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<br />. .( <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />1.4. Cohasset Investments, a Minnesota general <br />partnership (the "Company"), has advised the Council <br />that it desires to undertake a project which consists of <br />the construction of an approximately 54,000-70,000 <br />square foot office facility (the "Project"), to be <br />located at l801 Old Highway 8 in the City. <br /> <br />1.5. The existence of the <br />contribute to more intensive <br />land, thereby increasing the <br />opportunities in the City. <br /> <br />1.6. The City has been advised by the Company and <br />on that basis hereby finds that conventional, commercial <br />financing to pay the capital cost of the Project is <br />available at such costs of borrowing that the Project <br />would not be economically feasible pnd would not be <br />undertaken but for the availability of industrial devel- <br />opment bond financing therefor. <br /> <br />Project in the City will <br />development and use of <br />tax base and employment <br /> <br />1.7. This Council has been advised by Dougherty, <br />Dawkins, Strand & Yost Incorporated of the financial <br />feasabili ty of the Project, as so undertaken with the <br />assistance of the City, or of its intention to purchase <br />commercial or industrial revenue obligations of the City <br />to finance the Project. <br /> <br />1.8. The City is authorized by Minnesota Statutes, <br />Chapter 474, to issue its revenue bonds, notes or other <br />obligations to finance the cost, in whole or in part, of <br />the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improve- <br />ment, betterment or extension of capital projects con- <br />sisting of properties used and useful in connection with <br />a revenue producing enterpr ise, including the Project, <br />and the issuance of such obligations by the City would <br />be a substantial inducement to the Company to construct <br />its facility in the City. <br /> <br />l.9. The City has been advised by O'Connor & <br />Hannan, Minneapolis, Minnesota, who shall act as bond <br />counsel to the Ci ty with respect to the Project, that <br />the Project constitutes a "project" within the meaning <br />of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 474. <br /> <br />2. On the basis of information given the City to date, <br />it appears that it would be in the best interest of the City <br />to issue its obligations (the "Bonds") under the provisions <br />of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 474, to finance the Project <br />in an amount presently estimated not to exceed $5,200,000. <br /> <br />- 2 - <br /> <br />I <br />! <br />i <br />! <br />~ . <br />, <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />! <br />