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<br />Commissioner <br /> <br />introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION # HRA-07-08-XXX <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING AN EXPENDITURE TO HABITAT PARTNERSHIP <br />FOR NORTHWEST ANOKA COUNTY (HPAC) AND TWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR <br />HUMANITY FOR THE 2007 TOWNHOUSE PROJECT <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the 2001 City of Ramsey Comprehensive Plan identifies goals and policies <br />which include, but are not limited to the following: providing a balanced supply of housing for <br />people of all income levels, ethnicity and physical abilities; to eliminate barriers to construction <br />of affordable housing units; to add and preserve the existing supply of affordable housing; to <br />provide mechanisms to prevent and remove blight in residential, industrial and commercial <br />neighborhoods; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on March 8, 2005, the City Council of the City of Ramsey adopted <br />Resolution #05-03-072 establishing the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, with all the <br />powers given to a housing and redevelopment authority pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter <br />469; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the formation of a Housing and Redevelopment Authority in the City of <br />Ramsey, Minnesota, will serve as a tool to implement the goals of the Comprehensive Plan; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Twin Cities Habitat For Humanity is constructing three (3) 8-unit <br />townhome buildings in Town Center Gardens Third Addition in 2007,2008 and 2009; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, local area residents have formed the Habitat Partnership For Northwest <br />Anoka County (HP AC) to involve the local residents and business owners in the effort to provide <br />affordable housing in the City of Ramsey and surrounding communities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, HP AC has committed to sponsor 4 one-week work camps by raising the <br />required funds of $6,000 per work camp week and related volunteer labor; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 469, the Housing and Redevelopment <br />Authority has established a property tax levy in the years 2006 and 2007 as a funding source for <br />qualifying activities; and <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF <br />COMMISSIONERS OF THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, IN <br />AND FOR THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as <br />follows: <br /> <br />1. That it has been determined that the Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity and HP AC <br />townhome project in Ramsey is a qualifying activity; and <br /> <br />1 1 <br />