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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 88-239 - Setting Public Hearing on a Tax Increment Financing Plan in Connection with the Elim Shores, Inc. Project Under Chapter 469, Minnesota Statutes - 4 7 f RESOLUTION NO. ' !' - 'J RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PLAN IN CONNECTION WITH THE ELIM SHORES , INC . PROJECT UNDER CHAPTER 469, MINNESOTA STATUTES . WHEREAS, the City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota (the "City") has established the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Eden Prairie (the "Authority" ) for the purpose, among others, to undertake tax increment projects under Minnesota Statutes , Chapter 469 (the "Act" ) WHEREAS, Eli.m Homes , Inc. , a Minnesota nonprofit corporation acting on behalf of itself and for Elim Shores, Inc . , an affiliated Minnesota nonprofit corporation (collectively, the "Developer") has filed a proposal dated August 12 , 1988 (the "Proposal") with the City requesting that the City and the Authority approve a project which will consist of the acquisition of the real property described on Exhibit A attached thereto and the construction thereon of a 64-unit housing facility and related common recreation and support facilities for rental to elderly persons and families of low and moderate income (the "Project" ) ; and WHEREAS, the Developer has requested the approval of an interest reduction program for the Project as permitted by the Act (Minnesota Statutes §469 . 176 , Subd. 4 (b) ) to be funded with revenues derived from a tax increment financing plan (the "Tax Increment Financing Plan") ; and WHEREAS , based in part upon the representations of the Developer in the Proposal (in particular, pages 5 and. 6 thereof) the Project is not reasonably expected to occur solely through private investment within the reasonable foreseeable future and, accordingly, tax increment financing is deemed necessary to encourage the development of the Project and to serve the purposes of the Act as more fully set forth herein ; and WHEREAS , the Authority has preliminarily determined that it is necessary and appropriate to proceed with the Project and has transmitted such Tax Increment Financing Plan to this City council ; and WHEREAS , Minnesota Statutes Section 469 . 175, Subd. 3 provides that the City shall approve the Tax Increment Financing Plan only after a public hearing thereon after public notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least once not less than ten ( 10) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the hearing; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: 1 . Receipt of the Tax Increment Financing Plan is hereby acknowledged and such Tax Increment Financing Plan shall. be filed with the Finance Director and available for public inspection. 2 . Before the City shall consider the adoption and approval of the Tax Increment Financing Plan and the tax increment district specified in the Tax Increment Financing Plan , Minnesota Statutes Section 469 . 175, Subd. 3 requires a public hearing on the Tax Increment Financing Plan after public notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality at least once not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. 3 . The City Council shall conduct such public hearing on December 6, 1988 at its regularly scheduled meeting, and the Finance Director shall cause notice of such public hearing to be published pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 469. 175, Subd. 3 in substantially the form of Exhibit .A hereto. Approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie:, Minnesota this _4'3�14--day of October, 1985 . ATTEST: r L EXHIBIT A NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA TAX INCREMENT FINA14CING PLAN (ELIM SHORES , INC. PROJECT) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie will meet at City Hall , 7600 Executive Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota on , the _ day of _, 1988 , at o'clock p .m. , to conduct a public hearing on a proposed Tax Increment Financing Plan which provides for the financing of a certain interest reduction program for a Multifamily Housing Development for the Elderly to be owned by Elim Homes, Inc. and/or Elim Shores, Inc. , both of which are Minnesota nonprofit corporations (the "Company") . Such development will consist generally of approximately 64 apartment units together with common recreational and support facilities to be constructed at a site adjacent to Lake Mitchell , near the intersection of Highway 5 and County Road 4 in the City. (The street addresses of such building has not been established. ) Copies of the Tax Increment Financing Plan are on file and available for inspection in the office of the Finance Director at City Hall, 7600 Executive Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota , 55344 , during regular business hours (8 : 00 a.m. to 4 : 30 p . m. ) . All persons desiring to appear at the public hearing will be afforded an opportunity to express their views with respect to the proposal to approve and undertake the Tax Increment Financing Plan. At such public hearing, or at any adjournment or continuance thereof, the City Council will consider and , if appropriate, will adopt a resolution determining to approve and undertake the Tax Increment Financing Plan. All persons interested may file written comments with the City Clerk prior to the date of the hearing set forth above . Dated at Eden Prairie, Minnesota, this day of 1988 . BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL By