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Proceedings on the Issuance of Not to Exceed $49,200,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021AB_Initiate Copyrig hted March 15, 2021 City of Dubuque Items to be set for Public Hearing # 3. City Council Meeting ITEM TITLE: Proceedings to Set Public Hearing on the Issuance of Not to Exceed $49,200,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021 AB SUM MARY: City Manager recommending that a public hearing be set forApril 5, 2021, on the proposition of selling not to exceed $49,200,000 in General Obligation Bonds. $40,535,000 of the proceeds is intended to provide funds to refund nine previously issued bond series that are now callable to realize estimated interest savings of$3,098,099. RESOLUTION Fixing date for a meeting on the proposition of the issuance of not to exceed $46,250,000 General Obligation Bonds of the City of Dubuque, State of lowa (for essential corporate purposes), and providing for publication of notice thereof RESOLUTION Fixing date for a meeting on the proposition of the issuance of not to exceed $950,000 General Obligation Urban Renewal Bonds of the City of Dubuque, State of lowa (for essential corporate urban renewal purposes), and providing for publication of notice thereof RESOLUTION Fixing date for a meeting on the proposition of the issuance of not to exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds of the City of Dubuque, State of lowa (for general corporate purposes), and providing for publication of notice thereof (GCP-2) RESOLUTION Fixing date fora meeting on the proposition of the issuance of not to exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds of the City of Dubuque, State of lowa (for general corporate purposes), and providing for publication of notice thereof (GCP-3) RESOLUTION Fiwng date for a meeting on the proposition of the issuance of not to exceed $600,000 General Obligation Bonds of the City of Dubuque, State of lowa (for general corporate purposes), and providing for publication of notice thereof SUGGESTED Receive and File; Adopt Resolution(s), Set Public Hearing forApril 5, DISPOSITION: 2021Suggested Disposition: ATTACHMENTS: Description Type MVM Memo City Manager Memo Staff Memo Staff Memo $46,250,000 GO (ECP-1) Resolution Fi�ang date for Resolutions Public Hearing $950,000 GO (UR-5) Fixing Date of Public Hearing Resolutions $700,000 GO (GCP-2) Resolution Fi�ang Date of Resolutions Public Hearing $700,000 GO (GCP-3) Resolution Fi�ang date of Public Resolutions Hearing $600,000 GO (GCP-4) Resolution Fi�ang date of public Resolutions Hearing $46,250,000 GO (ECP-1) Notice of Public Hearing Supporting Documentation $950,000 GO (UR-5) Notice of Public Hearing Supporting Documentation $700,000 GO (GCP-2) Notice of Public Hearing Supporting Documentation $700,000 GO (GCP-3) Notice of Public Hearing Supporting Documentation $600,000 GO (GCP-4) Notice of Public Hearing Supporting Documentation Bond Counsel Letter Supporting Documentation dubuque THE CITY OF � D�L E All•Aaerin6ih , �I ��� ► Maste iece on the Mississi i z°°'"�°lz.z°13 YP pp zoi�*�oi9 TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager SUBJECT: Proceedings to Set Public Hearing on the Issuance of Not to Exceed $49,200,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021AB DATE: March 9, 2021 Director of Finance and Budget Jennifer Larson recommends that a public hearing be set for April 5, 2021, on the proposition of selling not to exceed $49,200,000 in General Obligation Bonds. $40,535,000 of the proceeds is intended to provide funds to refund nine previously issued bond series that are now callable to realize estimated interest savings of $3,098,099. $5,000,000 of the proceeds is intended for projects in the City budget previously approved by the City Council which include Chavenelle Road Improvements, River pock Expansion, Clock Tower Plaza Rehab, Jackson Park Amenities and Restrooms, Downtown Parking Ramp Property Acquisition and Design, New Enterprise Resource Planning System, Fire Headquarters HVAC, and Transit Vehicle Replacements. Although the City is selling General Obligation Bonds to support the projects, repayments of the debt will be local option sales tax, Dubuque Industrial Center west TIF and Greater powntown TIF. The refunding debt is repaid by local option sales tax, gaming revenue, sanitary sewer user fees, water user fees, parking user fees, Airport Passenger Facility Charges, Dubuque Industrial Center tax increment revenue, and Greater powntown tax increment revenue. Additionally, as to the General Corporate Purpose and Urban Renewal portions of the issuance, at any time before the date of the hearing, a petition may be filed with the City Clerk requesting that the issuance of the bonds be submitted to an election. To qualify, a petition must be signed by eligible electors equal to at least ten percent of the number who voted at the last regular municipal election (but not less than ten persons). If a valid petition is filed, Bond Counsel should be notified as soon as possible since the hearing proceedings will have to be revised to cover the action taken by the Council in either abandoning the proposal to issue the Bonds or directing the County Commissioner to call a special election upon the question of issuing the Bonds. Section 384.25 of the Code of lowa, provides that any resident or property owner of the City may appeal the decision to take additional action to issue the Bonds, to the District Court of a county in which any part of the city is located, within 15 days after such additional action is taken, but that the additional action is final and conclusive unless the court finds that the City Council exceeded its authority. I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council approval. �I:/v� �tv�r Michael C. Van Milligen MCVM/jml Attachment cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager Jennifer Larson, Director of Finance and Budget 2 Dubuque THE CITY OF � Du B E ���.����� ��I� � ► Maste iece on the Mississi i z°°'"Z°lz.z°13 � Pp zoi�*zai9 TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager FROM: Jennifer Larson, Director of Finance and Budget SUBJECT: Proceedings to Set Public Hearing on the Issuance of Not to Exceed $49,200,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2021AB DATE: March 9, 2021 INTRODUCTION The purpose of this memorandum is to recommend the setting of a public hearing on the proposal to issue General Obligation Bonds, the proceeds of which will be used for essential and general corporate purposes of the City for projects in the City budget previously approved by the City Council and to refund previously issued bonds. DISCUSSION Of the bond amount: • $1,295,000 is intended to provide funds to pay costs of Chavenelle Road Improvements with repayment from Dubuque Industrial Center West TIF. • $406,000 is intended to provide funds to pay costs of the River pock Expansion with repayment from Greater powntown TIF. • $33,000 is intended to provide funds to pay costs of Clock Tower Plaza Rehab with repayment from Greater powntown TIF. • $500,000 is intended to provide funds to pay costs of Jackson Park Amenities and Restroom with repayment from Greater powntown TIF. • $872,000 is intended to provide funds to pay costs of the property acquisition and design of a new Downtown Parking Ramp with repayment from Greater Downtown TIF. • $250,000 is intended to provide funds to pay costs of a New Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP) with repayment from local option sales tax. • $580,084 is intended to provide funds to pay costs of Ladder and Pumper Replacements with repayment from local option sales tax. • $248,924 is intended to provide funds to pay costs of Fire Headquarters HVAC Replacement with repayment from local option sales tax. • $798,942 is intended to provide funds to pay costs of Transit Vehicle Replacements with repayment from local option sales tax. • $40,535,000 is intended to provide funds to refund previously issued bond series that are now callable to realize estimated interest savings of $3,098,099. The refunding includes Exempt General Obligation Bond Series 2012A $2,665,000, 2012B $4,515,000, 2012D $3,670,000, 2012E $1,965,000, 2012H $1,410,000, and 2014B $14,820,000, and Taxable General Obligation Bond Series 2012C $4,465,000, 2012F $140,000, and 2014C $6,885,000. The bond market will be monitored, and an informed decision will be made before releasing the public offering documents and announcing the sale. • $44,114 is intended to provide funds to pay capitalized interest. • $473,480 is intended to provide funds for bond issuance costs and • $3,163,456 to be a contingency for fluctuations in the bond market for interest rates, bond issuance costs and change in project costs. Although the City is selling General Obligation Bonds to support the projects, repayments of the debt will be local option sales tax, Dubuque Industrial Center west TIF and Greater powntown TIF. The refunding debt is repaid by local option sales tax, gaming revenue, sanitary sewer user fees, water user fees, parking user fees, Airport Passenger Facility Charges, Dubuque Industrial Center tax increment revenue, and Greater powntown tax increment revenue. Additionally, as to the General Corporate Purpose and Urban Renewal portions of the issuance, at any time before the date of the hearing, a petition may be filed with the City Clerk requesting that the issuance of the bonds be submitted to an election. To qualify, a petition must be signed by eligible electors equal to at least ten percent of the number who voted at the last regular municipal election (but not less than ten persons). If a valid petition is filed, Bond Counsel should be notified as soon as possible since the hearing proceedings will have to be revised to cover the action taken by the Council in either abandoning the proposal to issue the Bonds or directing the County Commissioner to call a special