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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF A MEETING OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA
HELD: January 21, 1997
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular or
special meeting of the City Council of the City of Prior Lake,
Minnesota, was duly called and held in the Council Chamber at the
Fire Hall, 16776 Fish Point Road, Prior Lake, MN 55372, in said
City on the 21st day of January, 1997, at 7:30 P.M.
The following members were present: Mayor Andren and
Council Members Schenck and Kedrowski;
and the following were absent: Council Members Greenfield and
Mader.
Member Schenck introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
Resolution Number 97-06
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN ELECTION ON
$7,800,000 GENERAL
OBLIGATION BONDS OF 1997
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Prior Lake, Minnesota, as follows:
1. This Council has investigated the facts and does
hereby find, determine and declare that it is necessary and
expedient to finance park and library improvements for the City.
2. The proposition of authorizing the issuance of not
to exceed $7,800,000 General Obligation Bonds for said purpose
shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the City at a
special election to be held on February 25, 1997. Said election
shall be held between the hours of seven o'clock a.m. and eight
o'clock p.m. The polling places for said election will be the
Holy Trinity Church located at 16150 Arcadia Avenue Southeast for
Precinct No.1, the Minnesota Valley Community Church located at
5995 Timber Trail Southeast for Precinct No.2, the St. Michaels
Church located at 16311 Duluth Avenue Southeast for Precinct No.
3, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota Community Center located at
2330 Sioux Trail Northwest for Precinct No.4, and the Assembly
of God Church located at 6880 Boudin Street Northeast for
Precinct No.5, in said City.
3. The Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
post and publish according to law a Notice of Election and
Ballot, and to prepare ballots for use at said election, which
notice and ballot shall be in substantially the following forms:
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NOTICE
OF SPECIAL ELECTION
ON PARK AND LIBRARY REFERENDUM
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held
in and for the City of Prior Lake, Scott County, Minnesota, on
February 25, 1997, between the hours of seven o'clock a.m. and
eight o'clock p.m., at which time the following question will be
submitted:
"Shall the City of Prior Lake, Minnesota, be authorized to
issue its fully registered general obligation bonds in an
amount not to exceed $7,800,000 to defray the expense of the
acquisition and betterment of a library and resource center
and various parks and recreational facilities for the City:
which may include but is not limited to implementation of
the park improvements contained in the Lakefront Park Master
Plan, acquisition of Kop Farm, construction of a library and
a resource center, and the acquisition, development and
improvement of other neighborhood parks and community parks
and trails?"
The polling places for said election will be the Holy
Trinity Church located at 16150 Arcadia Avenue Southeast for
Precinct No.1, the Minnesota Valley Community Church located at
5995 Timber Trail Southeast for Precinct No.2, the St. Michaels
Church located at 16311 Duluth Avenue Southeast for Precinct No.
3, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota Community Center located at
2330 Sioux Trail Northwest for Precinct No.4, and the Assembly
of God Church located at 6880 Boudin Street Northeast for
Precinct No.5, in the City of Prior Lake, Minnesota, at which
places all of the qualified electors of the City residing within
the Precinct with respect to which the polling place has been
established may cast their ballots.
Dated: January 21, 1997
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
/s/ Frank Boyles
City Manager
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OFFICIAL
SPECIAL ELECTION BALLOT
CITY OF PRIOR LAKE
SCOTT COUNTY
MINNESOTA
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YES
"Shall the City of Prior Lake, Minnesota, be
authorized to issue its fully registered
general obligation bonds in an amount not to
exceed $7,800,000 to defray the expense of the
acquisition and betterment of a library and
resource center and various parks and
recreational facilities for the City: which
may include but is not limited to
implementation of the park improvements
contained in the Lakefront Park Master Plan,
acquisition of Kop Farm, construction of a
library and a resource center, and the
acquisition, development and improvement of
other neighborhood parks and community parks
and trails?"
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NO
NOTICE:
BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT
QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR A
PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.
The maximum amount of increased levy as a
percentage of market value is .0007%.
The amount that will be raised by the new
referendum tax rate in the first year it is
to be levied is $406,940.
INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS:
If you wish to vote in favor of the above proposition, fill in
the oval before the word "YES". If you wish to vote against the
above proposition, fill in the oval before the word "NO".
(NOTE:
On the back of each ballot shall be printed the words
"Official Ballot", the date of the election and lines
for the initials of the judges.)
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4. Said election shall be held and conducted in accordance
with the statutes of the State of Minnesota applicable, and the
Council shall meet as required by law for the purpose of
canvassing said election and declaring the results thereof.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was
duly seconded by Council member Kedrowski and, after full
discussion thereof and upon a vote being taken thereon, the
following voted in favor thereof: All members present;
and the following voted against the same: None.
Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and
adopted on the 21st day of January, 1997.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF SCOTT
CITY OF PRIOR LAKE
I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting
Manager of the City of Prior Lake, Minnesota, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that I have carefully compared the attached and foregoing extract
of minutes with the original minutes of a meeting of the City
Council duly called and held on the date therein indicated, which
are on file and of record in my office, and the same is a full,
true and correct transcript therefrom insofar as the same relate
to a special election on the proposed issuance of general
obligation bonds to finance park and library improvements for the
City.
WITNESS my hand as such Manager this 21st day of January,
1997.
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