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HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-026 * s ~ . RESOLUTION NO. 85-26 • RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON TWO PROPOSALS TO UNDERTAKE AND FINANCE TWO PROJECTS UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, CHAPTER 474 WHEREAS, the Minnesota Municipal Industrial Development Act, Minnesota Statutes, Sections 474.01 et se (the "Act"), authorizes the issuance of revenue bonds to finance projects; and WHEREAS, the term "project" is defined by Section 474.02, subdivision 1a, of the Act to include "any properties, real or personal, used or useful in connection with a revenue producing enterprise"; and WHEREAS, I-35/Lakeville Limited Partnership, a Minnesota limited partnership to be formed whose sole general partner will be Brutger Companies, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, (the "Motel Developer") has presented this City Council (the "City Council") of the City of Lakevffle (the "City") with information concerning a proposed motel (the "Motel Project") to be acquired and constructed within the City; and WHEREAS, Brutger .Companies, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, and A. D. Investment, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (collectively, the "Shopping Center Developer") have presented the City Council of the City with information • concerning a proposed strip shopping mall and gas station/convenience store development (the "Shopping Center Project") to be acquired and constructed within the City; and WHEREAS, the Motel Developer and the Shopping Center .Developer (collectively, the "Developers") have requested that the City resolve to issue revenue bonds pursuant to the Act to finance the Motel Project and the Shopping Center Project (collectively, the "Projects") and have presented to the City Council a form of preliminary resolution concerning such issuance with a request that such preliminary resolution, attached hereto as Exhibit A, be considered for adoption by the City Council; and WHEREAS, Section 474.01, subdivision 7b of the Act provides that the City Council must conduct a public hearing on any proposal to undertake and finance a project; and .WHEREAS, Section 474.01, subdivision 7b, of the Act provides that notice of the time and place of such public hearing, stating the general nature of the project, and an estimate of the principal amount of the bonds or other obligations to be issued to finance the project, must be published at least once not less than fifteen (15) days nor. more than thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for the public hearing in the official newspaper of the City and a newspaper of general circulation in the City; and WHEREAS, Section 474.01,_ subdivision _7b, _of the .Act provides .chat the notice must state that a draft copy of the proposed applications (the "Applications") to the Minnesota Department of Energy and Economic Development for approval of the Projects, together with all attachments and exhibits, are on file with the City and available for public inspection; and -1- WHEREAS, the Developers have presented to the City a form of public • notice, attached hereto as Exhibit B, with a request that the City Council establish a date for a public hearing on the proposal to undertake and finance the Projects and authorize publication of the form of public notice provided by the Developers; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEVILLE THAT: 1. The City will conduct two public hearings on the proposals to undertake and finance the Projects on the 6th day of May, 1985. 2. The Ca.ty Council wll_saso consider the s.doption of the preliminary resolution in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A after completion of the public hearings on May 6, 1985. 3. The City Clerk-Administrator of the City is hereby authorized to cause a public notice, substantially in the form of the notice attached hereto as Exhibit B, to be published in the official newspaper of the City and a newspaper of general circulation in the City. 4. The City Clerk-Administrator of the City is hereby authorized and directed to have available for public inspeciton in the offices of the City draft copies of the proposed Applications, together with all attachments and exhibits thereto. Adopted this 15th day of April, 1985. • ~ Dua a Zaun f ~ yor Attest: atrick McGarv City Clerk-Administrator • -2-