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Introduction III The Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (LCA)was enacted in June 1995 as the legislature's attempt to address various issues facing the seven-county metropolitan area. Specifically, those issues related to life-cycle and affordable housing. Each municipality was given the opportunity to participate in the LCA The purpose of the LCA is to expand affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities where job growth is highest. And, it will encourage communities to be creative about development and redevelopment efforts and promote growth that is more compact and transit-oriented. The LCA provides three pools of finding in order to assist metropolitan cities in providing housing opportunities. The Legislature required all municipalities to decide by November 15, 1995, whether or not they would be participating in the LCA. The City of Mounds View has elected to parte submitted both our resolution in support and our housing goal for 1995. The Metropolitan LCA states that each municipality shall identify to the Metropolitan Council the actions it plans to take to meet its established housing goals negotiated with the Council. • In order to describe what the City of Mounds View will be doing in the future it is necessary to see where we began and our current demographics. To begin the Action Plan, it is important to know where the City of Mounds View has come since it was incorporated in 1958. ' Demographics Population The first census taken of the City (then Village) of Mounds View was in 1960 after its incorporation in 1958. At that time, the population was 6,413. This figure increased by 65% within the next decade bringing the population to 10,599. In 1990, another increase brought the population to 12,541. Mounds View's population increased in the 1970s as shown by the 1980 population. In this same period, Ramsey County's population declined by over 16,000. • 2