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05-032CITY OF SHOREWOOD • RESOLUTION NO.05- 032 DECLARING THE OFFICIAL INTENT OF THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD TO RMI[BURSE CERTAIN EXPENDITURES FROM THE PROCEEDS OF TAX EXEMPT BONDS TO BE ISSUED BY THE CITY WHEREAS, the Internal Revenue Service has issued Treasury Regulations, Section 1.150-2 (the "Regulation"), that establishes the requirements under which an allocation of a portion of the proceeds of tax-exempt bonds (as defined in Section 150 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) to an expenditure that is originally paid from a source other than such tax-exempt bonds will be treated as an expenditure of the proceeds of such tax-exempt bonds on the date of such allocation; and WHEREAS, the Regulation requires that (i) not later than sixty (60) days after payment of the original expenditure, the issuer of the tax-exempt bonds must adopt an official intent for the original expenditure (in any reasonable form, including issuer resolution or action by an appropriate representative of the issuer or the conduit borrower), (ii) the official intent generally describes the project for which the original expenditure is paid and states the maximum principal amount of obligations expected to be issued for the project, and (iii) on the date of the • declaration of official intent, the issuer must have a reasonable expectation that it will reimburse the original expenditure with proceeds of the tax-exempt bonds; and WHEREAS, the original expenditure must be a capital expenditure or a cost of issuance for the tax-exempt bonds, and the reimbursement allocation (except with respect to costs of issuance, amounts not in excess of the lesser of $100,000 or five percent of the proceeds of the tax-exempt bonds, and preliminary expenditures (as defined in the Regulation) not in excess of twenty percent of the aggregate issue price of the tax-exempt bonds) must be made not later than eighteen months after the later of (i) the date the original expenditure is paid, or (ii) the date the project is placed in service or abandoned, but in no event more than three years after the original expenditure is paid or three years after the date the original expenditure is paid if the City qualifies as a "small issuer" pursuant to Section 148(f)(4)(D)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and WHEREAS, the City of Shorewood (the "City") proposes to purchase certain land adjacent to the current City Hall (the "Project") in anticipation of making improvements to the existing City Hall or constructing a new City Hall on the acquired land pursuant to a capital improvement plan proposed to be approved by the City Council later this year (the "Capital Improvement Plan"); and WHEREAS, the City expects to incur certain expenditures with respect to the Project and such expenditures may be financed temporarily from sources other than tax-exempt bonds; and • 260221(JAE) SH230-00036 • WHEREAS, the City expects to reimburse the expenditures with respect to the Project from a portion of the proceeds of tax-exempt bonds issued pursuant to the Capital Improvement Plan and Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.521 in the principal amount not to exceed $3,600,000; and WHEREAS, the City has determined to make this declaration of official intent ("Declaration") to reimburse certain costs from proceeds of tax-exempt bonds in accordance with the Regulation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD AS FOLLOWS: The City reasonably intends to make expenditures for the Project. 2. The City reasonably expects to reimburse the expenditures made for certain costs of the Project from a portion of the proceeds of tax exempt bonds to be issued in an estimated maximum principal amount of $3,600,000. All reimbursed expenditures will be capital expenditures, costs of issuance of the bonds, or other expenditures eligible for reimbursement under Section 1.150-2(d)(3) of the Regulation. 3. This Declaration has been made not later than 60 days after payment of any • original expenditure to be subject to a reimbursement allocation with respect to the proceeds of bonds, except for the following expenditures: (i) costs of issuance of bonds; (ii) costs in an amount not 1n excess of $100,000 or 5 percent of the proceeds of an issue; or (iii) preliminary expenditures (as defined in the Regulation) up to an amount not in excess of 20 percent of the aggregate issue price of the issue or issues that finance or are reasonably expected by the City to finance the project for which the preliminary expenditures were incurred. E 4. This Declaration is an expression of the reasonable expectations of the City based on the facts and circumstances known to the City as of the date hereof. The anticipated original expenditures for the Project and the principal amount of the tax exempt bonds described in paragraph 2 above are consistent with the City's budgetary and financial circumstances. No sources other than proceeds of tax-exempt bonds to be issued by the City are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long-term basis, or otherwise set aside pursuant to the City's budget or financial policies to pay such Project expenditures. 5. This Declaration is intended to constitute a declaration of official intent for purposes of the Reimbursement Regulations. 260221(JAE) SH230-00036 ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD this 1Ith • day of April, 2005. • ATTEST: Craig �)Dawson, City Administrator/Clerk Woody Love, Mayor 260221(JAE) SH230-00036