HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-07-07 PACKET 04.N.REQUEST OF CITY COUNCIL ACTION COUNCIL AGENDA
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DATE 7/7/10
PREPARED BY Community Development Howard Blin
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT STAFF AUTHOR
COUNCIL ACTION REQUEST
Consider authorizing submittal of a Livable Communities grant application.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the resolution authorizing submittal of a Livable Communities grant application.
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® MEMO /LETTER: Memo from Howard Blin dated 7/1/10
® RESOLUTION: Draft
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ADMINISTRATORS COMMENTS
City Administrator Date
CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE
MINNESOTA
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
Ryan Schroeder, City Administrator
FROM: Howard Blin, Community Development Director Al2
DATE: July 1, 2010
RE: Application for Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Funding
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Authorization is requested to submit a grant application to the Metropolitan Council for funding
from the Livable Communities Grant Program. The application requests $100,000 in funding
for land use planning and design services for public facilities.
Discussion
The Livable Communities Demonstration Account program provides funding for development
and redevelopment projects throughout the Metropolitan Area. To be eligible, cities must
participate in the Livable Community program which requires local efforts toward meeting
goals for affordable housing. Cottage Grove has participated in the program since its inception
in 1996. The City has received funding from the program for the East Ravine Master Plan.
The program is providing funding of up to $100,000 for planning projects in metro area
communities. These grants require a 25 percent local match, which may be met with in -kind
services. It is proposed that the City submit an application to fund a share of the costs of
planning for public facilities including the Public Safety /City hall project and the potential
community center and Washington County Library projects. The maximum of $100,000 would
be sought which would supplement local funding for these projects.
That the City Council adopt the attached resolution authorizing submittal of a Livable
Communities grant application.
RESOLUTION NO. 2010 -XXX
CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES
DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT FUNDING AND
AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS
WHEREAS the City of Cottage Grove is a participant in the Livable Communities
Act Housing Incentives Program for 2010 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 being submitted on July 19, 2010; 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.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, after appropriate examination and
due consideration, the governing body of the City:
1. Finds that pre - development activities for which Livable Communities
Demonstration Account funding is sought is in the best interests of the City's
development goals and priorities.
2. Authorizes its Community Development Director to submit on behalf of the
City an application for Metropolitan Council Livable Communities
Demonstration Account grant funds for the project components identified in
the application, and to execute such agreements as may be necessary to
implement the project on behalf of the City.
Resolution No. 2010 -XXX
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Passed this 7th day of July, 2010.
Myron Bailey, Mayor
Attest:
Caron M. Stransky, City Clerk