election upon the question of issuing the Bonds. Section 384.25 of the Code of lowa, provides that any resident or property owner of the City may appeal the decision to take additional action to issue the Bonds, to the District Court of a county in which any part of the city is located, within 15 days after such additional action is taken, but that the additional action is final and conclusive unless the court finds that the City Council exceeded its authority. RECOMMENDATION I respectfully recommend the adoption of the enclosed resolutions fixing the date of April 5, 2021 for a public hearing on the proposition of selling not to exceed $46,040,000 General Obligation Bonds and providing publication of notice. JML Attachment cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager Cassie Ross, Assistant Finance Director 2 ITEMS TO INCLUDE ON AGENDA CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA Not to Exceed $46,250,000 General Obligation Bonds (ECP-1) • Resolution fixing date for a meeting on the proposition to issue. NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN PURSUANT TO IOWA CODE CHAPTER 21 AND THE LOCAL RULES OF THE CITY. - 1 - March 15, 2021 The City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, met in Regular session, via electronic means, Council having determined that it is impossible and impractical for all members of the Council, other City personnel, and members of the public to be physically present at this meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at 6:30 P.M., on the above date. There were present Mayor Roy D. Buol, in the chair, and the following named Council Members: Brad Cavanagh, Susan Farber, Rick Jones, David Resnick, Laura Roussell, Danny Sprank Absent: ___________________________________________ Vacant: ___________________________________________ * * * * * * * - 2 - Council Member Resnick introduced the following Resolution entitled "RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $46,250,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THEREOF", and moved that the same be adopted. Council Member Cavanagh seconded the motion to adopt. The roll was called and the vote was, AYES: Resnick, Sprank, Roussell, Cavanagh, Jones, Buol, Farber NAYS: ___________________________________________ Whereupon, the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted as follows: RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $46,250,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THEREOF WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and advisable that the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, should issue General Obligation Bonds, to the amount of not to exceed $46,250,000, as authorized by Section 384.25, of the Code of Iowa, for the purpose of providing funds to pay costs of carrying out essential corporate purpose project(s) as hereinafter described; and WHEREAS, before the Bonds may be issued, it is necessary to comply with the provisions of the Code, and to publish a notice of the proposal to issue such bonds and of the time and place of the meeting at which the Council proposes to take action for the issuance of the Bonds and to receive oral and/or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to such action. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. That this Council meet via electronic means at 6:30 P.M., on the 5th day of April, 2021, for the purpose of taking action on the matter of the issuance of not to exceed $46,250,000 General Obligation Bonds, for essential corporate purposes, the proceeds of which bonds will be used to provide funds to pay the costs of the opening, widening, extending, grading, and draining of the right-of-way of streets, highways, avenues, alleys and public grounds; the construction, reconstruction, and repairing of any street improvements; the acquisition, installation, and repair of sidewalks, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, water service - 3 - lines, street lighting, and traffic control devices, and the acquisition of any real estate needed for any of the foregoing purposes; the rehabilitation and improvement of City parks and the acquisition, repair and replacement of facilities, equipment and improvements commonly found in City parks; equipping the fire department; and refunding or refinancing outstanding indebtedness of the City, including General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012A, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012B, Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012C, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012D, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012E, Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012F, General Obligation Urban Renewal Bonds, Series 2012H, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014B, and Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014C. Section 2. To the extent any of the projects or activities described in this resolution may be reasonably construed to be included in more than one classification under Division III of Chapter 384 of the Code of Iowa, the Council hereby elects the "essential corporate purpose" classification and procedure with respect to each such project or activity, pursuant to Section 384.28 of the Code of Iowa. Section 3. That the Clerk is hereby directed to cause at least one publication to be made of a notice of the meeting, in a legal newspaper, printed wholly in the English language, published at least once weekly, and having general circulation in the City. The publication to be not less than four clear days nor more than twenty days before the date of the public meeting on the issuance of the Bonds. Section 4. The notice of the proposed action to issue bonds shall be in substantially the following form: - 4 - (To be published between March 16, 2021 and March 23, 2021) NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $46,250,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 5th day of April, 2021, at 6:30 P.M., at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed $46,250,000 General Obligation Bonds, for essential corporate purposes, to provide funds to pay the costs of the opening, widening, extending, grading, and draining of the right-of-way of streets, highways, avenues, alleys and public grounds; the construction, reconstruction, and repairing of any street improvements; the acquisition, installation, and repair of sidewalks, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, water service lines, street lighting, and traffic control devices, and the acquisition of any real estate needed for any of the foregoing purposes; the rehabilitation and improvement of City parks and the acquisition, repair and replacement of facilities, equipment and improvements commonly found in City parks; equipping the fire department; and refunding or refinancing outstanding indebtedness of the City, including General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012A, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012B, Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012C, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012D, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012E, Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012F, General Obligation Urban Renewal Bonds, Series 2012H, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014B, and Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014C. Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted electronically, pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.8, as holding the meeting in person is impossible or impractical. Interested persons may attend or participate in the meeting by the following method: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/337661181 You can also dial in using your phone. United States (Toll Free): 1 877 568 4106 United States: +1 (571) 317-3129 Access Code: 337-661-181 Please check the posted agenda in advance of the meeting for any updates to the manner in which the public may access the meeting. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been - 5 - received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.25 of the Code of Iowa. Dated this 19th day of March, 2021. Adrienne N. Breitfelder City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa (End of Notice) PASSED AND APPROVED this 15th day of March, 2021. ATTEST: City Clerk ` �r Mayor 9 me CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS COUNTY OF DUBUQUE } I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, do hereby certify that attached is a true and complete copy of the portion of the records of the City showing proceedings of the Council, and the same is a true and complete copy of the action taken by the Council with respect to the matter at the meeting held on the date indicated in the attachment, which proceedings remain in full force and effect, and have not been amended or rescinded in any way; that meeting and all action thereat was duly and publicly held in accordance with a notice of meeting and tentative agenda, a copy of which was timely served on each member of the Council. and posted on a bulletin board or other prominent place easily accessible to the public and clearly designated for that purpose at the principal office of the Council pursuant to the local rules of the Council and the provisions of Chapter 21, Code of Iowa, upon reasonable advance notice to the public and media at least twenty-four hours prior to the commencement of the meeting as required by law and with members of the public present in attendance; I further certify that the individuals named therein were on the date thereof duly and lawfully possessed of their respective City offices as indicated therein, that no Council vacancy existed except as may be stated in the proceedings, and that no controversy or litigation is pending, prayed or threatened involving the incorporation, organization, existence or boundaries of