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<br /> ~ Metropolitan Council I <br /> Working for the Region. Planning for the Future .1 <br /> August 4, 1995 <br /> I <br /> Dennis Probst <br /> Mayor I <br /> City of Arden Hills <br /> 3395 Lake Johanna Blvd. <br /> Arden Hills, MN 55112- 7936 I <br /> Dear Mayor Probst: <br /> The Metropolitan Livable Communities Act of 1995 laid the basis for a new pmtnership between the I <br /> Metropolitan Council and the communities which make up our region. This partnership is aimed at cleaning <br /> up polluted lands, increasing the supply of affordable and lifecycle housing where new job growth is highest, I <br /> and providing incentives to test models of more compact, transit-oriented development and re-development. <br /> Achieving these regional goals depends much on how well all of us can communicate as we implement each I <br /> portion of the law. To ensure maximum conununication, we have three steps in mind: first, to hold regional <br /> briefings for local government officials and staff. Dates and times are listed below: <br /> August 16 - Shoreview City Hall, 7 p.m. I <br /> August 17 - Dakota County Western Service Center, Apple Valley, 7 p.m. <br /> August 22 - Metropolitan Council Chambers, St. Paul, 7 p.rn. .1 <br /> August 23 - Minnetonka City Hall, 7 p.m. <br /> September - Staff Forums (dates to be announced) <br /> Second, we are forming staff teams within the Council to meet with each conununity or clusters of I <br /> conununities to develop mutually agreeable housing goals. Through a separate process, we are designing an <br /> application and scoring system to distribute funds for polluted site clean-ups. <br /> Third, we will continue to work with representative organizations which have a strong interest in this law. I <br /> We have already consulted the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities (AMM) about housing goals <br /> guidelines. Many mayors and council members were active through the AMM in getting this legislation I <br /> enacted, and we are committed to continuing this cooperative relationship. We are also consulting with as <br /> many legislators as possible as we move through these implementation steps. <br /> Council responsibilities in this new pmtnership will be carried out principally by Craig Rapp, Director of the I <br /> Community Development Division, whom many of you know as a former city manager in this region, most <br /> recently at Brookl)'ll Park. I hope you will feel welcome to contact him, or Jim SolelIl, the Regional I <br /> Administrator, with any suggestion you have. <br /> Sincerely, I <br /> ~~ <br /> I <br /> . , <br /> Curt Johnson <br /> Chairman . <br /> I <br /> 2:J0 East Fifth Street St. PauL ~lnnesota 55101.1634 (B12l 291-6359 Pax 291-6550 TOO ITTY 29 l-0904 Metro Info Line 229-3780 I <br /> .-in E<?unl OppomtTlInl Em"la'_wr <br />