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participating in the program. Municipalities that elect not to participate in the LCA are <br />not eligible for these grants, nor are they eligible to apply for funds under the Department <br />of Employment and Economic Development's polluted sites clean -up program. In <br />addition, the Metropolitan Council is required by the LCA to consider a municipality's <br />participation in the LCA when making other discretionary funding decisions. <br />Tax Base Revitalization Account (TBRA): This fund helps cities clean up contaminated <br />urban land for subsequent commercial and industrial development, thus restoring tax base <br />and jobs near existing housing and services. This program is conducted in coordination <br />with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. <br />Livable Communities Demonstration Account (LCDA): This account funds development <br />and redevelopment projects with development patterns that link housing, jobs and <br />services, and that maximize the development potential of existing infrastructure and <br />regional facilities. There are two grant categories. Development grants provide funding <br />for basic public infrastructure and site assembly. Pre - Development grants assist with <br />activities such as detailed redevelopment designs and economic feasibility analyses to <br />prepare projects to compete for grants in the Development category. <br />Local Housing Incentive Account (LHIA): This fund helps expand lifecycle and <br />affordable housing development and preservation in the region. Grants awarded from this <br />account must be matched by the recipient community with local dollars for affordable <br />housing activities. Grants may be used for costs associated with projects that help <br />municipalities meet their negotiated LCA housing goals. <br />Inclusionary Housing Account (IHA): This fund supported affordable housing <br />developments in which the reduction of local controls and regulations resulted in reduced <br />development costs. It was funded in 1999 by a one -time legislative appropriation from <br />which 11 grants totaling $4.2 million were awarded to 8 communities. The account is <br />currently unfunded. <br />Lino Lakes has benefited from the following LCA grants: <br />1997 $220,000 Livable Communities Demonstration Account grant, for the master <br />plan of the Village area, including a market analysis and the design <br />guidelines that were adopted with the approval of the Legacy at <br />Woods Edge planned unit development. <br />2000 $450,000 Livable Communities Demonstration Account grant for land write <br />down and infrastructure improvements to support mixed income <br />housing components in Legacy at Woods Edge <br />2004 $225,000 Local Housing Incentives Grant to fill financing gap for Lakewood <br />Apartments in Legacy at Woods Edge <br />2 <br />• <br />• <br />