the City or the right of the individuals named therein as officers to their respective positions. WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Council hereto affixed this c� nd day of 92021. _ City Clerk, City of Dubuque, Sta e of Iowa CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS COUNTY OF DUBUQUE ) I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am now and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, the duly qualified and acting Clerk of the City of Dubuque, in the County of Dubuque, State of Iowa, and that as such Clerk and by full authority from the Council of the City, I have caused a NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (Not to Exceed $46,250,000 General Obligation Bonds) (ECP-1) of which the clipping annexed to the publisher's affidavit hereto attached is in words and figures a correct and complete copy, to be published as required by law in the Telegraph Herald, a legal newspaper published at least once weekly, printed wholly in the English language, published regularly and mailed through the post office of current entry for more than two years and which has had for more than two years a bona fide paid circulation recognized by the postal laws of the United States, and has a general circulation in the City, and that the Notice was published in all of the issues thereof published and circulated on the following date: mo,r C 11 ! q 2021. WITNESS my official signature this o)d"d day of 52021. ( , S / J City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa 01845358-1\.10422-209 STATE OF IOWA SS: DUBUQUE COUNTY CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION I, Kathy Goetzinger, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following dates: 03/19/2021 and for which the charge is 47.17 Subscribed to before me, a Notary Public inr�d for Dubuque County, Iowa, this 15th day of April, 2021 Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa. S.HA.RON Wr'S.LBQRN GoOmA S140a HaRber I270t w*: M'7 C=m Ex:p MOV 10, 2023 Ad text : NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $46,250,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 5th day of April, 2021, at 6:30 P.M., at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed $46,250,000 General Obligation Bonds, for essential corporate purposes, to provide funds to pay the costs of the opening, widening, extending, grading, and draining of the right-of-way of streets, highways, avenues, alleys and public grounds; the construction, reconstruction, and repairing of any street improvements; the acquisition, installation, and repair of sidewalks, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, water service lines, street lighting, and traffic control devices, and the acquisition of any real estate needed for any of the foregoing purposes; the rehabilitation and improvement of City parks and the acquisition, repair and replacement of facilities, equipment and improvements commonly found in City parks; equipping the fire department; and refunding or refinancing outstanding indebtedness of the City, including General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012A, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012B, Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012C, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012D, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012E, Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012F, General Obligation Urban Renewal Bonds, Series 2012H, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014B, and Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014C. Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted electronically, pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.8, as holding the meeting in person is impossible or impractical. Interested persons may attend or participate in the meeting by the following method: https://global . gotomeeting. conVj oin/337661181 You can also dial in using your phone. United States (Toll Free): 1 877 568 4106 United States: + 1 (571) 317-3129' Access Code: 337-661-181 Please check the posted agenda in advance of the meeting for any updates to the manner in which the public may access the meeting. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.25 of the Code of Iowa. Dated this 19th day of March, 2021. Adrienne N. Breitfelder City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa It 3/19 ITEMS TO INCLUDE ON AGENDA CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA Not to Exceed $950,000 General Obligation Urban Renewal Bonds (ECP/UR-5) . Resolution fiXing date for a meeting on the proposition to issue. NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN PURSUANT TO IOWA CODE CHAPTER 21 AND THE LOCAL RULES OF THE CITY. - 1 - March 15, 2021 The City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, met in Regular session, via electronic means, Council having determined that it is impossible and impractical for all members of the Council, other City personnel, and members of the public to be physically present at this meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at 6:30 P.M., on the above date. There were present Mayor Roy D. Buol, in the chair, and the following named Council Members: Brad Cavanagh, Susan Farber, Rick Jones, David Resnick, Laura Roussell, Danny Sprank Absent: ___________________________________________ Vacant: ___________________________________________ * * * * * * * - 2 - Council Member Resnick introduced the following Resolution entitled "RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $950,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION URBAN RENEWAL BONDS OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE URBAN RENEWAL PURPOSES), AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THEREOF", and moved that the same be adopted. Council Member Cavanagh seconded the motion to adopt. The roll was called and the vote was, AYES: Resnick, Sprank, Roussell, Cavanagh, Jones, Buol, Farber NAYS: ___________________________________________ Whereupon, the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted as follows: RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $950,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION URBAN RENEWAL BONDS OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE URBAN RENEWAL PURPOSES), AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THEREOF WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 90-17 adopted March 6, 2017 this Council found and determined that certain areas located within the City are eligible and should be designated as an urban renewal area under Iowa law, and approved and adopted the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan (the "Plan") for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District Urban Renewal Plan Area (the "Area" or "Urban Renewal Area"), which Plan, as subsequently amended, is on file in the office of the Recorder of Dubuque County, Iowa; and WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and advisable that the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, should issue General Obligation Urban Renewal Bonds, to the amount of not to exceed $950,000, as authorized by Sections 384.25 and 403.12, of the Code of Iowa, for the purpose of providing funds to pay costs of carrying out essential corporate urban renewal purpose project(s) as hereinafter described; and WHEREAS, before bonds may be issued, it is necessary to comply with the procedural requirements of Chapters 384 and 403 of the Code of Iowa, and to publish a notice of the proposal to issue such bonds and the right to petition for an election. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA: - 3 - Section 1. That this Council meet via electronic means at 6:30 P.M., on the 5th day of April, 2021, for the purpose of taking action on the matter of the issuance of not to exceed $950,000 General Obligation Urban Renewal Bonds, for essential corporate urban renewal purposes, the proceeds of which bonds will be used to provide funds to pay the costs of aiding in the planning, undertaking and carrying out of urban renewal projects under the authority of Chapter 403 and the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District, such as those costs associated with the construction, renovation, remodeling, improvement, equipping and repairing of parking garages and ramps. Section 2. To the extent any of the projects or activities described in this resolution may be reasonably construed to be included in more than one classification under Division III of Chapter 384 of the Code of Iowa, the Council hereby elects the "essential corporate purpose" classification and procedure with respect to each such project or activity, pursuant to Section 384.28 of the Code of Iowa. Section 3. That the Clerk is hereby directed to cause at least one publication to be made of a notice of the meeting, in a legal newspaper, printed wholly in the English language, published at least once weekly, and having general circulation in the City. The publication to be not less than ten clear days nor more than twenty days before the date of the public meeting on the issuance of the Bonds. Section 4. The notice of the proposed action to issue bonds shall be in substantially the following form: - 4 - (To be published between March 16 and March 23, 2021) NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $950,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION URBAN RENEWAL BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE URBAN RENEWAL PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 5th day of April, 2021, at 6:30 P.M., at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed $950,000 General Obligation Urban Renewal Bonds, for essential corporate urban renewal purposes, to provide funds to pay the costs of aiding in the planning, undertaking and carrying out of urban renewal projects under the authority of Chapter 403 and the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District, such as those costs associated with the construction, renovation, remodeling, improvement, equipping and repairing of parking garages and ramps. At any time before the date of the meeting, a petition, asking that the question of issuing such Bonds be submitted to the legal voters of the City, may be filed with the Clerk of the City in the manner provided by Section 362.4 of the Code of Iowa, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 384.24(3)(q), 384.25 and 403.12 of the Code of Iowa. Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted electronically, pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.8, as holding the meeting in person is impossible or impractical. Interested persons may attend or participate in the meeting by the following method: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/337661181 You can also dial in using your phone. United States (Toll Free): 1 877 568 4106 United States: +1 (571) 317-3129 Access Code: 337-661-181 Please check the posted agenda in advance of the meeting for any updates to the manner in which the public may access the meeting. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. - 5 - This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, as provided by Chapters 384 and 403 of the Code of Iowa. Dated this 19th day of March, 2021. Adrienne N. Breitfelder City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa (End of Notice) PASSED AND APPROVED this 15th day of March, 2021. ATTEST: City Clerk 0, &--/ Mayor WIN CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS COUNTY OF DUBUQUE ) I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, do hereby certify that attached is a true and complete copy of the portion of the records of the City showing proceedings of the Council, and the same is a true and complete copy of the action taken by the Council with respect to the matter at the meeting held on the date indicated in the attachment, which proceedings remain in full force and effect, and have not been amended or rescinded in any way; that meeting and all action thereat was duly and publicly held in accordance with a notice of meeting and tentative agenda, a copy of which was timely served on each member of the Council and posted on a bulletin board or other prominent place easily accessible to the public and clearly designated for that purpose at the principal office of the Council pursuant to the local iules of the Council and the provisions of Chapter 21, Code of Iowa, upon reasonable advance notice to the public and media at least twenty-four hours prior to the commencement of the meeting as required by law and with members of the public present in attendance; I further certify that the individuals named therein were on the date thereof duly and lawfully possessed of their respective City offices as indicated therein, that no Council vacancy existed except as may be stated in the proceedings, and that no controversy or litigation is pending, prayed or threatened involving the incorporation, organization, existence or boundaries of the City or the right of the individuals named therein as officers to their respective positions. �TNESS my hand and the seal of the Council hereto affixed this day of A 2021. City Clerk, City of Dubuque, Sbte of Iowa CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS COUNTY OF DUBUQUE ) I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am now and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, the duly qualified and acting Clerk of the City of Dubuque, in the County of Dubuque, State of Iowa, and that as such Clerk and by frill authority from the Council of the City, I have caused a NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (Not to Exceed $950,000 General Obligation Urban Renewal Bonds) (ECP/UR-5) of which the clipping annexed to the publisher's affidavit hereto attached is in words and figures a correct and complete copy, to be published as required by law in the Telegraph Herald, a legal newspaper published at Least once weekly, printed wholly in the English language, published regularly and mailed through the post office of current entry for more than two years and which has had for more than two years a bona fide paid circulation recognized by the postal laws of the United States, and has a general circulation in the City, and that the Notice was published in all of the issues thereof published and circulated on the following date: 2021. WITNESS my official signature this ca��day of A p� I , 2021. City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa 01845524-1\10422-209 STATE OF IOWA SS: DUBUQUE COUNTY CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION I, Kathy Goetzinger, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following dates: 03/19/2021 and for which the charge is 42.50 c:.....�.,....... �""..,%✓ �%/.✓n .,.q.. d _'— J �P B / \ `ice �B U 1 If Subscribed to before me, a Notary Public and for Dubuque County, Iowa, this 15th day of April, 2021 Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa. Comnmmd, ai m �t ibn r MUM wrw• MY C mm» NOV ta, Ma Ad text : NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $950,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION URBAN RENEWAL BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE URBAN RENEWAL PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 5th day of April, 2021, at 6:30 P.M., at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed $950,000 General Obligation Urban Renewal Bonds, for essential corporate urban renewal purposes, to provide funds to pay the costs of aiding in the planning, undertaking and carrying out of urban renewal projects under the authority of Chapter 403 and the Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Greater Downtown Urban Renewal District, such as those costs associated with the construction, renovation, remodeling, improvement, equipping and repairing of parking garages and ramps. At any time before the date of the meeting, a petition, asking that the question of issuing such Bonds be submitted to the legal voters of the City, may be filed with the Clerk of the City in the manner provided by Section 362.4 of the Code of Iowa, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 384.24(3)(q), 384.25 and 403.12 of the Code of Iowa. Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted electronically, pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.8, as holding the meeting in person is impossible or impractical. Interested persons may attend or participate in the meeting by the following method: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/337661181 You can also dial in using your phone. United States (Toll Free): 1 877 568 4106 United States: + 1 (571) 317-3129 Access Code: 337-661-181 Please check the posted agenda in advance of the meeting for any updates to the manner in which the public may access the meeting. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the ;.. City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, as provided by Chapters 384 and 403 of the Code of Iowa. Dated this 19th day of March, 2021. Adrienne N. Breitfelder City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa It 3/19 ITEMS TO INCLUDE ON AGENDA CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA Not to Exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds (GCP-2) . Resolution fiXing date for a meeting on the proposition to issue. NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN PURSUANT TO IOWA CODE CHAPTER 21 AND THE LOCAL RULES OF THE CITY. - 1 - March 15, 2021 The City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, met in Regular session, via electronic means, Council having determined that it is impossible and impractical for all members of the Council, other City personnel, and members of the public to be physically present at this meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at 6:30 P.M., on the above date. There were present Mayor Roy D. Buol, in the chair, and the following named Council Members: Brad Cavanagh, Susan Farber, Rick Jones, David Resnick, Laura Roussell, Danny Sprank Absent: ___________________________________________ Vacant: ___________________________________________ * * * * * * * - 2 - Council Member Resnick introduced the following Resolution entitled "RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $700,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THEREOF", and moved that the same be adopted. Council Member Cavanagh seconded the motion to adopt. The roll was called and the vote was, AYES: Resnick, Sprank, Roussell, Cavanagh, Jones, Buol, Farber NAYS: ___________________________________________ Whereupon, the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted as follows: RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $700,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THEREOF WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and advisable that the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, should issue General Obligation Bonds, to the amount of not to exceed $700,000, as authorized by Section 384.26, of the Code of Iowa, for the purpose of providing funds to pay costs of carrying out general corporate purpose project(s) as hereinafter described; and WHEREAS, the Issuer has a population of more than 5,000 but not more than 75,000, and the Bonds for these purposes do not exceed $700,000; and WHEREAS, before the Bonds may be issued, it is necessary to comply with the provisions of Chapter 384 of the Code of Iowa, and to publish a notice of the proposal to issue such Bonds and the right to petition for an election. - 3 - NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. That this Council meet via electronic means at 6:30 P.M., on the 5th day of April, 2021, for the purpose of taking action on the matter of the issuance of not to exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds, for general corporate purposes, the proceeds of which