HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2003-45RESOLUTION 2003-45
CITY OF COLUMBIA FIEIGHTS, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONTAMINATION CLEANUP GRANT PROGRAM
Wl~REAS, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights (the "City) has given their support to a master plan
for redevelopment of industrial area properties; and
wmr~REAS, the City has found that there exists conditions of deterioration, blight, substandard structures, and
enviromental concerns, and there exists a need (due to bhghting influences) for intervention by the City to prevent further
deterioration and promote redevelopment of the industrial area; and
WlrlEREAS, the City has recently identified and completed Phase I and Phase 1I assessments of all industrial
properties in the industrial planning area in which various potential contaminants were identified, with the City submitting a
Response Action Plan (RAP) to the MPCA for cleanup; and
WI~EREAS, the total legislative appropriation for this grant program for fiscal years 2004-05 is $4,362,000, and
the DEED grant requires applicants to pay an mount equal to 12 % of the cleanup costs from unrestricted money
available to the City. With the local match to be an internal loan from the Capital Improvement General Government
Building Fund and to be repaid at a 5_ % interest rate; and
NOW, TFIEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Columbia Heights acts as the legal sponsor for the
Contamination Cleanup Grant Program to be submitted on November 1, 2003, and that Walt R Fehst, Executive Director, is
hereby authorized to apply to DEED for funding on behalf of the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota; and
BE 1T FURTmr~R RESOLVED that the City of Columbia Heights has the legal authority to apply for financial
assistance, and the institutional, managerial, and financial capability to ensure adequate project administration; and
BE IT FURTI~ER RESOLVED that the sources and amounts of the local match identified in the application are
committed to the project identified; and
BE IT FURTI:I-ER RESOLVED that the City of Columbia Heights has not violated any Federal, State, or local
laws pertaining to fraud, bribery, graft, kickbacks, collusion, conflict of interest or unlawful or corrupt practice; and
BE IT FURTI~R RESOLVED that upon approval of its application by the state, the City of Columbia Heights,
Minnesota may enter into an agreement with the State of Minnesota for the above-referenced project(s), and that Columbia
Heights certifies that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations as stated in all contract agreements; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Walter R. Fehst is hereby authorized to execute such agreements as are
necessary to implement the project(s) on behalf of the applicant; and
NOW, TI:IEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Columbia.Heights, Minnesota has approved
the Contamination Cleanup Grant Application submitted to the Department of Employment and Economic Development
(DEED).
Passed this 27th day of October 2003.
Offered By:
Seconded By:
Roll Call:
Ericson
Kelzenberg
Ayes: Wyckoff, Nawrocki, Ericson, Kelzenberg Absent: Williams
Attest:
(_Patricia Muscovitz, CMC [
-Deputy City Clerk/Council Secretary
~or Julienne Wyckoff ~ l/~.)