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33 <br />CITY OF ST. ANTHONY <br />RESOLUTION 97- liv.act <br />A RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION IN <br />THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM <br />UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT <br />CALENDAR YEAR 1998 <br />WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statutes Section <br />473.25 to 473.254) establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund <br />which is intended to address housing and other development issues facing <br />the metropolitan area defined by Minnesota Statutes Section 473.121; and <br />WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund, comprising the Tax Base <br />Revitalization Account, the Livable Communities Demonstration Account <br />and the Local Housing Incentive Account, is intended to provide certain <br />funding and other assistance to metropolitan area municipalities; and <br />WHEREAS, a metropolitan area municipality is not eligible to receive grants or loans <br />under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund or eligible to receive <br />certain polluted sites cleanup funding from the Minnesota Department of <br />Trade and Economic Development unless the municipality is participating <br />in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program under the Minnesota <br />Statutes Section 473.254; and <br />WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act requires the Metropolitan <br />Council to negotiate with each municipality to establish affordable and life - <br />cycle housing goals for that municipality that are consistent with and <br />promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as provided in the <br />adopted Metropolitan Development Guide; and <br />WHEREAS, each municipality must identify to the Metropolitan Council the actions the <br />municipality plans to take to meet the established housing goals through <br />preparation of the Housing Action Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council adopted, by resolution after a public hearing, <br />negotiated affordable and life - cycling housing goals for each participating <br />municipality; and <br />WHEREAS, a metropolitan area municipality which elects to participate in the Local <br />Housing Incentives Account Program must do so by November 15 of each <br />year; and <br />