95-122 CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DA TE: November 13, 1995
RESOLUTION NO: 95-122
MOTION BY: Senn
SECONDED BY: Mason
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO PARTIClPATE IN THE
LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER THE
METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (1995 Minnesota Laws
Chapter 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 and the
Local Housing Incentives 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 Minnesota Statutes section 473.254; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act requires the Metropolitan
Council to negotiate with each municipality to 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, by June 30, 1996, each municipality must identify to the
Metropolitan Council the actions the municipality plans to take to meet the establishing
housing goals; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan council must adopt, by resolution after a public
hearing, the negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for each municipality by
January 15, 1996; 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 1996, a metropolitan area municipality can
participate under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254 only if: (a) the municipality elects
to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program by November 15, 1995;
(b) the Metropofitan Council and the municipality successfully negotiate affordable and
life-cycle housing goals for the municipality; and (c) by January 15, 1996, the
Metropolitan Council adopts by resolution the negotiated affordable and life-cycle
housing goals for each 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 calendar year 1996 and urges the Metropolitan Council
to investigate its policies and practices which may have the unintended consequence of
inflating development costs.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 13th day of
November, 1995.
ATTEST:
Don Ashwortf ';'C~y-Cle'~ld~Manager
~donald J. ~miel, Mayor
YES
Chmiel
Dockendorf
Mason
Senn
Berquist
NO ABSENT
None None