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TO: FROM: Mayor and City Council Ron Moorse, City Administrator DATE:November 8, 1996 SUBJECT: City Housing Goals The city ’s participation in the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act involves the adoption of long term housing goals and the adoption of a housing action plan that moves the city toward the achievement of its housing goals. The city has adopted both of these. Copies of each are attached. The Housing Goals and the Housing Action Plan are based on the Housing Goals and Housing Improvement Plan included in the housing element of the city ’s Comprehensive Community Management Plan. In a recent discussion with Guy Peterson of the Met Council’s housing staff, regarding the city ’s housing goals, Mr. Peterson indicated Orono’s housing goals are very general and asked whether the city would be able to develop more specific housing goals. Orono’s staff response was that the city ’s housing goals reflect the city ’s Comprehensive Plan, and since the time the Comprehensive Plan was developed the city has not experienced changes significant enough for the city to make substantial changes to its housing goals. Staff also indicated the city is involved with other lake area cities in looking at the concept of "cluster planning" or sub-regional planning for housing needs in the lake area. But we do not know what this might mean for Orono. The top priority for Orono currently is to address the need for rehabilitation of the city ’s existing affordable housing stock. Mr. Peterson suggested the city may want to consider reviewing its housing goals at the time the city updates the housing element of its Comprehensive Plan (required to be done in 1998). If the city does have more information regarding the housing needs of the city of Orono and the lake area, and if there is increased certainty regarding the Highway 12 corridor by then, 1998 may be a good time for the city to review its housing goals. This does not mean that the housing goals would necessarily change. At this time the city simply needs to readopt its current housing goals. This will be part of the November 25 regular Council meeting agenda. At the time the goals are readopted, the Council may want to indicate the goals will be reviewed in 1998, or indicate the goals will be reviewed in 1998 if the city has substantial new information that would cause the need to review the housing goals. 1