01-69 - 11-20 - Participate Local Housing Inventives 2002 Resolution 01-69 November 20, 2001
Member LeSuer introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE
LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER
THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT - CALENDAR YEAR 2002
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statues Section
473.25 to 473.254) establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund which is
intended to address housing and other development issues facing the metropolitan area
defined by Minnesota Statutes Section 473.121; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund, comprising the Tax Base
Revitalization Account, the Livable Communities Demonstration Account, the Local
Housing Incentive Account and the Inclusionary Housing Account is intended to provide
certain funding and other assistance to metropolitan area municipalities; and
WHEREAS, a metropolitan area municipality is not eligible to receive grants or loans
under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund or eligible to receive certain polluted
sites cleanup funding from the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic
Development unless the municipality is participating in the Local Housing Incentives
Account Program under the Minnesota Statutes Section 473.254; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act requires the Metropolitan
Council to negotiate with each municipality to establish affordable and life-cycle housing
goals for that municipality that are consistent with and promote the policies of the
Metropolitan Council as provided in the adopted Metropolitan Development Guide; and
WHEREAS, each municipality must identify to the Metropolitan Council the actions
the municipality plans to take to meet the established housing goals through preparation of
the Housing Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council adopted, by resolution after a public hearing,
negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for each participating municipality; and
WHEREAS, a metropolitan area municipality which elects to participate in the Local
Housing Incentives Account Program must do so by November 15 of each year; and
WHEREAS, for calendar year 2002, a metropolitan area municipality that
participated in the Local Housing Incentive Account Program during the calendar year
2001, can continue to participate under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254 if: (a) the
municipality elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program by November 15,
2001; and (b) the Metropolitan Council and the municipality have successfully negotiated
affordable and life-cycle housing goals for the municipality:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Golden
Valley, hereby elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the
Metropolitan Livable Communities Act during the calendar year 2002.
Resolution 01-69 - Continued November 20, 2001
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Mary E. Oderson, Mayor
ATTEST:
Donald G. Taylor, City,
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was seconded by Member Bakken
and upon a vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Anderson,
Bakken, Johnson, LeSuer and Micks; and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted, signed by the Mayor
and her signature attested by the City Clerk.