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2)Does St. Anthony have a commitment to a specific number of affordable housing units, and what has informed that calculus? I assume you are asking specifically about the re-development of Lowry Grove. While we have not seen details in the Preliminary Plat at this time, the city will be requiring affordable housing to be included in the proposal, as they have in the past three developments. City- wide, the Met Council allocates affordable housing numbers to every community in the metro. St. Anthony’s requirement is 38 units. 3)How are the City Planner, City Manager, Planning Commission members and Councilmembers applying an equity lens to the issues of planning and affordable housing in St. Anthony? There are three primary ways we are applying an equity lens to the comp plan work. First is through engaging directly with a variety of people. We have engaged with a broad group of people during our first round of community engagement, and will be completing another round during the draft plan stage. We engaged with seniors, immigrants, renters, young families, and high school students, in addition to the traditional groups of people who normally participate in comp plan development. I’m happy to have a conversation with you about specifics, but the city’s comp plan website includes summaries of this work as well. The second way is to examine affordable housing policy, the importance of mixed use and walkability, sustainability, and associated funding and policy strategies in place. The third way is to have speakers come in and talk to us about how to do this important work and use the Met Council resources on the topic. If you have other suggestions, I’m happy to bring those to the steering committee. 4)What other proactive steps is the City (as represented by the persons and entities already listed) taking to promoteadditional and protect existing affordable housing in St. Anthony? Has the City already adopted, or considered adopting, a Resolution demonstrating a specific, or even general, commitment to affordable housing? St. Anthony has provided cash in the form of TIF and/or support for application to Ramsey County for HOME dollars to directly fund the development of affordable housing in the city. From a policy perspective, there is a housing chapter in the draft plan that deals directly with affordable housing. I have spoken to Mark Casey about GARE. We have just begun that year-long process, and have not gotten into any specifics at this time. From: Kristine Lizdas \[mailto:kclizdas@gmail.com\] Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 6:38 AM To:jerry.faust@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us; Mark Casey; bonnie.brever@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us;jan.jenson@ci.saint- anthony.mn.us;randy.stille@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us;hal.gray@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us;planner@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us Subject: St. Anthony's Affordable Housing Plan Mayor Faust, City Manager Casey, City Planner Rothstein, and Councilmembers, 3