HomeMy WebLinkAboutYear 200 Celebration Articles of IncorporationL. David Henningson
James E. Snoxell
Kenneth Corey-Edstrom*
Steven M. Graffunder**
Jeffrey A. Berg
John E. Olmon
Mark V. Steffenson
Richard J. Krambeer
Ronald M. Otten
JoAnne Jankowski
Theodore C. Landwehr
Scott A. Wold
Kermit J. Nash
MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE
6160 Summit Drive, Sixth Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55430-4001
Telephone: (763) 560-5700
Fax: (763) 560-0119
MAPLE GROVE OFFICE
7767 Elm Creek Blvd., Suite 300
Maple Grove, MN 55369
Telephone: (763) 420-4100
Please reply to Minneapolis Office
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*Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the ABC
**Real Property Law Specialist, Certified by the MSBA
December 14, 2001
Personal & Confidential
Sue LaCrosse
Brooklyn Center Year 2000 Celebration
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
Re: Our Client: Brooklyn Center Year 2000 Celebration
Our File No.: 20305-001
Dear Ms. LaCrosse:
Pursuant to our December 13, 2001 telephone conversation, we are forwarding the corporate
record book for the above-referenced matter. I understand that you will continue to forward
copies of the Minutes for our records.
Thank you for your attention to this letter.
Sincerely,
HENNINGSON & SNOXELL, LTD.
Jennifer J. Holzschuh
Paralegal
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SECRETARY OF STATE
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
I, Mary Kiffmeyer, Secretary of State of Minnesota,
do certify that:
and acknowledged
in the Office of
incorporation of
accordance with
Statutes listed
Articles of Incorporation, duly signed
under oath, have been filed on this date
the Secretary of State, for the
the following corporation, under and in
the provisions of the chapter of Minnesota
below.
This corporation is now legally organized under the
laws of Minnesota.
Corporate Name: Brooklyn Center Year 2000 Celebration
Committee
Corporate Charter Number: 1U-419
Chapter Formed Under: 317A
This certificate has been issued on 12/01/1999.
MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE
6160 Summit Drive, Sixth Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55430-4001
Telephone: (763) 560-5700
Fax: (763) 560-0119
MAPLE GROVE OFFICE
7767 Elm Creek Blvd., Suite 300
Maple Grove, MN 55369
Telephone: (763) 420-4100
Please reply to Minneapolis Office
L. David Henningson
James E. Snoxell
Steven M. Graffunder*
Jeffrey A. Berg
John E. Olmon
Mark V. Steffenson
Richard J. Krambeer
Ronald M. Otten
JoAnne Jankowski
Theodore C. Landwehr
Scott A. Wold
Kermit J. Nash
son & Snoxell LTD
*Real Property Law Specialist, Certified by the MSBA
January 17, 2002
Personal & Confidential
Sue LaCrosse
Brooklyn Center Special Events Committee
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
Re: Our Client: Brooklyn Center Special Events Committee f/kJa
Brooklyn Center Year 2000 Celebration Committee
Our File No.: 20,305-001
Dear Sue:
Pursuant to Mr. Henningson's letter to Mr. Cohen dated December 27, 2001, I am enclosing the
original Amendment of Articles of Incorporation that was filed with the Minnesota Secretary of
State's office on December 27, 2001. This Amendment changed the name from Brooklyn Center
Year 2000 Celebration Committee to Brooklyn Center Special Events Committee.
Please file this original Amendment of Articles in front of the Articles of Incorporation in the
corporate record book. If you have any questions concerning this, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely yours,
HENNINGSON & SNOXELL, LTD.
Linda M. Buehring
Paralegal
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cc: Phil Cohen
MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE
AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
READ INSTRUCTIONS LISTED BELOW, BEFORE COMPLETING THIS FORM.
1.Type or print in black ink.
2.There is a $35.00 fee payable to the Secretary of State for filing this "Amendment of Articles of Incorporation".
3. Return Completed Amendment Form and Fee to the address listed on the bottom of the form.
CORPORATE NAME: (List the name of the company prior to any desired name change)
Brooklyn Center Year 2000 Celebration Committee
This amendment is effective on the day it is filed with the Secretary of State, unless you indicate another date, no later than
30 days after filing with the Secretary of State.01/01/2002
Format(mm/dd/yyyy)
The following amendment(s) to articles regulating the above corporation were adopted: (Insert full text of newly amended
article(s) indicating which article(s) is (are) being amended or added.) If the full text of the amendment will not fit in the
space provided, attach additional numbered pages. (Total number of pages including this form 1 .)
ARTICLE I
The name of this corporation is:
BROOKLYN CENTER SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE
This amendment has been approved pursuant to Minnesota Statutes chapter 302A or 317A. I certify that I am authorized to
execute this amendment and I further certify that I understand that by signing this amendment, I am subject to the penalties
of perjury as set forth in section 609.48 as if I had signed this amendment under oath.
(9VaturebTAuthorized Person)
Name and telephone number of contact person: L. David Henningson F63 )560-5700
Please print legibly
All of the information on this form is public and required in order to process this filing. Failure to provide the requested
information will prevent the Office from approving or further processing this filing.
