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• <br />• <br />Livable Communities <br />December 16, 1998 <br />page 2 <br />participation" in the Livable Communities program. This means that the Met Council <br />will consider our participation in the Livable Communities Program when making <br />decisions on funds from other programs. The Metropolitan Council has control or <br />significant influence over funding from numerous federal and state programs. <br />For example, the Met Council awards funds to assist with local planning. Lino Lakes <br />received $10,000 for its comprehensive plan. <br />We definitely could not receive funds from two programs that help clean up polluted <br />sites. This could be anything from a gas tank that leaked, a small dump site with <br />hazardous waste, or a larger industrial site. <br />There are other programs, such as certain transportation programs, that consider <br />Livable Communities participation before awarding of money. This includes TEA - <br />21, the new ISTEA, which provides funding for transportation options such as bike <br />and pedestrian trails and other things. <br />3. What legal authority is there to enforce the Livable Community goals? <br />There is no "enforcement" involved. The Livable Communities Program is a <br />voluntary program. Money is the incentive to participate. The penalty is being cut <br />off from the money. The money involved comes from within the Livable <br />Communities Program itself as well as from other programs, as discussed above.. <br />There is no mandate for a city to participate. If a city is to receive funds under the <br />program, the city agrees to pursue the goals. Progress toward the goals is expected. <br />Actually meeting the goals is not required. The most important thing a city can do is <br />remove barriers that stand in the way of a variety of housing in the community. Such <br />barriers often exist in a city's official controls. <br />4. What legal authority does the Metropolitan Council have to enforce <br />requirements for a comprehensive plan? <br />The (Metropolitan) council may require a local governmental unit to modify <br />any comprehensive plan or part thereof which may have a substantial impact <br />on or contain a substantial departure from metropolitan system plans. <br />MN Stat 473.175 Subd. 1 <br />If a local governmental unit fails to adopt a comprehensive plan in accordance <br />with (the laws) or if the council after a public hearing by resolution finds that <br />