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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 97-209 - Edenvale Townhouse Project - Grant Agreement Met Council & Eden Prairie - 11/18/1997 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 97-209 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT WHEREAS,Minnesota Statutes § 473.251 creates the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund, the uses of which fund must be consistent with and promote the purposes of the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act and the policies of the Metropolitan Development Guide adopted by the Council; WHEREAS,Minnesota Statutes§§473.251 and 473.254 establish within the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund a Local Housing Incentives Account and require the Metropolitan Council to annually distribute funds in the account to participating municipalities that have not met their affordable and life-cycle housing goals, as determined by the Metropolitan Council, and are actively funding projects designed to help meet the goals; WHEREAS, the City is a "municipality" as defined in Minnesota Statutes § 473.254, Subd. 6 which has negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals pursuant to Minnesota. Statutes § 473.254, Subd. 2 and has elected to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account program; WHEREAS, the City represents that it has not yet met its affordable and life-cycle housing goals as determined by the Metropolitan Council and is actively funding projects designed to help meet the goals; WHEREAS, the City agrees to provide the grant funds made available under this agreement to help fund the Edenvale development project identified in the application for Local Housing Incentives Account funds submitted by the Peter Andrea Company in response to a Super Request for Proposals for multi-family housing funds issued in January 1997 by the Metropolitan.Housing Implementation Group; and WHEREAS,at its May 22, 1997 regular meeting,the Metropolitan Council awarded Local Housing Incentives Account funds to two affordable housing projects, including the Edenvale development project located within the City of Eden Prairie. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: 1. The Grant Agreement is approved substantially in the form submitted and the City is authorized to enter into said Agreement. 2. The Grant Agreement is directed to be executed in the name and on behalf of the City by the Mayor and City Manager. In the absence of the Mayor or City Manager, the document authorized by this Resolution may be executed by the Acting Mayor or designee of the City Manager, respectively. 3. The approvals hereby given to the document referred to above include approval of such additional details therein as may be necessary and appropriate and such modifications thereof, deletions therefrom and additions thereto as may be necessary and appropriate and approved by the City's counsel and the officials authorized herein to execute such document prior to its execution; and said officials are hereby authorized to approve said changes on behalf of the City. The execution of any instrument by the appropriate officer or officers of the City herein authorized shall be conclusive evidence of the approval of such document in accordance with the terms thereof. 4. The Resolution shall take effect immediately Passed by the City Council this /�A day of 1997. r. Jean Harris, Mayor Attest D. rane, City Finance Director/Clerk rfr\ep\resoluti\grant.agr