Res 2006- 60 Livable Communities Account/GrantRESOLUTION NO. 06 -60
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR
LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT FUNDING AND
AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS
WHEREAS the City of Mendota Heights is a participant in the Livable Communities
Act's Housing Incentives Program for 2006 as determined by the Metropolitan Council,
and is therefore eligible to apply for Livable Communities Demonstration Account funds;
and
WHEREAS the City has identified an ongoing project within the City that meets the
Demonstration Account's purposes and criteria and is consistent with and promotes the
purposes of the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act and the policies of the
Metropolitan Council's adopted metropolitan development guide; and
WHEREAS the City has the institutional, managerial and financial capability to ensure
adequate project administration; and
WHEREAS the City certifies that it will comply with all applicable laws and re
as stated in the grant agreement; and
WHEREAS the City agrees to act as legal sponsor for the project contained in the grant
application submitted on July 17, 2006; and
WHEREAS the City acknowledges Livable Communities Demonstration Account grants
are intended to fund projects or project components that can serve as models, examples or
prototypes for development or redevelopment projects elsewhere in the region, and
therefore represents that the proposed project or key components of the proposed project
can be replicated in other metropolitan-area communities; and
WHEREAS only a limited amount of grant funding is available through the Metropolitan
Council's Livable Communities Demonstration Account during each funding cycle and
the Metropolitan Council has determined it is appropriate to allocate those scarce grant
funds only to eligible projects that would not occur "but for" the availability of
Demonstration Account grant funding.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, after appropriate examination and due
consideration, the governing body of the City:
Finds that it is in the best interests of the City's development goals and priorities for
the proposed project to occur at this particular time.
2. Finds that the project component(s) for which Livable Communities Demonstration
Account funding is sought:
(a) will not occur solely through private or other public investment within the
reasonably foreseeable future; and
(b) will not occur within two years after a grant award unless Livable Communities
Demonstration Account funding is made available for this project at this time.
3. Represents that the City has undertaken reasonable and good faith efforts to procure
funding for the project component for which Livable Communities Demonstration
Account funding is sought but was not able to find or secure from other sources
finding that is necessary for project component completion within two years and
states that this representation is based on the following reasons and supporting facts:
The economic realities that challenge the City of Mendota Heights and the
developer will not allow this final phase of the development to proceed without
this Grant. The City has already expended all available resources in its efforts to
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acquisition, planning, engineering, site improvements, infrastructure, etc. Sources
that have been utilized to date in the City's Village at Mendota Heights's budget
include: TIF, CDBG Funds, MSA, Metropolitan Council. Grants, park dedication
fees, SAC credits and land sales. Additionally, the cost of the shared
public /private underground /structured parking cannot be financed by market rate
rental income without assistance.
4. Authorizes its City Administrator to submit on behalf of the City an application for
Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Demonstration Account grant funds for
the project component(s) identified in the application, and to execute such
agreements as may be necessary to implement the project on behalf of the City.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this 1St day of August, 2006
ATTEST:
CITY COUNCIL
,/ CITY OF MEND A I HTS
By 4jT � ��- By
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Katl -seen M. Swanson, City Clerk John er, Mayor