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Metropolitm Council 9 9 Working for the Region. Planning for the Future • Date: January 12, 1996 To: Communities Participating in the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act(LCA) Subject: Action Plan Workshop/Affordable and Life-Cycle Housing Fair, Friday,Feburary 16, 1996 As one of the nearly 100 metropolitan area communities that have elected to participate in the LCA by negotiating affordable and life-cycle housing goals,you are eligible to apply for fiords from any of the three LCA finding programs-Local Housing Incentives,Tax-Base Revitalization or Livable Communities Demonstration Accounts. To complete the LCA housing goals work the next step is to prepare a Housing Action Plan and submit it to the Metropolitan Council by June 30, 1996. To assist you in the preparation of this Action Plan,the Council has drafted the enclosed Action Plan Content Guide and is sponsoring a Livable Communities Action Plan Workshop and Affordable and Life-Cycle Housing Fair on Friday,February 16, 1996. The workshop/fair will be held at the Guardian Angels Church Social Hall on Hudson Blvd.,north of I-94 at the Radio Drive exit. In order to meet the needs and interests of all participating communities,the workshop will be held in two sessions. The morning session is for developing area suburban communities where the focus is chiefly on new development. The afternoon session is targeted to older,more fully-developed communities and freestanding older suburbs where infill development,redevelopment and rehabilitation are the primary • activities. You are welcome to attend both sessions if you like. In addition to presentations and question and answer opportunities regarding the content guide,the affordable housing development process and the role of local government,each session will include an affordable and life-cycle housing fair with people and resources available that can help you meet your negotiated goals. The Council has invited organizations and businesses involved in planning,financing and developing affordable ownership and rental housing to participate. There will be ample time for workshop attendees to meet and visit with the myriad of folks involved in building and rehabilitating affordable housing and to see examples of this housing. As a LCA participating city,you are encouraged to send at least one staff representative to the workshop. We also encourage the attendance of at least one elected official and planning commission member from each community. The opportunity for these officials to hear about the role of local government in advancing affordable housing,as well as see examples of this housing will be of great value to the region. Please RSVP to Karen Patraw at 291-6456 by Monday,February 12th with the names of people(staff, planning commission member and elected official)that will be attending from your community. A summary agenda and map to the Guardian Angels location is enclosed. If you have questions,please call any of these Council staff- Guy Peterson - 291-6418 • Audrey Dougherty - 291-6380 Linda O'Connor - 229-2098 230 East Fifth Street St.Paul.Minnesota 55101-1634 (612) 291-6359 Fax 291-6550 TDD/TTY 291-0904 Metro Info Line 229-3780 An Equal Opporrunay Employer