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HomeMy WebLinkAbout24-106 Resolution Adopting a 5-Year Street Reconstruction Plan (2025-2029) and Approving the Issuance of General Obligation Street Reconstruction Bonds CITY OF LAKEVILLE RESOLUTION NO. Z� -10(P Resolution Adopting a 5-Year Street Reconstruction Plan (2025-2029) and Approving the Issuance of General Obligation Street Reconstruction Bonds WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.58, subd. 3b (the "Street Reconstruction Act"), the City has prepared a 2025-2029 street reconstruction plan dated October 7, 2024 (the "Street Reconstruction Plan") which sets forth various street reconstruction plan projects to be undertaken in the City within the next five years (the "Street Reconstruction Plan Projects"). The Street Reconstruction Plan recommends the issuance of general obligation street reconstruction bonds under the Street Reconstruction Act in the approximate principal amount of$28.350 million (the "Street Reconstruction Bonds") to finance a portion of the costs of the Street Reconshuction Plan Projects; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Street Reconstruction Act, the City is authorized to issue and sell obligations for street reconstruction under the circumstances and within the limitations set forth in the Street Reconstruction Act. The Street Reconstruction Act provides that a street reconstruction plan may be financed with bonds issued by the City, following a public hearing and the adoption of such plan, and other proceedings conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Street Reconstruction Act; and WHEREAS, on October 7, 2024 the City Council held a public hearing on the adoption of the Street Reconstruction Plan and the issuance of the Bonds after publication of the notice of public hearing for the Street Reconstruction Plan not less than 10 days nor more than 28 days prior to the date thereof in the City's official newspaper; and WHEREAS, all parties who appeared at the hearing were given an opportunity to express their views with respect to the proposal to adopt the Street Reconstruction Plan and to undertake and finance a portion of the Street Reconshuction Plan Projects with Street Reconstruction Bonds and any written comments submitted prior to the hearing were considered. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Lakeville Minnesota as follows: 1. CITY POLICIES AND GOALS. The financing of the Street Reconstruction Plan Projects and the issuance of the Street Reconstruction Bonds will further the policies and goals of the City as set forth in the Street Reconstruction Plan. 2. ADOPTION OF STREET RECONSTRUCTION PLAN. Based on information received at the public hearing, such written comments (if any) and such other facts and circumstances as the City Council deems relevant, it is hereby found, determined and declared that: (a) the Street Reconstruction Plan Projects proposed in the Street Reconstruction Plan will allow the City to construct and finance various street reconstruction projects; (b) the Street Reconstruction Plan is hereby approved and adopted in the forms presently on file with the City. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF BONDS. The City hereby gives preliminary approval to the issuance of the Bonds, the proceeds of which will be used, together with additional funds of the City to finance costs of various Street Reconstruction Plan Projects and to pay costs of issuance of the Bonds. The City staff is hereby authorized, in consultation with the City's financial advisor and legal counsel, to take all necessary action to call for the sale of the Bonds and to present proposals to this Council for approval at a subsequent meeting. 4. VOTER REFERENDUM CONTINGENCY. Pursuant to the Street Reconstruction Act, if a petition requesting a vote on the question of issuing the Street Reconstruction Bonds, signed by voters equal to five percent of the votes cast in the last municipal general election, is filed within thirty days of the public hearing, the City may issue the Street Reconstruction Bonds only after obtaining the approval of a majority of the voters voting on the question of the issuance of the Street Reconstruction Bonds. The authorizations and approvals contained herein are subject to and contingent upon not receiving such a petition, or, in the event such a petition is filed, the approving vote of a majority of the voters voting on the question of the issuance of the Street Reconstruction Bonds. ADOPTED by the Lakeville City Council this 7th day of October 2024. CITY OF LAKEVILLE L e M. Hellier, Mayor Ann Orlo sky, City Clerk VOTE Hellier Berme Lee Volk Wolter Aye �g � Nay ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Abstain ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Absent ❑ ❑ p ❑ ❑