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,.Ott <br /> ,,-A EN HILLS <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 2010-040 <br /> RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN <br /> THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM <br /> UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT <br /> CALENDAR YEARS 2011 THROUGH 2O20 <br /> WHEREAS,the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act(Minnesota Statutes sections 473.25 to <br /> 473.255) establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund which is intended to address <br /> 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 under the <br /> Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund or eligible to receive certain polluted sites cleanup <br /> funding from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development unless the <br /> municipality is participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program under Minnesota <br /> Statutes section 473.254; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act requires the Metropolitan Council to <br /> negotiate with each municipality to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that <br /> municipality that are consistent with and promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as <br /> provided in the adopted Metropolitan Development Guide; and <br /> WHEREAS,previously negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for municipalities <br /> participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program expire in 2010; and <br /> WHEREAS, a metropolitan-area municipality can participate in the Local Housing Incentives <br /> Account Program under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254 if: (a) the municipality elects to <br /> participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program; (b)the Metropolitan Council and the <br /> 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 <br /> and life-cycle housing goals for the municipality; and (d) the municipality establishes it has spent <br />