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<br />SUMMARY OF OFFERING
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<br />$740,000
<br />GENERAL OBLIGATION TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENT BONDS, SERIES 2003
<br />(Book-Entry Only)
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<br />AMOUNT -
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<br />$740,000.
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<br />ISSUER -
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<br />City ofCenterville, Minnesota (The "City").
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<br />SAlE DATE-
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<br />Wednesday, June 25, 2003.
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<br />OPENING -
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<br />11:00 AM. Central Time, at Northland Securities, 45 South 7th Street, Suite 2500, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402,
<br />telephone: (612) 851-5900 or (800) 851-2920.
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<br />AWARD -
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<br />6:30 P.M., Central Time, at the Centerville City Hall, 1880 Main Street, CenterviIle, Minnesota 55038-9794.
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<br />TYPE OF ISSUE -
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<br />General Obligation Temporary Improvement Bonds, Series 2003 (the "Bonds"). See Authority and Purpose as well as
<br />Security and Estimated Source and Uses of Funds herein for additional information.
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<br />AUTHORITY, PURPOSE
<br />& SECURITY -
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<br />The Bonds are being issued pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 429 and 475, as amended. Proceeds will be
<br />used to provide moneys for the temporary financing of various assessable improvements within the City including but
<br />not limited to streets, sanitary sewer, water main & line extensions, storm sewer, sidewalks and curb & gutter. Bonds
<br />are payable primarily from special assessments against all benefited property. The full faith and credit of the City is
<br />pledged to their payment and the City has validly obligated itself to levy additional ad valorem taxes in the event of
<br />any deficiency in the Debt Service Account established for this issue. Taxes will be levied upon all of the taxable
<br />property within the City and without limitation of amount. See Authority and Purpose as well as Security and
<br />Estimated Source and Uses of Funds herein for additional information.
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<br />DATE OF ISSUE-
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<br />My 1,2003.
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<br />INTEREST PAID -
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<br />January 1, 2004, and semiannually thereafter on July 1 and January 1 to registered owners appearing of record in the
<br />bond register as of the close of business on the fifteenth (15th) day (whether or not a business day) of the immediately
<br />preceding month.
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<br />DENOMINATIONS -
<br />MATURITY -
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<br />$5,000.
<br />7/01/2006
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<br />$740,000
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<br />REDEMPTION - The Issuer may elect on July 1, 2004, and on any day thereafter, to prepay Bonds. Redemption may be in whole or in
<br />part and if in part at the option of the City and in such manner as the City will determine. If less than all Bonds of a
<br />maturity are called for redemption, the City will notify DTC of the particular amount of such maturity to be prepaid.
<br />DTC will determine by lot the amount of each participant's interest in such maturity to be redeemed and each partici-
<br />pant will then select by lot the beneficial ownership interests in such maturity to be redeemed. Prepayments will be at
<br />a price of par plus accrued interest.
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<br />BOOK-ENTRY - Bonds will be issued as fully registered and, when issued, will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee
<br />of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, to which principal and interest payments will be made.
<br />Individual purchases will be made in book-entry form only, in the principal amount of $5,000 or any whole multiple
<br />thereof. Purchasers will nol receive physical delivery of Bonds.
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<br />PAYING AGENTIREGISTRAR - U.S. Bank National Association, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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<br />METHOD OF SAlE - Sealed proposals only, accompanied by a good faith deposit in the amount of $14,800 at a price of not less than
<br />$732,600 and accrued interest. See Terms of Proposal herein for additional information.
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<br />TAX DESIGNATIONS-
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<br />NOT Private Activity Bonds - These Bonds are not "private activity bonds" as defined in Section 14 I of the Internal
<br />Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code).
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<br />Oualified Tax-Exempt Obligations - The City will designate these Bonds "qualified tax-exempt obligations" for pur.
<br />poses of Section 265(bX3) of the Code.
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<br />lEGAL OPINION -
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<br />Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, Minneapolis, Minnesota (the "Bond Counsel").
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<br />RATING -
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<br />Asof the date of this Preliminary Official Statement, the City currently does not have a general obligation bond rating
<br />assigned by Moody's Corporation Services or Standard & Poor's Corporation. The City will not apply for a rating on
<br />this issue.
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<br />CLOSING -
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<br />Estimated to be July 15, 2003.
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<br />PRIMARY CONTACTS -
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<br />Kim Moore-Sykes, Administrator, City of Centerville, (651) 429-3232.
<br />Ellen Paulseth, Finance Director, City of Centerville, (651) 429-3232.
<br />Teresa Bender, Clerk, City of Centerville, (651) 429-3232.
<br />George D. Eilertson, Vice President-Partner, Northland Securities, (612) 851-5900 or (800) 851-2920.
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