Bonds may be exchanged for Bonds of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount and stated maturity, upon surrender of the Bonds to be exchanged at the principal office of the Bond Registrar. Whenever any Bonds are so surrendered for exchange, the City shall execute (if necessary), and the Bond Registrar shall authenticate, insert the date of registration of, and deliver the Bonds which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. All Bonds surrendered upon any exchange or transfer provided for in this resolution shall be promptly cancelled by the Bond Registrar and thereafter disposed of as directed by the City. All Bonds delivered in exchange for or upon transfer of Bonds shall be valid general obligations of the City evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this resolution, as the Bonds surrendered for such exchange or transfer. Every Bond presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Bond Registrar, duly executed by the Aolder thereof or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing. The Bond Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with the transfer or exchange af any Bond and any legal or unusual costs regarding transfers and lost Honds. Transfers shall also be subject to reasonable regulations of the City contained in any agreement with the Bond Registrar, including regulations which permit the Bond Registrar to close its transfer books between record dates and payment dates. The Clerk is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute the terms of said agreement. il. Riahts Upon Transfer or Exchanae. Each Bond delivered upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any 93�915.1 1 8 other Bond shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Bond. 12. Interest Payment; Record Date. Interest on any Bond shall be paid on each Interest Payment Date by check or draft mailed to the person in whose name the Bond is registered (the "Holder") on the registration books of the City maintained by the Bond Registrar and at the address appearing thereon at the close of business on the fifteenth (15th) day of the calendar month next preceding such Interest Payment Date (the "Regular Record Date"). Any such interest not so timely paid shall cease to be payable to the person who is the Holder thereof as of the Regular Record Date, and shall be payable to the person who is the Holder thereof at the close of business on a date (the "Special Record Date") fixed by the Bond Registrar whenever money becomes available for payment of the defaulted interest. Notice of the Special Record Date shall be given by the Bond Registrar to the Holders not less than ten (10) days prior to the Special Record Date. 13. Treatment of Reqistered Owner. The City and Bond Registrar may treat the person in whose name any Bond is registered as the owner of such Bond for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest (subject to the payment provisions in paragraph 12 above) on, such Bond and for all other purposes whatsoever whether or not such Bond shall be overdue, and neither the �ity nor the Bond Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 14. Delivery; Application of Proceeds. The Bonds when so prepared and executed shall be delivered by the Director of Finance to the Purchaser upon receipt of the purchase price, and the Purchaser shall not be obliged to see to the proper application thereof. 15. Funds and Accounts. There is hereby created a special fund to be designated the "General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1998A Fund" (the "Fund"), to be administered and maintained by the Director of Finance as a bookkeeping account separate and apart from all other accounts maintained in the official financial records of the City. The Fund shall be maintained in the manner herein specified until all of the Bonds and the interest thereon have been fully paid. There shall be maintained in the Fund two (2) separate accounts, to be designated the "Construction Account" and "Debt Service Account", respectively. (a) Construction Account. To the Construction Account there shall be credited the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds, less accrued interest received thereon, and less any amount paid for the Bonds in excess of $3,800,600, and less capitalized interest in the amount of $ (together with 937915.1 1 9 interest earnings thereon and subject to such other adjustments as are appropriate to provide sufficient funds to pay interest due on the Bonds on or before l, ), glus any special assessments levied with respect to the Improvements and collected prior to completion of the Improvements and payment of the costs thereof. From the Construction Account there shall be paid all costs and expenses of making the Improvements, including the cost of any construction contracts heretofore let and all other costs incurred and to be incurred of the kind authorized in Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.65; and the moneys in the Construction Account shall be used for no other purpose except as otherwise provided by law; provided that the proceeds of the Bonds may also be used to the extent necessary to pay interest on the Bonds due prior to the anticipated date of commencement of the collection of taxes or special assessments herein levied or covenanted to be levied; and provided further that if upon completion of the Improvements there shall remain any unexpended balance in the Construction Account, the balance may be transferred by the Council to the fund of any other improvement instituted pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429, or transferred to the Debt Service Account; and provided further that any special assessments credited to the Construction Aecount shall only be applied towards payment of the costs of the Improvements upon adoption of a resolution by the City Council determining that the application of the special assessments for such purpose will not cause the City to no longer be in compliance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.61, Subdivision l. (b) Debt Service Account. There are hereby pledged and there shall be credited to the Debt Service Account: (i? all collections of special assessments herein covenanted to be levied with respect to the Improvements and either initially credited to the Construction Account and not already spent as permitted above and required to pay any principal and interest due on the Bonds or collected subsequent to the completion of the Improvements and payment of the costs thereof; (ii) all accrued interest received upon delivery of the Bonds; (iii) all funds paid for the Bonds in excess of $3,800,600; (iv} capitalized interest in the amount of $ (together with interest earnings thereon and subject ta such other adjustments as are appropriate to provide sufficient funds to pay interest due on the Bonds on or before 1, ); {v) any collections of all taxes herein or hereafter levied for the payment of the Bonds and interest thereon; (vi) all funds remaining in the Construction Account after completion of the Improvements and payment of the costs thereof, not so transferred to the account of another improve- ment; (vii) all investment earnings on moneys held in the Debt Service Account; and {viii) any and all other moneys which are properly available and are appropriated by the governing body of the City to the Debt Service Account. The Debt Service Account shall be used solely to pay the principal and interest and any premiums for redemption of the Bonds and any other general 937915.1 2 0 obligation bonds of the City hereafter issued by the City and made payable from the Debt Service Account as provided by law. No portion of the proceeds of the Bonds sha11 be used directly or indirectly to acquire higher yielding investments or to replace funds which were used directly or indirectly to acquire higher yielding investments, except (1) for a reasonable temporary period until such proceeds are needed for the purpose for which the Bonds were issued, and (2) in addition to the above in an amount not greater than five percent (5a) of the proceeds of the Bonds. To this effect, any sums from time to time held in the Construction Account or Debt Service Account (or any other City fund or account which will be used to pay principal or interest to become due on the bonds payable therefrom) in excess of amounts which under then-applicable federal arbitrage regulations may be invested without regard as to yield sha11 not be invested at a yield in excess of the applicable yield restrictions imposed by said arbitrage regulations on such investments after taking into account any applicable "temporary periods" or "minor portion" made available under the federal arbitrage regulations. In addition, the proceeds of the Bonds and money in the Construction Account or Debt Service Account shall not be invested in obligations or deposits issued by, guaranteed by or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof if and to the extent that such investment would cause the Bonds to be "federally guaranteed" within the meaning of Section 149(b) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). 16. Assessments. It is hereby determined that no less than twenty percent (20%) of the cost to the City of each Improvement financed hereunder within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.58, Subdivision 1(3), shall be paid by special assessments to be levied against every assessable lot, piece and parcel of land benefitted by the Improvements. The City hereby covenants and agrees that it will let all construction contracts not heretofore let within one year after ordering each Improvement financed hereunder unless the resolution ordering the Improvement specifies a different time limit for the letting of construction contracts. The City hereby further covenants and agrees that it will do and perform, as soon as they may be done, all acts and things necessary for the final and valid levy of such special assessments, and in the event that any such assessment be at any time held invalid with respect to any lot, piece or parcel of land due to any error, defect, or irregularity in any action or proceedings taken or to be taken by the City or this Council or any of the City officers or employees, ei:ther in the making of the assessments or in the performance of any condition precedent thereto, the City and this Council will forthwith do all further acts and take all further proceedings as may be required by law to make the assessments a valid and binding lien upon such property. 