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MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 1. Ratings. The City will give its most favorable consideration to proposed tax exempt bond issues that have the same rating as the City's obligations by Moody's Investment Service or Standard & Poor's Corporation. . Issues carrying lower ratings or non -rated issues may be sold only to institutional or other investors on a private placement basis and must be in denominations of at least $100,000. The Council may depart from this guideline when in its judgment the project is of a level of merit and public purpose to justify the departure; and in case of such a departure the Council must state its reasons therefor in the resolution awarding the sale of the bonds. 2. Refundings. The Council will normally approve the refunding of atom -exempt issue but only upon a showing by the applicant of (i) substantial debt service savings, (ii) the removal of bond covenants significantly impairing the financial feasibility of the project, or (iii) both (i) and (ii). In the case of refundings of bonds for which the administrative fee listed in paragraph 9 of Part II have been paid in full, no new administrative fees are required; but the non-refundable application fee must be paid together with all City expenses in excess of that fee. If the administrative fees for the refunded bonds are not paid in full upon closing on the refunding bonds, such fees must continue to be paid for the refunding bonds. In the case of refundings of bonds where no administrative fee has been paid, the administrative fees listed in paragraph 9 of Part II must be paid. The application form is to be appropriately modified. 3. Subsequent Proceedings. Where changes to the underlying documents or credit facilities of outstanding bond issues are to be made and require Council action (including changes that are a "deemed reissuance" under Internal Revenue Service regulations), no administrative fee is charged but a non-refundable fee of $500 must be deposited with the City to cover administrative costs. No formal application form is required. 4. Issue by Another Political Subdivision. The City will consider requests for tax exempt financing of projects in the City by other political subdivisions. In these cases the non- refundable application fee must be paid and all procedures through the approval of the preliminary resolution followed. No administrative fee is charged, except actual cost incurred by the City must be reimbursed. The City reserves the right to reject such requests for any reason, including without limitation a determination by the City that such issuance by another political subdivision would impair the City's ability to issue governmental bonds as "bank qualified bonds" (as defined in Part II, paragraph 9) in that calendar year. 5. City Contact. Initial contacts about tax-exempt financing are made by contacting: Finance Director City of Arden Hills 1245 West Highway 96 Arden Hills, MN 55112 5