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Motion carried. Voting es: f ' ouncilmembers Beahen, Zimmerman, Beyer and Peterson. Voting No: None. Case #6: Metropolitan Livable Communities City Administrator Schroeder sated that legislation was passed a year ago, the Metropolitan Livable Communities, which relegated the Metropolitan Council to promote the signing up of communities in the urban areas to pass upon housing goals. In October, Council adopted a resolution agreeing to participate in this program but expressing reservations. In December, Council passed a resolution setting targets for housing, type and affordability. The next action is to prepare a plan for reaching the targets that were set ~n December. There are no target dates for reaching these goals. He presented a dr~t plan. It does not amend the targets which Council set in December but instead provides some detail of potential activities surrounding these targets. Included are general housing goals, housing affordability, housing diversity and neighborhood quality. Ivlr. Schroeder summarized these sections and suggested Council pay special attention to the section on neighborhood quality. He perceived this as a litde additional narrative to support the resolution City Council passed in December 1995. It does not really change anything. Councilmember Zimmerman pointed out that the Cities of Andover and Anoka voted not to participate. He questioned if it is wise for the City of Ramsey to participate in this. Mr. Schroeder responded that he did not have the figures of how many cities are participating but he thought it was about 95%. He was surprised that Anoka did not participate because they are above the numbers the Metropolitan Council designated for them. He did not know why Andover chose not to participate. He continued that Council set lower goals than the Met Council identified but they have accepted that. He noted the General Honsing Goals section - second bullet - and suggested removing the words "racial and ethnic". Motion by Councilmember Be~en and seconded by Councilmember Peterson to adopt the Livable Communities Action Plan, as amended. Further discussion: Mr. Schroeder stated that this can be amended after it has once been adopted. '~. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor H~din, Councilmembers Beahen and Peterson. Voting No: Councilmembers Beyer and Zimmerman. Report from Personnel Committee' ' 997 Contract Ratification Administrative Services Man~Waite Smith reported that the Personnel Committee reviewed the proposed contract for the AFSC~loyees. The contract is for a two year period beginning January 1, 1996 through December 31, ~ What is proposed is a 2% general wage increase and a 3% pool of dollied for step incre~. One different element is the elimination of specia/pay rate for hea~ operators. In ~ge for this, there is a 50¢ per hour increase to four ~ks Department Also,~rson on staff who falls below the acceptable li~tion time will c~e to accrue these. This contract is a bit ~t; however, it ~-'~ttle lower than the 1997 LELS con um after an average contract. City Council/May 28, 1996 Page 8 of 10