HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 97-176 - Participation in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program Under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act - 09/16/1997 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY,M1NNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. .97-176
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN
THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM
UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
CALENDAR YEAR 1998
WHEREAS,the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act(Minnesota Statues 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 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 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,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 elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account
Program must do so by November 15 of each year;and
WHEREAS,for calendar year 1998,a metropolitan area municipality that participated in the Local Housing Incentive
Account Program during the calendar year 1997,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, 1997;
and(b)the Metropolitan Council and the municipality have successfully negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing
goals for the municipality:
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED THAT City Council of the City of Eden Prairie elects to participate in
the Local Housing Incentives Program under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act during the calendar year 1998.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council this 1 h y of Septembe , 9
J L.Harris,Mayor
ATTEST:
jhn D.Frane,City Clerk