Resolution - #08-07-130 - 07/22/2008

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WHEREAS, no public official of the City has either a direct or indirect financial interest in the Project nor will any public official either directly or indirectly benefit financially from the Project. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1. The Council hereby indicates its preliminary intent to undertake the Project pursuant to the Act and to issue the Revenue Bonds in the approximate principal amount of $6,000,000 pursuant to the Act to finance the Project. 2. On the. basis of information available to the Council it appears, and the Council hereby finds, that the Project constitutes properties, real and personal, used or useful in connection with one or more revenue producing enterprises within the meaning of Subdivision 2(a) of Section 469.153 of the Act; that the Project furthers the purposes stated in Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.152; that the availability of the financing under the Act and willingness of the City to furnish such financing will be a substantial inducement to the Company to undertake the Project, and that the effect of the Project, if undertaken, will be to encourage the development of economically sound industry and commerce, to assist in the prevention of the emergence of blighted and marginal land, to help prevent chronic unemployment, to help the City retain and improve the tax base and to provide the range of service and employment opportunities required by the population, to help prevent the movement of talented and educated persons out of the State and to areas within the State where their services may not be as effectively used, to promote more intensive development and use of land within the City and eventually to increase the tax base of the community. 3. The issuance of the Revenue Bonds by the City is subject to, among other things, ( a) the holding of a public hearing on the proposal, (b) the approval of the Proj ect by the City and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, (c) review and approval of the proposed Project by Bond Counsel, (d) final approval by this Council, the Company, and . the purchaser of the Revenue Bonds as to the ultimate details of the financing of the Project and (e) receipt of federal bonding allocation for the Revenue Bonds. 4. The Company has agreed and it is hereby determined that any and all costs incurred by the City, including all fees required by the City's administrative policies, in connection with the financing of the Project whether or not the Project is carried to completion and whether or not approved by the City will be paid by Company. 5. Nothing in this resolution or in the documents prepared pursuant hereto shall authorize the expenditure of any municipal funds on the Project other than the revenues derived from the Project or otherwise granted to the City for this purpose. The Revenue Bonds shall not constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property or funds of the City except the revenue and proceeds pledged to the payment thereof, nor shall the City be subject to any liability thereon. The holder of the Revenue Bonds shall never have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the City to pay the outstanding principal on the Revenue Bonds or the interest thereon, or to enforce payment thereof against any property of the City. The Revenue Bonds shall recite in substance that the Revenue Bonds, including interest RESOLUTION # 08-07-130 Page 2 of 4