Agenda - Planning Commission - 09/04/2014

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Last revised July 24, 2014 • Recognize local efforts to further Fair Housing and by including Fair Housing elements in the Housing Performance Scores • Provide data and analysis to inform regional conversations about the distribution of poverty and where people of color live, including annually updating which census tracts are Areas of Concentrated Poverty or Racially Concentrated Areas of Poverty and offering to serve as the data partner to the Fair Housing Implementation Council for the 2015 update of the Regional Analysis of Impediments Build wealth and expand investment in Areas of Concentrated Poverty Every Twin Cities resident deserves to live in a community rich with opportunity. Building these communities and achieving equitable outcomes in our region will require a sustained conversation that embeds the objectives of equity into the region's practices and investments extending across multiple jurisdictions and sectors. Part II of this document described housing interventions associated with addressing Areas of Concentrated Poverty, but fully addressing the need to build wealth and expanding investment extends far beyond housing policy. To do so, the region needs a process that brings together stakeholders with different areas of interest and expertise, knowledge bases, and constituencies to allow for more effective solutions and more coordinated investments. The process must also prioritize the wisdom of low-income communities and communities of color in the process of shaping vision, developing plans, and allocating resources in their own communities. Through a series of public engagement sessions, in specific communities where more prominent disparities exist in our region, we will partner with community stakeholders to co -develop comprehensive plans for intensive, sustained, and aligned equity -driven investments and policies in low-income communities and communities of color in the Twin Cities. The Council looks forward to continued collaboration with the many regional partners, stakeholders, and constituencies who are working on reducing disparities and expanding equity and opportunity in the Twin Cities region, including state agencies, the Itasca Project, Generation Next, Everybody In, local governments, and many others. For our region to thrive, all parts of our region must prosper. Council role • Work to mitigate Areas of Concentrated Poverty, including Racially Concentrated Areas of Poverty, by better connecting their residents to opportunity and catalyzing neighborhood revitalization. • Actively partner in neighborhood revitalization efforts such as Penn Avenue Community Works in North Minneapolis. • Plan and facilitate, in coordination with the Equity in Place coalition, a series of public engagement sessions in specific communities where more prominent disparities exist in our region in order to: o Collaboratively develop comprehensive plans for intensive, sustained, and aligned equity -driven investments and policies in low-income communities and communities of color in the Twin Cities. o Bring together stakeholders with different areas of interest and expertise, knowledge bases and constituencies to allow for more effective solutions and more coordinated investments. 2040 HOUSING POLICY PLAN I METROPOLITAN COUNCIL DRAFT RELEASED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT Part IV: Opportunities for Impact I Page 70