HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-167 (funding to complete 2040 Comprehensive Plan update and authorizing application for planning assistance grant funds) RESOLUTION NO. 2016-167
RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR
FUNDING TO COMPLETE ITS 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE AND
AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR
PLANNING ASSISTANCE GRANT FUNDS
WHEREAS,the City of Stillwater, Minnesota must review and update its
comprehensive plan as required by the"decennial"review provision of Minnesota Statutes
section 473.864 , subdivision 2; and
WHEREAS, on April 27,2016, the Metropolitan Council adopted need-based eligibility
criteria for awarding available local planning assistance grant funds and established maximum
grant amounts for eligible grantees to help grantees review and update their comprehensive plans
as required by the"decennial"review provisions of Minnesota Statutes section 473.864,
subdivision 2; and
WHEREAS,the City of Stillwater, Minnesota is an eligible city in the metropolitan area
as defined in Minnesota Statutes section 473.121;and
WHEREAS, planning assistance grant funds will be made available to eligible applicants
subject to terms and conditions contained in Metropolitan Council grant agreements.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, after appropriate examination and due
consideration, the City Council of the City of Stillwater,Minnesota hereby authorizes its
Community Development Director to:
1) Submit on behalf of the City of Stillwater an application to the Metropolitan Council for
Local Planning Assistance grant funds for the decennial review and update of the City's
local comprehensive plan required under Minnesota Statutes section 473.864; and
2) Execute on behalf of the City a grant agreement with the Metropolitan Council for
planning assistance grant funds.
Adopted this 6th day of September, 2016.
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Ted Kozlowski, Mayor
ATTEST:
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. Thomas McCarty, Actin_,i y Clerk