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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-020
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION
FOR THE LIVABLE COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS the City of Arden Hills is a participant in the Livable Communities Act's
Local Housing Incentives Account Program for 2026 as determined by the Metropolitan Council,
and is eligible to make an application and apply for funds under the Livable Communities program
guidelines; and
WHEREAS the City has identified a project within the City that meets the Livable
Communities program 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 and grant administration; and
WHEREAS the City certifies that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations
as stated in the contract grant agreements; and
WHEREAS the City finds that the project will not occur through private or other public
investment within the reasonably foreseeable future without Livable Communities grant funding;
and
WHEREAS the City represents that it has undertaken reasonable and good faith efforts to
procure funding for the activities for which Livable Communities funding is sought but was not
able to find or secure from other sources funding that is necessary for project completion and states
that this representation is based on the following reasons and supporting facts:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Arden
Hills authorizes the Community Development Director or their designee to submit an application
for an Arden Hills data-driven housing needs assessment and related evaluations in the amount of
$100,000 and, if the City is awarded a Livable Communities grant for this project,the City will be
the grantee and agrees to act as legal sponsor to administer and be responsible for grant funds
expended for the project contained in the grant application submitted on April 15, 2026.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
THIS 131h DAY OF APRIL,2026.
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David Grant, Mayor
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Julie r
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