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Member Smith introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO.99-68
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN
THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM
UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
CALENDAR YEAR 2000
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statutes 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
WHEREAS, for calendar year 2000, a metropolitan area municipality that did not participate in the
Local Housing Incentive Account Program during the calendar year 1999, can participate under
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Minnesota Statutes section 473.254 only if: (a) the municipality elects to participate in the Local
Housing Incentives Account Program by November 15, 1999; 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 Medina hereby elects to
participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the Metropolitan Livable Communities
Act during the calendar year 2000.
Dated: November 2, 1999
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Paul Robinson, Clerk -Treasurer
Ferris, Mayor
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Johnson and
upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Ferris, Hamilton, Johnson, Smith, and Zietlow
and the following voted against same: None
Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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