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COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 22, 2001 funds are awarded on a competitive basis. In order to be eligible for consideration for any of the funding, a city must participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program. Participation includes working toward long-range goals for a greater variety of housing. The City does not need to adopt new goals at this time. The goals adopted in 1998 continue to apply; no change is necessary now. There is no implied guarantee that the City will reach the goals. Current housing market conditions make this extremely difficult. A second difficulty is that the census data has not been fully examined regarding the Metro housing picture. The Metropolitan Council is aware of these difficulties. Resolution No. 01-170 states that Lino Lakes elects to continue to participate in the program. We need to participate to be eligible for Town Center funding, including the $1.5 million grant the City just applied for. Councilmember O'Donnell moved to adopt Resolution No. 01-170, elect i . to continue participation in the Livable Communities Program. Councilmember ' - onded the motion. Mayor Bergeson asked if a meeting was recently held to discu t from Lino Lakes in this program. Community Development Director Grochala clari the Livable Communities Committee. He stated Committee's questions. Motion passed unanimously. and answer meeting was held with an excellent job answering the Resolution No. 01-170 c .: n r : ` �, e City Clerk's office. PUBLIC HEARING ssessments: ssessments: Bluebill Ponds; Highland Meadows West 3rd Addition, Peregrine' s, � ' irit Hills; and Individual Properties Which Requested Connection to City Utilities, John + well — City Engineer Powell advised on September 10, 2001, the City Council set the Public Hearing for the proposed assessments on five (5) projects for Monday, October 22, 2001. All necessary notices were mailed to affected property owners indicating the amount of the assessment and the date of the hearing. The projects involved are either subdivisions where the City has development agreements describing the assessments or individual properties where they have specifically petitioned and agreed to the assessments. City Engineer Powell offered to provide a brief overview of each project. He noted not all of the City's projects are to the point of a public hearing. Mayor Bergeson opened the public hearing on proposed assessments at 9:44 p.m. Mayor Bergeson opened the public hearing on Bluebill Ponds at 9:44 p.m. 21