HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 99-92 RF~OLUTION 99-92
BEING A RESOLUTION OF THE COLUMBIA HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL ELECTING TO
CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM
UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
WHEREAS, tho Motropolitan Livable Communities A~t (]VllnnOSOta Statllte~ So~ion 473.25 to 473.254)
establislms a Motropolitan Livable Communities Fund which is intended to address housing and other development
issues facing the m~opolitan area defined by Minnesota Statutes Seaion 473.121; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund, comprising the Tax Base Re~_alivation
Account, the Livable Communities Demonstration Account and the Local Housing Incentive 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 gram or loans under the
Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund or eligible to receive certain polluted sites cleanup funding from the
Minnesota Depaan~nt of Trade and Economic Development unless the municipality is participating in the Local
Housing Incentives Accoum Program under the Minnesota Statutes Section 473.254; and
WHEREAS, each municipality must identify to the Metropolitan Council the actions the municipality
plans to take to meet the established housing goals through preparation of the Housing Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council adopted, by resolution after a public hearing, negotiated affordable
and life-cycle housing goals for each participating municipality; and
WHEREAS, a metropolitan area municipality which ele~ to participate in the Local Housing Incentives
Account Program must do so by November 15 of each year; and
WHEREAS, for calendar year 2000, a metropolitan area municipality that participated in the Local
Housing Incentive Account Program during the calendar year 1999, can continue to participate under Minnesota
Statutes Section 473.254 if: (a) the municipality elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account
Program by November 15, 1999; and Co) the Metropolitan Council and the municipality have successfully
negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for the municipality:
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Columbia Heights City Council hereby elects to
participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act during the
calendar year 2000.
PASSED THIS 8th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1999.
Offered by: Szurek
Seconded by: Jolly
Roll Call: All Ayes
William Elrite, City Clerk
~~oror L. Peruart