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<br /> <br />EDA RESOLUTION 12-EDA-269 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING APPLICATION TO RAMSEY COUNTY FOR A <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT TO FUND THE ACQUISITION, <br />DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT OF TWO SINGLE-FAMILY BLIGHTED <br />VACANT/FORECLOSED HOMES IN MOUNDS VIEW <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Mounds View Economic Development Authority (EDA) has Housing <br />and Redevelopment Authority powers provided in Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.001 to <br />469.047; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the purposes of Sections 469.001 to 469.047 are: <br />(1) to provide a sufficient supply of adequate, safe, and sanitary dwellings in order to <br />protect the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the citizens of this state; <br />(2) to clear and redevelop blighted areas; <br />(3) to perform those duties according to comprehensive plans; <br />(4) to remedy the shortage of housing for low and moderate income residents, and to <br />redevelop blighted areas, in situations in which private enterprise would not act without <br />government participation or subsidies; and <br />(5) in cities of the first class, to provide housing for persons of all incomes; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, limited funds are available to clear and redevelop blighted residential <br />areas in Mounds View, Minnesota; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, there exists a need in Mounds View, to redevelop its housing stock in <br />situations in which private enterprise would not act without government participation or <br />subsidies; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) would provide <br />necessary funding for acquisition, demolition and replacement costs of blighted <br />vacant/foreclosed homes in Mounds View. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mounds View Economic <br />Development Authority hereby recommends the application to Ramsey County for a <br />Community Development Block Grant for $250,000 to fund the acquisition, demolition and <br />replacement of two-single-family blighted vacant/foreclosed homes in Mounds View. <br /> <br /> Adopted this 12th day of March, 2012. <br /> <br /> <br /> _____________________________ <br /> Joe Flaherty, President <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> _____________________________ <br /> James Ericson, Executive Director <br />(seal)