937915.1 � 2 1 The special assessments have not heretofore been authorized, and accordingly, for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.55, Subdivision 3, the special assessments are hereby authorized. Subject to such adjustments as are required by conditions in existence at the time the assessments are levied, the assessments are hereby authorized and it is hereby determined that the assessments shall be payable in equal, consecutive, annual installments, including both principal and interest, with interest at a rate per annum approximately percent (%) per annum in excess of the net effective rate oE interest on the Bonds (estimated at o): Improvement Designation (i) 80` Street Improvements Amount $ 600,000 Collection Lev� Years Years (ii) 1998 Pavement Management Projects TOTAL: 1998-2012 1999-2013 (for both) (for both) At the time the assessments are in fact levied the City Council shall, based on the then-current estimated collections of the assessments, make any adjustments in any ad valorem taxes required to be levied in order to assure that the City continues to be in compliance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.61, Subdivision l. :�� ��� 51.400,000 17. Tax Levy: Coverage Test. To provide moneys for payment of the principal and interest on the Bonds there is hereby levied upon all of the taxable property in the City a direct annual ad valorem tax which shall be spread upon the tax rolls and collected with and as part of other general property taxes in the City for the years and in the amounts as follows: Year of Tax Levy Year of Tax Collection Amount 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 $ 937915.1 z 2 2011 2012 2012 2013 The tax levies are such that if collected in full they, together with estimated collections of special assessments and other revenues herein pledged for the payment of the Bonds, 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 levies 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 extent permitted by Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.61, Subdivision 3. 18. Defeasance. When all Bonds have been discharged as provided in this paragraph, all pledges, covenants and other rights granted by this resolution to the registered holders of the Bonds shall, to the extent permitted by law, cease. The City may discharge its obligations with respect to any Bonds which are due on any date by irrevocably depositing with the Bond Registrar on or before that date a sum sufficient for the payment thereof in full; or if any Bond should not be paid when due, it may nevertheless be discharged by depositing with the Bond Registrar a sum sufficient for the payment thereof in full with interest accrued to the date of such deposit. The City may also discharge its obligations with respect to any prepayable Bonds called for redemption on any date when they are prepayable according to their terms, by depositing with the Bond Registrar on or before that date a sum sufficient for the payment thereof in full, provided that notice of redemption thereof has been duly given. 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 suitable banking institution qualified by law as an escrow agent for this purpose, cash or securities described in Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.67, Subdivision 8, bearing interest payable at such times and at such rates and maturing on such dates as shall be required, without regard to sale and/or reinvestment, to pay all amounts to become due therenn to maturity or, if notice of redemption as herein required has been duly provided for, to such earlier redemption date. 19. Compliance With Reimbursement Bond Requlations. The provisions of this paragraph are intended to establish and provide for the City's compliance with United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.150-2 (the "Reimbursement Regulations") applicable to the "reimbursement proceeds" of the Bonds, being those portions thereof which will be used by the City to reimburse itself for any expenditure which the City paid or wiil have paid prior to the Closing Date (a "Reimbursement Expenditure"). 937915.7 2 3 The City hereby certifies and/or covenants as follows: (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of payment of a Reimbursement Expenditure, the City (or person designated to do so on behalf of the City) has made or will have made a written declaration of the City's official intent (a "Declaration") which effectively (i) states the City's reasonable expectation to reimburse itself for the payment of the Reimbursement Expenditure out of the proceeds of a subsequent borrowing; (ii) gives a general and functional description of the property, project or program to which the Declaration relates and for which the Reimbursement Expenditure is paid, or identifies a specific fund or account of the City and the general functional purpose thereof from which the Reimbursement Expenditure was to be paid (collectively the "Project"); and {iii) states the maximum principal amount of debt expected to be issued by the City for the purpose of financing the Project; provided, however, that no such Declaration shali necessarily have been made with respect to: (i) "preliminary expenditures" for the Project, defined in the Reimbursement Regulations to include engineering or architectural, surveying and soil testing expenses and similar prefatory costs, which in the aggregate do not exceed 20% of the "issue price" of the Bonds, and (ii) a de minimis amount of Reimbursement Expenditures not in excess of the lesser of $100,000 or 5% of the proceeds of the Bonds. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Declaration made by the City between January 27, 1992 and June 30, 1993, with respect to a Reimbursement Expenditure made prior to March 2, 1992, the City hereby represents that there exists objective evidence, that at the time the Expenditure was paid the City expected to reimburse the cost thereof with the proceeds of a borrowing (taxable or tax-exempt) and that expectation was reasonable. (b) Each Reimbursement Expenditure is a capital expenditure or a cost of issuance of the Bonds or any of the other types of expenditures described in Section 1.150- 2(d)(3) of the Reimbursement Regulations. (c) The "reimbursement allocation" described in the Reimbursement Regulations for each Reimbursement Expenditure shall and will be made forthwith following (but not prior to) the issuance of the Bonds and in all events within the period ending on the date which is the Tater of 18 months after payment of the Reimburse- ment Expenditure or one year after the date on which the Project to which the Reimbursement Expenditure 937915.1 2 4 relates is first placed in three years after the date Expenditure. service, but not more than of the Reimbursement (d) Each such reimbursement allocation will be made in a writing that evidences the City's use of Bond proceeds to reimburse the Reimbursement Expenditure and, if made within 30 days after the Bonds are issued, shall be treated as made on the day the Bonds are issued. Provided, however, that the City may take action contrary to any of the foregoing covenants in this paragraph 19 upon receipt of an opinion of its Bond Counsel for the Bonds stating in effect that such action will not impair the tax-exempt status of the Bonds. 20. Continuina Disclosure. The City is the sole obligated person with respect to the Bonds. The City hereby agrees, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 15c2-12 (the "Rule"), promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a Continuing Disclosure Undertaking (the "Undertaking"} hereinafter described to: (a) Provide or cause to be provided to each nationally recognized municipal securities information repository ("NRMSIR'") and to the appropriate state information depository ("SID"), if any, for the State of Minnesota, in each case as designated by the Commission in accordance with the Rule, certain annual financial information and operating data in accordance with the Undertaking. The City reserves the right to modify from time to time the terms of the Undertaking as provided therein. (b) Provide or cause to be provided, in a timely manner, to (i) each NRMSIR or to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board ("MSRB") and (ii) the SID, notice of the occurrence of certain material events with respect to the Bonds in accordance with the Undertaking. (c) .Provide or cause to be provided, in a timely manner, to (i) each NRMSIR or to the MSRB and (ii) the SID, notice of a failure by the City to provide the annual financial information with respect to the City described in the Undertaking. (d) The City agrees that its covenants pursuant to the Rule set forth in this paragraph 20 and in the Undertaking is intended to be for the benefit of the Holders of the Bonds and shall be enforceable on behalf of such Holders; provided that the right to enforce the provisions of these covenants shall be limited to a right to obtain specific enforcement of the City's obligations under the covenants. 93�915.1 2 5 The Mayor and Clerk of the City, or any other officer of the City authorized to act in their place with "Officers" are hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the City the Undertaking in substantially the form presented to the City Council subject to such modifications thereof or additions thereto as are (i) consistent with the requirements under the Rule, (ii) required by the Purchaser of the Bonds, and (iii) acceptable to the Officers. 21. General Obliqation Pledqe. For the prompt and fu11 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 shall be and are irrevocably pledged. If the balance in the Debt Service Account is ever insufficient to pay all principal and interest then due on the Bonds payable therefrom, the deficiency shall be promptly paid out of any other accounts of the City which are available for such purpose, and such other funds may be reimbursed without interest from the Debt Service Account when a sufficient balance is available therein. 22. Certificate of Reaistration. The Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the County Auditor of Washington County, Minnesota, together with such other information as he or she sha11 require, and to obtain the County Auditor's certificate that the Bonds have been entered in the County Auditor's Bond Register, and that the tax levy required by law had been made. 23. Records and Certificates The officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and furnish to the Purchaser, and to the attorneys approving the legality of the issuance of the Bonds, certified copies of all proceedings and records of the City relating to the Bonds and to the financial condition and affairs of the City, and such other affidavits, certificates and information as are required to show the facts relating to the legality and marketability of the Bonds as the same appear from the books and records under their custody and control or as otherwise known to them, and all such certified copies, certificates and affidavits, including any heretofore furnished,_ shall be deemed representations of the City as to the facts recited therein. 24. Negative Covenant as to Use of Proceeds and Improvements. The City hereby covenants not to use the proceeds of the Bonds or to use the Improvements, or to cause or permit them to be used, or to enter into any deferred payment arrangements for the cost of the Improvements, 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. 25. Tax-Exempt Status of the Bonds: Rebate. The City shall comply with requirements necessary under the Code to 937915.1' 2 6 establish and maintain the exclusion from gross income under Section 103 of the Code of the interest on the Bonds, including without limitation (1) requirements relating to temporary periods for investments, (2) limitations on amounts invested at a yield greater than the yield on the Bonds, and (3) the rebate of excess investment earnings to the IInited States if the Bonds (together with other obligations reasonably expected to be issued and outstanding at one time in this calendar year) exceed the small-issuer exception amount of $5,000,000. For purposes of qualifying for the exception to the federal arbitrage rebate requirements for governmental units issuing $5,000,000 or less of bonds, the City hereby finds, determines and declares that (1) the Bonds are issued by a governmental unit with general taxing powers, (2) no Bond is a private activity bond, (3) ninety-five percent (95°s) or more of the net proceeds of the Bonds are to be used for local governmental activities of the City (or of a governmental unit the jurisdiction of which is entirely within the jurisdiction of the City), and (4) the aggregate face amount of all tax-exempt bonds (other than private activity bonds) issued by the City (and all subordinate entities thereof, and all entities treated as one issuer with 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. 26. Designation of Oualified Tax-Exempt ObliQations. In order to qualify the Bonds as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code, the City hereby makes the following factual statements and representations: (a) the Bonds are issued after August 7, 1986; (b) the Bonds are not "private activity bonds" as defined in Section 141 of the Code; (c) the City hereby designates the Bonds as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code; (d) the reasonably anticipated amount of tax-exempt obligations (other than private activity bonds, treating qualified 501(c)(3) bonds as not being private activity bonds) which will be issued by the City (and all entities treated as one issuer with the City, and a11 subordinate entities whose obligations are treated as issued by the City) during this calendar year 1998 will not exceed $10,000,000; and 93?915.1 2 7 (e) not more than $10,000,000 of obligations issued by the City during this calendar year 1998 have been designated for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code. The City shall use its best efforts to comply with any federal procedural requirements which may apply in order to effectuate the designation made by this paragraph. 27. Payment of Issuance Expenses. The City authorizes the Purchaser to forward the amount of Bond proceeds allocable to the payment of issuance expenses to Resource Bank & Trust Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota on the closing date for further distribution as directed by the City's financial advisor, Ehlers. 28. Severabilitv. If any section, paragraph or provision of this resolution shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph or provision sha11 not affect any of the remaining provisions of this resolution. 29. Headinas. Headings in this resolution are included for convenience of reference only and are not a part hereof, and shall not limit or define the meaning of any provision hereof. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member and, after a full discussion thereof and upon a vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: and the following voted against the same: adopted. Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and 937915.1 Z $ STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF WASHINGTON CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE Z, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting Clerk of the City of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that I have compared the attached and foregoing extract of minutes with the original thereof on file in my office, and that the same is a ful1, true and complete transcript of the minutes of a meeting of the City Council of said City, duly called and held on the date therein indicated, insofar as such minutes relate to considering proposals for, and awarding the sale of, $3,940,000 General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1998A of said City. WITNESS my hand this 20th day of May, 1998. Clerk 937915.1 Z 9 EXHIBIT A .�•• , [To be supplied by Ehlers and Associates, Inc.] 937915.1 j�-�. EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA HELD: May 20, 1998 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, meeting of the City Council of the City of Cottage Washington County, Minnesota, was duly held at the said City on Wednesday, the 20th day of May, 1998, for the purpose, in part, of considering proposals awarding the sale of, $1,060,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 1998B of the City. The following members were present: and the following were absent: a regular Grove, City Hall in at 7:30 P.M. for, and Improvement Member introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION ACCEPTING PROPOSAL ON SALE OF $1,060,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BONDS, SERIES 1998B, AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR ISSUANCE A. WHEREAS, on May 6, 1998, the City Council City of Cottage Grove, Minnesota (the "City"), adopted a resolution (the "Preliminary Resolution"), which provided sale of $1,060,000 General Obligation Improvement Bonds, 1998B (the "Bonds"); and of the for the Series B. WFiEREAS, proposals to purchase the Bonds have been solicited by Ehlers and Associates, Inc. ("Ehlers") in accordance with the Preliminary Resolution; and C. WHEREAS, the proposals set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto were received and opened pursuant to the Bond Sale Report established for the Bonds in the presence of the Clerk, or designee, at the offices o£ Ehlers at 11:00 A.M., Central Time, this same day; and D. WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore determined and declared that it is necessary and expedient to issue the Bonds pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 429 and 937167.1 475, to finance the construction of various public improvements within the City (the "Improvements"); and E. WHEREAS, the Improvements and all their components have been ordered prior to the date hereof, after a hearing thereon for which notice was given describing the Improvements or all their components by general nature, estimated cost, and area to be assessed; and F. WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City that the Bonds be issued in book-entry form as hereinafter provided; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, as follows: 1. Acceptance of Proposal. The proposal of (the "Purchaser"), to purchase the Bonds of the City {or individually, a"BOnd"), in accordance with the Bond Sale Report established for the Bonds, at the rates of interest hereinafter set forth, and to pay therefor the sum of $ , plus interest accrued to settlement, is hereby found, determined and declared to be the most favorable proposal received and is hereby accepted, and the Bonds are hereby awarded to said proposal maker. The Clerk is directed to retain the deposit of said proposal maker and to forthwith return to the unsuccessful proposal makers their good faith checks or drafts. Bond Terms. (a} Title: OriQinal Issue Date: Denominations: Maturities. The Bonds shall be titled "General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1998B°, shall be dated June 1, 1998, as the date of original issue and shall be issued forthwith on or after such date as fully registered bonds. The Bonds shall be numbered from R-1 upward in the denomination of $5,000 each or in any integral multiple thereof of a single maturity (the "Authorized Denominations"). The Bonds shall mature on February 1 in the years and.amounts as follows: Year Amount Year Amount 2000-2001 $350,000 2002 $360,000 All dates are inclusive. (b) Book Entrv Only System. The Depository Trust Company, a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York or any of its successors or its successors to its functions hereunder (the "Depository") will act as securities depository for the Bonds, and to this end: 937167.1 z (i) The Bonds shall be initially issued and, so long as they remain in book entry form only (the "Book Entry Only Period°°), shall at all times be in the form of a separate single fully registered Bond for each maturity of the Bonds; and for purposes of complying with this requirement under paragraphs 5 and 10 Authorized Denominations for any Bond shall be deemed to be limited during the Book Entry Only Period to the outstanding principal amount of that Bond. (ii) Upon initial issuance, ownership of the Bonds shall be registered in a bond register maintained by the Bond Registrar (as hereinafter defined) in the name of CEDE & CO., as the nominee (it or any nominee of the existing or a successor Depository, the "Nominee"). (iii) With respect to the Bonds neither the City nor the Bond Registrar shall have any responsibility or obligation to any broker, dealer, bank, or any other financial institution for which the Depository holds Bonds as securities depository (the "Participant") or the person for which a Participant holds an interest in the Bonds shown on the books and records of the Participant (the "Beneficial Owner"). Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, neither the City, nor the Bond Registrar, shall have any auch responsibility or obligation with respect to (A) the accuracy of the records of the Depository, the Nominee or any Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Bonds, or (B) the delivery to any Participant, any Owner or any other person, other than the Depository, of any notice with respect to the Bonds, including any notice of redemption, or (C) the payment to any Participant, any Beneficial Owner or any other person, other than the Depository, of any amount with respect to the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds, or (D) the consent given or other action taken by the Depository as the Register Holder of any Bonda (the ��Holder°). For purposes of securing the vote or consent of any Holder under this Resolution, the City may, however, rely.upon an omnibus proxy under which the Depository assigna its consenting or voting rights to certain Participanta to whose accounts the Bonds are credited on the record date identified in a listing attached to the omnibus proacy. (iv) The City and the Bond Registrar may treat as and deem the Depository to be the absolute owner of the Bonds for the purpose of payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Sonds, for the purpose of giving notices of redemption and other matters with respect to the Bonds, for the purpose of obtaining any conaent or other action to be taken by Holders for the purpose of registering 937167.1 3 transfers with respect to such Bonds, and for all purpose whatsoever. The Bond Registrar, as paying agent hereunder, shall pay all principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds only to or upon the Holder of the Holders of the Bonds as shown on the bond register, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to fully satisfy and discharge the City's obligations with respect to the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. (v) Upon delivery by the Depoeitory to the Bond Registrar of written notice to the effect that the Depository has determined to substitute a new Nominee in place of the existing Nominee, and subject to the transfer provisions in paragraph 10 hereof, references to the Nominee hereunder shall refer to such new Nominee. � (vi) So long as any Bond is registered in the name of a Nominee, all payments with respect to the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Sond and all notices with respect to such Bond shall be made and given, respectively, by the Bond Registrar or City, as the case may be, to the Depository as provided in the Letter of Representations to the Depository required by the Depository as a condition to its acting as book-entry Depoaitory for the Bonds (said Letter of Repreaentations, together with any replacement thereof or amendment or substitute thereto, including any standard procedures or policies referenced therein or applicable thereto respecting the procedures and other matters relating to the Depository's role as book-entry Depository for the Bonds, collectively hereinafter referred to as the "Letter of Representations"). (vii) All transfers of beneficial ownership interests in each Bond iasued in book-entry form shall be limited in principal amount to Authorized Denominationa and shall be effected by procedures by the Depository with the Participants for recording and traneferring the ownerehip of beneficial interests in such Bonds. (viii) In connection with any notice or other communication to be provided to the Holders pursuant to this Resolution by the City or Bond Registrar with respect to any consent or other action to be taken by Holders, the Depoeitory shall consider the date of receipt of notice requesting such consent or other action as the record date for such consent or other action; provided, that the City or the Bond Registrar may establish a special record date for such consent or other action. The City or the Bond Registrar shall, to the extent possible, give the Depository notice of such special record date not less than 15 calendar 937167.1 4 days in advance of such special record date to the extent possible. (ix} Any successor Bond Registrar in its written acceptance of its duties under this Resolution and any paying agency/bond registrar agreement, shall agree to take any actions necessary from time to time to comply with the requirements of the Letter of Representations. (x) In the case of a partial prepayment of a Bond, the Holder may, in lieu of surrendering the Bonds for a Bond of a lesser denomination as provided in paragraph 5 hereof, make a notation of the reduction in principal amount on the panel provided on the Bond stating the amount so redeemed. (c) Termination of Book-Entry Only Sy�tem. Discontinuance of a particular Depository's services and termination of the book-entry only system may be effected as follows: (i) The Depository may determine to discontinue providing its services with respect to the Bonds at any time by giving written notice to the City and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. The City may terminate the services of the Depository with respect to the Bond if it determines that the Depository is no longer able to carry out ita functiona as securitiea depoaitory or the continuation of the syatem of book-entry transfers through the Depository is not in the best interests of the City or the Beneficial Owners. (ii) Upon termination of the services of the Depoaitory as provided in the preceding paragraph, and if no substitute securities depository ia willing to undertake the functions of the Depository hereunder can be found which, in the opinion of the City, is willing and able to assume such functions upon reasonable or customary terms, or if the City determines that it is in the best interests of the City or the Beneficial Owners of the Bond that the Beneficial Owners be able to obtain certificates for the Bonds, the Bonds shall no longer be registered as being registered in the bond register in the name of the Nominee, but may be registered in whatever name or names the Aolder of the Bonds shall designate at that time, in accordance with paragraph 10 hereof. To the extent that the Beneficial Owners are designated as the transferee by the Holders, in accordance with paragraph 10 hereof, the Bonds will be delivered to the Seneficial Ownera. (iii) Nothing in this subparagraph (c) shall limit or restrict the proviaions of paragraph 10 hereof. 937167.1 5 �d) rPrrPr of Reoresentations. The provisions in the Letter of Representation are incorporated herein by referenced and made a part of the resolution, and if and to the extent any such provisions are inconsistent with the other provisions of this resolution, the provisions in the Letter of Representation shall control. 3. P�ggse: Cost. The Bonds shall provide funds to finance the Improvements in the City. The total cost of the Improvements, which shall include all costs enumerated in Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.65, is estimated to be at least equal to the amount of the Bonds. The City covenants that it shall do all things and perform all acts required of it to assure that work on the Improvements proceeds with due diligence to completion and that any and all permits and studies required under law for the Improvements are obtained. 4. Interest. The Bonds shall bear interest payable semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing February 1, 1999, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, at the respective rates per annum set forth opposite the maturity years as follows: Maturity Year 2000 2001 Interest Rate � Maturity Year 2002 Intereat Rate � 5. Redemption. All Bonds maturing in the year 2002 shall be subject to redemption and prepayment at the option of the City on February 1, 2001, and on any date thereafter at a price of par plus accrued interest. Redemption may be in whole or in part of the Bonds subject to prepayment. If redemption is in part, the maturitiea and the principal amounts within each maturity to be redeemed shall be determined by the City; and if only part of the Bonds having a common maturity date are called for prepayment, the agecific Bonds to be prepaid shall be chosen by lot by the Bond Regiatrar. Bonda or portions thereof called for redemption shall be due and payable on the redemption date, and intereat thereon ahall cease to accrue from and after the redemption date. Notice of redemption shall be given by registered or certified mail at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the paying agent and to each affected regietered holder of the Bonds at the address shown on the registration books. To effect a partial redemption of Bonda having a common maturity date, the Bond Registrar prior to giving notice of redemption shall assign to each Bond having a common maturity date a distinctive number for each $5,000 of the principal amount 937167.1 6 of such Bond. The Bond Registrar shall then select by lot, using such method of selection as it shall deem proper in its discre- tion, from the numbers so assigned to such Bonds, as many numbers as, at $5,000 for each number, shall equal the principal amount of such Bonds to be redeemed. The Bonds to be redeemed shall be the Bonds to which were assigned numbers so selected; provided, however, that only so much of the principal amount of each such Bond of a denomination of more than $5,000 shall be redeemed as shall equal $5,000 for each number asaigned to it and so selected. If a Bond is to be redeemed only in part, it shall be surrendered to the Bond Registrar (with, if the City or Bond Registrar so requires, a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the City and Bond Registrar duly executed by the holder thereof or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing) and the City shall execute (if necessary) and the Bond Registrar shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Bond, without service charge, a new Bond or Bonds of the same series having the same stated maturity and interest rate and of any Authorized Denomination or Denominationa, as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Bond so surrendered. 