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RESOLUTION NO. 07-088 CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR ABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT FUNDING AND AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS :REAS the City of New Brighton is a participant in the Livable Communities Act's ing Incentives Program for 2007 as determined by the Metropolitan Council, and is fore eligible to apply for Livable Communities Demonstration Account funds; and REAS the City has identified a proposed project within the City that meets the rnstration Account's purposes and criteria and is consistent with and promotes the ses of the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act and the policies of the politan Council's adopted metropolitan development guide; and AS the City has the institutional, managerial and financial capability to ensure project administration; and ,AS the City certifies that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in the grant agreement; and S the City agrees to act as legal sponsor for the project contained in the grant submitted on July 18, 2007; and IEREAS the City acknowledges Livable Communities Demonstration Account grants intended to fund projects or project components that can serve as models, examples or totypes for development or redevelopment projects elsewhere in the region, and -efore represents that the proposed project or key components of the proposed project be replicated in other metropolitan-area communities; and EREAS only a limited amount of grant funding is available through the Metropolitan icil's Livable Communities Demonstration Account during each funding cycle and the opolitan Council has determined it is appropriate to allocate those scarce grant funds to eligible projects that would not occur without the availability of Demonstration runt grant funding. W THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, after appropriate examination and due sideration, the governing body of the City: Finds that it is in the best interests of the City's development goals and priorities for the proposed project to occur at this particular site and at this particular time.