bonds will be used to provide funds to pay the costs of the reconstruction, expansion of and improvements to the Riverfront docking facility; and the acquisition, improvement, and equipping of the fire station and facilities and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum specified in the attached notice. Section 2. That the Clerk is hereby directed to cause at least one publication to be made of a notice of the meeting, in a legal newspaper, printed wholly in the English language, published at least once weekly, and having general circulation in the City. The publication to be not less than ten clear days nor more than twenty days before the date of the public meeting on the issuance of the Bonds. Section 3. The notice of the proposed action to issue bonds shall be in substantially the following form: - 4 - (To be published between March 16, 2021 and March 23, 2021) NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $700,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 5th day of April, 2021, at 6:30 P.M., at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds, for general corporate purposes, bearing interest at a rate of not to exceed nine (9) per centum per annum, the Bonds to be issued to provide funds to pay the costs of the reconstruction, expansion of and improvements to the Riverfront docking facility; and the acquisition, improvement, and equipping of the fire station and facilities. At any time before the date of the meeting, a petition, asking that the question of issuing such Bonds be submitted to the legal voters of the City, may be filed with the Clerk of the City in the manner provided by Section 362.4 of the Code of Iowa, pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted electronically, pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.8, as holding the meeting in person is impossible or impractical. Interested persons may attend or participate in the meeting by the following method: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/337661181 You can also dial in using your phone. United States (Toll Free): 1 877 568 4106 United States: +1 (571) 317-3129 Access Code: 337-661-181 Please check the posted agenda in advance of the meeting for any updates to the manner in which the public may access the meeting. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. - 5 - Dated this 19th day of March, 2021. Adrienne N. Breitfelder City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa (End of Notice) PASSED AND APPROVED this 15th day of March, 2021. ATTEST: City Clerk 1, a 4""e� Mayor m CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS COUNTY OF DUBUQUE ) I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, do hereby certify that attached is a true and complete copy of the portion of the records of the City showing proceedings of the Council, and the same is a true and complete copy of the action taken by the Council with respect to the matter at the meeting held on the date indicated in the attachment, which proceedings remain in full force and effect, and have not been amended or rescinded in any way; that meeting and all action thereat was duly and publicly held in accordance with a notice of meeting and tentative agenda, a copy of which was timely served on each member of the Council and posted on a bulletin board or other prominent place easily accessible to the public and clearly designated for that purpose at the principal office of the Council pursuant to the local rules of the Council and the provisions of Chapter 21, Code of Iowa, upon reasonable advance notice to the public and media at least twenty-four hours prior to the commencement of the meeting as required by law and with members of the public present in attendance; I further certify that the individuals named therein were on the date thereof duly and lawfully possessed of their respective City offices as indicated therein, that no Council vacancy existed except as may be stated in the proceedings, and that no controversy or litigation is pending, prayed or threatened involving the incorporation, organization, existence or boundaries of the City or the right of the individuals named therein as officers to their respective positions. WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Council hereto affixed this a day of , 2021. City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa k , �� CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS COUNTY OF DUBUQUE ) I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am now and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, the duly qualified and acting Clerk of the City of Dubuque, in the County of Dubuque, State of Iowa, and that as such Clerk and by full authority from the Council of the City, I have caused a NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (Not to Exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds) (GCP-2) of which the clipping annexed to the publisher's affidavit hereto attached is in words and figures a correct and complete copy, to be published as required by law in the Telegraph Herald, a legal newspaper published at least once weekly, printed wholly in the English language, published regularly and mailed through the post office of current entry for more than two years and which has had for more than two years a bona fide paid circulation recognized by the postal laws of the United States, and has a general circulation in the City, and that the Notice was published in all of the issues thereof published and circulated on the following date: MarCk I � , 2021. WITNESS my official signature this aar'd day of 2021. Ciry Clerk, City of Dubuque, State &f Iowa 01845461-1\10422-209 STATE OF IOWA SS: DUBUQUE COUNTY CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION I, Kathy Goetzinger, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following dates: 03/19/2021 and for which the charge is 39.23 Subscribed to before me, a Notary b Zcin and for Dubuque County, Iowa, this 15th day of April, 2021 Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa. a �,�4.A'O�BORHt am ii art kl' �2a4 SWI ,. EaK',p, 0�+ 1©,, 2N.3 Ad text : NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $700,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 5th day of April, 2021, at 6:30 P.M., at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds, for general corporate purposes, bearing interest at a rate of not to exceed nine (9) per centum per annum, the Bonds to be issued to provide funds to pay the costs of the reconstruction, expansion of and improvements to the Riverfront docking facility; and the acquisition, improvement, and equipping of the fire station and facilities. At any time before the date of the meeting, a petition, asking that the question of issuing such Bonds be submitted to the legal voters of the City, may be filed with the Clerk of the City in the manner provided by Section 362.4 of the Code of Iowa, pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted electronically, pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.8, as holding the meeting in person is impossible or impractical. Interested persons may attend or participate in the meeting by the following method: https ://global . gotomeeting . conVj oiD/337661181 You can also dial in using your phone. United States (Toll Free): 1 877 568 4106 United States: + 1 (571) 317-3129 Access Code: 337-661-181 Please check the posted agenda in advance of the meeting for any updates to the manner in which the public may access the meeting. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Dated this 19th day of March, 2021. Adrienne N. Breitfelder City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa It 3/19 GCP-2 ITEMS TO INCLUDE ON AGENDA CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA Not to Exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds (GCP-3) . Resolution fiXing date for a meeting on the proposition to issue. NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN PURSUANT TO IOWA CODE CHAPTER 21 AND THE LOCAL RULES OF THE CITY. - 1 - March 15, 2021 The City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa met via electronic means, Council having determined that it is impossible and impractical for all members of the Council, other City personnel, and members of the public to be physically present at this meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at 6:30 P.M., on the above date. There were present Mayor Roy D. Buol, in the chair, and the following named Council Members: Brad Cavanagh, Susan Farber, Rick Jones, David Resnick, Laura Roussell, Danny Sprank Absent: ___________________________________________ Vacant: ___________________________________________ * * * * * * * - 2 - Council Member Resnick introduced the following Resolution entitled "RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $700,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THEREOF", and moved that the same be adopted. Council Member Cavanagh seconded the motion to adopt. The roll was called and the vote was, AYES: Resnick, Sprank, Roussell, Cavanagh, Jones, Buol, Farber NAYS: ___________________________________________ Whereupon, the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted as follows: RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $700,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THEREOF WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and advisable that the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, should issue General Obligation Bonds, to the amount of not to exceed $700,000, as authorized by Section 384.26, of the Code of Iowa, for the purpose of providing funds to pay costs of carrying out general corporate purpose project(s) as hereinafter described; and WHEREAS, the Issuer has a population of more than 5,000 but not more than 75,000, and the Bonds for these purposes do not exceed $700,000; and WHEREAS, before the Bonds may be issued, it is necessary to comply with the provisions of