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City Council Memorandum
To: Mayor Hicks & City Councilmembers
From: John Hinzman, Community Development Director
Date: October 15, 2018
Item: Resolution: Authorize Submittal of Met Council TBRA Environmental Cleanup
Grant (Block 1)
City Council Action Requested:
The City Council is asked to adopt the following resolution authorizing submittal of an
environmental cleanup grant to the Metropolitan Council under the Tax Based
Revitalization Account (TBRA). Funds would be used to assist with environmental
cleanup of the area commonly known as Block 1 located north of Artspace (Outlots A
and B RIVERFRONT ADDITION).
Background Information:
During the development of the Artspace Project in 2017 further environmental
remediation was necessary beyond the level of our 1997 environmental completion letter.
The City was awarded a $23,700 environmental investigation grant earlier this year and
has completed a Phase I and II Environmental Investigation and have developed a
Response Action Plan (RAP) for cleanup.
Financial Impact:
A local city match is not required.
Advisory Commission Discussion:
N\A
Council Commission Discussion:
N\A
Attachments:
Resolution
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HASTINGS CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO._________
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR THE TAX BASE
REVITALIZATION ACCOUNT
Council member ___________________________ introduced the following
Resolution and moved its adoption:
WHEREAS the City of Hastings is a participant in the Livable Communities
Act's Local Housing Incentives Account Program for 2018 as determined by the
Metropolitan Council, and is therefore eligible to make application apply for funds
under the Tax Base Revitalization Account; and
WHEREAS the City has identified a contamination investigative project within
the City 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 City has the institutional, managerial and financial capability to
ensure adequate project and grant administration; and
WHEREAS the City certifies that it will comply with all applicable laws and
regulations as stated in the contract grant agreements; and
WHEREAS the City finds that the required contamination investigation will not
occur through private or other public investment within the reasonably foreseeable
future without Tax Base Revitalization Account grant funding; and
WHEREAS the City 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:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, the City Council of Hastings
authorizes John Hinzman, Community Development Director to submit an application
for Metropolitan Council Tax Base Revitalization Account grant funds and, if the City
is awarded a Tax Base Revitalization Account grant for this project, the City 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 November 1, 2018.
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Council member ______________________ moved a second to this resolution and
upon being put to a vote it was unanimously adopted by all Council Members present.
Adopted by the Hastings City Council on October 15, 2018, by the following vote:
Ayes:
Nays:
Absent:
ATTEST: __________________________
Paul J. Hicks, Mayor
________________________________
Julie Flaten
City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is a true and correct copy of resolution presented to
and adopted by the City of Hastings, County of Dakota, Minnesota, on the 15th day of
October, 2018, as disclosed by the records of the City of Hastings on file and of record in
the office.
________________________________
Julie Flaten
City Clerk (SEAL)
This instrument drafted by:
City of Hastings (JH)
101 4th St. E.
Hastings, MN 55033
it’s September 27th meeting, the Planning co
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