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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota,was duly called and held at the City Hall on Monday, the 28th day of October 2013, at 6:00 p.m. The following members were present: Willmus, Laliberte, Etten, McGehee and Roe; and the following were absent: none. Councilmember McGehee introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 11102 AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR THE TAX BASE REVITALIZATION ACCOUNT WHEREAS the City of Roseville is a participant in the Livable Communities Act's Housing Incentives Program for 2013 as determined by the Metropolitan Council, and is therefore eligible to make application for funds under the Tax Base Revitalization Account; and WHEREAS the City has identified a clean-up project within the City that meets the Tax Base Revitalization account's purposes and criteria and are consistent with and promote 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 administration; and WHEREAS the City certifies that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations as stated in the contract agreements; and WHEREAS the City finds that the required contamination cleanup would not occur through private or other public investment within the reasonably foreseeable future with Tax Base Revitalization Account 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 Act Tax Base Revitalization Account funding is sought but was not able to find or secure from other sources funding that is necessary for cleanup completion and states that that this representation is based on the following reasons and supporting facts: • There is no requirement for clean-up given its current use as a trucking facility. • A characterization of the environmental conditions is necessary for redevelopment to occur on the site and the lack of knowledge of the environmental conditions is a barrier to redevelopment.