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FEB 23 '96 10.11AM HE HEPIN CO C01,111IISSI P. u 6U Resolution No. 96-2-150 The following resolution was offered by Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Tainbornino: WHEREAS, members of the Hennepin County Board have received staff reports and recommendations regarding county housing policy and have discussed housing needs and potential county housing roles with municipal officials, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that the Hennepin county Board supports the following housing policies and program directions: 1. Hennepin County's housing policies and activities should be consistent with the following goals and assumptionox a. Housing is primarily a municipal responsibility. b. county involvement in housing should complement, not supplant, existing municipal responsibilities and resources. c. Consistent with the county board's vision and mission, county housing activities should achieve one or more of the following goals: - Reduce county service coats or improve service results - Reduce reliance on county services and promote self- reliance - Stabilize neighborhoods and strengthen the tax base. d. No additional federal, stats or county funds are expected to become available in the foreseeable future to support housing activities. • e. Future county and municipal access to state and federal funds for housing, community development and transportation purposes are likely to be linked to affordable housing performance. 2. Hennepin County's current supportive role for housing be continued, in cooperation with municipalities, in promoting neighborhood and tax base stabilization and furthering affordable housing. 3. Hennepin County will utilize and seek to maximize existing resources to assist communities in achieving locally established goals under the Livable Communities Act, including the preservation of existing housing units. 4. County staff are authorized to prepare proposals for strengthening the county's coordinating role and establishing countywide programs to address housing and tax base concerns identified by communities subject to county funding constraints and county Board approval, as required. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that staff are authorized to present to suburban eame►unities proposed revisions in the method of allocating county CDHO funds. The goal of such revisions should be to promote administrative efficiencies and assist c==unities in addressing housing and community development needs. The following provisions for the 1997-99 Joint Cooperation Agreement should be included among the proposed revisions: 1. communities qualifying as entitlements (having populations of aLt least 50,000) will receive annual funding allocations equal to the HUD formula entitlement or the Hennepin County formula allocation, which ever is greater. FEB 20 199