HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2008-125 Authorizing Application for Livable Communities Act Tax Base Revitalization Account for Gateway Redevelopment Area to Met Council RESOLUTION NO. 2008-125
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City of Edina
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Edina, Minnesota, as follows:
WHEREAS the City of Edina is a participant in the Livable Communities Act's Local Housing Incentives
Account Program for 2008 as determined by the Metropolitan Council, and is therefore eligible to make
application apply for funds under the Tax Base Revitalization Account; and
WHEREAS the City has identified a contamination clean-up project within the City that meets the Tax
Base Revitalization Account's purposes and criteria; 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
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, if the City is awarded a Tax Base Revitalization Account grant for
this project, the City Council of Edina, Minnesota acknowledges it will b the grantee and agrees to act as
legal sponsor administer and be responsible for grant funds expended f r the project contained in the Tax
Base Revitalization grant application submitted on December 3, 2 8
Adopted by th Edina City Council this 2"d day of December, 2
Attest: ( L
Debra A. Mangen, di(yCleji Jam 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
City Council Minutes is a true and correct copy of the Resolution duly adopted by the Edina City Council at its regular
meeting of December 2, 2008, and as recorded in the Minutes of said regular meeting.
WITNESS, my hand and seal of said City this day of 12008.
• Debra A. Mangen, City Clerk
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