HomeMy WebLinkAbout20-138 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2020/10/05Resolution No. 20-138
Resolution approving a modification to tax increment financing
plans for the Shoreham Tax Increment Financing District in
connection with pooling for affordable housing
Whereas, the City of St. Louis Park (the “City”) previously established Redevelopment
Project No. 1 (the “Project Area”) and adopted a Redevelopment Plan therefor, as amended
(the “Redevelopment Plan”). The City and the St. Louis Park Economic Development Authority
(the “Authority”) have also established the Shoreham Tax Increment Financing District (the “TIF
District”), a redevelopment TIF District, within the Project Area, and adopted a Tax Increment
Financing Plan for the TIF District (the “TIF Plan”), pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections
469.174 to 469.1794, as amended (the “TIF Act”);
Whereas, in connection with making an election to authorize certain expenditures for
affordable housing pursuant to Section 469.1763, Subdivision 2(d) of the TIF Act, the City
desires to amend the TIF Plan for the TIF District to provide for administrative changes to the
budgets set forth therein (the “Amendments”);
Whereas, the Amendments do not increase the total estimated tax increment
expenditures, amount of bonded indebtedness, or capitalized interest, or make any other
changes that would require a new public hearing pursuant to Section 469.175, subd. 4 of the
TIF Act.
Now, therefore, be it resolved as follows:
1. Findings for the Adoption of the Amendments. The Council finds that the
Amendments are intended to carry out the objectives of the Redevelopment Plan for the
Project Area, to create an impetus for the construction of decent, safe and sanitary housing for
persons of low and moderate income by better utilizing blighted, polluted and underutilized
land and enhancing the tax base of the City, and to otherwise promote certain public purposes
and accomplish certain objectives as specified in the Redevelopment Plan , as modified, and in
the Amendments.
The Council hereby ratifies and confirms the findings made in connection with the
establishment of the TIF District.
2. Election to Authorize Certain Expenditures for Affordable Housing . In accordance
with Section 469.1763, Subdivision 2(d) of the TIF Act, the City and Authority may elect to
increase by up to 10% the permitted amount of expenditures for activities located outside the
geographic area of any tax increment financing district, provided that the expenditures (a) be
used exclusively to assist housing that meets the requirement for a qualified low-income
building, as that term is used in section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code; (b) not exceed the
qualified basis of the housing, as defined under section 42(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, less
the amount of any credit allowed under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code; and (c) be
used to: (i) acquire and prepare the site of the housing; (ii) acquire, construct, or rehabilitate
the housing; or (iii) make public improvements directly related to the housing. The Council
hereby elects to authorize utilizing up to 35% of the tax increment from the TIF District, less any
amount utilized for administrative expenses, for such housing expenditures as set forth in the
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Amendments. A summary of the modified intended uses for the TIF District is attached as
Exhibit A.
3. Approval of the Amendments. The Amendments are hereby approved in
substantially the form presented to the City and on file in the office of the Economic
Development Director. City staff, advisors and legal counsel are authorized and directed to
proceed with the implementation of the Amendments. City staff is hereby directed to file a
copy of this resolution and the Amendments with the Taxpayer Services Division of Hennepin
County, the Office of the State Auditor and the Commissioner of Revenue.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council October 5,
2020
Thomas K. Harmening, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
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Exhibit A
678020v1 MNI SA140-54
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