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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF
GENERAL OBLIGATION LAKE FRONT RESTORATION BONDS OF THE CITY OF
DULUTH IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,700,000 UPON TERMS AND
CONDITIONS TO BE PROVIDED BY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND
PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. BOND PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZATION.
1.01 The City Council has determined it to be necessary and expedient and in the public interest that the city finance a portion of the Lake Front Restoration Project consisting of (i) seawall restoration adjacent to the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center and the Great Lakes Aquarium and related adjacent surface improvements; (ii) Brighton Beach restoration and related surface improvements; and (iii) additional Lakewalk restoration (collectively, the "Project"); such Project is hereby determined to be needed to protect and enhance tourist related public improvements.
1.02 Under the provisions of Minnesota Laws 1974, Chapter 130, the City Council may by ordinance provide for the issuance of general obligation bonds to provide the funds necessary to match state, private or federal grant funds for projects within the city's boundaries, which bonds are to be supported by the full faith and credit of the city and are to be issued subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Section 475, except that they may exceed the limitations in Minnesota Statutes, Section 475.53, by an amount not to exceed $2,000,000, and they may not be issued if the city's contribution to the project, including the proceeds of the bonds, exceeds 60% of the total project cost where such contribution is used to match state or federal grants, or 70% where it is used to match government and private grants, or 80% where it is used to match private grants alone. The Project is of the nature contemplated by said law. The city has been awarded grants of state fun...
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