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96-8410r 85 RESOLUTION NO. 8410 A !ffiSOLUTION A WARDING THE SALE OF $5.075.000 GENERAL OBLIGATION TAXABLE TAX INCREMENT BONDS, SERIES 1996; . FIXING THEIR FORM AND SPECIFICATIONS; DIRECTING THEIR EXECUTION AND DELIVERY; AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR PAYMENT BE IT RESOLVED By the City Council of the City of Richfield, Hennepin County, Minnesota (City) as follows: Section 1. Sale of Bonds. 1.01. It is hereby determined that: (a) the City has duly established the Richfield Redevelopment Project Area (Project Area) pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.001 through 469.047 (Act); (b) the City has duly established the LHN and ILN tax increment financing districts (TlF Districts) within the Project Area pursuant to the Act, in the case of the LHN TlF District, and pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.174 to 469.179 (TlF Act), in the case of the ILN TIF District; (c) the City is authorized by Section 469.178 of the TlF Act to issue and sell its general obligations to pay all or a portion of the public redevelopment costs (Costs) related to the Project Area as identified in the tax increment financing plan (Plan) for the TIF Districts. (d) the Plan authorizes the following Costs to be financed by the general obligations: Public Improvements Total Develooment Costs Sources Par Amount of Bonds Interest Earned $5,075,000 50.000 Total Sources $5,125,000 Resolution No. 8410 -2- Uses Total Project Costs Discount Allowance Capitalized Interest Finance Related Expenses $4,885,650 91.350 105.000 43.000 Total Uses $5.125.000 (e) it is necessary and expedient to the sound financial management of the affairs of the City to issue $5,075,000 General Obligation Taxable Tax Increment Bonds. Series 1996 (Bonds) to provide financing for the Costs; (f) the Tax Increment Pledge Agreement between the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City (Authority) and the City (Pledge Agreement) is hereby approved. The Mayor and City Manager are authorized to execute the Pledge Agreement on behalf of the City in the form on file with the City on the date hereof, with such modifications as are approved by such officials, whose approval shall be concusively evidenced by their execution of the Pledge Agreement. (g) the Authority has requested the City to issue and sell its general obligations to finance a portion of the Costs. 1.02. The proposal of Smith Barney, Inc. (Purchaser) to purchase $5,075,000 General Obligation Taxable Tax Increment Bonds, Series 1996 (Bonds) of the City described in the Official Terms of Proposal thereof is found and determined to be a reasonable offer and is accepted, the proposal being to purchase the Bonds at a price of $5,007,425.30 plus accrued interest to date of delivery, for Bonds bearing interest as follows: Year of Interest Maturity Rate 1999 6.00% 2000 6.15 2001 6.30 2002 6.30 2003 6.40 2004 6.40 2005 6.50 Year of Interest Maturity Rate 2006 6.50% 2007 6.50 2008 6.60 2009 6.75 Term Bonds due February 1. 2012 at 7.00% True interest cost: 6.8454% Resolution No. 8410 -3- 1.03. The sum of $23,775.30 being the amount proposed by the Purchaser in excess of $4,983,650 will be credited to the Debt Service Fund hereinafter created. The City Manager is directed to retain the good faith check of the Purchaser pending completion of the sale of the Bonds, and to return the good faith checks of the unsuccessful proposers forthwith. The Mayor and City Manager are directed to execute a contract with the Purchaser on behalf of the City. 1.04. The City will forthwith issue and sell the Bonds pursuant to Minnesota Statutes. Chapter 469 (Act) in the total principal amount of $5,075,000, originally dated December 1. 1996, in the denomination of $5,000 each or any integral multiple thereof, numbered No. R-l. upward, bearing interest as above set forth, and maturing serially on February 1 in the years and amounts as follows: Amount Year Amount Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 $ 310,000 595,000 1,385,000 170,000 185,000 200,000 215,000 2006 2007 2008 2009 $230.000 245,000 265,000 285,000 Term bonds due February 1, 2012 at $990,000 1.05. Optional Redemotion. The City may elect on February 1, 2003, and on any day thereafter to prepay Bonds due on or after February 1, 2004. Redemption may be in whole or in part and if in part, at the option of the City and in such manner as the City will determine. If less than all Bonds of a maturity an~ called for redemption, the City will notify DTC (as defined in Section 6 hereof) of the particular amount of such maturity to be prepaid. DTC will determine by lot the amount of each participant's interest in such maturity to be redeemed and each participant will then select by lot the beneficial ownership interests in such maturity to be redeemed. Prepayments will be at a price of par plus accrued interest. 1.06. Mandatorv Redemotion. The Term Bonds due February I, 2012 are subject to mandatory redemption on February L of the following years in the following amounts: Year Amount 2010 2011 2012 (maturity) $305,000 330,000 355,000 Resolution No. 8410 -4- The specific Term Bonds to be redeemed will be selected by lot by the Registrar. All prepayments will be at a price of par plus accrued interest. Section 2. Registration and Pavment. 2.01. Registered Form. The Bonds will be issued only in fully registered form. The interest thereon and, upon surrender of each Bond, the principal amount thereof. is payable by check or draft issued by the Registrar described herein. 