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C ITY OF P LYMOUTH
R ESOLUTION N O. 2023-200
R ESOLUTION I DENTIFYING THE N EED FOR
L IVABLE C OMMUNITIES D EMONSTRATION A CCOUNT F UNDING
AND A UTHORIZING A PPLICATION FOR G RANT F UNDS
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth is a participant in the Livable Communities Act’s Local Housing
Incentives Account Program for 2023, as determined by the Metropolitan Council, and is therefore eligible to
apply for Livable Communities Demonstration Account funds; and
WHEREAS, the city has identified a proposed project within the city that meets the Demonstration
Account’s purposes and criteria and is consistent with and promotes the purposes of the Metropolitan Livable
Communities Act and the policies of the Metropolitan Council’s adopted metropolitan development guide; and
WHEREAS, the city has the institutional, managerial, and financial capability to ensure adequate project
administration; and
WHEREAS, the city certifies that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations as stated in the
grant agreement; and
WHEREAS, the city agrees to act as legal sponsor for the project contained in the grant application; and
WHEREAS, the city acknowledges Livable Communities Demonstration Account grants are intended to
fund projects or project components that can serve as models, examples or prototypes for development or
redevelopment projects elsewhere in the region, and therefore represents that the proposed project or key
components of the proposed project can be replicated in other metropolitan-area communities; and
WHEREAS, only a limited amount of grant funding is available through the Metropolitan Council’s
Livable Communities Demonstration Account during each funding cycle and the Metropolitan Council has
determined it is appropriate to allocate those scarce grant funds only to eligible projects that would not occur
without the availability of Demonstration Account grant funding; and
WHEREAS, after appropriate examination and due consideration, the governing body of the city:
1. Finds that it is in the best interests of the city’s development goals and priorities for the proposed
project to occur at this site and at this particular time.
2. Finds that the project components for which Livable Communities Demonstration Account funding is
sought:
a. Will not occur solely through private or other public investment within the reasonably
foreseeable future; and
b. Will occur within three years after a grant award only if Livable Communities Demonstration
Account funding is made available for this project at this time.
3. Represents that the city has undertaken reasonable and good faith efforts to procure funding for the
project components for which Livable Communities Demonstration Account funding is sought but
was not able to find or secure from other sources funding that is necessary for project component
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completion within three years and states that this representation is based on the following reasons
and supporting facts:
Project Name Amount Requested
Highway 55 Apartments - Plymouth $1,250,000.00
4. Authorizes its City Manager to submit the grant application on behalf of the city for Metropolitan
Council Livable Communities Demonstration Account grant funds for the project identified in the
application, and to execute such agreements as may be necessary to implement the project on
behalf of the city.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA that the Highway 55 Apartments – Plymouths grant application is approved.
APPROVED by the City Council on this 8th day of August, 2023.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, certifies that I
compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a meeting of the Plymouth City Council on August 8, 2023, with the
original thereof on file in my office, and the same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the city this ________day of
___________________, _________.
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City Clerk