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HomeMy WebLinkAbout17-052CITY OF LAKEVILLE RESOLUTION NO. 17-52 RESOLUTION APPROVING FEASIBILTY REPORT, ORDERING IMPROVEMENTS AND DECLARING INTENT TO REIMBURSE CERTAIN EXPENDITURES FROM THE PROCEEDS OF BONDS FOR 222nd STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, on April 17, 2017, the City Council approved a resolution accepting a petition from Launch Properties, LLC on behalf of Hat Trick Investments, LLC requesting that the City construct and finance the public improvements associated with the Launch Park First Addition development project and be assessed for the entire cost of the improvements; WHEREAS, The Internal Revenue Service has issued Treasury Reg. 1.150-2 (the "Reimbursement Regulations") providing that proceeds of tax-exempt bonds used to reimburse prior expenditures will not be deemed spent unless certain requirements are met; and WHEREAS, The City expects to incur certain expenditures that may be financed temporarily from sources other than bonds, and later reimbursed from the proceeds of tax-exempt bonds; and WHEREAS, The City has determined to make this declaration of official intent ("Declaration") to reimburse certain costs from proceeds of bonds in accordance with the Reimbursement regulations; and WHEREAS, The total estimated general obligation bonds to be issued for this project are $1,766,477. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Lakeville, Minnesota: 1. The 222nd Street and Utility Improvement is necessary, cost-effective, and feasible as detailed in the feasibility report. 2. The 222nd Street and Utility Improvement Project is hereby ordered as identified in the Feasibility Report for Project 17-07, dated April 17, 2017. 3. Such improvement has no relation to the comprehensive municipal plan. 4. Staff is hereby authorized to prepare plans and specifications for the making of such improvements. 5. The City reasonably expects to reimburse the expenditures made for the entire cost of the project from the proceeds of bonds in an estimated maximum principal amount of $1,766,477. All reimbursed expenditures will be capital expenditures, costs of issuance of the bonds, or other expenditures eligible for reimbursement under Section 1.150-2(d)(3) of the Reimbursement Regulations. 6. This Declaration has been made no later than 60 days after payment of any original expenditure to be subject to a reimbursement allocation with respect to the proceeds of bonds, except for the following expenditures: a) costs of issuance of bonds; b) costs in an amount not in excess of $100,000 or five percent of the proceeds of an issue; or c) "preliminary expenditures" up to an amount not in excess of 20 percent of the aggregate issue price of the issue or issues that are reasonably expected by the City to finance the project for which the preliminary expenditures were incurred. The term preliminary expenditures" includes architectural, engineering, surveying, bond issuance, and similar costs that are incurred prior to commencement of acquisition, construction or rehabilitation of a project, other than land acquisition, site preparation, and similar costs incident to commencement of construction. 7. This Declaration is an expression of the reasonable expectations of the City based on the facts and circumstances known to the City as the date hereof. The anticipated original expenditures for the Project and the principal amount of the bonds described in paragraph 3 are consistent with the City's budgetary and financial circumstances. No sources other than proceeds of bonds to be issued by the City are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long term basis, or otherwise set aside pursuant to the City's budget or financial policies to pay such Project expenditures. 8. This Declaration is intended to constitute a declaration of the official intent for the purposes of the Reimbursement Regulations. ADOPTED by the Lakeville City Council this 17`h day of April, 2017 WWI - Douglas D• P. • •Mayor C Charlene Friedges, City Pr