HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-175 CCRMember Ed Nelson introduced the following resolution and moved its
adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 2000-175
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE LOCAL
HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER THE
METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT FOR CALENDAR YEAR
2001
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statutes Section
473.25 to 473.254) establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund which is intended to
address housing and other development issues facing the Metropolitan Area defined by Minnesota
Statutes Section 473.121; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund, comprising the Tax Base
Revitalization Account, the Livable Communities Demonstration Account, the Local Housing
Incentive Account, and the Inclusionary Housing 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 grants or
loans under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund or eligible to receive certain polluted sites
cleanup funding from the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development unless the
municipality is participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program under the Minnesota
Statutes Section 473.254; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act requires the Metropolitan
Council to negotiate with each municipality to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for
that municipality that are consistent with and promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as
provided in the adopted Metropolitan Development Guide; 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-cycling housing goals for each participating municipality; and
WHEREAS, a Metropolitan Area municipality which elects to participate in the Local
Housing Incentives Account Program must do so by November 15 of each year; and
RESOLUTION NO. 2000-175
WHEREAS, for calendar year 2001, a Metropolitan Area municipality that
participated in the Local Housing Incentive Account Program during the calendar year 2000, can
continue to participate under Minnesota Statutes Section 473.254 if: (a) the municipality elects to
participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program by November 15, 2000; and (b) the
Metropolitan Council and the municipality have successfully negotiated affordable and life-cycling
housing goals for the municipality.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Brooklyn Center that it hereby elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under
the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act during the calendar year 2001.
October 23, 2000
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
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The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Debra Hilstrom
and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Myrna Kragness, Debra Hilstrom, Kay Lasman, Ed Nelson, and Robert Pepper
and the following voted against the same: none;
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.