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LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT dollar -for -dollar match amount required under Section 2.03, may result in a like reduction in the Grant Amount made available to the Grantee. 2.03. Match Requirement. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.254, subdivision 6, the Grantee shall match on a dollar -for -dollar basis the total Grant Amount received from the Council under Section 2.02. The source and amount of the dollar -for -dollar match shall be identified by the Grantee in the application for grant funds. 2.04. Authorized Use of Grant Funds. The Grant Amount made available to the Grantee under this Agreement shall be used only for the purposes and Project activities described in the application for Local Housing Incentives Account funds. A Project summary that identifies eligible uses of the grant funds as approved by the Council is attached to and incorporated into this Agreement as Attachment A. Grant funds must be used for purposes consistent with Minnesota Statutes section 473.25(a), in a Participating Municipality. 2.05. Ineligible Uses. Grant funds must be used for costs directly associated with the specific proposed Project activities and shall not be used for "soft costs" such as: administrative overhead; travel expenses; legal fees; insurance; bonds; permits, licenses, or authorization fees; costs associated with preparing other grant proposals; operating expenses; planning costs, including comprehensive planning costs; and prorated lease and salary costs. Grant funds may not be used for costs of Project activities that occurred prior to the grant award. A detailed list of ineligible and eligible costs is available from the Council's Livable Communities program office. Grant funds also shall not be used by the Grantee or others to supplant or replace: (a) grant or loan funds obtained for the Project from other sources; (b) Grantee contributions to the Project, including financial assistance, real property or other resources of the Grantee; or (c) funding or budgetary commitments made by the Grantee or others prior to the Council Action, unless specifically authorized by the Council. The Council shall bear no responsibility for cost overruns which may be incurred by the Grantee or others in the implementation or performance of the Project activities. The Grantee agrees to comply with any "business subsidy" requirements of Minnesota Statutes sections 1161993 to 116J.995 that apply to the Grantee's expenditures or uses of the grant funds. 2.06. Loans for Low -Income housing Tax Credit Projects. If consistent with the application and the Project activities described or identified in Attachment A, or if requested in writing by the Grantee, the Grantee may structure the grant assistance to the Project as a loan so the Project Owner can take advantage of federal and state low-income housing tax credit programs. The Grantee may use the grant funds as a loan for a low-income housing tax credit Project, subject to the terms and conditions stated in Sections 2.04 and 2.05 and the following additional teens and conditions: (a) The Grantee covenants and represents to the Council that the Project is a rental housing project that received or will receive an award of low-income housing tax credits under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the low-income housing tax credit program administered by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency or a program administered by the Minneapolis/Saint Paul Housing Finance Board or another Page 3 of 12 Pages Boulevard Project ren. 12/12117