HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2010-176CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION No. 2010-176
A RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION
ACCOUNT FUNDING AND AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth is a participant in the Livable
Communities Act's Housing Incentives Program for 2010 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 capacity 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 submitted on July 14, 2010; and
WHEREAS, the city acknowledges Livable Communities Demonstration Account
Pre -Development grants are intended to fiind activities that can prepare projects to apply for
the LCDA Development Grant category.
WHEREAS, only a limited amount of grant funding is available through the
Metropolitan Council's Livable Communities Demonstration Account during each fiinding
cycle and the Metropolitan Council has determined it is appropriate to allocate those scarce
funds only to eligible projects that would not occur without the availability of Demonstration
Account grant fiinding.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that, after appropriate
examination and due consideration, the governing body of the city;
1. Finds that it is in the best interest of the city's development goals and priorities for the
proposed activities to be performed for this particular Project Area site, as identified in the
application, and at this particular time.
2. Finds that the project component(s) for which Livable Communities Demonstration
Account fiinding is sought;
a. Will not occur solely through private or other public investment within the
reasonably foreseeable fiiture; and
b. Will not occur within two years after a grant award unless Livable Communities
Demonstration Account fiinding 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 activities for which Livable Communities Demonstration Account
funding is sought but was not able to find or secure from other sources fiinding that is
necessary for completion of the activities within two years and states that this representation
is based on the following reasons and supporting facts:
a. City of Plymouth General Fund — with the decrease values and revenues, the
city's priorities for the use of tax revenues needs to focus on the essential
services; police and fire, infrastructure provision and maintenance and protective
inspections.
b. Hennepin County — Hennepin County is providing some assistance to the project,
however, with limited funds they cannot provide funding to complete the project.
Some funding for this project is available from the Daylighting Creeks program.
TOD fiinding is not available for predevelopment planning purposes.
c. Watershed District — the Watershed district is providing some assistance to the
project, however, with limited funds they cannot provide fiinding to complete the
project.
4. Authorizes its community development director to submit on behalf of the city an
application for Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Demonstration Account Pre -
Development Grant fiends for the project activities identified in the application, and to
execute such agreements as may be necessary to implement the project on behalf of the city.
Adopted this 13t1' day of July, 2010.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Cleric of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota,
certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a meeting of the PIN -mouth City Council on July
13, 2010 v th 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
City Clerk
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