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To view the final document, access adopted Resolutions via Arden Hills Public Laserfiche Weblink by visiting <br />cityofardenhills.org and clicking on Archived Documents under Helpful Links on our main webpage. <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2020-047 <br />RESOLUTION ELECTING TO PARTICIPATE IN <br />THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM <br />UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT <br />CALENDAR YEARS 2021 THROUGH 2030 <br />WHEREAS,the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statutes sections <br />473.25 to 473.255) establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund which is intended to <br />address housing and other development issues facing the metropolitan area defined by Minnesota <br />Statutes section 473.121; and <br />WHEREAS,the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund, comprising the Tax Base <br />Revitalization Account, the Livable Communities Demonstration Account, the Local Housing <br />Incentive Account and the Inclusionary Housing Account, is intended to provide certain funding <br />and other assistance to metropolitan-area municipalities; and <br />WHEREAS,a metropolitan-area municipality is not eligible to receive grants or loans <br />under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund or eligible to receive certain polluted sites <br />cleanup funding from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development <br />unless the municipality is participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program under <br />Minnesota Statutes section 473.254; and <br />WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act requires that each municipality <br />establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that municipality that are consistent with and <br />promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as provided in the adopted Metropolitan <br />Development Guide; and <br />WHEREAS, a metropolitan-area municipality can participate in the Local Housing <br />Incentives Account Program under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254 if: (a) the municipality <br />elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program; (b) the Metropolitan Council and <br />the municipality successfully negotiate new affordable and life-cycle housing goals for the <br />municipality; (c) the Metropolitan Council adopts by resolution the new negotiated affordable and <br />life-cycle housing goals for the municipality; and (d) the municipality establishes it has spent or <br />will spend or distribute to the Local Housing Incentives Account the required Affordable and Life- <br /> Attachment A