2001-70.DOC CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: October 22, 2001
RESOLUTION NO: 2001-70
MOTION BY: Boyle
SECONDED BY: A¥otte
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION IN
THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM
UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
CALENDAR YEAR 2002
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statues Section
473.25 to 473.254) 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 Trade and Economic Development unless the
municipality is participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program under the
Minnesota Statues section 473.254; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act requires the Metropolitan
Council to negotiate with each municipality to establish affordable and life-cycling 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, each municipality must identify to the Metropolitan Council the actions the
municipality plans to take to meet the established housing goals through preparation of the
Housing Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council adopted, by resolution after a public hearing,
negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for each participating municipality; and
WHEREAS, a metropolitan area municipality which elects to participate in the Local
Housing Incentives Account Program must do so by November 15 of each year; and
WHEREAS, for calendar year 2001, a metropolitan area municipality that participated in
the Local Housing Incentive Account Program during the calendar year 2000, can continue to
participate under Minnesota Statues section 473.254 if: (a) the municipality elects to participate
in the Local Housing Incentives Program by November 15, 2000; and (b) the Metropolitan
Council and the municipality have successfully negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals
for the municipality.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Chanhassen hereby elects to
participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the Metropolitan Livable Communities
Act during the calendar year 2002.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 22nd day of October, 2001.
ATTEST:
Todd Gerhardt, City Clerk/Manager
YES
Jansen
Labatt
Ayotte
Boyle
NO
None
Linda C. Jansen, Mayor
ABSENT
Peterson