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