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1'- ~- CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM I DATE: June 24,1996 I TO: Mayor and City Council I FROM: Kevin Ringwald, Community Development Director ~ SUBJECT: Resolution #96-26, Arden Hills Action Plan - 1996 I ReQuest I The Staff is requesting City Council approve Resolution #96-26, endorsing the Arden Hills Action Plan, a requirement of the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act, for the calendar year of 1996 (Exhibit A). I Background The Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (the Act) was adopted by the State of Minnesota in I 1995. The Act is intended to address housing and other development issues facing the Twin 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. Resolution #95-86 I 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 I basis for participation in the Program, until a revised land use plan for TCAAP is officially 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 I Affordability - Ownership 65 percent 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 units/acre ,. Density - Multifamily 9 units/acre I