HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.D.1. Application for Livable Communities Demonstration Account Funds-Res. No. 6452
CONSENT
CITY OF SHAKOPEE s: O. I.
MEMORANDUM
CASELOG NO: 06070
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
Mark McNeill, City Administrator
FROM: R. Michael Leek, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Resolution Authorizing Submittal of Application for Livable
Communities Demonstration Account (LCDA) Funds for the
Proposed Park and Ride Site at Future CSAH 21 and CSAH 16
MEETING DATE: July 5, 2006
INTRODUCTION:
Recently, Council discussed the proposal for a park and ride site, Scott County HRA
project, and possible neighborhood commercial uses. As a follow-up to that discussion,
staff from the HRA and the City have been discussing the submittal of an application for
this year's LCDA funding cycle. The application would likely be for such things as trail
and walkway connections between the proposed uses. In order to make application,
Council must approve a resolution authorizing the submittal of the application
ACTION REQUESTED:
Offer and pass Resolution No. 6453, a resolution ofthe City of Shakopee identifying the
need for Livable Communities Demonstration Account Funding and Authorizing an
application for grant funds.
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R. Michael Leek
Community Development Director
CONSENT
RESOLUTION NO. 6453
CITY OF SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA
A RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR
LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT FUNDING AND
AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS
WHEREAS the City of Shako pee is aparticipant in the Livable Communities Act's
Housing Incentives Program for 2006 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 ofthe 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 to be submitted on July 17, 2006; 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 ofthe 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.
CONSENT
2. Finds that the project component(s) 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 not occur within two years after a grant award unless Livable Communities
Demonstration Account funding is made available for this project atthis time.
3. Represents that the City has undertaken reasonable and good faith efforts to procure
funding for the project component 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 within two years and
states that this representation is based on the following reasons and supporting facts:
4. Authorizes its Community Development Director to submit on behalf ofthe City an
application for Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Demonstration Account
grant funds for the project component(s) ofthe CSAH 16/future CSAH 21 park and
ride and Scott County HRA projects identified in the application, and to execute
such agreements as may be necessary to implement the project on behalf of the City.
Adopted in regular session of the City Council oftheCity of Shako pee, Minnesota,
held the _ day of ,2006.
Mayor of the City of Shakopee
Attest:
Judith S. Cox, City Clerk