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October 31, 2003
Diane Voss i
City Clerk �:.. , 3 200 i
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City Hall __
PO Box 811 --CITY OF Y�i���OWa
515 Clark Avenue -
Ames, Iowa 50010-0811
Re: Ames, Iowa
$23,600,000 General Obligation Recreation Center/
Aquatics Complex Bonds Proposition
Our File No. 419370
Dear Diane:
We have prepared and enclose proceedings which reflect action taken at the City's
October 28 Council meeting to set December 9 as the date for the election on the issuance of the
General Obligation Recreation Center/Aquatics Complex Bonds:
The proceedings enclosed include the following items:
1. Resolution setting the date for the election.
2. Certificate attesting the transcript.
3. County Auditor's Order Regarding Conduct of Election.
4. Certificate with respect to the publication of the Notice of Special Election by the
County Auditor. After the County Auditor has arranged to have the Notice published, we would
appreciate it if you would help us complete our records by filling out this Certificate and
obtaining an affidavit of publication from the newspaper.
Section 47.6 of the Code of Iowa provides that a City shall by written notice inform the
County Commissioner of Elections of the proposed date of election at least 32 days in advance of
that proposed date and obtain written approval from the Commissioner of such date. The
�i enclosed resolution directs you to give such notice by submitting a copy of the resolution to the
�p'Ja County Auditor and the Auditor should sign the Order Regarding Conduct of Election to ratify
and confirm the details of the election as set out in the resolution. We are enclosing an extra
copy of the resolution for this purpose.
DORSEY&WHITNEY LLP
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PPlease do not date and return the certificate attesting to the publication of the notice (the
last page of the proceedings) until you have received the publisher's affidavit, but please return
one fully executed copy of all of the other completed pages to us as soon as they are available.
If you should have any questions, please call me.
~"' J V truly yours,
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Ames/419370/Election
Enclosures
cc: Steven Schainker
Duane Pitcher
John Klaus
Heather Casperson
DORSEY&WHITNEY LLP