HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2019-94 Grant Application for 7075-7079 Amundson Aveames B. Hovland, Mayor Sharon Allison, City Clerk
Adopted by the Edina City Co this 15th day of October, 2019.
ATTEST:
RESOLUTION NO. 2019-94
AUTHORIZING APPLICATIONS FOR THE TAX BASE REVITALIZATION ACCOUNT
AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE FUND FOR 7075-7079 AMUNDSON AVENUE
WHEREAS, the City of Edina is a participant in the Livable Communities Act's Local Housing Incentives Account
Program for 2019 as determined by the Metropolitan Council, and is therefore eligible to apply for funds under the Tax
Base Revitalization Account; and
WHEREAS, the City of Edina intends to work with MWF Properties, LLC to submit a Tax Base Revitalization
funding application through the Metropolitan Council and Environmental Response Fund grant application to Hennepin
County Environment and Energy Department for the proposed Amundson Flats development.
WHEREAS, the City has identified a contamination cleanup project within the City that meet the Tax Base
Revitalization Account's purposes and criteria and are consistent with and promote 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 and grant
administration; and
WHEREAS, the City certifies that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations as stated in the contract
grant agreements; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that the required contamination cleanup will not occur through private or other public
investment within the reasonably foreseeable future without Tax Base Revitalization Account grant funding; and
WHEREAS, the City represents that it has undertaken reasonable and good faith efforts to procure funding for
the activities for which Livable Communities Act Tax Base Revitalization Account funding is sought but was not able to find
or secure from other sources funding that is necessary for cleanup completion and states that this representation is based
on the following reasons and supporting facts:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, the City Council of Edina authorizes the City of Edina to submit an
application for Metropolitan Council Tax Base Revitalization Account grant funds and, if the City is awarded a Tax Base
Revitalization Account grant for this project, the City will be the grantee and agr e to act as legal sponsor to administer
and be responsible for grant funds expended for the project contained in the T x Base Revitalization grant application
submitted on November I, 2019
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street • Edina, Minnesota 55424
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS
CITY OF EDINA )
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby certify that the attached and foregoing Resolution
is a true and correct copy of the Resolution duly adopted by the Edina City Council at its Regular Meeting of October 15, 2019, and as
recorded in the Minutes of said Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this
day of , 20I 9.
City Clerk