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LP <br /> METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT <br /> ACTION PLAN CONTENT GUIDE <br /> (Draft 1-3-96) <br /> Background <br /> The Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (LCA) says that each participating municipality shall <br /> identify to the Metropolitan Council the actions it plans to take to meet its established housing <br /> goals negotiated with the Council. <br /> During 1995 the Council revised its content guidelines for the preparation of the housing element <br /> of local comprehensive plans in anticipation that cities will revise their local plans in 1996 and <br /> 1997. In preparing their LCA action plan, communities using guidelines for housing <br /> implementation activities set forth below may, in large measure, be completing the implementation <br /> • section of their comp plan housing element and be fulfilling their LCA action plan requirement <br /> with the same document. <br /> Plan Content and Timeframe <br /> The action plan required of communities participating in the LCA, like its housing element <br /> counterpart, should identify the impact of local official controls on housing development and <br /> preservation, and the use of fiscal devices to expand and preserve housing opportunities. In <br /> addition, it should address participation in available housing assistance, rehabilitation and <br /> development programs. <br /> In short, LCA action plans should: <br /> • Identify the programs, initiatives and actions communities plan to undertake to achieve their <br /> negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals; and <br /> 0 Identify, as specifically as possible, the time frame within which these efforts will be <br /> undertaken. <br /> Communities may want to prepare an action plan for a time frame that is shorter than the longer <br /> range objectives suggested in their local comprehensive plan or for a period shorter than the 2010 <br /> horizon addressed by their LCA goals. Several communities have negotiated LCA affordable and <br /> life-cycle housing goals that will be applicable for a shorter, specified period of time, with the <br /> stated intent of reexamining these goals and their progress toward them in a few years. <br /> • Therefore, action plans with time lines of three to five years, for example, identifying specific <br /> activities and programs for each year and a commitment to revise the action plan periodically may <br /> be more appropriate and practical for these types of communities. <br /> 1 <br />