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I' .. ~- CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM I DATE: June 17, 1996 I TO: Mayor !lnd City Council I FROM: Kevin Ringwald, Community Development Director ~ SUBJECT: Metropolitan Livable Communities Act, Action Plan I Request I The Staff is requesting City Council direction on developing the Arden Hills Action Plan which is required as part of the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act. I Background 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 Act, then they are eligible to receive certain grants and loans from various State agencies. .. In December of 1995, the City Council adopted Resolution #95-86 (Exhibit A). Resolution #95- I 86 established the goals for participating in the Local Housing Account Program (the Program) under the Act for the calendar year of 1996. I In summary the goals for the Program were: to be directly linked to the creation of new residential units in TCAAP; the existing Land Use Plan is the document which will be used as a basis for participation in the Program, until a revised land use plan for TCAAP is officially I adopted; and the goals for the Program would be those that reflected a small developing city. The mutually agreed upon goals for the City (TCAAP) in 1996 are: I Housing Component Goal Affordability - Ownership 65 percent I Affordability - Rental 38 percent I Life-Cycle - Type (non-single family detached) 27 percent Life-Cycle - Owner/Renter mix 83/17 percent I Density - Single family detached 1 .8 uni ts/ acre Density - Multifamily 9 units/acre ~ I