HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2023-31 Calling for a Public Hearing on an Ordinace Edina West HIA
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-31
CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING JUNE 6, 2023, ON AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH
THE EDINA WEST HOUSING IMPROVEMENT AREA
WHEREAS, the City of Edina, Minnesota (the “City”), is authorized under Minnesota Statutes, Sections
428A.11-428A.21 (the “Housing Improvement Act”), to establish, by ordinance, housing improvement areas
(“HIA”) within which housing improvements are made or constructed and the costs of those improvements
are financed in whole or in part by the City which is repaid by fees imposed, by resolution, upon the owners
of the housing units within the HIA; and
WHEREAS, the City has received an application (the “Application”) from Edina West Housing
Association (“the Association”) requesting HIA financing; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Housing Improvement Act, no action may be taken to establish a HIA or
impose fees unless owners of 50 percent or more of the housing units that would be subject to fees in the
proposed HIA file a petition requesting a public hearing on the proposed action with the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, on May 27, 2021, the City adopted a HIA Policy that requires that no action may be taken
to establish a HIA or impose fees unless owners of 70 percent or more of the housing units that would be
subject to fees in the proposed HIA file a petition requesting a public hearing on the proposed action with the
City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, the Association has submitted, and this Council has received a petition signed by at least
50 percent of the owners that would be subject to fees in the proposed housing improvement area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council for the City of Edina,
Minnesota (the “City”) as follows:
Section 1. Public Hearing. This Council shall meet on June 6, 2023, at approximately 7:00 P.M., to
hold a public hearing on the proposed (i) adoption of an ordinance to establish the Edina West Housing
Improvement Area (the “HIA”) and (ii) adoption of a resolution imposing fees on housing units within the HIA,
all pursuant to and in accordance with the Housing Improvement Act, to allow for financing for private
townhome and condominium housing improvements; and
Section 2. Notice of Public Hearing, Filing of Plans. City staff is authorized and directed to work
with Ehlers & Associates, Inc., and Dorsey & Whitney LLP. to prepare the Ordinance and a Resolution
establishing the fees and forward the Ordinance and Resolution to the Commissioner of Revenue. The City
Clerk is authorized and directed to:
(a) cause notice of the hearing, together with an appropriate map as required by law, to be published
at least once in the official newspaper of the City at least seven days prior to June 6, 2023, and
to place a copy of the Ordinance and Resolution on file in the City Manager’s office at City Hall
and to make such copy available for inspection by the public.
(b) cause notice of the hearing to be mailed (i) not less than ten days before June 6, 2023, to the
owner of each housing unit within the HIA and (ii) not less than seven days before June 6, 2023,
to any housing unit owner subject to a fee in the HIA.
Adopted this 2nd day of May, 2023.
ATTEST: _______________________________ _______________________________
Sharon Allison, City Clerk James B. Hovland, Mayor
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 May 2, 2023, and as
recorded in the Minutes of said Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this __________ day of ___________________, 2023.
City Clerk