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HomeMy WebLinkAbout92-022 t f'~ CITY OF LAKEVILLE RESOLUTION Date Februar 18, 1992 Resolution No. 92-22 Motion by xarvey Seconded by sindt RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES RELATING TO COMPLIANCE WITH REIMBURSEMENT BOND REGULATIONS UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council (the "Council") of the City of Lakeville, Minnesota (the "City"), as follows: 1. Recitals. (a) (a) The Internal Revenue Service has issued Section 1.103-18 of the Income Tax Regulations (the "Regulations") dealing with the issuance of bonds, all or a portion of the proceeds of which are to be used to reimburse the City for project expenditures made by the City prior to the date of issuance. (b) The Regulations generally require that the City make a prior declaration of its official intent to reimburse itself for such prior expenditures out of the proceeds of a subsequently issued borrowing, that the borrowing occur and the reimbursement allocation be made from the proceeds of such borrowing within one year of the payment of the expenditure or, if longer, within one year of the date the project is placed in service, and that the expenditure be a capital expenditure. (c) The City desires to comply with requirements of the Regulations and to establish certain procedures relating thereto. 2. Official Intent Declaration. The Regulations, in the situations in which they apply, require the City to have made an official declaration of its intent (the "Official Intent Declaration" or the "Declaration") to reimburse itself for previously paid project expenditures out of the proceeds of subsequently issued debt. The Council hereby authorizes the City Finance Director to make the City's Official Intent. Declarations. .The following procedures shall be observed in making Official Intent Declarations: (a) Each Declaration shall be made substantially in the form of the Exhibit 1 attached hereto and made a part of this Resolution. (b) The City Clerk shall maintain a file in her office in which all Declarations shall be kept. Upon completing a Declaration, the City Finance Director shall .promptly (and in any event within 30 days) deliver a copy to the City Clerk and the Clerk shall place it in the • file maintained for such purpose. Said file and each Declaration (up until the date upon which the reimbursement borrowing is made) shall be a part of the publicly available official books and records of the Gity,and shall be available for inspection by the general public during normal business hours. (c) The City .Finance Director shall endeavor to not make Declarations in cases where the City will not ultimately be issuing reimbursement bonds to provide long term financing for project costs, and said official is hereby .authorized and directed to consult with the City's financial advisor and bond counsel concerning the requirements of the Regulations in general and their application in particular circumstances. (d) The Council shall be advised from time to time as to the Declarations made and on the desirability and timing of the issuance of reimbursement bonds relating to project expenditures for which Declarations have been filed, including recommendations on the .timing of the issuance of such bonds so that the "Reimbursement .Period Requirement" described in the Regulations can be met. 3. Reimbursement Allocations. The City Finance Director shall also be responsible for making the "reimbursement allocations" described in the Regulations, being generally the transfer of the appropriate amount of proceeds of the reimbursement bonds to reimburse the source of temporary financing used by the City to make payment of the prior costs of the projects. Each allocation shall be evidenced by an entry on the official books and records of the City maintained with respect to the bonds, shall specifically identify the actual prior expenditure being reimbursed or, in the case of reimbursement of a fund or account in accordance with Section 1.103-18, the fund or account from which the expenditure was paid, and shall be effective to relieve the proceeds- of the bonds from any restriction under the bond resolution or other relevant legal .documents for the bonds, and under any applicable state statute, which would apply to the unspent proceeds of the bonds.. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of February, 1992 by the City Council of the City of Lakeville, Minnesota. CIT LAKEV LE Dua a Zaun, M y TEST : ~n ~ i ' ' l t' Charlene Friedges, C y Clerk