HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011.07.18 RESO 2011-17RESOLUTION 2011-17
RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR
LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT FUNDING AND
AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS
WHEREAS the City of Hugo is a participant in the Livable Communities Act's
Housing Incentives Program for 2011 as determined by the Metropolitan Council, and is
therefore eligible to apply for Livable Communities Demonstration Account funds; and
WHEREAS the City has identified a proposed project within the City that meets the
Demonstration Account's purposes and criteria and is consistent with and promotes the
purposes of the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act and the policies of the
Metropolitan Council's adopted metropolitan development guide; and
WHEREAS the City has the institutional, managerial and financial capability to ensure
adequate project administration; and
WHEREAS the City certifies that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations
as stated in the grant agreement; and
WHEREAS the City agrees to act as legal sponsor for the project contained in the grant
application submitted on July 15, 2011; and
WHEREAS the City acknowledges Livable Communities Demonstration Account grants
are intended to fund projects or project components that can serve as models, examples or
prototypes for development or redevelopment projects elsewhere in the region, and
therefore represents that the proposed project or key components of the proposed project
can be replicated in other metropolitan -area communities; and
WHEREAS only a limited amount of grant funding is available through the Metropolitan
Council's Livable Communities Demonstration Account during each funding cycle and
the Metropolitan Council has determined it is appropriate to allocate those scarce grant
funds only to eligible projects that would not occur without the availability of
Demonstration Account grant funding.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, after appropriate examination and due
consideration, the governing body of the City:
1. Finds that it is in the best interests of the City's development goals and priorities for
the proposed project to occur at this particular site and at this particular time.
2. Finds that the project component(s) for which Livable Communities Demonstration
Account funding is sought:
(a) will not occur solely through private or other public investment within the
reasonably foreseeable future; and
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(b) will occur within two years after a grant award only if Livable
Communities Demonstration Account funding is made available for this
project at this time.
3. Represents that the City has undertaken reasonable and good faith efforts to procure
funding for the project component for which Livable Communities Demonstration
Account funding is sought but was not able to find or secure from other sources funding
that is necessary for project component completion within two years.
There are no other grants that have been found that fund the planning for redevelopment
projects. There is private commitment for over 50% match of the grant funds. The City is
committed to support the redevelopment with local in-kind match for staff time dedicated
to the project.
4. Authorizes its Planner to submit on behalf of the City an application for Metropolitan
Council Livable Communities Demonstration Account grant funds for the project
component(s) identified in the application, and to execute such agreements as may be
necessary to implement the project on behalf of the City.
ADOPTED by the City Council on July 18, 2011.
ATTEST:
—Y r
Michele Lindau, City Clerk