HomeMy WebLinkAbout00-81 RESOLUTION NO. 00-81
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE LOCAL HOUSING
INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE
COMMUNITIES ACT
CALENDAR YEAR 2001
Motion by: PETERSEN Second by: MADER
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 and
the Local Housing Incentive 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
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AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
WHEREAS, for calendar year 2001, a metropolitan area municipality that participated in the
Local Housing Incentive Account Program during the calendar year 1997, can
continue to participate under Minnesota Statues section 473.254 if: (a) the
municipality elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account
Program by November 15, 2000; 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 THAT the City of Prior Lake hereby elects to
participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the Metropolitan Livable
Communities Act during the calendar year 2001.
Passed and adopted this 18th day of September, 2000.
YES NO
MADER X MADER
ERICSON ERICSON X
GUNDLACH absent GUNDLACH absent
PETERSEN X PETERSEN
VACANT VACANT
Frank Manager
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