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Councilmember introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #12-02- RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT FUNDING AND AUTHORIZING APPLICATIONS FOR GRANT FUNDS. WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey is a participant in the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act ("LCA") Local Housing Incentives Program for 2012 as determined by the Metropolitan Council, and therefore is eligible to apply for LCA Livable Communities Demonstration Account and Tax Base Revitalization Account Transit Oriented Development (collectively, "TOD") funds; and WHEREAS, the City has identified proposed projects within the City that meet TOD purposes and criteria and are consistent with and promote the purposes of the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act and the policies of the Metropolitan Council's adopted metropolitan development guide; and WHEREAS, the City has the institutional, managerial, and financial capability to adequately manage an LCA TOD grant; and WHEREAS, the City certifies that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations as stated in the grant agreement; and WHEREAS, the City acknowledges Livable Communities TOD grants are intended to fund projects or project components that can serve as models, examples, or prototypes for TOD development or redevelopment elsewhere in the region, and therefore represents that the proposed projects or key components of the proposed projects can be replicated in other metropolitan -area communities; and WHEREAS, only a limited amount of grant funding is available through the Metropolitan Council's Livable Communities TOD initiative during each funding cycle and the Metropolitan Council has determined it is appropriate to allocate those scarce grant funds only to eligible projects that would not occur without the availability of TOD grant funding; and WHEREAS, cities may submit grant applications for up to three TOD Demonstration Account projects and up to six TOD Tax Base Revitalization Account during each funding cycle, but, using the city's own internal ranking process, must rant their projects by priority to the Metropolitan Council may consider those priority rankings as it reviews applications and makes grant awards. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: