Res 2005- 53 Livable Communities Funding/Grant FundsRESOLUTION NO. 05-53
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 Comrnunities
Act's Housing Incentives Program for 2005 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 regulations
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 June 30, 2005; 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:
1. 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. 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 19th day of July, 2005.
ATTEST: CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HE GHTS
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