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CITY OF SHOREWOOD
RESOLUTION NO. 99- 013
A RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE
LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER THE
METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
CALENDAR YEAR 1999
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (Minnesota Statutes
Section 473.25 to 473.254) establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Program
which is intended to address housing and other development issues facing the metropolitan
area defined by Minnesota Statutes section 473.121; and
WHEREAS, communities that participate in the Livable Communities Act Local
Housing Incentives Account Program are eligible for program funding and receive an
advantage in competing for many state and federal grant programs; and
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WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act requires the Metropolitan
Council to negotiate with each municipality to establish affordable and life-cycle housing
goals for that municipality that are consistent with and promote the policies of the
Metropolitan Council as provided in the adopted Metropolitan Development Guide.
WHEREAS, the City of Shorewood intends to complete a review of its
Comprehensive Plan, including its housing section during 1999; and
WHEREAS, the City of Shorewood has a history of cooperation with
neighboring municipalities, recently participating with fIfteen area cities to produce a
subregional housing study for Lake Minnetonka area cooperating cities; and
WHEREAS, a special Senior Housing Needs Task Force reported to the
Shorewood City Council in May of 1991 that there is a need in the South Lake
Minnetonka area for step-down housing, that is smaller than the typical single-family
dwelling. Said report recommended that the City needs to keep in mind the income of its
senior citizens and plan for housing which is within the means of its residents; and
WHEREAS, the City of Shorewood looks forward to working with the
Metropolitan Council in addressing major metropolitan issues which are barriers to
affordable housing in Shorewood, such as:
. high metropolitan sewage charges largely due to inflow of clear water into the
system due to permeable soils and Shorewood's proximity to Lake Minnetonka
resulting in Shorewood's sewer charges being two to three times greater than
many metropolitan cities ($260 per household per year),
. high metropolitan transit levy despite minimal transit service to Shore wood.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the following goals are set for
the City of Shorewood through the year 2000:
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. Review and revise the current Comprehensive Plan and complete its "housing"
section by June 30, 1999,
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. Continue to explore the concept of sub-regional planning and cooperative
efforts to address affordable housing needs in cooperation with other south
Lake Minnetonka cities,
. Pursue an estimated sixty units of affordable senior housing within Shorewood
as recommended in the senior Housing report of 1991, and
. Work with the Metropolitan Council in addressing barriers to affordable
housing in Shorewood which are direct responsibilities of the Metropolitan
Council, most specifically, high metropolitan sewage charges and the lack of
metropolitan transit service for those in need of the service to travel to even
neighboring communities.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Shorewood
hereby elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the Metropolitan
Livable Communities Act during the calendar year 1999.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the ~i~
day of February, 1999.
ES C. HURM, CITY ADMINISTRATOR