Chapter 384 of the Code of Iowa, and to publish a notice of the proposal to issue such Bonds and the right to petition for an election. - 3 - NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. That this Council meet via electronic means at 6:30 P.M., on the 5th day of April, 2021, for the purpose of taking action on the matter of the issuance of not to exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds, for general corporate purposes, the proceeds of which bonds will be used to provide funds to pay the costs of construction, renovation, remodeling, improvement, equipping and repairing of Town Clock Plaza; acquisition and implementation of computer equipment including financial and utility billing software; and the acquisition and equipping of a light duty minibus and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum specified in the attached notice. Section 2. That the Clerk is hereby directed to cause at least one publication to be made of a notice of the meeting, in a legal newspaper, printed wholly in the English language, published at least once weekly, and having general circulation in the City. The publication to be not less than ten clear days nor more than twenty days before the date of the public meeting on the issuance of the Bonds. Section 3. The notice of the proposed action to issue bonds shall be in substantially the following form: - 4 - (To be published between March 16, 2021 and March 23, 2021) NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $700,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 5th day of April, 2021, at 6:30 P.M., at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds, for general corporate purposes, bearing interest at a rate of not to exceed nine (9) per centum per annum, the Bonds to be issued to provide funds to pay the costs of construction, renovation, remodeling, improvement, equipping and repairing of Town Clock Plaza; acquisition and implementation of computer equipment including financial and utility billing software; and the acquisition and equipping of a light duty minibus. At any time before the date of the meeting, a petition, asking that the question of issuing such Bonds be submitted to the legal voters of the City, may be filed with the Clerk of the City in the manner provided by Section 362.4 of the Code of Iowa, pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted electronically, pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.8, as holding the meeting in person is impossible or impractical. Interested persons may attend or participate in the meeting by the following method: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/337661181 You can also dial in using your phone. United States (Toll Free): 1 877 568 4106 United States: +1 (571) 317-3129 Access Code: 337-661-181 Please check the posted agenda in advance of the meeting for any updates to the manner in which the public may access the meeting. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. - 5 - Dated this 19th day of March, 2021. Adrienne N. Breitfelder City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa (End of Notice) PASSED AND APPROVED this 15th day of March, 2021. ATTEST: a4�&� 11/7-1 & r City Clerk Mayor KIM CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS COUNTY OF DUBUQUE ) I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, do hereby certify that attached is a true and complete copy of the portion of the records of the City showing proceedings of the Council, and the same is a true and complete copy of the action taken by the Council with respect to the matter at the meeting held on the date indicated in the attachment, which proceedings remain in full force and effect, and have not been amended or rescinded in any way; that meeting and all action thereat was duly and publicly held in accordance with a notice of meeting and tentative agenda, a copy of which was timely served on each member of the Council and posted on a bulletin board or other prominent place easily accessible to the public and clearly designated for that purpose at the principal office of the Council pursuant to the local rules of the Council and the provisions of Chapter 21, Code of Iowa, upon reasonable advance notice to the public and media at least twenty-four hours prior to the commencement of the meeting as required by law and with members of the public present in attendance; I further certify that the individuals named therein were on the date thereof duly and lawfully possessed of their respective City offices as indicated therein, that no Council vacancy existed except as may be stated in the proceedings, and that no controversy or litigation is pending, prayed or threatened involving the incorporation, organization, existence or boundaries of the City or the right of the individuals named therein as officers to their respective positions. WI SS my hand and the seal of the Council hereto affixed this day of r i , 2021. City Clerk, City of Dubuque, §tate of Iowa a.. (_ `E , Ar CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS COUNTY OF DUBUQUE ) I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am now and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, the duly qualified and acting Cleric of the City of Dubuque, in the County of Dubuque, State of Iowa, and that as such Clerk and by hill authority from the Council of the City, I have caused a NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (Not to Exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds) (GCP-3) of which the clipping annexed to the publisher's affidavit hereto attached is in words and figures a correct and complete copy, to be published as required by law in the Telegraph Herald, a legal newspaper published at least once weekly, printed wholly in the English language, published regularly and mailed through the post office of current entry for more than two years and which has had for more than two years a bona fide paid circulation recognized by the postal laws of the United States, and has a general circulation in the City, and that the Notice was published in all of the issues thereof published and circulated on the following date: M0, - C h I � , 2021. WITNESS my official signature this day of pl j , 2021. City Clerk, City of Dubuque, of Iowa 01845481-1 \10422-209 STATE OF IOWA SS: DUBUQUE COUNTY CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION I, Kathy Goetzinger, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following dates: 03/19/2021 and for which the charge is 40.16 r(7�/X/ 25 C� S-�, Subscribed to before me, a Notary Publici x and for Dubuque County, Iowa, this 15th day of April, 2021 Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa. SMA.ROIN Wrl'ELBORN ' Gaa�i�ihas�m e%tlI�gU1�i�P 8:2.�4�r3 Ad text : NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $700,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 5th day of April, 2021, at 6:30 P.M., at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed $700,000 General Obligation Bonds, for general corporate purposes, bearing interest at a rate of not to exceed nine (9) per centum per annum, the Bonds to be issued to provide funds to pay the costs of construction, renovation, remodeling, improvement, equipping and repairing of Town Clock Plaza; acquisition and implementation of computer equipment including financial and utility billing software; and the acquisition and equipping of a light duty minibus. At any time before the date of the meeting, a petition, asking that the question of issuing such Bonds be submitted to the legal voters of the City, may be filed with the Clerk of the City in the manner provided by Section 362.4 of the Code of Iowa, pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted electronically, pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.8, as holding the meeting in person is impossible or impractical. Interested persons may attend or participate in the meeting by the following method: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/337661181 You can also dial in using your phone. United States (Toll Free): 1 877 568 4106 United States: + 1 (571) 317-3129 Access Code: 337-661-181 Please check the posted agenda in advance of the meeting for any updates to the manner in which the public may access the meeting. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Dated this 19th day of March, 2021. Adrienne N. Breitfelder City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa It 3/19 GCP-3 ITEMS TO INCLUDE ON AGENDA CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA Not to Exceed $600,000 General Obligation Bonds (GCP-4) . Resolution fiXing date for a meeting on the proposition to issue. NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN PURSUANT TO IOWA CODE CHAPTER 21 AND THE LOCAL RULES OF THE CITY. - 1 - March 15, 2021 The City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa met in Reuglar session, via electronic means, Council having determined that it is impossible and impractical for all members of the Council, other City personnel, and members of the public to be physically present at this meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at 6:30 P.M., on the above date. There were present Mayor Roy D. Buol, in the chair, and the following named Council Members: Brad Cavanagh, Susan Farber, Rick Jones, David Resnick, Laura Roussell, Danny Sprank Absent: ___________________________________________ Vacant: ___________________________________________ * * * * * * * - 2 - Council Member Resnick introduced the following Resolution entitled "RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $600,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THEREOF", and moved that the same be adopted. Council Member Cavanagh seconded the motion to adopt. The roll was called and the vote was, AYES: Resnick, Sprank, Roussell, Cavanagh, Jones, Buol, Farber NAYS: ___________________________________________ Whereupon, the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted