RES 24-075 ELECTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT FOR THE CALENDAR YEARS 2024 THROUGH 2030

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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION 24-075 RESOLUTION ELECTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT FOR THE CALENDAR YEARS 2024 THROUGH 2O30 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 that each municipality 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, 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. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Saint Anthony Village 1. Elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act for calendar years 2024 through 2030. 2. Agrees to the following affordable and life -cycle housing goals for calendar years 2021 through 2030: