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. . I. CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM . - DATE: December 11, 1995 I TO: Mayor and City Council Kevin Ringwald, Community Development Director V FROM: I SUBJECT: Metropolitan Livable Communities Act 1996 I Request The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution #95-86 (Exhibit A) establishing goals related I to the implementation of the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act for the calendar year of 1996. . Discussion The Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (the Act) was adopted by the State of Minnesota in 1995. The Act is intended to address housing and other development issues facing the Twin I Cities metropolitan area. The Act requires the Metropolitan Council to negotiate affordable and life-cycle housing goals for each participating community. If a municipality complies with the II Act, then they are eligible to receive certain grants and loans from various State agencies. The Metropolitan Council previously provided the City with the draft goals for the Act (Exhibit B). I In November of 1995, the City Council adopted Resolution # 95-75. Resolution # 95-75 stated that the City of Arden Hills was electing to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program (the Program) under the Act for the calendar year of 1996. The adoption of Resolution I # 95-75 was the first action required to participate in the Program. The second action required to participate in the Program is submitting the goals to the Metropolitan Council for action. The Metropolitan Council is required to act on these goals prior to January 15, 1996. I The Staff has previously discussed with the City Council the general framework for the City's participation in the Program. The general framework is as follows: I 1. Given that the City of Arden Hills South of Highway 96 is fully developed and that the I potential for any meaningful number of new residential units lies with the development of land North of Highway 96, the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP). The City's participation in the Program is linked to the residential component of the re- I development of TCAAP. Also, the goals that are to be established in the Program are to be directly linked to the creation of new residential units in TCAAP. As example, if the goal for affordability for Arden Hills is 50 percent, then 50 percent of the new residential ~ units in TCAAP would be available for affordable units. However, this would not guarantee the creation of affordable units. I ,-