HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2013-100 - MN PACE Program Joint Powers Agreement with St. Paul - 11/19/2013 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2013-100
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT BY AND
BETWEEN THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE AND THE PORT AUTHORITY OF THE
CITY OF SAINT PAUL RELATING TO THE MN PACE PROGRAM AND
DESIGNATING THE PORT AUTHORITY AS THE IMPLEMENTING ENTITY TO
ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, Sections 216C.435 and 216C.436 (the "Act") authorize
the City to provide for the financing of the acquisition and construction or installation of energy
efficiency and conservation improvements (the "Improvements") on qualifying real property
located within the boundaries of the City through the use of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429
special assessments; and
WHEREAS, the Act authorizes the City to designate an authority other than the City to
implement the program under the Act on behalf of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Port Authority of the City of Saint Paul ("Port Authority") has created a
program under the Act known as the Property Assessed Clean Energy Program ("MN PACE")
for purposes of implementing and administering the activities described in the Act, and the Port
Authority is willing to implement and administer that program on behalf of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Port Authority desire to enter into a written Joint Powers
Agreement pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 471.59, subd. 1, whereby the City will
designate the Port Authority as the implementing entity to implement and administer the MN
PACE program on behalf of the City to finance the Improvements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, that execution of the Joint Powers Agreement by and
between the City and the Port Authority is hereby approved and that the Port Authority is hereby
designated as the implementing entity to implement and administer the MN PACE program on
behalf of the City.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie this 19th day of November,
2013.
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K hleen Porta, City Clerk