2.02. Dates: Interest Pavment Dates. Each Bond will be dated as of the last interest payment date preceding the date of authentication to which interest on the Bond has been paid or made available for payment, unless (i) the date of authentication is an interest payment date to which interest has been paid or made available for payment, in which case the Bond will be dated as of the date of authentication, or (ii) the date of authentication is prior to the first interest payment date, in which case the Bond will be dated as of the date of original issue. The interest on the Bonds is payable on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing August 1, 1997, to the registered owners of record thereof as of the close of business on the fifteenth day of the immediately preceding month, whether or not such day is a business day. 2.03. Registration. The City will appoint a bond registrar, transfer agent, authenticating agent and paying agent (Registrar). The effect of registration and the rights and duties of the City and the Registrar with respect thereto are as follows: (a) Register. The Registrar must keep at its principal corporate trust office a bond register in which the Registrar provides for the registration of ownership of Bonds and the registration of transfers and exchanges of Bonds entitled to be registered, transferred or exchanged. (b) Transfer of Bonds. Upon surrender for transfer of a Bond duly endorsed by the registered owner thereof or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Registrar. duly executed by the registered owner thereof or by an attorney duly authorized by the registered owner in writing, the Registrar will authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Bonds of a like aggregate principal amount and maturity, as requested by the transferor. The Registrar may, however. close the books for registration of any transfer after the fifteenth day of the month preceding each interest payment date and until that interest payment date. (c) Exchange of Bonds. When Bonds are surrendered by the registered owner for exchange the Registrar will authenticate and deliver one or more new Bonds of a like aggregate principal amount and maturity as requested by the registered owner or the owner's attorney in writing. Resolution No. 8410 -5- (d) Cancellation. Bonds surrendered upon transfer or exchange will be promptly cancelled by the Registrar and thereafter disposed of as directed by the City. (e) Improoer or Unauthorized Transfer. When a Bond is presented to the Registrar for transfer, the Registrar may refuse to transfer the Bond until the Registrar is satisfied that the endorsement on the Bond or separate instrument of transfer is valid and genuine and that the requested transfer is legally authorized. The Registrar will incur no liability for the refusal, in good faith, to make transfers which it, in its judgment. deems improper or unauthorized. (f) Persons Deemed Owners. The City and the Registrar may treat the person in whose name a Bond is registered in the bond register as the absolute owner of the Bond, whether the Bond is overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal of and interest on the Bond and for all other purposes, and payments so made to a registered owner or upon the owner's order will be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon the Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. (g) Taxes. Fees and Charl!es. The Registrar may impose a charge upon the owner thereof for a transfer or exchange of Bonds sufficient to reimburse the Registrar for any tax, fee or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to the transfer or exchange. (h) Mutilated. Lost. Stolen or Destroved Bonds. If a Bond becomes mutilated or is destroyed, stolen or lost, the Registrar will deliver a new Bond of like amount, number, maturity date and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Bond or in lieu of and in substitution for a Bond destroyed, stolen or lost, upon the payment of the reasonable expenses and charges of the Registrar in connection therewith; and, in the case of a Bond destroyed, stolen or lost, upon filing with the Registrar of evidence satisfactory to it that the Bond was destroye~, stolen or lost, and of the ownership thereof, and upon furnishing to the Registrar an appropriate bond or indemnity in form, substance and amount satisfactory to it and as provided by law, in which both the City and the Registrar must be named as obligees. Bonds so surrendered to the Registrar will be cancelled by the Registrar and evidence of such cancellation must be given to the City. If the mutilated, destroyed, stolen or lost Bond has already matured or been called for redemption in accordance with its terms it is not necessary to issue a new Bond prior to payment. (i) Redemotion. In the event any of the Bonds are called for redemption, notice thereof identifying the Bonds to be. redeemed will be given by the Registrar by mailing a copy of the redemption notice by first class mail (postage prepaid) not more than 60 and not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the registered owner of each Bond to be redeemed at the address shown on the registration books kepttby the Registrar and by publishing the notice if required by law. Failure to give notice Resolution No. 8410 -6- by publication or by mail to any registered owner, or any defect therein. will not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of