If you have any questions please contact the Secretary of State's office at (651)296-2803, DEPARTMENT OF STATEFILED
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
RETURN TO:Secretary of State
180 State Office Bldg., 100 Constitution Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55155-1299, (651)296-2803
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
BROOKLYN CENTEk YEAR 2000 CELE ItRATION COMMITTEE
The undersigned, of full age, for the purpose of forming a nonprofit corporation under
and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 317A, Minnesota Statutes, known as the Minnesota
Nonprofit Corporation Act, and laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, do hereby
adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:
ARTICLE I
The name of this Corporation is:
Brooklyn Center Year 2000 Celebration Committee
ARTICLE II
The purpose of this Corporation shall be as follows:
A.To engage exclusively in charitable, educational, and social welfare purposes for the
common good and general welfare of the community.
B.To enter into obligations or contracts and do any act incidental to the transaction of its
organizational goals or expedient to the purposes stated in its Articles of Incorporation.
C.To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, own, hold, buy, sell, convey, lease, mortgage or
encumber real estate or other property, personal or mixed.
D.To borrow money and to issue bonds, debentures or obligations of this corporation from
time to time for any of the purposes hereof and to secure the same by mortgage, pledge,
deed of trust, or otherwise.
E.To engage in such other activities not inconsistent with the activities enumerated above as
the corporation might from time to time deem advisable.
F.To be organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within
the meaning of Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. The corporation
shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on by a corporation
exempt from Federal Income Tax under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law.
G. To do any and all things reasonably necessary or incident to accomplish said purposes.
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ARTICLE III
No substantial part of the activities of the corporation shall be the carrying on of
propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation and the corporation shall not
participate or intervene (including the publishing or distribution of statements) in any political
campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
ARTICLE IV
This corporation shall not afford pecuniary gain, incidentally or otherwise to its members,
officers or directors. No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of,
or be distributable to, its members, directors, officers or other private persons except that the
corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services
rendered.
ARTICLE V
The duration of the corporation shall be perpetual unless the corporate existence is sooner
dissolved according to law.
ARTICLE VI
The location and post office address of its registered office in the State of Minnesota is:
Brooklyn Center Year 2000 Celebration Committee
6301 Shingle Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
ARTICLE VII
This corporation shall not have any capital stock.
ARTICLE VIII.
The number of Directors constituting the first Board of Directors of this corporation shall
be no less than three (3), and the tenure in office of such first Board of Directors shall be one (1)
year or until successors are elected and qualified. The name and address of each first Director is:
Philip Cohen
5501 Humboldt Avenue North
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
Tony Kuefler
5943 Abbott Avenue North
Brooklyn Center, MN 55429
Henry Dorff
5320 — 71 st Circle North
Brooklyn Center, MN 55429
ARTICLE IX
No officer, director, or member of the corporation shall have any personal liability for
corporate obligations.
ARTICLE X
The name and post office address of the Incorporator is:
L. David Henningson
6160 Summit Drive
Sixth Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55430
ARTICLE XI
Amendments to these Articles shall be made at a meeting of the Board of Directors called
for such purpose, by a vote of the majority of the board who are present at the meeting and
entitled to vote on the proposed amendment. Notice of the meeting and of the proposed
amendment shall be given to each board member at least five (5) days before the date scheduled
for said meeting..
ARTICLE XII
The corporation will indemnify any director or officer made a party, or threatened to be
made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative, or investigation (other than one by or in the right of the corporation to
procure a judgment in its favor, brought to impose a liability on such person for an act alleged to
have been committed by such person in his or her capacity as director or officer of the
corporation, or as director, officer, employee or agent of any other entity when he or she served at
the request of the corporation) against judgments, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable
expenses, including attorney's fees, actually and necessarily incurred as a result of such action,
suit or proceeding or any appeal therein, if such person is either successful in his or her defense
of if the proceeding is terminated by settlement, and if such person acted in good faith in the
reasonable belief that such action was in the best interests of the corporation, and in criminal
actions or proceedings, without reasonable ground for belief that such action was unlawful. The
Board of Directors shall have the sole discretion to determine whether amounts for which a
director or officer seeks indemnification were properly incurred and whether such director or
officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best
interests of the corporation and whether, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he or
she had no reasonable ground for belief that such action was unlawful. Such determination shall
be made by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who
were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding.
ARTICLE XIII
Upon the voluntary or involuntary dissolution of this corporation, the Board of Directors
shall, after paying or making provision for the payment of all of the liabilities of the corporation,
dispose of all of the assets of the corporation exclusively for the purposes of the corporation in
such manner, or to such organization or organizations organized and operated exclusively for
purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization or organizations under section
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the corresponding provisions of any future
United States federal tax code, as the board of Directors shall determine. Any such assets not so
disposed of shall be disposed of by the court of competent jurisdiction of the county in which the
principal office of the corporation is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such
organization or organizations, as said Court shall determine, which are organized and operated
exclusively for such purposes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand on December 1, 1999.
,
L. David Henningson
STATE OF MINNESOTA
DEPARTMENT OF STATEFILED
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Secretary 01 State
AUTHENTICATION OF RECORD BOOK AND RECORDS
OF
BROOKLYN CENTER YEAR 2000 CELEBRATION COMMITTEE
I, the undersigned, being the first Secretary of Brooklyn Center Year 2000 Celebration
Committee, a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State
of Minnesota and evidenced by a Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Secretary of State of
the State of Minnesota, under the Great Seal of the State of Minnesota, on the 1st day of
December, 1999, for the purpose of the adoption and of the identification of this Book, together
with the records therein contained, as the Book of Records of the Corporation and as the original
Record of the organization thereof, have hereunto subscribed my hand in the City of Brooklyn
Center, County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, on the 8th day of December, 1999.
Secretary