HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-078 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2010/08/02RESOLUTION NO. 10-078
RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR
LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT FUNDING AND
AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FOR
PRE -DEVELOPMENT STUDY OF THE FUTURE BELTLINE BOULEVARD
LRT STATION AREA ON THE SOUTHWEST TRANSITWAY
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park is a participant in the Livable Communities Act's
Housing Incentives Program for 2010 as determined by the Metropolitan Council, and is therefore
eligible to apply for Livable Communities Demonstration Account funds; and
WHEREAS, the City has identified the future Beltline LRT station area as a location 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 July 19, 2010; and
WHEREAS, the City acknowledges Livable Communities Demonstration Account Pre -
Development grants are intended to fund activities that can prepare projects to apply for the LCDA
Development Grant category; 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 without the availability of Demonstration Account grant
funding.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of St. Louis Park, after
appropriate examination and due consideration.
1. Finds that it is in the best interests of the City's development goals and priorities for the
proposed activities to be performed for the Beltline LRT project area site, as identified in the
application, and at this particular time.
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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 activities for which Livable Communities Demonstration Account
funding is sought but was not able to find or secure from other sources funding that is
necessary for completion of the activities within two years and states that this representation
is based on the following reasons and supporting facts
a. There are no City funds budgeted for the purposes of the project activities beyond
those provided as matching funds.
b. Due to continuing projected budgetary shortfalls, it is not expected that additional
City funds will become available within the timeframe cited in the application.
c. No other known outside sources are projected to be available to fund the project
activities within the timeframe cited in the application.
1. Authorizes its Community Development Director to submit on behalf of the City an
application for Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Demonstration Account Pre -
Development Grant funds for the project activities identified in the application, and to
ecute such agreements as may be necessary to implement the project on behalf of the City.
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Adopted by the City Council August 2, 2010
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