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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 20,2011 Page 25 Johnson moved, Pust seconded, adoption of Resolution No. 10910 (Attachment B) entitled, "Resolution Authorizing Execution of a Development Agreement (At- tachment A);" thereby approving the development agreement between the City of Roseville and Sienna Green II Limited Partnership dedicating tax increment from TIF District No. 18. Councilmember McGehee spoke in opposition, opining that she didn't believe that Phase II should be built on this site, as there was not enough green space on the site; and further opined that there was not a need for more affordable housing in Roseville at this time, and if built, there were more appropriate sites for it that would provide additional green space. Councilmember McGehee further opined that she was opposed to the use of TIF in this situation when there was an existing good environment available for funding apartments and rental units; and TIF was not necessary, and only served to take $938,000 from Roseville citizens and the School District when it could be applied elsewhere for a more appropriate need. . Roll Call Ayes: Johnson; Pust; Willmus; and Roe. Nays: McGehee. Motion Carried. c. Consider Accepting a Livable Housing Incentives Account Grant for Sienna Green II and Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with AEON Mr. Trudgeon briefly summarized the requested action, as detailed in the RCA dated June 20, 2011; noting that this was simply a pass-through grant processed by the City to AEON as costs were incurred and invoices submitted to the City and directed to the Metropolitan Council, the City reimbursed and then reimburs- ing AEON, and specifically for funding of Phase II of the Sienna Green project. Johnson moved, Pust seconded, approval of the grant contract (Attachment A) between the City of Roseville and the Metropolitan Council for grant funds in the amount of$300,000 from the Livable Housing Incentives Account (LHIA); and approval of a Memorandum of Understanding (Attachment B) between the City of Roseville, MN and Snelling Avenue, LLC (AEON) that identifies the responsi- bilities and expectations of the City and AEON pertaining to the sue of the LHIA grant. Councilmember McGehee spoke in support of this pass-through. Mayor Roe opined that, in accordance with the City's TIF Policy, use of TIF for affordable housing was appropriate; and personally questioned if this project tak- en place without TIF funding the financing gap. Mayor Roe further opined that he wasn't convinced that this was taking any money from the School District or Ramsey County, and since neither had informed the City of any objections when