HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-215RESOLUTION NO. 98-215
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN
THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM
UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
CALENDAR YEAR 1999
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
473.12 1; 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, 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-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 1S of each year; and
WHEREAS, for calendar year 1999, a metropolitan area municipality that participated in the Local
Housing Incentive Account Program during the calendar year 1998, 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 1S, 1998; 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 the City of Stillwater hereby elects to participate
in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act during the
calendar year 1999.
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By: BY~
ay Clerk