6. Bond Registrar. , in , , is appointed to act as bond registrar and transfer agent with respect to the Bonds (the "Bond Registrar"), and shall do so unless and until a successor Bond Registrar is duly appointed, all pursuant to any contract the City and Bond Registrar ahall execute which is consistent herewith. The Bond Registrar shall also serve as paying agent unless and until a successor paying agent is duly appointed. Principal and interest on the Bonds shall be paid to the registered holders (or record holders) of the Bonds in the manner set forth in the form of Bond and paragraph 12 of this resolution. 7. Form of Bond. The Bonds, together with the Bond Registrar's Gertificate of Authentication, the form of Aasignment and the registration information thereon, shall be in substantially the following form: 93716�.1 7 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MINNESOTA WASHINGTON COUNTY CITY OF COTTAGE GRO�IE Ei'ji GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BOND, SERIES 1998B INTEREST RATE REGISTERED OWNER: PRINCIPAL AMOLTNT: MATURITY DATE OF DATE ORIGINAL ISSUE UC SIP JUNE 1, 1998 DOLL�ARS KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the City of Cottage Grove, Washington County, Minnesota (the "Iasuer"), certifies that it is indebted and for value received promises to pay to the registered owner specified above, or registered asaigns, unleas called for earlier redemption, in the manner hereinafter set forth, the principal amount specified above, on the maturity date specified above, and to pay interest thereon semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing February 1, 1999, at the rate per annum specified above (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) until the principal sum is paid or has been provided for. This Bond will bear interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of original issue hereof. The principal of and premium, if any, on this Bond are payable upon presentation and surrender hereof at the principal office of , in , (the "Bond Registrar"), acting as paying agent, or any successor paying agent duly appointed by the Isauer. Interest on this Bond will be paid on each Interest Payment Date by check or draft mailed to the person in whose name this Bond is registered (the "Holder" or "Bondholder") on the registration books of the Issuer maintained by the Bond Regiatrar and at the address appearing thereon at the close of busineas on the fifteenth day of the calendar month next preceding such Interest Payment Date (the "Regular Record Date"). Any interest not so timely paid shall cease to be payable to the person who is the Holder hereof as of the Regular Record Date, and shall be payable to the person who is the Holder hereof at the close of business on a date (the "Special Record Date") fixed by the Bond Registrar whenever money becomes available for 93'7167.1 payment of the defaulted interest. Notice of the Special Record Date shall be given to Bondholders not less than ten days prior to the Special Record Date. The principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of America. [So long as this Bond is regiatered in the name of the Depoeitory or ita Nom�aee as provided ia the Resolution hereinafter dascribed, and ae thoee terme are defined tharain, paymeat of priacipal of, premium, if any, and interest on thia Bond and aotica with reapect therato ahall be made as provided in the Letter of Representatioas, as defined in the Reaolution, and aurrender of thia Bond ahall not be required for paymant of the redemption price upon a partial redemption of this Sond. Ontil termination of the book-entry only systam pursuant to the Reeolution, Sonda may only be registered ia-the name of the Depoaitory or ita Nominee.]` REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISZONS OF THIS BOND SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH HERE. IT SS AEREBY CERTIFZED AND RECITED that all acts, conditions and things required by the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota to be done, to happen and to be performed, precedent to and in the issuance of this Sond, have been done, have happened and have been performed, in regular and due form, time and manner as required by law, and that this Bond, together with all other debts of the Issuer outstanding on the date of original issue hereof and the date of ita issuance and delivery to the original purchaser, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedneas. ' Inelude only until termiaation of the book-eatry only ayetem under paragraph 2 hereof. 937167.1 9 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Cottage Grove, Washington County, Minnesota, by its City Council has caused this Bond to be executed on its behalf by the facsimile signatures of its Mayor and its Clerk, the corporate seal of the Issuer having been intentionally amitted as permitted by law. Date of Registration BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This Bond is one of the Bonds described in the Resolution mentioned within. Bond Registrar By Authorized Signature Registrable by: Payable at: CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE, WASAINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA 1s/ Facsimile Mayor /s/ Facsimile Clerk 9a�as�.i 1 0 ON REVERSE OF BOND Redemption. All Bonds of this issue (the "Bonds") maturing in the year 2002 are subject to redemption and prepayment at the option of the Issuer on February 1, 2001, and on any date thereafter at a price of par plus accrued interest. Redemption may be in whole or in part of the Sonds subject to prepayment. If redemption is in part, the maturities and the principal amounts within each maturity to be redeemed shall be determined by the Issuer; and if only part of the Bonds having a common maturity date are called for prepayment, the specific Bonds to be prepaid shall be chosen by lot by the Bond Registrar. Bonds or portions thereof called for redemption shall be due and payable on the redemption date, and interest thereon shall cease to accrue from and after the redemption date. Notice of redemption shall be given by registered or certified mail at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the paying agent and to each affected Holder of the Bonds at the address shown on the registration books. To effect a partial redemption of Bonds having a common maturity date, the Bond Registrar shall assign to each Bond having a common maturity date a distinctive number for each $5,000 of the principal amount of such Bond. The Bond Registrar shall then select by lot, using such method of selection as it shall deem proper in its discretion, from the numbers assigned to the Bonds, as many numbers as, at $5,000 for each number, shall equal the principal amount of auch Bonds to be redeemed. The Bonds to be redeemed shall be the Bonds to which were assigned numbers so selected; provided, however, that only so much of the principal amount of such Bond of a denomination of more than $5,000 ahall be redeemed as shall equal $5,000 for each number assigned to it and so selected. Sf a Bond is to be redeemed only in part, it shall be surrendered to the Bond Registrar (with, if the Iesuer or Bond Registrar so requires, a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and Bond Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Issuer shall execute (if necessary) and the Bond Registrar shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Bond, without service charge, a new Bond or Bonds of the same series having the same stated maturity and interest rate and of any Authorized Denomination or Denomina- tions, as requested by auch I-iolder, in aggregate principal amount egual to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Bond so surrendered. 937167.1 1 �. Tssuance• Purpose• General O�liaation. This Bond is one of an issue in the total principal amount of $1,060,000, all of like date of original issue and tenor, except as to number, maturity, interest rate, denomination and redemption privilege, which Bond has been issued pursuant to and in full conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota and pursuant to a resolution adopted by the City Council of the Issuer on May 20, 1998 (the "Resolution"), for the purpose of providing money to finance the construction of various public improvements within the jurisdiction of the Issuer. This Bond is payable out of the General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1998B Fund of the Issuer. This Bond constitutes a general obligation of the Issuer, and to provide moneys for the prompt and full payment of its principal, premium, if any, and interest when the same become due, the full faith and credit and taxing powers of the Issuer have been and are hereby irrevocably pledged. Denominations• Exchange: Resolution. The Bonds are iseuable solely as fully registered bonds in Authorized Denominations (as defined in the Resolution) and are exchangeable for fully registered Bonds of other Authorized Denominations in equal aggregate principal amounts at the principal office of the Bond Registrar, but only in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Resolution. Reference is hereby made to the Resolution for a description of the rights and duties of the Bond Registrar. Copies of the Resolution are on file in the principal office of the Bond Registrar. - Transfer. This Bond is transferable by the Holder in person or by his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing at the principal office of the Bond Registrar upon presentation and surrender hereof to the Bond Registrar, all subject to the terms and conditiona provided in the Resolution and to reasonable regulations of the Issuer contained in any agreement with the Bond Registrar. Thereupon the Issuer shall execute and the Bond Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for this Bond, one or more new fully registered Bonds in the name of the transferee (but not registered in blank or to "bearer" or similar deaignation), of an Authorized Denomination or Denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of this Bond, of the same maturity and bearing interest at the same rate. Fees up4n Transfer or Loss. The Bond Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with the transfer or exchange of this Bond and any legal or unusual costs regarding transfers and lost Bonds. Treatment of Registered Owners. The Zssuer and Bond Registrar may treat the person in whose name this Bond is 43716�.1 1 a registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided (except as otherwise provided on the reverse side hereof with respect to the Record Date) and for all other purposes, whether or not this Bond