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STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
RESOLUTION #98-67
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATION IN
THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM
UNDER THE METROPOLlTA.N LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
CALENDAR YEAR 1999
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statutes 473.25 to
473.254) establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund which is intended to address
housing and other development issues facing the metropolitan area as defined by Minnesota
Statutes 473.121; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund, comprising the Tax Basc
Revitalization Account, the Livable Communities Demonstration Account, and the Local
Housing Incentives Account, is intended to provide certain funding and other assistance to
metropolitan area municipalities; and
WHEREAS, a metropolitan area is not eligible to receive grants or loans under the Metropolitan
Livable Communities Fund or eligible to receive certain polluted site cleanup funding from the
Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development unless the municipality is
participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program under the Minnesota Statutes
section 473.254; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act requires the Metropolitan Council to
negotiate with each mlmicipality to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that
municipality that are consistent with and promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as
provided in the adopted Metropolitan Development Guide; and
WHEREAS, a metropolitan area municipality which elects to participate in the Local Housing
Incentives Account Program must do so by November 15 of each year; and
WHEREAS, each municipality must identify to the Metropolitan Council the actions the
municipality plans to take to meet the established housing goals through preparation of the
Housing Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council adopted, by resolution after a public hearing, negotiated
affordable and life-cycle housing goals for each participating municipality; and
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WHEREAS, those negotiated affordable and life cycle housing goals are as follows:
Housing Component Goal
Affordability - Ownership 65 percent
Affordability - Rental 35 percent
Life-Cycle - Type (non-single family detached) 27 to 36 percent
Life-Cycle - Owner/Renter mix 75 to 83/17 to 25 percent
Density - Single family detached 1.8 to 2.3 units/acre
Density - Multifamily 9 to 12 units/acre
WHEREAS, for calendar year 1999, a metropolitan area municipality that participated in the
Local Incentive Account Program during the calendar year 1998, can continue to participate
under Minnesota Statutes 473.254 if: (a) the municipality elects to participate in the Local
Housing Incentives Account Program by November 15, 1998; and (b) the Metropolitan Council
and the municipality have successfLll1y negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for the
municipality; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Arden Hills,
Minnesota, that the City elects to continue to participate in the Local Housing Incentives
Program under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act during the calendar year of 1999.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNC OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
THIS 9TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1998.
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ATTEST:
, CITY ADMINISTRATOR