10-10391rCITY OF RICHFIELD
HENNEPIN COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 10391
RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN
THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM
UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
CALENDAR YEARS 2011 THROUGH 2020
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statutes sections
473.25 to 473.255) establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund which is
intended to address housing and other development issues facing the metropolitan area
defined by Minnesota Statutes section 473.121; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund, comprising the Tax Base
Revitalization Account, the Livable Communities Demonstration Account, the Local
Housing Incentive Account and the Inclusionary Housing Account, is intended to provide
certain funding and other assistance to metropolitan-area municipalities; and
WHEREAS, ametropolitan-area municipality is not eligible to receive grants or loans
under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund or eligible to receive certain polluted
sites cleanup funding from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic
Development unless the municipality is participating in the Local Housing Incentives
Account Program under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act requires the Metropolitan Council to
negotiate with each municipality to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that
municipality that are consistent with and promote the policies of the Metropolitan Council
as provided in the adopted Metropolitan Development Guide; and
WHEREAS, previously negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for municipalities
participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program expire in 2010; and
WHEREAS, ametropolitan-area municipality can participate in the Local Housing
Incentives Account Program under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254 if: (a) the
municipality elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program; (b) the
Metropolitan Council and the municipality successfully negotiate new affordable and life-
cycle housing goals for the municipality; (c) the Metropolitan Council adopts by resolution
the new negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for the municipality; and (d) the
municipality establishes it has spent or will spend or distribute to the Local Housing
Incentives Account the required Affordable and Life-Cycle Housing Opportunities Amount
(ALHOA) for each year the municipality participates in the Local Housing Incentives
Account Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Richfield:
Elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the
Metropolitan Livable Communities Act for calendar years 2011 through 2020.
2. Establishes the following affordable and life-cycle housing goals for calendar years
2011 through 2020:
Affordable Housin Goals Ran a Life-C cle Housin Goals Ran e
497 to 765 new units 765 to 1, 500 new u n its
3. Will prepare and submit to the Metropolitan Council a plan identifying the actions it
plans to take to meet its established housing goals.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 9th day of August,
2010.
Debbie Goettel, Mayor
AT EST:
Nancy Gib s City Clerk
(Seal)