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CR 97-85 Award Sale Of Bonds - Westbrooke Patio Homes April 30, 1997 \ "\ y 0 ~ '\- " o ,0 K \ ~ Council Report 97-85 AWARD SALE OF BONDS--WESTBROOKE PATIO HOMES ProDosed Action Staff recommends approval of the following motion: Ap1Jrove Resolution 97-47. awarding the sale of bonds for the Westbrooke Patio Homes Improvement Area No.2. With approval of this action, the sale of the bonds will be awarded based on the recommendation of Ehlers and Associates, Inc., financial advisor for this project. Overview The City of Hopkins has the authority to establish housing improvement areas under the Housing hnprovement Act (1994 Minnesota Laws, Chapter 587, Article 9, Sections 22 through 31). Within a housing improvement area, the City can sell bonds to pay for various improvements to individual housing units and common areas. Those bonds are then repaid through fees imposed on the owners of the units. In January and February of this year, the City Council held the required public hearings and approved the establishment of the housing improvement area and fees for Westbrooke Patio Homes. A development agreement was executed, obligating the City to sell General Obligation Housing Improvement Area Bonds, At the April 8, 1997, City Council meeting, the Council authorized the sale of bonds for the Westbrooke Patio Homes Improvement Area Project, The bids will be accepted until noon on May 6, 1997, at which time they will be reviewed and the recommendation incorporated in Resolution 97-47. Primarv Issues to Consider At this time, there do not appear to be any primary issues relating to the award of the bond sale. Any significant issues affecting the sale will not be known until after the closing of the bids on May 6, 1997. SUDDortinl! Documents Official Statement Resolution 97-47 RESOLUTION NO. 97-47 A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE SALE OF $1,700,000 TAXABLE GENERAL OBLIGATION HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREA BONDS SERIES 1997B; 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 Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota (City) as follows: Section 1. Sale of Bonds. 1.01. The proposal of (Purchaser) to purchase $1,700,000 Taxable General Obligation Housing Improvement Area Bonds, Series 1997B (Bonds) of the City described in the 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 $ plus accrued interest to date of delivery, for Bonds bearing interest as follows: Year of Interest Year of Interest Maturitv Rate Maturity Rate 1999 2009 2000 2010 2001 2011 2002 2012 2003 2013 2004 2014 2005 2015 2006 2016 2007 2017 2008 2018 True interest cost: 1.02. The sum of $ being the amount proposed by the Purchaser in excess of $1,669,000 will be credited to the Debt Service Account in the Housing Fund hereinafter created. The Finance Director 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. 1.03. The City shall forthwith issue and sell the Bonds in the total principal amount of $1,700,000, originally dated June 1, 1997, in the denomination of $5,000 each or any integral multiple thereof, numbered No. R-1, upward, bearing interest as above set forth, and which mature serially on February 1 in the years and amounts as follows: SJB12le97 HH~O-55 Year Amount Year Amount 1999 $35,000 2009 $ 80,000 2000 40,000 2010 85,000 2001 45,000 2011 95,000 2002 50,000 2012 100,000 2003 50,000 2013 110,000 2004 55,000 2014 115,000 2005 60,000 2015 125,000 2006 65,000 2016 135,000 2007 70,000 2017 150,000 2008 75,000 2018 160,000 1.04. Optional Redemption. The City may elect on February 1, 2006, and on any date thereafter to prepay Bonds due on or after February 1,2007. 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 are 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. All prepayments will be at a price of par plus accrued interest. Section 2. Registration and Payment. 2.01. Registered Form. The Bonds shall 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 such Bond shall 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 such Bond will be dated as of the date of original issue. The interest on the Bonds will be payable on February I and August 1 of each year, commencing February 1,1998, to the owner 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, and shall maintain, 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, trans- ferred or exchanged. SJB121897 HP1l0-SS (b) Transfer of Bonds. Upon surrender for transfer ofa Bond du1y 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 such interest payment date. (c) Exchanl!e 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. (d) Cancellation. Bonds surrendered upon any transfer or exchange will be promptly cancelled by the Registrar and thereafter disposed of as directed by the City. (e) Imnroper 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 instrwnent 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 such Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. (g) Taxes. Fees and Char~es. For a transfer or exchange of Bonds, the Registrar may impose a charge upon the owner thereof 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 destroyed, stolen or lost, and ofêthe ownership thereof, and upon furnishing to the Registrar of an appropriate bond or indemnity in form, substance and amount satisfactory to it and as provided by law, in SJB121897 HP1.~O-5S which both the City and the Registrar must be named as obligees. Bonds so surrendered to the Registrar will be canceIled 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 kept by the Registrar and by publishing the notice in the manner required by law. Failure to give notice by publication or by mail to any registered owner, or any defect therein, will not affect the validity of any proceeding 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. Aooointment ofInitial Registrar. The City appoints Bankers Trust Company, Des Moines, Iowa, 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, such 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 Finance Director must transmit to the Registrar moneys sufficient for the payment of all principal and interest then due. 2.05. Execution. Authentication and Delivery. The Bonds will be prepared under the direction of the City Clerk 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. In case any 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 each 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 Finance Director shall 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. SJB121897 HP1l0-55 2.06. Temporary 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. Section 3. Form of Bond. 3.01. The Bonds will be printed in substantially the following form: Face of the Bond UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF HENNEPIN CITY OF HOPKINS TAXABLE GENERAL OBLIGATION HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREA BONDS SERIES 1997B Rate Maturitv Date of Original Issue CUSIP June 1, 1997 No. $ Registered Owner: Cede & Co. The City of Hopkins, 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 February 1, 1998, 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 Bankers Trust Company, Des Moines, Iowa, 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. SJl3121897 HPllO-55 Additional provisions of this Bond contained on the reverse hereof 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 Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be executed on its behalf by the facsimile 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 HOPKINS, MINNESOTA (Facsimile) City Manager (Facsimile) Mayor CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Bonds delivered pursuant to the Resolution mentioned within. BANKERS TRUST COMPANY By Authorized Representative Reverse of the Bond This Bond is one of an issue in the aggregate principal amount of $1,700,000 all of like original issue date and tenor, except as to number, maturity date, and interest rate, all issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the City Council on May 6, 1997 (the Resolution), for the purpose of providing