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-242- <br /> <br />Grant No. SG-02-165 <br /> <br />METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT <br />LIVABLE COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION ACCOUNT <br /> <br />GRANT AGREEMENT <br /> <br />THIS GRANT AGREEMENT is made and entered into by the MetroPolitan Council' ("Council") <br />and the City of Ramsey ("Grantee"). <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes section 473.251 creates the Metropolitan Livable Communities <br />Fund, the uses of which fund must be consistent with and promote the purposes of the Metropolitan <br />Livable Communities Act and the policies of the Metropolitan Development Guide adopted by the <br />Council; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes sections.473.251 and 473.253 establi~h wi.thin the Metropolitan <br />Livable Communities Fund a Livable Communities DemOnstration Account and require the Council <br />to use the funds in the account to make grants or loans to municipalities participating in the Local <br />Housing Incentives Program under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254 or to metropolitan-area <br />counties or development authorities to fund the initiatives specified in Minnesota Statutes section <br />473.25, paragraph (b), in participating municipalities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Council makes Livable Communities Demonstration Account funds available to <br />help fund local initiatives to develop project-specific and site-specific plans consistent with the <br />principles and policies of the Council's Blueprint; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Grantee is a "municipality" participating in the Local Housing Lncentives Account <br />program under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254, a metropolitan-area county or a "development <br />authority," as defined in Minnesota Statutes .section 473.253, subdivision 2, and submitted an <br />application for Livable Communities Demonstration Account funds in response to the Council's <br />request for applications; and ' <br /> <br />WItEREAS, at its November 13, 2002 regular meeting, the Council awarded Livable Communities <br />Demonstration Account grant funds to certain projects, including the project described in the' <br />Grantee's application for Livable Communities Demonstration Account funds. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained in this <br />agreement, the Grantee and the Council agree, as follows: <br /> <br /> I. DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />1.01 Definition of Terms. For the purposes of this agreement, the terms defined in this paragraph . <br />have the meanings given them in this paragraph unless otherwise provided or indicated by the. <br />context. <br /> <br />(a) "Metropolitan Area" meahs the seven<ounty metropolitan area as defined by Minnesota <br /> Statutes section 473.121, subdivision 2. <br /> <br />(b) <br /> <br />"Municipality" means a statutory or home rule charter city or. town participating in the Local <br />Housing Incentives Account Program under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254, or a county <br />in the Metropolitan Area. <br /> <br />Page i of 6 Pages <br /> <br /> I <br /> <br /> I <br />I <br />I, <br />! <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />