2025-08-12 Resolution 12331City of Richfield August 12, 2025
County of Hennepin
State of Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 12331
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Motion by: Coleman-Woods
Seconded by: Christensen
RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION
ACCOUNT FUNDING AND AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FOR
SMALL BUSINESS CENTER/CO-WORKING SPACE AT 6440 NICOLLET AVE SOUTH
WHEREAS, the City of Richfield is a participant in the Livable Communities Act’s Local
Housing Incentives Account Program for 2025 as determined by the Metropolitan Council, and
is therefore eligible to apply for Livable Communities Demonstration Account funds; and
WHEREAS, the City has identified a proposed project within the City that meets the
Demonstration Account’s purposes and criteria and is consistent with and promotes 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 grant agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City agrees to act as legal sponsor for the project contained in the grant
application submitted on August 11, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City acknowledges Livable Communities Demonstration Account grants
are intended to fund projects or project components that can serve as models, examples or
prototypes for development or redevelopment projects elsewhere in the region, and therefore
represents that the proposed project or key components of the proposed project can be
replicated in other metropolitan-area communities; and
WHEREAS, only a limited amount of grant funding is available through the Metropolitan
Council’s Livable Communities Demonstration Account during each funding cycle and the
Metropolitan Council has determined it is appropriate to allocate those scarce grant funds only
to eligible projects that would not occur without the availability of Demonstration Account grant
funding.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, after appropriate examination and due
consideration, the governing body of the City:
1. Finds that it is in the best interests of the City’s development goals and priorities for the
proposed project to occur at this particular site and at this particular time.
2. Finds that the project components for which Livable Communities Demonstration
Account funding is sought:
a. will not occur solely through private or other public investment within the
reasonably foreseeable future; and
b. will occur within three years after a grant award only if Livable Communities
Demonstration Account funding is made available for this project at this time.
City of Richfield August 12, 2025
County of Hennepin
State of Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 12331
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3.Represents that the City has undertaken reasonable and good faith efforts to procure
funding for the project components for which Livable Communities Demonstration
Account funding is sought but was not able to find or secure from other sources funding
that is necessary for project component completion.
Project Name Amount Requested
Small Business Center/Coworking Space $300,000
4.Authorizes its City Manager or designee to submit on behalf of the City an application for
Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Demonstration Account grant funds for the
project component(s) identified in the application, and to execute such agreements as
may be necessary to implement the project on behalf of the City.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 12th day of August, 2025.
VOTING AYE VOTING NAY
Supple, Mary Supple, Mary
Burk, Walter Burk, Walter
Christensen, Sharon Christensen, Sharon
Coleman-Woods, Rori Coleman-Woods, Rori
Hayford Oleary, Sean Hayford Oleary, Sean
Mary B. Supple, Mayor
ATTEST:
Michelle Friedrich, City Clerk