as follows: RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $600,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THEREOF WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and advisable that the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, should issue General Obligation Bonds, to the amount of not to exceed $600,000, as authorized by Section 384.26, of the Code of Iowa, for the purpose of providing funds to pay costs of carrying out general corporate purpose project(s) as hereinafter described; and WHEREAS, the Issuer has a population of more than 5,000 but not more than 75,000, and the Bonds for these purposes do not exceed $700,000; and WHEREAS, before the Bonds may be issued, it is necessary to comply with the provisions of Chapter 384 of the Code of Iowa, and to publish a notice of the proposal to issue such Bonds and the right to petition for an election. - 3 - NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. That this Council meet via electronic means at 6:30 P.M., on the 5th day of April, 2021, for the purpose of taking action on the matter of the issuance of not to exceed $600,000 General Obligation Bonds, for general corporate purposes, the proceeds of which bonds will be used to provide funds to pay the costs of the acquisition and equipping of a heavy duty fixed route bus and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum specified in the attached notice. Section 2. That the Clerk is hereby directed to cause at least one publication to be made of a notice of the meeting, in a legal newspaper, printed wholly in the English language, published at least once weekly, and having general circulation in the City. The publication to be not less than ten clear days nor more than twenty days before the date of the public meeting on the issuance of the Bonds. Section 3. The notice of the proposed action to issue bonds shall be in substantially the following form: - 4 - (To be published between March 16, 2021 and March 23, 2021) NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $600,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 5th day of April, 2021, at 6:30 P.M., at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed $600,000 General Obligation Bonds, for general corporate purposes, bearing interest at a rate of not to exceed nine (9) per centum per annum, the Bonds to be issued to provide funds to pay the costs of the acquisition and equipping of a heavy duty fixed route bus. At any time before the date of the meeting, a petition, asking that the question of issuing such Bonds be submitted to the legal voters of the City, may be filed with the Clerk of the City in the manner provided by Section 362.4 of the Code of Iowa, pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted electronically, pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.8, as holding the meeting in person is impossible or impractical. Interested persons may attend or participate in the meeting by the following method: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/337661181 You can also dial in using your phone. United States (Toll Free): 1 877 568 4106 United States: +1 (571) 317-3129 Access Code: 337-661-181 Please check the posted agenda in advance of the meeting for any updates to the manner in which the public may access the meeting. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. - 5 - Dated this 19th day of March, 2021. Adrienne N. Breitfelder City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa (End of Notice) PASSED AND APPROVED this 15th day of March, 2021. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk v CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS COUNTY OF DUBUQUE ) I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, do hereby certify that attached is a true and complete copy of the portion of the records of the City showing proceedings of the Council, and the same is a true and complete copy of the action taken by the Council with respect to the matter at the meeting held on the date indicated in the attachment, which proceedings remain in full force and effect, and have not been amended or rescinded in any way; that meeting and all action thereat was duly and publicly held in accordance with a notice of meeting and tentative agenda, a copy of which was timely served on each member of the Council and posted on a bulletin board or other prominent place easily accessible to the public and clearly designated for that purpose at the principal office of the Council pursuant to the local rules of the Council and the provisions of Chapter 21, Code of Iowa, upon reasonable advance notice to the public and media at least twenty-four hours prior to the commencement of the meeting as required by law and with members of the public present in attendance; I further certify that the individuals named therein were on the date thereof duly and lawfully possessed of their respective City offices as indicated therein, that no Council vacancy existed except as may be stated in the proceedings, and that no controversy or litigation is pending, prayed or threatened involving the incorporation, organization, existence or boundaries of the City or the right of the individuals named therein as officers to their respective positions. WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Council hereto affixed this a'j day of p ;I ,2021. City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS COUNTY OF DUBUQUE ) I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am now and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, the duly qualified and acting Clerk of the City of Dubuque, in the County of Dubuque, State of Iowa, and that as such Clerk and by full authority from the Council of the City, I have caused a NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (Not to Exceed $600,000 General Obligation Bonds) (GCP-4) of which the clipping annexed to the publisher's affidavit hereto attached is in words and figures a correct and complete copy, to be published as required by law in the Telegraph Herald, a legal newspaper published at least once weekly, printed wholly in the English language, published regularly and mailed through the post office of current entry for more than two years and which has had for more than two years a bona fide paid circulation recognized by the postal laws of the United States, and has a general circulation in the City, and that the Notice was published in all of the issues thereof published and circulated on the following date: m o rc k I q , 2021. WITNESS my official signature this c nd day of A , 2021. City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa 01845490-1\10422-209 STATE OF IOWA SS: DUBUQUE COUNTY CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION I, Kathy Goetzinger, a Billing Clerk for Woodward Communications, Inc., an Iowa corporation, publisher of the Telegraph Herald, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Dubuque, County of Dubuque and State of Iowa; hereby certify that the attached notice was published in said newspaper on the following dates: 03/19/2021 and for which the charge is 37.83 Subscribed to fore me, a Notary Pu ' c ' n and for Dubuque County, Iowa, this 15th day of April, 2021 Notary Public in and for Dubuque County, Iowa. 6Ri4ROM WEL.8t3RN Go mmam � s 0a Kw a bor 927408 My 0=1M. Sx:p. NOV 10, 2023 Ad text : NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $600,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 5th day of April, 2021, at 6:30 P.M., at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed $600,000 General Obligation Bonds, for general corporate purposes, bearing interest at a rate of not to exceed nine (9) per centum per annum, the Bonds to be issued to provide funds to pay the costs of the acquisition and equipping of a heavy duty fixed route bus. At any time before the date of the meeting, a petition, asking that the question of issuing such Bonds be submitted to the legal voters of the City, may be filed with the Clerk of the City in the manner provided by Section 362.4 of the Code of Iowa, pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted electronically, pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.8, as holding the meeting in person is impossible or impractical. Interested persons may attend or participate in the meeting by the following method: https://global.gotomeeting. conVjoin/337661181 You can also dial in using your phone. United States (Toll Free): 1 877 568 4106 United States: + 1 (571) 317-3129 Access Code: 337-661-181 Please check the posted agenda in advance of the meeting for any updates to the manner in which the public may access the meeting. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Dated this 19th day of March, 2021. Adrienne N. Breitfelder City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa It 3/19 (To be published between March 16, 2021 and March 23, 2021) NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $46,250,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the Sth day of April, 2021, at .M., at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action far the issuance of not to exceed $46,250,000 General Obligation Bonds, for essential corporate purposes, to provide funds to pay the costs of the opening, widening, eXtending, grading, and draining of the right-of-way of streets, highways, avenues, alleys and public grounds; the construction,reconstruction, and repairing of any street improvements; the acquisition, installation, and repair of sidewalks, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, water service lines, street lighting, and traffic control devices, and the acquisition of any real estate needed for any of the foregoing purposes; the rehabilitation and improvement of City parks and the acquisition, repair and replacement of facilities, equipment and improvements commonly found in City parks; equipping the fire department; and refunding or refinancing outstanding indebtedness of the City, including General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012A, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012B, Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012C, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012D, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012E, Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012F, General Obligation Urban Renewal Bonds, Series 2012H, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014B, and Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014C. Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted electronically,pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.8, as holding the meeting in person is impossible or impractical. Interested persons may attend or participate in the meeting by the following method: [include access info] Please check the posted agenda in advance of the meeting for any updates to the manner in which the public may access the meeting. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.25 of the Code of Iowa. Dated this day of , 2021. City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa (End of Notice) (To be published between March 16, 2021 and March 23, 2021) NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $700,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the Sth day of April, 2021, at .M., at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action far the issuance of not to exceed$700,000 General Obligation Bonds, for general corporate purposes, bearing interest at a rate of not to eXceed nine (9)per centum per annum, the Bonds to be issued to provide funds to pay the costs of the reconstruction, expansion of and improvements to the Riverfront docking facility; and the acquisition, improvement, and equipping of the fire station and facilities. At any time before the date of the meeting, a petition, asking that the question of issuing such Bonds be submitted to the legal voters of the City, may be filed with the Clerk of the City in the manner provided by Section 362.4 of the Code of Iowa,pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted electronically,pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.8, as holding the meeting in person is impossible or impractical. Interested persons may attend or participate in the meeting by the following method: [include access info] Please check the posted agenda in advance of the meeting for any updates to the manner in which the public may access the meeting. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Dated this day of , 2021. City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa (End of Notice) (To be published between March 16, 2021 and March 23, 2021) NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $700,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the Sth day of April, 2021, at .M., at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action far the issuance of not to exceed$700,000 General Obligation Bonds, for general corporate purposes, bearing interest at a rate of not to eXceed nine (9)per centum per annum, the Bonds to be issued to provide funds to pay the costs of construction,renovation,remodeling, improvement, equipping and repairing of Town Clock Plaza; acquisition and implementation of computer equipment including financial and utility billing software; and the acquisition and equipping of a light duty minibus. At any time before the date of the meeting, a petition, asking that the question of issuing such Bonds be submitted to the legal voters of the City, may be filed with the Clerk of the City in the manner provided by Section 362.4 of the Code of Iowa,pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted electronically,pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.8, as holding the meeting in person is impossible or impractical. Interested persons may attend or participate in the meeting by the following method: [include access info] Please check the posted agenda in advance of the meeting for any updates to the manner in which the public may access the meeting. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral ar written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Dated this day of , 2021. City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa (End of Notice) (To be published between March 16, 2021 and March 23, 2021) NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $600,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY (FOR GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSES), AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the Sth day of April, 2021, at .M., at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action far the issuance of not to exceed$600,000 General Obligation Bonds, for general corporate purposes, bearing interest at a rate of not to eXceed nine (9)per centum per annum, the Bonds to be issued to provide funds to pay the costs of the acquisition and equipping of a heavy duty fixed route bus. At any time before the date of the meeting, a petition, asking that the question of issuing such Bonds be submitted to the legal voters of the City, may be filed with the Clerk of the City in the manner provided by Section 362.4 of the Code of Iowa,pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Due to public health concerns related to COVID-19, this meeting of the City Council will be conducted electronically,pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.8, as holding the meeting in person is impossible or impractical. Interested persons may attend or participate in the meeting by the following method: [include access info] Please check the posted agenda in advance of the meeting for any updates to the manner in which the public may access the meeting. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral ar written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.26 of the Code of Iowa. Dated this day of , 2021. City Clerk, City of Dubuque, State of Iowa (End of Notice) Ahlers&Cooney, P.C. A H L E R 5 C O O N E Y Attorneys at Law 100 Court Avenue, Suite 600 A T T ❑ R N E Y 5 Des Moines, lowa 50309-2231 Phone: 515-243-7611 Fax: 515-243-2149 www.ahlerslaw.com Kristin B. Cooper 515.246.0330 kcooper@ahlerslaw.com March 9, 2021 VIA E-MAIL Ms. Jenny Larson Director of Finance & Budget City of Dubuque 50 West 13th Street Dubuque, Iowa 52001 Re: Resolution fixing date of hearings for General Obligation Bonds Dear Jenny: Included with this letter are proceedings which fix the date of the public hearings on the issuance of the above-referenced bonds. The proceedings are for the meeting on Monday, March 15, 2021. They�x the date of the hearings for Monday, Apri15, 2021. These proceedings also direct publication of the notices of public hearing prior to the April Sth meeting. Notice of this meeting must be published at least once in a legal newspaper, printed wholly in the English language,published at least once weekly, and having general circulation in the City. As to the Essential Corporate Purpose portion of the issuance, the date of publication is not less than four clear days nor more than twenty days before the date of the public meeting on the issuance of the bonds. As to the General Corporate Purpose and Urban Renewal portions of the issuance, the date of publication is to be not less than ten clear da.� more than twentv days before the date of the public meeting on the issuance of bonds. In computing time, the date of publication should be excluded. If the last day falls on Sunday, the whole of the following Monday should be excluded. We recommend you publish all notices at the same time for convenience and consistency. They should be published between March 16, 2021 and March 23, 2021. Additionally, as to the General Corporate Purpose and Urban Renewal portions of the issuance, at any time before the date of the hearin�, a petition may be filed with the Clerk requesting that the issuance of the bonds be submitted to an election. To qualify, a petition must be signed by eligible electors equal to at least ten percent of the number who voted at the last regular municipal election (but not less than ten persons). WISHARD t� BAILV - �SSS� GUERNSEY & Bni�v - 1893� BAILV t� STIPP - �90�� STIPP� PERRY� BANNISTER t� STARZINGER - �9�4� BANNISTER� CARPENTER� AHLERS Si COONEY - 1950; AHLERS, COONEY, DORWEILER, ALLBEE, HAVNIE Si SMITH - 1974; AHLERS, COONEY, DORWEILER, HAVNIE, SMITH Hi ALLBEE, P.C. - 1990 March 9, 2021 Page 2 If a valid petition is filed,please notify us as soon as possible since the hearing proceedings will have to be revised to cover the action taken by the Council in either abandoning the proposal to issue the Bonds or directing the County Commissioner to call a special election upon the question of issuing the Bonds. A�peal to District Court. Section 384.25 of the Code of Iowa,provides that any resident or property owner of the City may appeal the decision to take additional action to issue the Bonds, to the District Court of a county in which any part of the city is located, within 15 days after such additional action is taken, but that the additional action is final and conclusive unless the court finds that the Council eXceeded its authority. Please send eXecuted copies of each of the proceedings filled out as originals to our office, together with the publisher's affidavit of the publication of notices of hearings. We would also appreciate electronic scans of the completed documents while we continue to work remotely. We will send proceedings for the date of hearings in advance of the AprilSth meeting. If you have any questions,please do not hesitate to either write or call. Very truly yours, Ahlers & Cooney, P.C. Kristin Billingsley Cooper FOR THE FIRM KBC:seb Enclosures cc: Adrienne N. Breitfelder, City of Dubuque (via e-mail w/enc.) Trish Gleason, City of Dubuque (via e-mail w/enc.) Tionna Pooler, Independent Public Advisors (via e-mail w/enc.) 01845539-1\10422-209