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<br />MEMO <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />December 4, 2001 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and Council <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Kim Moore-Sykes, City Administrator z);/fl-; <br />, VI ..-/ <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />Election to Participate in the 2002 Livable Communities Act/Local <br />Housing Incentives Program <br /> <br />............................................................................ <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Livable Communities ActILocal Housing Incentives Program is a state program that <br />Serves to encourage and assist cities in attaining affordable housing for their community. <br />Often this support comes in the form of granting opportunities for qualifYing projects and <br />only communities continuously enrolled in the program are eligible for any grant <br />dollars. Each member city needs to renew its commitment on an annual basis. <br /> <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />The City received a memorandum in October as a reminder of the need to renew before <br />November 15, 2001 for 2002. Because the City did not have an administrator in place, <br />this reminder was put in a stack of mail and inadvertently forgotten. I called Guy <br />Peterson, the City's Metropolitan Council Representative, and he informed me that the <br />City could still get its continuing resolution in if it were approved before the end of the <br />year. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends approval ofthe resolution electing to continue participation in the <br />Local Housing Incentives Account Program/Livable Communities Act. <br />