HomeMy WebLinkAbout14-140 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2014/11/03RESOLUTION NO. 14-140
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A GRANT APPLICATION
TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL FOR THE LCA LIVABLE
COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT AND TAX BASE
REVITALIZATION ACCOUNT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT GRANT
FOR ADDITIONAL SITE ASSESSMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER SITE
WHEREAS the City of St. Louis Park ("City") is a participant in the Metropolitan
Livable Communities Act ("LCA") Local Housing Incentives Program for 2014 as determined
by the Metropolitan Council, and, is therefore eligible to apply for LCA Livable Communities
Demonstration Account and Tax Base Revitalization Account Transit Oriented Development
(collectively, "TOD") funds; and
WHEREAS the City has identified that the Community Center project within the City
meets TOD purposes and cnteria 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, managenal and financial capability to
adequately manage an LCA-TOD grant; 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 acknowledges TOD grants are intended to fund projects or project
components that can serve as models, examples or prototypes for TOD development or
redevelopment 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 TOD initiative 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 TOD 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 Community Center TOD Project to occur at this particular site and at
this particular time.
2. Finds that the Community Center TOD Project component(s) for which Livable
Communities TOD funding is sought:
(a) will not occur solely through public investment within the reasonably foreseeable
future; and
(b) will occur within the term of the grant (one year for the Cleanup Site Investigation
grant) only if Livable Communities TOD funding is made available for this
project at this time.
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3. Authorizes application for Metropolitan Council Livable Communities TOD grant
funds for the TOD Project component(s) identified in the application, and execution
of such agreements as may be necessary to implement the TOD Project on behalf of
the City.
Revi d i or Administration
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Attest:
Ado ted by the City Council November 3, 2014
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