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• Please define what you mean by `updated housing requirements' under your implementation plan. Previously, this simply stated review criteria. • Ramsey appreciates many of the peer and comparable communities included in the two (2) working groups that helped shape the amendment. Are there documented summaries of these working group meetings? • Ramsey acknowledges that our comment desiring to see the methodology of allocating affordable housing need has been incorporated. Ramsey desires a process to help refine these numbers upon output to ensure that these allocations are in line with local experiences. In other words, will there be some process to help refine or amend these numbers at the request of local communities? We believe a process currently does exist, but want to better understand if that process will change with the new methodology. • Please note that Exhibit Titles are not matching the correct page. Perhaps this is a result of `Tracked Changes' • Based on Exhibit 2 on page 30, Ramsey's allocation of affordable housing will be adjusted downwards. Ramsey does not object. It appears that according to Metropolitan Council data, 66.4% to 79% of homes constructed in Ramsey are affordable to households at or below 80% AMI. • Subject to how the Metropolitan Council will calculate areas guided for Medium Density (3-7 units per acre) and High Density (7-15 units per acre) Residential, Ramsey does not object to the overall allocation of 438 affordable units Ramsey assumes that our current Future Land Use Map will be able to accommodate this allocation. If the Metropolitan Council feels adjustments to our Future Land Use Map are necessary to accomplish this allocation, please inform us. Otherwise, we will move forward on the assumption that no changes to our land use plan are necessary in order to achieve this allocation. • Ramsey notes that it will take strong partnerships between the Metropolitan Council and local governments to achieve the allocations by bands in Exhibit 6. Specifically, Ramsey desires a conversation regarding our ability to achieve the allocation of affordable housing at the 30% AMI level. Based on our experience, the surrounding market, and some of the goals of Property Owners with areas guided for the appropriate densities for affordable housing, Ramsey finds it will be difficult to achieve these goals without assistance of programs such as the Livable Communities Program of the Metropolitan Council, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, and the Anoka County Housing and Redevelopment Authority. • It appears that our comment regarding `normalizing' our Housing Performance Score has been incorporated to a degree. Acknowledgement of future forecasted growth and history of activities of the past ten (10) years has been added. Ramsey is curious of what our Housing Performance Score will be based on the new methodology. Under Housing Programs and Policies, we desire to understand if the programs provided by Anoka County will qualify for our Housing Performance Score. We do not desire to duplicate these already existing services and programs. We will reserve our final comments on this factor until we can see how the broad matrix applies to our local example. Sincerely, CITY OF RAMSEY Tim Gladhill Community Development Director