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. The Metropolitan Council should recommend to the State of Minnesota that Star City . designation and state economic development assistance in the Metropolitan area should go to those cities which have integrated affordable housing elements of their economic development action plans. * The Metropolitan Council should assist the cities in working with the state and federal governments, public and private agencies, and academia and business in implementing neighborhood strategies to make city neighborhoods more attractive places to live and work. This should include pursuing new strategies for economic revitalization or removal of abandoned units, which makes the choice of remaining in neighborhoods attractive. * The Metropolitan Council should act as a facilitator in solving problems, eliminating barriers and implementing strategies rather than as an enforcer, setting targets and threatening retribution if targets are not met. * The Metropolitan Council should take a leadership role in identifying barriers to affordable housing and coordinate strategy planning and program implementation in an effort to eliminate or reduce barriers. >10 The Metropolitan Council should encourage public policy which allocates public resources fairly throughout the region -- all or a portion of tax dollars collected to provide a choice in affordable housing opportunities should be reserved for implementing sub-regional . affordable housing strategies. If these resources are not utilized on a sub-regional basis within a reasonable period of time, they would then revert to a regional pool. . The Metropolitan Council should develop incentives for cooperation between cities, counties, businesses and non-profit organizations. The Council should assist in identifying specific projects with achievable goals for collaboration in providing affordable housing, employment opportunities and transportation. >10 The Metropolitan Council should encourage leadership from the public and private sectors in identifying urban issues and searching for solutions. . The Metropolitan Council should offer a positive approach of "opting in" to a program to create affordable housing throughout the region on a sub-regional or "cluster" basis. The Metropolitan Council should offer staff assistance and technical support in this effort. A portion of any tax dollars collected in each sub-region should be reserved for plan implementation within that sub-region. If projects do not become a reality within a reasonable time frame those funds would "roll over" to the regional pool for redistribution. . [IIi] Urban Strategies Task Force Report 15 ~ ~~