money to aid in financing various housing improvements within a housing improvement area in the City, pursuant to and in full conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota, including Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 475, 1994 Minnesota Laws, Chapter 587, Article 9, Sections 22 through 31, and the City's home rule charter and the principal hereof and interest hereon are payable primarily from certain housing improvement fees levied or to be levied on property within the housing improvement area in which the housing improvements are located, 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 irrevo- cably 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 in revenues pledged, which taxes may be levied without limitation as to rate or amount. The Bonds of this SJB121897 HPllO-55 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 owner hereof in person or by the owner's attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender hereof together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar, duly executed by the registered owner or the owner'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 owner, 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 governmental 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 owner 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 shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED, COVENANTED AND AGREED that all acts, conditions and things required by the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota and the City's home rule charter 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, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM -- as tenants III common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT Custodian (Cust) (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. SJB121.897 HPllO-55 ASSIGNMENT For value received, 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: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP"), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program ("SEMP"), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signatures Program ("MSP") or other such "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: (lnclude information for all joint owners if this Bond is held by joint account.) Please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee 3.02. The City Clerk shall obtain a copy of the proposed approving legal opinion of Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, Minneapolis, Minnesota, which shall be complete except as to dating thereof and shall cause the opinion to be printed on or accompany each Bond. SJB121897 HPllO-55 Section 4. Pavment: Security: Pledges and Covenants. 4.01. For the convenience and proper administration of the moneys to be borrowed and repaid on the Bonds, and to make adequate and specific security to the purchasers and holders of the Bonds from time to time, there is hereby created a separate special fund of the City to be known as the Housing Improvement Area No. 2 Fund (Housing Fund), which fund will be continued and maintained as a permanent fund of the City until all the Bonds are paid. Within the Housing Fund there will be established and maintained separate accounts as follows: (a) Proiect Account, into which account will be paid proceeds of the Bonds in the amount of $1,895,000. Upon issuance of the Bonds, the City shall also deposit into the Project Account prepaid housing improvement fees (Housing Fees) in the amount of $525,000, which Housing Fees are levied on property within Housing Improvement Area No.2 pursuant to City Council Resolution No. 97-9, adopted February 4, 1997 (the Fee Resolution), and were prepaid pursuant to the Fee Resolution. Moneys in the Project Account shall be disbursed to pay the cost of housing improvements in Housing Improvement Area No.2, in accordance with the terms of the Development Agreement between the City and Westbrooke Patio Homes Association, Inc., dated as of , 1997 (the Development Agreement). (b) Administrative Account, into which account will be paid proceeds of the Bonds in the amount of $50,000, which amount will be used solely for the purpose of paying administrative costs in connection with Housing Improvement Area No. 2 and costs of issuance of the Bonds. Of that amount, $10,000 shall be credited to the City upon issuance of the Bonds as reimbursement for internal City administrative expenses. The City authorizes the Purchaser to forward amounts in the Administrative Account 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. Any other administrative costs shall be disbursed upon presentation to the City of proper invoices for such costs. Any balance remaining in the Administrative Account after all disbursements for administrative and issuance expenses shall be transferred to the Administrative Fund maintained by the City under the Development Agreement. (c) Debt Service Account, into which account will be deposited from Bond proceeds capitalized'interest through February I, 1998, any amount over the minimmn purchase price of the Bonds paid by the Purchaser, and all accrued interest paid by the Purchaser upon delivery of the Bonds, together with Housing Fees in the amount necessary to pay when due the principal, interest and redemption premimn, if any, on the Bonds. (d) Soecial Reserve Account, into which will be paid proceeds of the Bonds in the amount of $164,000. Amounts in the Special Reserve Fund shall be disbursed in accordance with the terms of the Development Agreement. SJB121897 HPllO-55 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, shall be deemed representations of the City as to the facts stated therein. 5.02. The Mayor, City Manager and Finance Director are 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 their 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. Section 6. Book-Entrv Svstem: Limited Obligation 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 such 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 financial institutions from time to time for which DTC holds Bonds as securities depository (the Participants) or to any other person on behalf of which a Participant holds an interest in the Bonds, including but 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 ownership 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, or any amount with respect to principal of, premimn, 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, premimn 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, premimn, 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, premimn, if any, or interest on the Bonds to the extent of the smn or sums so paid. No person other than a registered SJB121897 HPllO-55 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 Finance Manager of a written notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of Cede & Co., and the words "Cede & Co.," will refer to such new nominee of DTC; and upon receipt of such a notice, the Treasurer will promptly deliver a copy of the same to the Bond Registrar and Paying Agent, if the Bond Registrar or Paying Agent is other than the Treasurer. 6.03. Representation 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 at all times be complied with. . 6.04. Transfers Outside Book-Entry Svstem. In the event the City, by resolution of the City Council, determines that it is in the best interests of the persons having beneficial interest 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. 6.05. Pavments to Cede & Co. Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution to the contrary, so long as any Bond is registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, all payments with respect to principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Bond and all notices with respect to such Bond will be made and given, respectively in the manner provided 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, and 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. SJB121B97 HP1l0-55 Approved by the City Council of the City of Hopkins this 6th day of May, 1997 Mayor Attest: City Clerk SJB121897 HPllO-55 . . .