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association of metroDoiifan munici ropoiiTonicipalities April 4, 1995 Dear Sen. Mondale, Sen. Oliver, Rep. Long and Rep. Van Dellen: Twin Cities history was made last Thursday (March 30). Twenty-four municipal leaders from all comers of the metro area sat down together to discuss the growing problem of the concentration of poverty. This Twin Cities Urban Summit was called by the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities (AMM) Board of Directors because strong leadership and a unified a{>proach by all metro cities is needed if the recommendations of AMM’s Urban Revitalization Report are to be implemented. We reached three conclusions at our roundtable discussion that must be acted upon before time runs out A search for workable metro solutions must begin this year, or we may all be hurt because consensus may be difficult to achieve later. We realize these recommendations are only initial steps as we begin tackling the problems of urban decay. We believe: (1) Action must be taken this year to begin addressing the problems of the concentration of poverty. (2) There must be bi-partisan legislative support for this action. (3) The best elements of S.F. 1019/H.F. 1156 (Mondale/Long) and S.F. 1482/H.F. 1627 (OliverA^an Dellen) should be combined to address several key issues: • Good jobs in areas suffering economic distress. • Contaminated soils clean-up in the core cities and throughout the metro area. • Affordable housing opponunities throughout the metro area. • Better transit links between jobs, housing and other needed services. • Incentives to remove or rehabLlitate blighted housing. 3490 lexington avenue north, st. paul, minnesoia 55126 (612) 490-3301