Bonds. Bonds so called for redemption will cease to bear interest after the specified redemption date, provided that the funds for the redemption are on deposit with the place of payment at that time. 2.04. Apoointment of Initial Registrar. The City appoints Norwest Bank Minnesota. National Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the initial Registrar. The Mayor and the City Manager are authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the City, a contract with the Registrar. Upon merger or consolidation of the Registrar with another corporation, if the resulting corporation is a bank or trust company authorized by law to conduct such business, the resulting corporation is authorized to act as successor Registrar. The City agrees to pay the reasonable and customary charges of the Registrar for the services performed. The City reserves the right to remove the Registrar upon 30 days' notice and upon the appointment of a successor Registrar, in which event the predecessor Registrar must deliver all cash and Bonds in its possession to the successor Registrar and must deliver the bond register to the successor Registrar. On or before each principal or interest due date, without further order of this Council, the City Manager must transmit to the Registrar monies sufficient for the payment of all principal and interest then due. 2.05. Execution. Authentication and Deliverv. The Bonds will be prepared under the direction of the City Manager and executed on behalf of the City by the signatures of the Mayor and the City Manager, provided that all signatures may be printed, engraved or lithographed facsimiles of the originals. If an officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on the Bonds ceases to be such officer before the delivery of any Bond, such signature or facsimile will nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if the officer had remained in office until delivery. Notwithstanding such execution, a Bond will not be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any security or benefit under this Resolution unless and until a certificate of authentication on the Bond has been duly executed by the manual signature of an authorized representative of the Registrar. Certificates of authentication on different Bonds need not be signed by the same representative. The executed certificate of authentication on a Bond is conclusive evidence that it has been authenticated and delivered under this Resolution. When the Bonds have been so prepared, executed and authenticated, the City Manager will deliver the same to the Purchaser upon payment of the purchase price in accordance. with the contract of sale heretofore made and executed, and the Purchaser is not obligated to see to the application of the purchase price. 2.06. Temporarv Bonds. The City may elect to deliver in lieu of printed definitive Bonds one or more typewritten temporary Bonds in substantially the form set forth in Section 3 with such changes as may be necessary to reflect more than one maturity in a single temporary bond. Upon the execution and delivery of definitive Bonds the temporary Bonds will be exchanged therefor and cancelled. Resolution No. 8410 -7- Section 3. Form of Bond. 3.01. The Bonds will be printed or typewritten in substantially the following form: [Face of the Bond] No. R- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN CITY OF RICHFIELD $ GENERAL OBLIGATION TAXABLE TAX INCREMENT BOND, SERIES 1996 Rate Maturitv Date of Original Issue CUSIP December 1, 1996 Registered Owner: Cede & Co. The City of Richfield, Minnesota, a duly organized and existing municipal corporation in Hennepin County, Minnesota (City), acknowledges itself to be indebted and for value received hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner specified above or registered assigns, the principal sum of $ on the maturity date specified above with interest thereon from the date hereof at the annual rate specified above, payable February 1 and August 1 in each year, commencing August 1, 1997, to the person in whose name this Bond is registered at the close of business on the fifteenth day (whether or not a business day) of the immediately preceding month. The interest hereon and, upon presentation and surrender hereof, the principal hereof are payable in lawful money of the United States of America by check or draft by Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, as Bond Registrar, Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Authenticating Agent or its designated successor under the Resolution described herein. For the prompt and full payment of such principal and interest as the same respectively become due, the full faith and credit and taxing powers of the City have been and are hereby irrevocably pledged. The City may elect on February L 2003, and on any day thereafter to prepay Bonds due on or after February 1, 2004. Redemption may be in whole or in part and if in part, at the option of the City and in such manner as the City will determine. If less than all Bonds of a maturity Resolution No. 8410 -8- are called for redemption, the City will notify The Depository Trust Company (DTC) of the particular amount of such maturity to be prepaid. DTC will determine by lot the amount of each participant's interest)n such maturity to be redeemed and each participant will then select by lot the beneficial ownership interests in such maturity to be redeemed. Prepayments will be at a price of par plus accrued interest. The Term Bonds due February 1,2012 are subject to mandatory redemption on February I, of the following years in the following amounts: Year Amount 2010 2011 2012 (maturity) $305,000 330,000 355,000 The specific Term Bonds to be redeemed will be selected by lot by the Registrar. All prepayments will be at a price of par plus accrued interest. Additional provisions of this Bond are contained on the reverse hereof and such provisions for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth in this place. This Bond is not valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any security or benefit under the Resolution until the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Bond Registrar by manual signature of one of its authorized representatives. