HomeMy WebLinkAbout20-126 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2020/09/21Resolution No. 20-126
Resolution electing to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account
Program under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act
Calendar years 2021 through 2030
Whereas, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statutes sections
473.25 to 473.255) establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund which is intended to
address housing and other development issues facing the metropolitan area defined by
Minnesota Statutes section 473.121; and
Whereas, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund, comprising the Tax Base
Revitalization Account, the Livable Communities Demonstration Account, the Local Housing
Incentive Account and the Inclusionary Housing Account, is intended to provide certain funding
and other assistance to metropolitan-area municipalities; and
Whereas, a metropolitan-area municipality is not eligible to receive grants or loans under
the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund or eligible to receive certain polluted sites cleanup
funding from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development unless
the municipality is participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program under
Minnesota Statutes section 473.254; and
Whereas, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act requires that each municipality
establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that municipality that are consistent with
and promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as provided in the adopted Metropolitan
Development Guide; and
Whereas, a metropolitan-area municipality can participate in the Local Housing
Incentives Account Program under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254 if: (a) the municipality
elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program; (b) the Metropolitan Council and
the municipality successfully negotiate new affordable and life-cycle housing goals for the
municipality; (c) the Metropolitan Council adopts by resolution the new negotiated affordable
and life-cycle housing goals for the municipality; and (d) the municipality establishes it has
spent or will spend or distribute to the Local Housing Incentives Account the required
Affordable and Life-Cycle Housing Opportunities Amount (ALHOA) for each year the
municipality participates in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program.
Now therefore be it resolved that the City of St. Louis Park:
1. Elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the Metropolitan
Livable Communities Act for calendar years 2021 through 2030.
2. Agrees to the following affordable and life-cycle housing goals for calendar years 2021
through 2030:
Affordable Housing Goals Range Life-Cycle Housing Goal
326-593 housing units 1620 housing units
3. Will prepare and submit to the Metropolitan Council a plan identifying the actions it plans
to take to meet its established housing goals.
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Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council Sept. 21, 2020
Thomas K. Harmening, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
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