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RESOLUTION NO. 5169
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STA TE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION CONTINUING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LOCAL HOUSING
INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE
COMMUNITIES ACT
CALENDAR YEAR 1999
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statutes Section
473.25 to 473.254) 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 and the Local Housing
Incentives 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 Funds or eligible to receive certain polluted sites
cleanup funding from the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development unless the
municipality is participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program under the
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, each municipality must identify to the Metropolitan Council the actions the
municipality plans to take to meet the established housing goals through preparation of the
Housing Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council adopted, by resolution after a public hearing,
negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for each participating municipality; and
WHEREAS, a metropolitan area municipality which elects to participate in the Local
Housing Incentives Account Program must do so by November 15th of each year; and
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RESOLUTION NO. 5269
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WHEREAS, for calendar year 1999, a metropolitan area municipality that did not
participate in the Local Housing Incentive Account Program during the calendar year 1998, can
participate under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254 only if: (a) the municipality elects to
participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program by November 15, 1998; and (b) the
Metropolitan Council and the municipality have successfully negotiated affordable and life-cycle
housing goals for the municipality.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Mounds View hereby elects
to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the Metropolitan Livable
Communities Act during the calendar year 1999.
Dated this 28th day of September, 1998.
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