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RESOLUTION NO. 82 - 1998
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE
LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM
UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
CALENDAR YEAR 1999
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
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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 1999, a metropolitan area municipality
that participated in the Local Housing Incentive Account Program
during the calendar year 1998, can continue to participate under
Minnesota Statutes section 473 .254 if : (a) the municipality
elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account
Program by November 15, 1998; 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 Council of the City
of Fridley hereby elects to participate in the Local Housing
Incentives Program under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act
during the calendar year 1999 .
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY
IITHIS 9TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1998.
N17.. RGENSON - MAYOR
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DEBRA A. SKOGEN - ITY CLERK