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