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RESOLUTION NO. 7654 <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE LOCAL HOUSING <br />INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE <br />COMMUNITIES ACT <br />CALENDAR YEARS 2011 THROUGH 2020 <br />WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statutes sections <br />473.25 to 473.255) establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund which is intended <br />to address housing and other development issues facing the metropolitan area defined by <br />Minnesota Statutes section 473.121; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund, comprising the Tax Base <br />Revitalization Account, the Livable Communities Demonstration Account, the Local Housing <br />Incentive Account and the Inclusionary Housing Account, is intended to provide certain <br />funding and other assistance to metropolitan -area municipalities; and, <br />WHEREAS, a metropolitan -area municipality is not eligible to receive grants or loans <br />under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund or eligible to receive certain polluted sites <br />cleanup funding from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic <br />Development unless the municipality is participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account <br />Program under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act requires the Metropolitan <br />Council to negotiate with each municipality to establish affordable and life -cycle housing <br />goals for that municipality that are consistent with and promote the policies of the <br />Metropolitan Council as provided in the adopted Metropolitan Development Guide; and, <br />WHEREAS, previously negotiated affordable and life -cycle housing goals for <br />municipalities participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program expire in 2010; <br />and, <br />WHEREAS, a metropolitan -area municipality can participate in the Local Housing <br />Incentives Account Program under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254 if: (a) the <br />municipality elects to participate in the local Housing Incentives Program; (b) the <br />Metropolitan Council and the municipality successfully negotiate new affordable and life <br />cycle housing goals for the municipality; (c) the Metropolitan Council adopts by resolution the <br />new negotiated affordable and life -cycle housing goals for the municipality; and (d) the <br />municipality establishes it has spent or will spend or distribute to the Local Housing <br />Incentives Account the required Affordable and Life -Cycle Housing Opportunities Amount <br />(ALHOA) for each year the municipality participates in the Local Housing Incentives Account <br />Program. <br />