98-95 CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE:
October 2C 1998
RESOLUTION NO:
98-95
MOTION BY:
Berquist SECONDED BY: Mason
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION IN
THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM
UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
CALENDAR YEAR 1998
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 and the Local Housing
Incentive 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 of
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 198, a metropolitan area municipality that participated in
the Local, Housing Incentives Account Program during the calendar year 1997, can continue to
participate under Minnesota Statues section 473.254 if: (a) the municipality elects to participate
in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program by November 15, 1997; 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 1998.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 26th day of October, 1998.
ATTEST:
Don Ashworth, City Clerk/Manager
YES
Mancino
Engel
Senn
Mason
Berquist
NO
None
Nancy K. Mancino, Mayor
ABSENT
None