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Item No: 6B Meeting Date: November 3, 2010 Type of Business: Planning Activity City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Ken Roberts, Community Development Director Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Housing Action Plan Update Introduction: Mounds View has been a participant in the Livable Communities Program (LCA) of the Metropolitan Council since 1996. As part of that program, the City adopted a Housing Action Plan. This plan is to help guide City actions and policies about housing – especially those for housing for low and moderate-income persons in Mounds View. The Metropolitan Council is now requiring Mounds View to update its Housing Action Plan. Background: On July 13, 2009, the Mounds View City Council held a public hearing to present the revised Comprehensive Plan to the residents of the community, accepted the revised Comprehensive Plan and authorized staff to submit the revised Comprehensive Plan to the Metropolitan Council. This plan update included extensive revisions and additions to the Comprehensive Plan, including the Housing Chapter. On December 9, 2009, the Metropolitan Council approved the City’s revised Comprehensive Plan. On February 8, 2010, the City Council adopted Resolution 7571. This resolution gave final approval to the City’s 2008 Comprehensive Plan update and directed City staff to make copies of the Plan available for public viewing at Mounds View City Hall and at the Mounds View branch of the Ramsey County Public Library. On August 23, 2010, the City Council adopted Resolution 7654. This resolution approved the City’s continued participation in the Local Housing Incentives Account program under the Livable Communities Act for the years 2011-2020. This resolution included a range of affordable housing units (53-81) and life-cycle housing units (80-200) the City expects that will develop in Mounds View by the year 2020. The resolution also noted that the City would be preparing a plan that identifies the actions the City would take to meet these housing goals. Discussion: Since the City Council approved Resolution 7654 in August, staff has been working with the Metropolitan Council on preparing an updated Housing Action Plan for Mounds View. This plan is to identify housing goals for the city for the next 10 years (though 2020) and would allow the City to apply to the Metropolitan Council for LCA grants. In general, the