shall be overdue, and neither the Issuer nor the Bond Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Authentication. This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been executed by the Bond Registrar. n„aiified Tax-Exempt Obl�Qation. This Bond has been designated by the Issuer as a"qualified tax-exempt obligation" for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. ABBREVIATIONS 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 lawa or regulations: TEN COM - as tenants in common TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common r7TMA - as custodian for (Cust) (Minor) under the Uniform (State) Transfers to Minors Act Additional abbreviationa may also be used though not in the above list. 9a�is�.a 13 ASSIGNMENT For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the within Bond and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the Bond on the books kept for the registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: Notice: The assignor's signature to this assignment must corresponc� with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Bond in every particular, without alteration or any change whatever. Signature Guaranteed: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a national bank or truat company or by a brokerage firm having a membership in one of the major stock exchanges or any other "Eligible Guarantor Institution" as defined in 17 CFR 240.1'7 Ad-15(a)(2). The Bond Registrar will not effect transfer of this Bond unless the information concerning the transferee requested below is provided. Name and Address: (Include information for all joint owners if the Bond is held by joint account.) 937167.1 14 [Uae only for Bonds whan they are Regiatared in Book Entry Only Syatem] PREPAYMENT SCHEDULE This Bond has been prepaid in part on the date(s) and in the amount(s) as follows: AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE DATE AMOUNT OF HOLDER 937167.1 1 5 8. Execution; Temporary Bonds. The Bonds shall be printed (or, at the request of the Purchaser, typewritten) and shall be executed on behalf of the City by the signatures of its Mayor and Clerk and be sealed with the ssal of the City; provided, however, that the seal of the City may be a printed (or, at the request of the Purchaser, photocopied) facsimile; and provided further that both of such signatures may be printed (or, at the request of the Purchaser, photocopied) facsimiles and the corporate seal may be omitted on the Bonds as permitted by law. In the event of disability or resignation or other absence of either such officer, the Bonds may be signed by the manual or facsimile signature of that officer who may act on behalf of such absent or disabled officer. In case either such officer whose signature or facsimile of whose signature shall appear on the Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of the Bonds, such signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same ae if he or she had remained in office until delivery. The City may elect to deliver, in lieu of printed definitive bonda, one or more typewritten temporary bonds in substantially the form set forth above, with such changes as may be necessary to reflect more than one maturity in a single temporary bond. Such temporary bonds may be executed with photocopied facsimile signatures of the Mayor and Clerk. Such temporary bonds shall, upon the printing of the definitive bonds and the execution thereof, be exchanged therefor and cancelled. 9. Authentication. No Sond shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under this resolution unless a Certificate of Authentication on such Bond, substantially in the form hereinabove set forth, shall have been duly executed by an authorized representative of the Bond Registrar. Certificates of Authentication on different Bonds need not be signed by the same person. The Sond Registrar shall authenticate the signatures of officers of the City on each Bond by execution of the Certificate of Authentication on the Bond and by inserting as the date of registration in the space provided the date on which the Bond is authenticated, except that for purposes of delivering the original Bonds to the Purchaser, the Bond Registrar shall insert as a date of registration the date of original iesue, which date is June 1, 1998. The Certificate of Authentication so executed on each Bond shall be conclusive evidence that it has been authenticated and delivered under this resolution. 10. Reaistration: Transfer; Exchanae. The City will cause to be kept at the principal office of the Bond Regiatrar a bond register in which, subject to such reasonable regulationa as the Bond Registrar may prescribe, the Bond Regietrar shall provide for the registration of Bonds and the registration of transfers of Bonds entitled to be registered or transferred as herein provided. 937167.1 1 6 Upon surrender for transfer of any Bond at the principal office of the Bond Regiatrar, the City shall execute (if necessary), and the Bond Registrar shall authenticate, insert the date of registration (aa provided in paragraph 9) of, and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Bonds of any Authorized Denomination or Denominations of a like aggregate principal amount, having the same stated maturity and interest rate, as requested by the transferor; provided, however, that no Bond may be registered in blank or in the name of "bearer" or similar designation. At the option of the Holder, Bonds may be exchanged for Bonds of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount and stated maturity, upon surrender of the Bonds to be exchanged at the principal office of the Bond Registrar. Whenever any Bonds are so surrendered for exchange, the City shall execute (if necessary), and the Bond Registrar shall authenticate, insert the date of registration of, and deliver the Bonds which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. All Bonds surrendered upon any exchange or transfer provided for in thia resolution shall be promptly cancelled by the Bond Registrar and thereafter dispoaed of as directed by the City. Al1 Bonds delivered in exchange for or upon transfer of Bonds shall be valid general obligations of the City evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this resolution, as the Bonds surrendered for such exchange or transfer. Every Bond presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Bond Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing. The Bond Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with the transfer or exchange of any Bond and any legal or unusual coeta regarding transfers and lost Bonds. Transfera shall also be subject to reasonable regulations of the City contained in any agreement with the Bond Registrar, including regulations which permit the Bond Registrar to close its tranafer books between record dates and payment dates. The Clerk ia hereby authorized to negotiate and execute the terms of said agreement. 11. Riahts Ugon Tranafer or Exchanae. Each Bond delivered upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any 937167.1 1 7 other Bond shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Bond. 12, Tnterest Pavment• Record Date. Interest on any Bond shall be paid on each Interest Payment Date by check or draft mailed to the person in whose name the Bond is registered (the "Holder") on the registration books of the City maintained by the Bond Registrar and at the address appearing thereon at the close of business on the fifteenth (i5th) day of the calendar month next preceding such Znterest Payment Date (the "Regular Record Date"). Any such interest not so timely paid shall cease to be payable to the person who is the Holder thereof as of the Regular Record Date, and shall be payable to the person who is the Holder thereof at the close of business on a date (the "Special Record Date") fixed by the Bond Registrar whenever money becomes available for payment of the defaulted interest. Notice of the Special Record Date shall be given by the Bond Registrar to the Holders not less than ten (10) days prior to the Special Record Date. 13. Treatment of Regiatered Owner. The City and Bond Registrar may treat the person in whose name any Bond is registered as the owner of such Bond for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest (subject to the payment provisiona in paragraph 12 above) on, such Bond and for all other purposes whatsoever whether or not such Bond shall be overdue, and neither the City nor the Bond Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 14. D� ive • Ap�lication of Proceeds. The Bonds when so prepared and executed shall be delivered by the Director of Finance to the Purchaser upon receipt of the purchase price, and the Purchaser shall not be obliged to see to the proper application thereof. 15. Funds and Accounts. There is hereby created a special fund to be deaignated the "General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1998B Fund" (the "Fund"}, to be administered and maintained by the Director of Finance as a bookkeeping account separate and apart from all other accounts maintained in the official financial records of the City. The Fund shall be maintained in the manner herein apecified until all of the Bonds and the interest thereon have been fully paid. There ahall be maintained in the Fund two (2) separate accounts, to be designated the "Conatruction Account" and "Debt Service Account", respectively. � ��nar Account. To the Construction Account there shall be credited the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds, less accrued interest received thereon, and less any amount paid for the Bonds in excess of $1,053,640, and less capitalized interest in the amount of $ (together with 937167.1 1 8 interest earnings thereon and subject to such other adjustments as are appropriate to provide sufficient funds to pay interest due on the Bonds on or before l, ), plus any special assessments levied with respect to the Improvements and collected prior to completion of the Improvements and payment of the costs thereof. From the Construction Account there shall be paid all costs and expenses of making the Improvements, including the cost of any construction contracts heretofore let and all other costs incurred and to be incurred of the kind authorized in Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.65; and the moneys in the Construction Account shall be used for no other purpose except as otherwise provided by law; provided that the