NOTICE OF INTENTION OF THE CITY OF LANSING TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BONDS AND OF RIGHT TO PETITION FOR REFERENDUM THEREON

NOTICE OF INTENTION OF THE CITY OF LANSING

TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BONDS

AND OF RIGHT TO PETITION FOR REFERENDUM THEREON

TO ALL ELECTORS AND TAXPAYERS OF THE

CITY OF LANSING:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the City Council of the City of Lansing, Counties of Ingham and Eaton, Michigan (the “City”), intends to issue and sell the City’s General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds, pursuant to Act 34, Public Acts of Michigan, 2001, as amended, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) (the “Bonds”), for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and installing within the City certain capital improvements, including a public media and performing arts center, with parking and other necessary appurtenances and infrastructure (collectively, the “Capital Improvements”).

SAID BONDS will be payable in annual installments, not to exceed thirty (30) in number, and will bear interest at the rate or rates to be determined at public or negotiated sale, but in no event shall the net interest cost exceed 6.00% per annum for Bonds issued on a tax-exempt basis or 9.00% per annum for Bonds issued on a taxable basis, with regard to the balance of the Bonds from time to time remaining unpaid.  Payment of principal of and interest on the Bonds will be secured by the City’s limited tax general obligation pledge as described below.

FULL FAITH AND CREDIT AND TAXING POWER OF

THE CITY OF LANSING WILL BE PLEDGED

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Bonds will be general obligation bonds of the City.  The full faith and credit of the City will be pledged to the payment of principal of and interest on the Bonds.  Pursuant to such pledge of its full faith and credit, the City will be obligated to levy such ad valorem taxes upon all taxable property in the City as shall be necessary to make such payments of principal and interest, which taxes, however, will be subject to applicable statutory, constitutional and charter limitations on the taxing power of the City.

RIGHT to petition for REFERENDUM

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN to the electors and taxpayers of the City of Lansing to inform them of their right to petition for a referendum on the question of issuance of the Bonds.  The City intends to issue the Bonds without a vote of the electors thereon, but the Bonds shall not be issued until 45 days after publication of this notice and until final approval by the City Council.  If, within such 45-day period, a petition for referendum requesting an election on the issuance of the Bonds, signed by not less than 10% or 15,000 of the registered electors of the City, whichever is less, has been filed with the City Clerk, the Bonds shall not be issued unless and until approved by a majority of the electors of the City voting thereon at a general or special election.

This notice is given by order of the City Council.  Further information may be obtained at the office of the City Clerk, 124 W. Michigan Avenue, 9^th Floor, Lansing, Michigan 48933.

Chris Swope

City Clerk, City of Lansing

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