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Approach to fiscal tools Gave points for fiscal tools in local policy but Gives points to fiscal tools used in connection not necessarily connected to actual use with affordable housing development projects Approach to official local controls Gave points for the use of up to two local controls for any development project Gives points for all official local controls used in connection with affordable housing development projects and asks for estimated financial value of adjusted controls and local contributions to projects Approach to programs Gave points for up to five local programs Gives points for county, city, or nonprofit - administered programs (including participation in select Minnesota Housing programs) The Council expects that these refinements to the Scores will lead to both a better ability to evaluate local performance on expanding affordable housing and also a greater opportunity to help cities connect tools, ideas, and resources with development opportunities, potential partners, and a larger pool of funding and technical options. Council actions • Use the approach defined outlined above and further defined in Appendix C to updatc calculate the Council's calculation of Housing Performance Scores annually beginning in 2015. • Discontinue the calculation of county Housing Performance Scores and embed county activities into city and township Housing Performance Scores. • Implement the transition from the 2002 Housing Performance Scores methodology to the 2015 Housing Performance Scores methodology with a hold harmless that no city will receive a 2015 score lower than 80% of the average of their 2010-2014 Housing Performance Scores. • Offer cities a narrative field to describe policies, programs, or services that aren't part of the standard scoring categories with an opportunity to earn points for them. • Use the mechanism of collecting data for the Housing Performance Scores to refer jurisdictions to best practices, technical tools, and funding opportunities. • Institutionalize local government review and comment on their preliminary Housing Performance Scores and create a formal structure for local governments to provide the Council additional information. • Amend the Housing Policy Plan, including a full public comment process, to incorporate the final methodology for Housing Performance Scores. Part III: Council Policies and Roles, pages 86-87: The SAC system is a complex structure governed by state statutes and administrative procedures. As a result, it is both politically and structurally financially challenging to leverage SAC to promote affordable housing. Through its outreach- and engagement, and policy development on the 2040 Water Resources Policy Plan, to be adopted in 2015, the Council will determine if there is a viable opportunity to promote affordable housing production through its handling of SAC. The 2040 Water Resources Policy Plan will conclude this conversation that began in the development of this Housing Policy Plan; any proposal that is subscqucntly adoptcd in the 2040 Water Resources Policy Plan will be included in a futurc amendment to this Housing Policy Plan. Page - 8 1 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL