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1 <br />TO:Mavor and Cin^ Council <br />FROM:Ron Moorsc, City Administrator ^ <br />DATE:October 19, 1995 <br />SUBJECT:Nfetropolitan Livable Communities Act/Housing Goals <br />Attachments:1. Met Council’s Draft Housing Goals Agreement <br />2. Alternative Orono Housing Goals Agreement <br />3. Livable Communities Act Questions and Answers <br />4. Housing Goals and Benchmarks (explanation) <br />Since providing the Council with initial information regarding the Metropolitan Livable <br />Communities Act, I have met with Hal Freshley, a Met Council stalf person working with cities <br />to implement the Livable Communities Act, to get some clarification regarding the requirements <br />and expectations of the Met Council regarding city participation in the Livable Communities Act <br />program. The main items discussed were as follows: <br />1. What is the city required to do if the city chooses to participate in the program. <br />2. What are the Met Council’s expectations regarding Orono’s housing goals and <br />what happens if the city and the Met Council do not agree on housing goals. <br />3. What happens if the city chooses not to participate in the program. <br />Requirements of Participation <br />1.Adopt a housing goals agreement. I have attached a copy of the Housing Goals <br />Agreement draftk by the Met Council and a revised agreement better suited to Orono’s <br />current circumstances. The Housing Goals Agreement includes the following items: <br />A <br />n <br />c. <br />D <br />E. <br />Indicates the city’s suppon of the six housing principles. <br />Indicates agreement by the city to consider housing benchmark indicators for <br />communities of similar location and stage of development when setting housing <br />goals. <br />Indicates agreement to develop a set of housing goals. <br />Indicates agreement to develop a plan for achieving the housing goals. <br />Indicates agreement that beginning in 1997 the city will allocate a minimum of <br />S15.389 toward achieving the city’s housing goals. (The city currently allocates <br />$16,118 from its annual CDBG funding toward housing rehabilation which would <br />meet this requirement.)