HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-039 CCRMember Lawrence-Anderson introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 2025- 039
RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES
DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT AND AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION
FOR GRANT FUNDS FOR MORTY'S BARK AND BREW
WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center is a participant in the Metropolitan Livable
Communities Act (“LCA”) Local Housing Incentives Program for 2025 as determined by the
Metropolitan Council, and is therefore eligible to apply for Predevelopment grant funds
Livable Communities Demonstration Account ("LCDA"); and
WHEREAS, the City has identified proposed projects within the City that meet LCDA
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 adequately
manage an LCDA grant 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 grants are intended to fund projects or project
components that can serve as models, examples or prototypes for LCDA development or
redevelopment 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, the City acknowledges Met Council Predevelopment grants from
the Livable Communities Demonstration Account are intended to fund projects through the
predevelopment phase of construction.
WHERES, only a limited amount of grant funding is available through the Metropolitan
Council’s Livable Communities Demonstration Account LCDA initiative 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 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
following proposed Predevelopment projects to occur at this particular site at this time:
Morty's Bark and Brew - 57th and Logan
2.Finds that that LCDA Project component(s) for which Livable Communities LCDA is
sought:
a.Will not occur solely through private or other public investment within the
reasonable foreseeable future; and
b.Will occur within the term of the grant award (three years for Development
grants,) only if Livable Communities LCDA funding is made available for this
project at this time.
3.Authorizes the City Manager to submit on behalf of the City an application for Metropolitan
Council Livable Communities LCDA grant funds a for the project components identified in
the application.
April 14, 2025
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Moore
and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Graves, Jerzak, Kragness, Lawrence-Anderson, Moore
and the following voted against the same: none
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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