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<br />COOPERATION AGREEMENT <br /> <br />Metropolitan Council Family Affordable Housing Program <br /> <br />THIS COOPERATION AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is entered into by and between the <br />Metropolitan Council (the "Metropolitan Council") and the City ofRoseville, State of Minnesota <br />(the "Municipality"). <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council is a public corporation and political subdivision of the <br />State of Minnesota and is authorized by Minnesota Statutes section 473.195 to exercise the <br />functions, rights, duties, privileges, immunities and limitations as are provided for housing and <br />redevelopment authorities created for municipalities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.195 the provisions of Minnesota <br />Statutes sections 469.001 to 469.047 and of all other laws relating to housing and redevelopment <br />authorities apply to the Metropolitan Council when the Metropolitan Council is functioning as an <br />authority; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in conjunction with the implementation of its Family Mfordable Housing Program <br />("F AHP"), the Metropolitan Council proposes to acquire within the corporate limits of the <br />Municipality on a scattered-site basis a limited number of residential properties ("F AHP Units") <br />and will focus its acquisition efforts on housing structures containing four units or less; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the governing body of the Municipality has given its prior approval regarding the <br />Metropolitan Council's proposed housing initiative ,pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section <br />473.195, subdivision 1. <br /> <br />WITNESSETH: <br /> <br />In consideration of the mutual covenants in this Agreement, the Municipality and the <br />Metropolitan Council agree as follows: <br /> <br />1. Whenever used in this Agreement: <br /> <br />(a) The term "FAHP Units" shall mean up to fifteen (15) residential housing units, as <br />defmed in Title 42 United States Code section 1437a(b)(I), developed or acquired by <br />the Metropolitan Council in connection with its Family Mfordable Housing Program <br />with fmancial assistance of the United States of America acting through the Secretary <br />of Housing and Urban Development (the "Government") and located on a scattered-site <br />basis within the corporate limits of the Municipality. <br /> <br />(b) The term "Taxing Body" or "Taxing Bodies" shall mean the State of Minnesota and <br />any and all political subdivisions or taxing units thereof in which F AHP Units are <br />situated and which would have authority to assess or levy real or personal property <br />taxes or to certify such taxes to a taxing body or public officer to be levied for its use <br />and benefit with respect to the F AHP Units if the units were not exempt from taxation. <br /> <br />( c) The term "Shelter Rent" shall mean the total rentals of a F AHP Unit charged to tenants <br />during the preceding calendar year, excluding any charges for utilities and special <br /> <br />Page 1 of4Pages <br />