proceeds of the Bonds may also be used to the extent necessary to pay interest on the Bonds due prior to the anticipated date of commencement of the collection of special assessments herein levied or covenanted to be levied; and provided further that if upon completion of the Zmprovements there shall remain any unexpended balance in the Construction Account, the balance may be transferred by the Council to the fund of any other improvement instituted pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429, or transferred to the Debt Service Account; and provided further that any special assessments credited to the Construction Account shall only be applied towards payment of the costs of the Improvements upon adoption of a resolution by the City Council determining that the application of the special assessments for such purpose will not cause the City to no longer be in compliance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.61, Subdivision 1: (b) Debt Service Account. There are hereby pledged and there shall be credited to the Debt Service Account: (i) all collections of special assessments herein covenanted to be levied with respect to the Improvements and either initially credited to the Construction Account and not already spent as permitted above and required to pay any principal and interest due on the Bonds or collected subsequent to the completion of the Improvements and payment of the costs thereof; (ii) all accrued interest received upon delivery of the Bonds; (iii) all funds paid for the Bonds in excess of $1,053,640; (iv) capitalized interest in the amount of $ (together with interest earnings thereon and subject to such other adjustments as are appropriate to provide sufficient funds to pay interest due on the Bonds on or before 1, ); (v) any collections of all taxes which may hereafter be levied in the event that the special assessments and other sums herein pledged to the payment of the Bonds are insufficient therefor; (vi) all funds remaining in the Construction Account after completion of the Improvements and payment of the costs thereof, not so transferred to the account of another improvement; (vii) all investment earnings on moneys held in the Debt Service Account; and (viii) any and all other moneys which are properly available and are appropriated by the governing body of the City to the Debt Service Account. The Debt Service Account shall be used solely to pay the principal and 937167.1 1 9 interest and any premiums for redemption of the Bonds and any other general obligation bonds of the City hereafter issued by the City and made payable from the Debt Service Account as provided by law. No portion of the proceeds of the Bonds shall be used directly or indirectly to acquire higher yielding investments or to replace funds which were used directly or indirectly to acquire higher yielding investments, except (1) for a reasonable temporary period until such proceeds are needed for the purpose for which the Bonds were issued, and (2) in addition to the above in an amount not greater than five percent (5�) of the proceeds of the Bonds. To this effect, any sums from time to time held in the Construction Account or Debt Service Account (or any other City fund or account which will be used to pay principal or interest to become due on the bonds payable therefrom) in excess of amounts which under then-applicable federal arbitrage regulations may be invested without regard as to yield shall not be invested at a yield in excesa of the applicable yield restrictions imposed by said arbitrage regulations on such investments after taking into account any applicable "temporary periods" or "minor portion" made available under the federal arbitrage regulations. In addition, the proceeds of the Bonds and money in the Construction Account or Debt Service Account shall not be invested in obligations or deposits issued by, guaranteed by or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof if and to the extent that such investment would cause the Bonds to be "federally guaranteed" within the meaning of Section 149(b) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). 16. Assessments. It is hereby determined that no less than one hundred percent (100�) of the cost to the City of each Improvement financed hereunder within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.58, Subdivision 1(3), shall be paid by special assessmenta to be levied against every assessable lot, piece and parcel of land benefitted by the Zmprovements. The City hereby covenants and agreea that it will let all construction contracts not heretofore let within one year after ordering each Improvement financed hereunder unless the resolution ordering the Improvement specifies a different time limit for the letting of construction contracta. The City hereby further covenants and agrees that it will do and perform, as soon as they may be done, all acts and things necessary for the final and valid levy of such special asaessments, and in the event that any such asseasment be at any time held invalid with respect to any lot, piece or parcel of land due to any error, defect, or irregularity in any action or proceedings taken or to be taken by the City or thia Council or any of the City officers or employees, either in the making of the assessments or in the performance of any condition precedent thereto, the City and this Council will forthwith do all further acts and take all further ea�ac�.i 2 0 proceedings as may be required by law to make the assessments a valid and binding lien upon such property. The special assessments have not heretofore been authorized, and accordingly, for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.55, Subdivision 3, the special asaessments are hereby authorized. Subject to such adjustments as are required by conditions in existence at the time the assessments are levied, the assessments are hereby authorized and it is hereby determined that the assessments shall be payable in equal, consecutive, annual installments, including both principal and interest, with interest at a rate per annum approximately percent (�) per annum in excess of the net effective rate of interest on the Bonds (estimated at &): Improvement DesiQnation Amoun Collection Levy Years Yeara (i) West Draw Meadows ls` Addition (ii) Pine Foreat 3` Addition TOTAL: $ 575,677 �►I/IFZ�a $1.053.640 1998-2000 1999-2001 (for both) (for both) At the time the assessments are in fact levied the City Council shall, based on the then-current estimated collections of the assessments, make any adjustments in any ad valorem taxes required to be levied in order to assure that the City continues to be in compliance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.61, Subdivision 1. 1'7. Coverage Test. The special assessments are such that if collected in full they, together with estimated collections of other revenues herein pledged for the payment of the Bonds, will produce at Zeast five percent (5%) in excess of the amount needed to meet when due the principal and interest payments on the Bonda. 18. Defeasance. When all Bonds have been discharged as provided in thia paragraph, all pledges, covenants and other rights granted by this resolution to the registered holders of the Bonds ahall, to the extent permitted by law, cease. The City may discharge its obligationa with respect to any Bonds which are due on any date by irrevocably depositing with the Bond Registrar on or before that date a sum sufficient for the payment thereof in full; or if any Bond should not be paid when due, it may nevertheless be discharged by depositing with the Bond Registrar a sum sufficient for the payment thereof in full with intereat accrued to the date of such deposit. The City may also discharge ita obligationa with respect to any prepayable Bonds called for redemption on any date when they are prepayable according to 937767.1 2 1 their terms, by depositing with the Bond Registrar on or before that date a sum sufficient far the payment thereof in full, provided that notice of redemption thereof has been duly given. 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 suitable banking institution qualified by law as an escrow agent for this purpose, cash or securities described in Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.67, Subdivision 8, bearing interest payable at such times and at such rates and maturing on such dates as shall be required, without regard to sale and/or reinvestment, to pay all amounts to become due thereon to maturity or, if notice of redemption as herein required has been duly provided for, to such earlier redemption date. 19. Compliance With Reimbursement Bond ReQUlations. The provisions of this paragraph are intended to establish and provide for the City's compliance with United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.150-2 (the "Reimbursement Regulations") applicable to the "reimbursement proceeds" of the Bonds, being those portions thereof which will be used by the City to reimburse itself for any expenditure which the City paid or will have paid prior to the Closing Date (a "Reimbursement Expenditure"?. The City hereby certifies and/or covenanta as follows: (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of payment of a Reimbursement E�cpenditure, the City (or person designated to do so on behalf of the City) has made or wi11 have made a written declaration of the City's official intent (a "Declaration") which effectively (i) states the City's reasonable expectation to reimburse itself for the payment of the Reimbursement E�cpenditure out of the proceeds of a subsequent borrowing; (ii) gives a general and functional description of the property, project or program to which the Declaration relates and for which the Reimbursement Expenditure is paid, or identifies a specific fund or account of the City and the general functional purpose thereof from which the Reimbursement Expenditure wae to be paid (collectively the "Project"3; and (iii) states the maximum principal amount of debt expected to be issued by the City for the purpose of financing the Project; provided, however, that no such Declaration shall necessarily have been made with respect to: (i) "preliminary expenditures" for the Project, defined in the Reimbursement Regulations to include engineering or architectural, surveying and soil testing expenses and similar prefatory costs, which in the aggregate do not exceed 20� of the "isaue price" of the Bonda, and (ii) 937167.1 2 2 a de minimis amount of Reimbursement Expenditures not in excess of the lesser of $100,000 or Sg of the proceeds of the Bonds. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Declaration made by the City between January 27, 1992 and June 30, 1993, with respect to a Reimbursement Expenditure made prior to March 2, 1992, the City hereby represents that there exists objective evidence, that at the time the Expenditure was paid the City expected to reimburse the cost thereof with the proceeds of a borrowing (taxable or tax-exempt) and that expectation was reasonable. (b) Each Reimbursement Expenditure is a capital expenditure or a cost of issuance of the Bonds or any of the other types of expenditures described in Section 1.150- 2(d)(3) of the Reimbursement Regulations. (c) The "reimbursement allocation" described in the Reimbursement Regulations for each Reimbursement Expenditure shall and will be made forthwith following (but not prior to) the issuance of the Bonds and in all events within the period ending on the date which is the later of 18 months after payment of the Reimburse- ment Expenditure or one year after the date on which the Project to which the Reimbursement Expenditure relates is first placed in service, but not more than three years after the date of the Reimbursement Expenditure. (d) Each such reimbursement allocation will be made in a writing that evidences the City's use of Bond proceeds to reimburse the Reimbursement Expenditure and, if made within 30 days after the Bonds are isaued, shall be treated as made on the day the Bonds are issued. Provided, however, that the City may take action contrary to any of the foregoing covenants in this paragraph 19 upon receipt of an opinion of its Bond Counsel for the Bonda stating in effect that such action will not impair the tax-exempt status of the Bonds. 20. Continuing Disclosure. The City is the aole obligated person with respect to the Bonds. The City hereby agrees, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 15c2-12 (the "Rule"), promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commiasion") pursuant to the Securitiea Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a Continuing Disclosure Undertaking (the "Undertaking") hereinafter described to: (a) Provide or cause to be provided to each nationally recognized municipal securities information repository ("NRMSIR") 937167.1 2 3 and to the appropriate state information depository ("SID'��, if any, for the State of Minnesota, in each case as designated by the Commission in accordance with the Rule, certain annual financial information and operating data in accordance with the Undertaking. The City reserves the right to modify from time to time the terms of the Undertaking as provided therein. (b) Provide or cause to be provided, in a timely manner, to (i) each NRMSIR or to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board ("MSRB"} and (ii) the SID, notice of the occurrence of certain material events with respect to the Bonds in accordance with the Undertaking. (c) Provide or cause to be provided, in a timely manner, to (i) each NRMSIR or to the MSRB and (ii) the SID, notice of a failure by the City to provide the annual financiat information with respect to the City described in the Undertaking. (d) The City agrees that its covenants pursuant to the Rule set forth in this paragraph 20 and in the Undertaking is intended to be for the benefit of the Holders of the Bonds and shall be enforceable on behalf of such Holders; provided that the right to enforce the provisions of these covenants shall be limited to a right to obtain specific enforcement of the City's obligations under the covenants. The Mayor and Clerk of the City, or any other officer of the City authorized to act in their place with "Officers°' are hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the City the Undertaking in substantially the form presented to the City Council subject to such modifications thereof or additions thereto as are (i) consistent with the requirements under the Rule, (ii) required by the Purchaser of the Bonds, and (iii) acceptable to the Officers. 21. General Obligation Pledae. 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 ahall be and are irrevocably pledged. If the balance in the Debt Service Account is ever insufficient to pay all principal and intereat then due on the Bonds payable therefrom, the deficiency shall be promptly paid out of any other accounts of the City which are available for such purpose, and such other funde may be reimbursed without interest from the Debt Service Account when a aufficient balance is available therein. 22, rArrificate of Registration. The Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the County Auditor of Washington County, Minnesota, together with such other information as he or ahe shall require, and to obtain the County Auditor's certificate that the Bonds have been entered in the County Auditor's Bond Register. 93716�.1 2 4 23. Records and Certificates. The officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and furnish to the Purchaser, and to the attorneys approving the legality of the issuance of the Bonds, certified copies of all proceedings and records of the City relating to the Bonds and to the finaneial condition and affairs of the City, and such other affidavits, certificates and information as are reguired to show the facts relating to the legality and marketability of the Bonds as the same appear from the books and records under their custody and control or as otherwise known to them, and all such certified copies, certificates and affidavits, including any heretofore furnished, shall be deemed representations of the City as to the facts recited therein. 24. Nec�ative �ovenant as co use oi rroceeu� a�,u Imbrovements. The City hereby covenants not to use the proceeds of the Bonds or to use the Improvements, or to cause or permit them to be used, or to enter into any deferred payment arrangements for the cost of the Improvements, 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. 25. Tax-Exempt Status of the Bonds: Rebate. The City shall comply with requirements necessary under the Code to establish and maintain the exclusion from gross income under Section 103 of the Code of the interest on the Bonds, including without limitation (1) requirements relating to temporary periods for investments, (2) limitations on amounta invested at a yield greater than the yield on the Bonds, and (3) the rebate of excess investment earnings to the United States if the Bonds (together with other obligations reasonably expected to be issued and outstanding at one time in this calendar year) exceed the small-issuer exception amount of $5,000,000. For purposes of qualifying for the exception to the federal arbitrage rebate requirements for governmental units issuing $5,000,000 or lesa of bonds, the City hereby finds, determines and declares that (1) the Bonds are issued by a governmental unit with general taxing powers, (2) no Bond is a private activity bond, (3) ninety-five percent (95�) or more of the net proceeds of the Bonds are to be used for local governmental activities of the City (or of a governmental unit the jurisdiction of which is entirely within the jurisdiction of the City), and (4) the aggregate face amount of all tax-exempt bonds (other than private activity bonds) issued by the City (and all subordinate entities thereof, and all entitiea treated as one issuer with 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. 93�167.1 2 5 26. Aesianation of Oualified Tax-Exempt 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 hereby makes the following factual statements and representations: (a) the Bonds are issued after August 7, 1986; (b} the Bonds are not "private activity bonds" as defined in Section 141 of the Code; (c) the City hereby designates the Bonds as "gualified tax-exempt obligations" for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code; (d) the reasonably anticipated amount of tax-exempt obligations (other than private activity bonds, treating qualified 501(c)(3) bonds as not being private activity bonds) which will be issued by the City (and all entities treated as one issuer with the City, and all subordinate entities whose obligations are treated as issued by the City) during thia calendar year 1998 will not exceed $10,000,000; and (e) not more than $10,000,000 of obligations issued by the City during this calendar year 1998 have been designated for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code. The City shall use its best efforts to comply with any federal procedural requirements which may apply in order to effectuate the designation made by this paragraph. 27. Pavment of Issuance Expenses. The City authorizes the Purchaser to forward the amount of Bond proceeds allocable to the payment of issuance expenses to Resource Bank & Trust Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota on the cloaing date for further distribution as directed by the City's financial advisor, Ehlers. 28. Severabilitv. If any section, paragraph or provision of this resolution shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph or provision shall not affect any of the remaining proviaions of this resolution. 29. Heading�. Headings in this resolution are included for convenience of reference only and are not a part hereof, and shall not limit or define the meaning of any provision hereof. 93716�.1 z 6 The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member and, after a full discussion thereof and upon a vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: and the following voted against the same: Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. 93�167.1 a � STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF WASHINGTON CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting Clerk of the City of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that I have compared the attached and foregoing extract of minutes with the original thereof on file in my office, and that the same is a full, true and complete transcript of the minutes of a meeting of the City Council of said City, duly ealled and held on the date therein indicated, insofar as such minutes relate to considering proposals for, and awarding the sale of, $1,060,000 General Obligation Improvement Bonds, Series 1998B of said City. WITNESS my hand this 20th day of May, 1998. Clerk 937167.1 2 � EXHIBIT A PROPOSAI,S [To be supplied by Ehlers and Associates, Inc.] 939167 .1 A- �.