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• STAFF REPORT <br /> DATE: September 14, 1995 <br /> TO: Mayor and Councilmembers <br /> FROM: Michael Mornson, City Manager <br /> ITEM: METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT <br /> The 1995 Legislative Session approved a Metropolitan Livable Communities Act. The Act <br /> requires the Met Council and the City to negotiate housing goals on affordability and <br /> ownership and rental. The City of St. Anthony currently has more rental units than the <br /> Metropolitan Council requires and less ownership. So, one goal would be to increase the <br /> numbers of single family ownership. <br /> As we discussed earlier, the City either meets or exceeds all of the goals of the Livable <br /> Communities Act. Because of that and because we are fully developed, this Act will have <br /> • very minimal impact on St. Anthony. In order to participate, the City Council must do the <br /> following: <br /> 1) adopt a resolution by November 15, 1995 (resolution attached); <br /> 2) adopt goals by December 14, 1995. These goals can be achieved over a 15 year period <br /> and remember, they are just goals (this is also attached); and <br /> 3) develop an action plan by June 30, 1996. <br /> Staff recommends that the City participate in this Act for the following reasons: <br /> a) access to grants and other outside funding; <br /> b) the City will avoid being reported to the Minnesota Legislature as a non-participating <br /> City; <br /> C) the City won't have difficulty amending the Comprehensive Plan; <br /> d) St. Anthony currently meets or exceeds all of the goals, plus we are fully developed, so <br /> the impact on the City is minimal. A major redevelopment project in the City will not <br /> • impact the numbers enough to impact the benchmark established by the Metropolitan <br /> Council. <br />