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Metropolitan Agencies <br />by local communities. Since its inception in 1995, the LCA program, administered by the <br />Metropolitan Council, has generated billions of dollars of private and public investment, created <br />thousands of jobs and added thousands of affordable housing units in the region. <br />Metro Cities supports a review of the LCA programs and any necessary statutory changes <br />to ensure that the LCA program criteria are flexible and promote the participation of all <br />participating communities, and to ensure that all metropolitan area cities are eligible to <br />participate in the Livable Communities Demonstration Account (LCDA). <br />Metro Cities supports increased funding and flexible eligibility requirements in the LCDA <br />to assist communities with development that may not be exclusively market driven or <br />market proven in their particular location and in order to support important development <br />and redevelopment goals. <br />Metro Cities supports the statutory goals and criteria established for the Livable <br />Communities Act, and opposes any changes to LCA programs that constrain flexibility <br />around statutory goals, program requirements and criteria. <br />Metro Cities opposes funding reductions to the Livable Communities Program and the <br />transfer or use of these funds for purposes outside of the LCA program. <br />Metro Cities supports statutory modifications in the LCDA to reflect the linkages among <br />the goals, municipal objectives, and Met Council system objectives. <br />Metro Cities supports the use of LCA funds for projects in transit improvement areas, as <br />defined in statute, if funding levels for general LCA programs are adequate to meet <br />program goals and the program remains accessible to participating communities. <br />Use of interest earnings from LCA funds should be limited to covering administrative program <br />costs. Remaining interest earnings should be considered part of LCA funds and used to fund <br />grants from established LCA accounts per established funding criteria. <br />4-Q Density <br />Any Met Council density policy and density determination must consider the impacts of market <br />trends on city development and redevelopment activities. <br />Metro Cities supports a Met Council density policy that reflects density projections based <br />on local data, actual local development patterns, is flexible and accommodates cities at <br />various development stages. <br />2018 Legislative Policies <br />47 <br />