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Attachment B2 - Sample Resolution for County/EDA/HRA/Port Authority Applicants RESOLUTION NO. COUNTY/EDA/PORT AUTHORITY OF , MINNESOTA AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR THE TAX BASE REVITALIZATION ACCOUNT WHEREAS the County/EDA/HRA/Port Authority of is eligible to apply for Livable Communities Tax Base Revitalization Account funds on behalf of cities participating in the Livable Communities Act's Housing Incentives Program for 2013 as determined by the Metropolitan Council; and WHEREAS the County/EDA/HRA/Port Authority has identified a contamination investigation project within the City of that meet the Tax Base Revitalization Account's 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 County/EDA/HRA/Port Authority has the institutional, managerial and financial capability to ensure adequate project administration; and WHEREAS the County/EDA/HRA/Port Authority certifies that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations as stated in the grant agreement; and WHEREAS the County/EDA/HRA/Port Authority 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 County/EDA/HRA/Port Authority 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 states that this representation is based on the following reasons and supporting facts: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the County/EDA/HRA/Port Authority of authorizes its' Executive Director to submit an application for Metropolitan Council Tax Base Revitalization Account grant funds and, if the County/EDA/HRA/Port Authority is awarded a Tax Base Revitalization Account grant for this project, the County/EDA/HRA/Port Authority will be the grantee and agrees to act as legal sponsor to administer and be responsible for grant funds expended for the project contained in the Tax Base Revitalization grant application submitted on May 1, 2013 on behalf of the City of , where the project is located. Adopted this day of , 2013. Executive Director Attachment B2