HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-83 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1997/07/07RESOLUTION NO. 97 ' 8 3
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION
FOR LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ASSISTANCE GRANT
WHEREAS, 1996 amendments to the Metropolitan Land Planning Act adopted
by the State of Minnesota requires local communities an update to their Comprehensive
Plans and official controls by December 31, 1998; and
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park, as a community within the Metropolitan
area is affected by this Legislation and is required to update their Comprehensive Plan
and other official controls by December 31, 1998; and
WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota has made available to cities planning
assistance grants and loans under Minnesota Statutes, Sections 473.854 and 473.867 for
the purpose of assistmg the Comprehensive Plan updating process; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council has been granted the authority to prepare
and adopt guidelines establishing uniform procedures for the award and disbursement of
local planning assistance grants and loans; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council has established guidelines which reward
communities which make efforts to meet the Metropolitan Council's regional goals and
policies as established in the Regional Blueprint (December, 1996); and
WHEREAS, an application for planning assistance funding must be received at
the Metropolitan Council offices by 4:30 p.m., Friday, July 18, 1997; and
WHEREAS, the maximum amount of a grant may not exceed 75 percent of the
total costs and expenses of the work plan, service or activity for which a grant is awarded
with a maximum grant of approximately $20,000; and
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park supports policies established in the
Regional Blueprint (December, 1996) and meets all of the eligibility criteria to qualify for
receiving planning assistance funding grants and loans; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council adopts this
resolution which authorizes the following:
1. The application to the Metropolitan Council for a local planning assistance grant
to partially cover the costs of updating the Comprehensive Plan by December 31,
1998; and
2. The application to the Metropolitan Council for a local planning assistance loan.
Adopted by the City Council on July 7, 1997
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