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Richfield, Hennepin County, Minnesota, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be executed on its behalf by the facsimile or manual signatures of the Mayor and City Manager and has caused this Bond to be dated as of the date set forth below. Dated: CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA ( facsimile) City Manager ( facsimile) Mayor CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Bonds delivered pursuant to the Resolution mentioned within. Resolution No. 8410 -9- NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA National Association By Authorized Representative [Reverse of the Bond] This Bond is one of an issue in the aggregate principal amount of $5,075,000 all of like original issue date and tenor, except as to nwnber, maturity date, redemption privilege. and interest rate, all issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the City Council on December 9. 1996 (the Resolution), for the purpose of providing money to aid in financing public redevelopment costs in a Redevelopment Project (Project) in the City, pursuant to and in full conformity with the home rule charter of the City and the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota, including Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.174 through 469.179, the Minnesota Tax Increment Financing Act, and Minnesota Statutes. Sections 469.001 through 469.047, and the principal hereof and interest hereon are payable primarily from tax increments resulting from increases in taxable valuation of real property in certain Tax Increment Financing Districts (TIF Districts) within the Project as set forth in the Resolution to which reference is made for a full statement of rights and powers thereby conferred. The full faith and credit of the City are irrevocably pledged for payment of this Bond and the City Council has obligated itself to levy ad valorem taxes on all taxable property in the City in the event of any deficiency of tax increments pledged, which taxes may be levied without limitation as to rate or amount. The Bonds of this series are issued only as fully registered Bonds in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof of single maturities. As provided in the Resolution and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Bond is transferable upon the books of the City at the principal office of the Bond Registrar, by the registered o\\-ner hereof in person or by the o\\-TIer's attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender hereof together with a wrinen instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar. duly executed by the registered O\\-TIer or the o\\-TIer's attorney; and may also be surrendered in exchange for Bonds of other authorized denominations. Upon such transfer or exchange the City will cause a new Bond or Bonds to be issued in the name of the transferee or registered O\\-TIer, of the same aggregate principal amount. bearing interest at the same rate and maturing on the same date. subject to reimbursement for any tax. fee or govermnental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer or exchange. The City and the Bond Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name this Bond is registered as the absolute O\\-TIer hereof. whether this Bond is overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and neither the City nor the Bond Registrar will be affected by any notice to the contrary. Resolution No. 8410 -10- IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED, COVENANTED AND AGREED that all acts, conditions and things required by the home rule charter of the City and the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnc:sota to be done, to exist, to happen and to be performed preliminary to and in the issuance of this Bond in order to make it a valid and binding general obligation of the City in accordance with its terms, have been done, do exist, have happened and have been performed as so required, and that the issuance of this Bond does not cause the indebtedness of the City to exceed any constitutional, statutory or charter limitation of indebtedness. The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Bond, will be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM -- as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT Custodian (CllSt) (Minor) TEN ENT -- as tenants by entireties under Uniform Gifts or Transfers to Minors JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common Act. . . . (State) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. Resolution No. 8410 -11- ASSIGNMENT For value t:eceived, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the within Bond and all rights thereunder. and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said