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<br /> <br />tervi{{e <br /> <br />'Estabfishet{ 1857 <br /> <br />1880 9dainStre.t, CentervilU, 9d2V 55038 <br />651-429-3232 or 'FlLt 651-429-8629 <br /> <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />COUNTY OF ANOKA <br />CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br /> <br />Res. #08-0_ <br /> <br />RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR <br />LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT FUNDING AND <br />AUTHORIZING APPLICATIONS FOR GRANT FUNDS <br /> <br />WHEREAS the City of Centerville is a participant in the Livable Communities Act's Housing <br />Incentives Program for 2008 as determined by the Metropolitan Council, and is therefore eligible <br />to apply for Livable Communities Demonstration Account funds; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS the City has identified proposed projects within the City that meet the <br />Demonstration Account's purposes and criteria and are consistent with and promote the purposes <br />of the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act and the policies of the Metropolitan Council's <br />adopted metropolitan development guide; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS the City has the institutional, managerial and financial capability to ensure adequate <br />project administration; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS the City certifies that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations as <br />stated in the grant agreement; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS the City agrees to act as legal sponsor for the projects contained in the grant <br />applications submitted on July 18, 2008; <br /> <br />WHEREAS the City acknowledges Livable Communities Demonstration Account grants are <br />intended to fund projects or project components that can serve as models, examples or prototypes <br />for development or redevelopment projects elsewhere in the region, and therefore represents that <br />the proposed projects or key components of the proposed projects can be replicated in other <br />metropolitan-area communities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS only a limited amount of grant funding is available through the Metropolitan <br />Council's Livable Communities Demonstration Account during each funding cycle and the <br />Metropolitan Council has determined it is appropriate to allocate those scarce grant funds only to <br />eligible projects that would not occur without the availability of Demonstration Account grant <br />funding; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS cities may submit grant applications for up to five projects during each funding <br />cycle but, using the cities' own internal ranking processes, must rank their projects by priority so <br />the Metropolitan Council may consider those priority rankings as it reviews applications and <br />makes grant awards. <br /> <br />Jj1J <br />