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COUNCIL WORK SESSION DECEMBER 9, 1998 <br /> CITY OF LINO LAKES <br /> MINUTES <br /> DATE December 9, 1998 <br /> TIME STARTED 5:30 P.M. <br /> TIME ENDED 10:05 P.M. <br /> MEMBERS PRESENT Bergeson,Dahl, Lyden,Neal, Sullivan <br /> MEMBERS ABSENT None <br /> Staff members present: Acting City Administrator/Police Chief, David Pecchia; City <br /> Engineer, John Powell, Planning Coordinator, Mary Kay Wyland; Community <br /> Development Coordinator, Mary Alice Divine; City Planner, Jeff Smyser; Administration <br /> Director, Dan Tesch; Public Services Director, Rick DeGardner; Community <br /> Development Director, Brian Wessel; Financial Analysis, Daryl Sulander; Environmental <br /> and Forestry Coordinator, Marty Asleson and Clerk-Treasurer, Marilyn Anderson. <br /> LIVABLE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM PARTICIPATION/GOALS, BRIAN <br /> WESSEL <br /> The Livable Communities Act was passed by the Minnesota Legislature in 1995 and <br /> Metropolitan(Met) Council is the agency administrating the Act. This will be the fourth <br /> year that Lino Lakes has made a commitment to the Act. Jeff summarized the proposal <br /> for participation in 1999. <br /> The City Council will be requested to adopt two (2)resolutions. The first is a resolution <br /> electing to continue participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program <br /> under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act, Calendar Year 1999. The second <br /> resolution will establish Livable Community Goals. There are two (2)concerns. At this <br /> time the housing market is not lending itself to affordable or varied housing except town <br /> homes. The second is that the figures are based on 1990 census data. These two (2) <br /> problems make the goals unrealistic. Everything will change after the 2000 census is <br /> completed. <br /> To be eligible for any of the funds under the Act, a city agrees to work toward promoting <br /> a greater variety of housing. To provide some sort of indication of progress,the city sets <br /> long-range goals regarding housing affordbility, life cycle housing and development <br /> densities. <br /> The City received a grant of nearly $220,000 last year to conduct various studies <br /> involving The Village. Currently the City is in the midst of a planning effort to bring in <br /> the best people in the country to focus on mixed development for that portion of the City. <br /> With this effort, the City will get high quality development. Although, normally Met <br /> Council would fund"bricks and mortar", they see this as a demonstration project and <br /> once planning is complete, the City will be eligible for future funding. <br /> Page 1 <br />