Bond on the books kept for registration of the within Bond. with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: Notice: The assignor's signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Bond in every particular, without alteration or any change whatever. Signature Guaranteed: NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("ST AMPn), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (nSEMpn), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program (nMspn) or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to. or in substitution for, STAMP, SEMP or MSP. all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Bond Registrar will not effect transfer of this Bond unless the information concerning the assignee requested below is provided. Name and Address: (Include information for all joint owners if this Bond is held by joint account.) Resolution No. 8410 -12- Please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee PROVISIONS AS TO REGISTRA nON The ownership of the principal of and interest on the within Bond has been registered on the books of the Registrar in the name of the person last noted below. Date of Registration Registered Owner Signature of Officer of the Registrar Cede & Co. Federal ID #13-2555119 3.02. The City Manager is directed to obtain a copy of the proposed approving legal opinion of Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, Minneapolis, Minnesota, which is to be complete except as to dating thereof and will cause the opinion to be printed on or accompany each Bond. Section 4. Payment: Securitv. 4.01. (a) The Bonds are payable from the General Obligation Taxable Tax Increment Bonds. Series 1996 Debt Service Fund (Debt Service Fund) hereby created, and all tax increments (Tax Increments) received by the City pursuant to the Pledge Agreement described in Section 1.01 hereof are pledged to the Debt Service Fund. If a payment of principal or interest on the Bonds becomes due when there is not sufficient money in the Debt Service Fund to pay the same, the City Manager will pay such principal or interest from the general fund of the City, and the general fund will be reimbursed for those advances out of the proceeds of Tax Increments when received. There is hereby appropriated to the Debt Service Fund (i) capitalized interest financed from Bond proceeds, if any, (ii) any amount over the minimum purchase price of the Bonds paid by the Purchaser, and (iii) the accrued interest paid by the Purchaser upon closing and delivery of the Bonds. . (b) The proceeds of the Bonds, less the appropriations made in paragraph (a), will be paid to the HRA in accordance with the Pledge Agreement to be used solely to defray expenses of the public redevelopment costs in the Project Area. Resolution No. 8410 -13- 4.02. It is hereby determined that the estimated collection of Tax Increments for payment of principal and interest on the Bonds will produce at least five percent in excess of the amount needed to meet, whe.n due, the principal and interest payments on the Bonds and that no tax levy is needed at this time. 4.03. The City Manager is authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this resolution with the Director of Property Taxation of Hennepin County and to obtain the certificate required by Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.63. Section 5. Authentication of Transcript. 5.01. The officers of the City are authorized and directed to prepare and furnish to the Purchaser and to the attorneys approving the Bonds, certified copies of proceedings and records of the City relating to the Bonds and to the financial condition and affairs of the City, and such other certificates, affidavits and transcripts as may be required to show the facts within their knowledge or as shown by the books and records in their custody and under their control, relating to the validity and marketability of the Bonds, and such instruments, including any heretofore furnished, may be deemed representations of the City as to the facts stated therein. 5.02. The Mayor and City Manager are hereby authorized and directed to certify that they have examined the Official Statement prepared and circulated in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds and that to the best of ~eir knowledge and belief the Official Statement is a complete and accurate representation of the facts and representations made therein as of the date of the Official Statement. 5.03. The City authorizes the Purchaser to forward the amount of Bond proceeds allocable to the payment of issuance expenses (other than amounts payable to Kennedy & Graven, Chartered as Bond Counsel) to Resource Bank & Trust Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota on the closing date for further distribution as directed by the City's financial adviser, Ehlers and Associates, Inc. Section 6. Book-Entrv Svstem: Limited Oblieation of Citv. 6.01. The Bonds will be initially issued in the form of a separate single typewritten or printed fully registered Bond for each of the maturities set forth in Section 1.03 hereof. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of each Bond will be registered in the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar in the name of Cede & Co.. as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, New York. New York. and its successors and assigns (DTC). Except as provided in this section, all of the outstanding Bonds will be registered in the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar in the name of Cede & Co.. as nominee of DTC. 6.02. With respect to Bonds registered in the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar in the name of Cede & Co.. as nominee of DTC, the City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent will have no responsibility or obligation to any broker dealers, banks and other Ke::'Ulu1.1Un I~O. O"t!U -!"T- financial institutions from time to time for which DTC holds Bonds as securities depository (Participants) or to any other person on behalf of which a Participant holds an interest in the Bonds, including bQ.t not limited to any responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of DTC, Cede & Co. or any Participant with respect to any o\\-nership interest in the Bonds, (ii) the delivery to any Participant or any other person (other than a registered owner of Bonds, as shown by the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar,) of any notice with respect to the Bonds, including any notice of redemption, or (iii) the payment to any Participant or any other person, other than a registered owner of Bonds, of any amount with respect to principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds. The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may treat and consider the person in whose name each Bond is registered in the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar as the holder and absolute owner of such Bond for the purpose of payment of principal, premium and interest with respect to such Bond. for the purpose of registering transfers with respect to such Bonds, and for all other purposes. The Paying Agent will pay all principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds only to or on the order of the respective registered owners, as shown in the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar, and all such payments will be valid and effectual to fully satisfy and discharge the City's obligations with respect to payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No person other than a registered owner of Bonds, as shown in the registration books kept by the Bond Registrar, will receive a certificated Bond evidencing the obligation of this resolution. Upon delivery by DTC to the City Manager of a written notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of Cede & Co., the words "Cede & Co.," will refer to such new nominee of DTC; and upon receipt of such a notice, the City Manager will promptly deliver a copy of the same to the Bond Registrar and Paying Agent. 6.03. Reoresentation Letter. The City has heretofore executed and delivered to DTC a Blanket Issuer Letter of Representations (Representation Letter) which shall govern payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds and notices with respect to the Bonds. Any Paying Agent or Bond Registrar subsequently appointed by the City with respect to the Bonds will agree to take all action necessary for all representations of the City in the Representation letter with respect to the Bond Registrar and Paying Agent, respectively, to be complied with at all times. 6.04. Transfers Outside Book-Entrv SYstem. In the event the City, by resolution of the City Council, determines that it is in the best interests of the persons having beneficial interests in the Bonds that they be able to obtain Bond certificates, the City will notify DTC, whereupon DTC will notify the Participants. of the availability through DTC of Bond certificates. In such event the City will issue, transfer and exchange Bond certificates as requested by DTC and any other registered owners in accordance with the provisions of this Resolution. DTC may determine to discontinue providing its services with respect to the Bonds at any time by giving notice to the City and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. In such event, if no successor securities depository is appointed, the City will issue and the Bond Registrar will authenticate Bond certificates in accordance with this resolution and the provisions hereof will apply to the transfer, exchange and method of payment thereof. Resolution No. 8410 -15- 6.05. Payments to Cede & Co. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Resolution to the contrary, so long as a Bond is registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, payments with respe~t to principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bond and notices with respect to the Bond will be made and given, respectively in the manner provided in DTe s Operational Arrangements, as set forth in the Representation Letter. Section 7. Continuing Disclosure. 7.01. The City hereby covenants and agrees that it will comply with and carry out all of the provisions of the Continuing Disclosure Certificate. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Resolution, failure of the City to comply with the Continuing Disclosure Certificate is not to be considered an event of default with respect to the Bonds; however, any Bondholder may take such actions as may be necessary and appropriate, including seeking mandate or specific performance by court order, to cause the City to comply with its obligations under this section. 7.02. "Continuing Disclosure Certificate" means that certain Continuing Disclosure Certificate executed by the Mayor and City Manager and dated the date of issuance and delivery of the Bonds, as originally executed and as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota, this 9th day of December, 1996. Qdu Martin J. Attest: 1~ PQ~, Thomas P. Ferber, City Clerk