HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-65RESOLUTION NO. 2018 -65
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA, APPROVING THE
ENTERING INTO OF THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND GRANT OF LICENSE WITH VARIOUS PROPERTY
OWNERS.
BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council (the "Council ") for the City of Columbia Heights (the "City ") as follows:
WHEREAS, the Columbia Heights Economic Development Authority (the "EDA ") and the City have collaborated
to create a certain Fagade Improvement Grant Program (the "Program "); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to guidelines established for the Program, the EDA is to award and administer a series of
grants to eligible commercial property owners and /or tenants for the purposes of revitalizing existing store
fronts, increasing business vitality and economic performance, and decreasing criminal activity along Central
Avenue Northeast, in the City's Central Business district; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Program, the City is to coordinate a surveillance camera monitoring program by
placing surveillance cameras on some of the storefronts that are part of the Program for the purposes of
improving public safety in and around the Central Business District.
NOW THEREFORE, in accordance with the foregoing, and all ordinances and regulations of the City of
Columbia Heights, the Council hereby makes the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The Program guidelines have been reviewed and approved by both the City and the EDA and the
guidelines are tailored to fulfill the objectives set forth in such guidelines.
2. The Agreement and Grant of License with various property owners (the "License Agreement ") is
necessary for the placement, use, and maintenance of the security cameras, as contemplated under
the Program guidelines, and the License Agreement, as presented to the Council on the date of this
resolution, is in acceptable form, on advice of the City attorney.
3. In order to implement and carry on the Program, City staff will be required to secure the agreement
of various property owners to the License Agreement, and City police personnel will be required to
carry on the surveillance activities described in the License Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council hereby makes the following:
ORDER OF COUNCIL
1. The Council hereby approves the form and substance of the License Agreement, and approves of the
City entering into the License Agreement with various property owners, as recommended by City
staff in accordance with the Program guidelines.
2. The Council hereby authorizes and directs Donna Schmitt, as Mayor, and Walter Fehst, as City
Manager, to execute and deliver each License Agreement on behalf of the City.
3. The Council hereby authorizes Donna Schmitt, as Mayor, and Walter Fehst, as City Manager, to take
such other action as is necessary on behalf of the City to carry out the purposes of the foregoing
resolutions.
Passed this 10th day of September, 2018
Offered by: Buesgens
Seconded by: Williams
Roll Call: All Ayes
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Donna K. Schmitt, Mayor
Attest:
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Katie Bruno, City Clerk /Council Secretary