Res 2010- 66 Local Housing Incentives Account ProgramCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 10 -66
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN
THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM
UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITI FS ACT
CALENDAR YEARS 2011 THROUGH 2020
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statutes sections
473.25 to 473.255) 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, the Local Housing
Incentive Account and the Inclusionary Housing 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 Employment and Economic Development
unless the municipality is participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program under
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 - cycling 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, previously negotiated affordable and life -cycle housing goals for
municipalities participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program expire in 2010;
and
WHEREAS, a metropolitan -area municipality can participate in the Local Housing
Incentives Account Program under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254 if: (a) the municipality
elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program; (b) the Metropolitan Council and
the municipality successfully negotiate new affordable and life -cycle housing goals for the
municipality; (c) the Metropolitan Council adopts by resolution the new negotiated affordable
and life -cycle housing goals for the municipality; and (d) the municipality establishes it has spent
or will spend or distribute to the Local Housing Incentives Account the required Affordable and
Life -Cycle Housing Opportunities Amount (ALHOA) for each year the municipality participates
in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mendota Heights City Council:
1. Elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the Metropolitan
Livable Communities Act for calendar years 2011 through 2020.
2. Agrees to the following affordable and life -cycle housing goals for calendar years 2011
through 2020:
Affordable Housing Goals Range
Life -Cycle Housing Goals Range
30 - 43
40 -100
3. Will prepare and submit to the Metropolitan Council a plan identifying the actions it plans
to meet its established housing goals.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this seventh day of September 2010.
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