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<br />EXHIBIT A
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<br />NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED PROJECT AND THE ISSUANCE OF
<br />INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS UNDER THE MUNICIPAL
<br />INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1955, NORTH DAKOTA CENTURY CODE
<br />CHAPTER 40-57
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<br />Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of Cass County,
<br />North Dakota (the "County"), will meet on the 22nd day of January, 2008, at 3:30 p.m. in the
<br />County Commission Room, Cass County Courthouse, Fargo, North Dakota, for the purpose of
<br />holding a public hearing on a proposal that the County issue revenue bonds, in one or more series
<br />(the "Bonds") under the Municipal Industrial Development Act of 1955, Chapter 40-57 NDCC,
<br />as amended (the "Act"), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $125,000,000 on behalf
<br />oflnnovis Health, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company the sole member of which is The
<br />Duluth Clinic, whose sole member is Essentia Health, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation
<br />("Essentia") or a new nonprofit corporation the sole member of which is Essentia (the
<br />"Borrower") to (i) finance or refinance the acquisition of certain assets of Dakota Clinic, Ltd.
<br />and Dakota Specialty Institute d/bla Innovis (such entities together, "DC/I") in connection with
<br />the affiliation of the Borrower with DCII and (ii) finance costs of issuance of the Bonds and any
<br />debt service reserve fund deposit established therefor. The assets the acquisition of which is
<br />expected to be financed by the issuance of the Bonds (collectively, the "Project") are described
<br />as the following:
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<br />a) an approximately 201,260 square foot clinic and equipment located therein
<br />owned by DCII and located at 1702 South University Drive, Fargo, North Dakota, in the County;
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<br />b) an approximately 338,300 square foot hospital building and equipment
<br />located therein owned by DCII and located at 3000 32nd Avenue South, Fargo, North Dakota, in
<br />the County (the "Hospital Building");
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<br />c) equipment located at clinics leased to DCII and located at 3902 13th
<br />Avenue South, 2710 North Broadway and in the Hospital Building, each in Fargo, North Dakota,
<br />in the County;
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<br />d) an approximately 28,749 square foot clinic and equipment located therein
<br />owned by DCII and located at 401 3rd Street, Jamestown, North Dakota;
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<br />e) an approximately 9,950 square foot clinic and equipment located therein
<br />owned by DCII and located at 132 4th Ave. NE, Valley City, North Dakota;
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<br />f) an approximately 41,775 square foot clinic and equipment located therein
<br />owned by DCII and located at 275 South 11 t\ Wahpeton, North Dakota;
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<br />g) equipment located at a clinic leased to DCII and located at 5 9th Avenue
<br />North, Casselton, North Dakota, in the County;
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<br />h) an approximately 3,693 square foot clinic and equipment located therein
<br />owned by DCII and located at 819 Main Street, Lisbon, North Dakota;
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