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CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS
COUNCIL RESOLUTION
No. 01-20
Date: October 10, 2001
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE LOCAL
HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER THE METROPOLITAN
LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
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, 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
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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 THAT the City of Falcon Heights, Minnesota,
hereby elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the Metropolitan
Livable Communities Act during the calendar year 2002.
Adopted by the Council this 10th day of October, 2001.
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Moved by: Lamb
GEHRZ 5 In Favor
KUETTEL
LAMB
LINDSTROM 0 Against
TALBOT
Approved by~~%,a.wv,-J_
Mayor ~---
October 10, 2001
Date
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Attested by: ~ ~ •• ' '
City Clerk
October 10, 2001
Date
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