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RESOLUTION NO. 15-099
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION
TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL LIVABLE COMMUNITIES
DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT
ON BEHALF OF MELROSE DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park is a participant in the Livable Communities Act
("LCA") Housing Incentives Program for 2015 as determined by the Metropolitan Council, and
is therefore eligible to apply for Livable Communities Demonstration Account (LCDA) funds;
and
WHEREAS, the City has identified a proposed 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
adequately 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 acknowledges LCDA grants are intended to fund projects or
project components that can serve as models, examples or prototypes for 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 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, 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
to pursue the proposed project at this particular site and 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 occur within three years after a grant award only if Livable
Communities Demonstration Account funding is made available for this project
at this time
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3. Authorizes its City staff 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.
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the C. Council July 20, 2015
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