HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 7654RESOLUTION NO. 7654
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION APPROVING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE LOCAL HOUSING
INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE
COMMUNITIES ACT
CALENDAR YEARS 2011 THROUGH 2020
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statutes sections
473.25 to 473.255) establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund which is intended
to address housing and other development issues facing the metropolitan area defined by
Minnesota Statutes section 473.121; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund, comprising the Tax Base
Revitalization Account, the Livable Communities Demonstration Account, the Local Housing
Incentive Account and the Inclusionary Housing Account, is intended to provide certain
funding and other assistance to metropolitan -area municipalities; and,
WHEREAS, a metropolitan -area municipality is not eligible to receive grants or loans
under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund or eligible to receive certain polluted sites
cleanup funding from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic
Development unless the municipality is participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account
Program under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act requires the Metropolitan
Council to negotiate with each municipality to establish affordable and life -cycle housing
goals for that municipality that are consistent with and promote the policies of the
Metropolitan Council as provided in the adopted Metropolitan Development Guide; and,
WHEREAS, previously negotiated affordable and life -cycle housing goals for
municipalities participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program expire in 2010;
and,
WHEREAS, a metropolitan -area municipality can participate in the Local Housing
Incentives Account Program under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254 if: (a) the
municipality elects to participate in the local Housing Incentives Program; (b) the
Metropolitan Council and the municipality successfully negotiate new affordable and life
cycle housing goals for the municipality; (c) the Metropolitan Council adopts by resolution the
new negotiated affordable and life -cycle housing goals for the municipality; and (d) the
municipality establishes it has spent or will spend or distribute to the Local Housing
Incentives Account the required Affordable and Life -Cycle Housing Opportunities Amount
(ALHOA) for each year the municipality participates in the Local Housing Incentives Account
Program.
Affordable Housing Goal
Range
Life -Cycle Housing Goal
Range
53 to 81 units
80 to 200 units
Resolution 7654
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ATTEST:
(SEAL)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Mounds View:
1. Elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the
Metropolitan Livable Communities Act for calendar years 2011 through 2020.
2. Agrees to the following affordable and life -cycle housing goals for calendar
years 2011 through 2020:
3. Will prepare and submit to the Metropolitan Council a plan identifying the
actions it plans to take to meet its established housing goals.
Adopted this 23 day of August, 2010.
James Ericson, City Administrator