HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-118 CCRMember Graves introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-118
RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING AWARDED FUNDS FOR LIVABLE
COMMUNITIES ACT’S LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION
ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMNET
FUNDING AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDS
WHEREAS the City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota was a participant in the
Livable Communities Act’s (“LCA”) Local Housing Incentives Account Program for 2024 as
determined by the Metropolitan Council, and was therefore eligible to apply for Livable
Communities Demonstration Account (“LCDA”) Transit Oriented Development (TOD) funds;
and
WHEREAS the City has identified proposed projects within the City that meets
LCDA-TOD 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 supported grant applications, agreeing to act as legal
sponsor for the project, recognized by resolution on June 24, 2024; 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 acknowledges LCDA-TOD 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 LCA initiatives 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 LCA grant funding; and
WHEREAS the City’s supported project of ‘Opportunity Site Phase 1 Public
Infrastructure’ development was awarded $2,000,000 in LCDA-TOD grant funds on November
13th, 2024; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, after appropriate examination and
due consideration, the governing body of the City: Finds that it is in the best interests of the City’s
development goals and priorities for the proposed projects to occur at these particular sites and at
this particular time:
1. Finds that the project components for which LCDA funding was awarded:
Opportunity Site Phase 1 Public Infrastructure
a.Will not occur solely through private or other public investment within the
reasonably foreseeable future; and
b.Will occur within the term of the grant award two years for Development
grants) expiring December 31st, 2027.
2.Authorizes its City Manager to accept awarded funds on behalf of the City for the
application for the 2024 funding cycle for Metropolitan Council Livable
Communities Demonstration Account (LCDA-TOD) grant funds, for the project
components identified in the applications, and to execute such agreements as may be
necessary to implement the project on behalf of the City.
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
and the following voted against the same:
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
Butler
Butler, Graves, Kragness
Jerzak
Assistant City Manager/City Clerk
November 25, 2024