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"This is making it a challenge for us and other cities to comment,because how can you comment on a <br /> policy document when you don't know what the outcomes are?" she said. <br /> The Met Council is tying its housing and transportation plans together in unprecedented ways to <br /> pressure cities to meet its goals, City Planner Deb Garross said. <br /> And it proposes to make participation in Livable Communities a requirement for cities to qualify for <br /> Met Council-controlled transit and transportation funding, Garross said. <br /> "Well,before this is all done with,there will be a lot of cities pushing back on that piece," Kautz said, <br /> insisting that the 1995 legislation that created the program included no such edict. <br /> Now would be a great time to pull out of Livable Communities to send a message to the Met Council <br /> and other cities, Sherry and Kealey said. Burnsville has signed on until 2020, making it eligible for <br /> grant money. <br /> "They keep moving the goalposts," Sherry said. "It's unfair." <br /> First, city staffers will study the process for pulling out and potential ramifications. <br /> ### <br />