Res 1999 - 77 Electing to Continue Participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program Under the Metropolitan Livable Communities ActCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 99-77
A RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE LOCAL
HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER THE METROPOLITAN
LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
CALENDAR YEAR 2000
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statutes
Section 474.25 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 473.121; 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, the metropolitan area municipality is not eligible to receive grant 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 15 of each year;
and
WHEREAS, for calendar year 2000, a metropolitan area municipality that
participated in the Local Housing Incentive Account Program during the calendar if: (a)
the municipality elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program
by November 15, 1999; and (b) the Metropolitan Council and the municipality have
successfully negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for the municipality.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE /T RESOLVED THAT the City of Mendota Heights
hereby elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the
Metropolitan Livable Communities Act during the calendar year 2000.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this 16th day of November,
1999.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
BY �� �' �
Charles E. Mertensotto
Mayor
ATTEST:
athleen M. Swanson
City Clerk