97-106
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CITY OF SHOREWOOD
RESOLUTION NO. 97 - 106
A RESOLUTION ELECTING TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN THE LOCAL HOUSING
INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER THE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE
COMMUNITIES ACT
CALENDAR YEAR 1998
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
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; and -
WHEREAS, Resolution 95-107 established goals for the City of Shorewood for a two-year period
through 1997.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the following goals are set for the City of
Shorewood through the year 1999:
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. Review and revise the current Comprehensive Plan and complete its "housing" section,
. Explore the concept of sub-regional planning and cooperative efforts to address affordable housing
needs in cooperation with other south Lake Minnetonka cities,
. Pursue efforts to maintain the current mix of housing, 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 with. no options for providing said services.
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 1998.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Shorewood this 24th day of November, 1997.
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