2020-032 Resolution Supporting a Community Housing Development Corporation Application for Minnesota Brownfields Gap Financing Program Grant CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2020-032
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION APPLICATION FOR MINNESOTA BROWNFIELDS GAP FINANCING
PROGRAM GRANT
WHEREAS, Community Housing Development Corporation owns a 1.07 acre parcel at the
southwest corner of Mainstreet and 6`�' Avenue South that is adjacent to Hopkins Village Apartments
and is refen-ed to as the HV II Parking Lot; and
WHEREAS, Community Housing Development Corporation is conducting due diligence for a
potential affordable housing development on the HV II Parking Lot; and
WHEREAS, Community Housing Development Corporation had a Phase I Envrronmental Site
Assessment prepared, which recommended that a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment be
performed to assess how the environmental condition of the property will affect proposed
development: and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Brownfields offers a Brownfield Gap Financing Program, which is funded
with an Environmental Response Fund grant from Hennepin County Department of Environmental
Services, that provides grants to nonprofits and government entities for environmental assessment of
property in Hennepin County: and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Brownfields requires a City Council resolution in support of a project's
application for funding through the Brownfield Gap Financing Program.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council supports a Community Housing
Development Corporation application to the Minnesota Brownfields' Brownfield Gap Financing
program for a grant to conduct a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment of the H� II Parking Lot.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hopkins this 2nd day of June, 2020.
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ason Gadd, Mayor
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A y Do eier, City Clerk