SF 2866

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to housing; defining affordable under the 
  1.3             Metropolitan Livable Communities Act; requiring 
  1.4             demonstrated progress toward affordable and life-cycle 
  1.5             housing goals; including housing policy plan within 
  1.6             metropolitan system plans; requiring the metropolitan 
  1.7             council to propose an inclusionary zoning program; 
  1.8             amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 473.254, 
  1.9             subdivisions 1, 2, 10, and by adding a subdivision; 
  1.10            and 473.852, subdivision 8; proposing coding for new 
  1.11            law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 473. 
  1.12  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.13     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 473.254, 
  1.14  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.15     Subdivision 1.  [PARTICIPATION.] (a) By November 15 of each 
  1.16  year, a municipality may elect to participate in the local 
  1.17  housing incentive account program.  If a municipality does not 
  1.18  elect to participate for the year, it is not subject to this 
  1.19  section.  For purposes of this section, municipality means a 
  1.20  municipality electing to participate in the local housing 
  1.21  incentive account program, unless the context indicates 
  1.22  otherwise. 
  1.23     (b) A municipality that elects to participate may receive 
  1.24  grants or loans from the tax base revitalization account, 
  1.25  livable communities demonstration account, or the local housing 
  1.26  incentive account if it demonstrates significant progress 
  1.27  towards its affordable and life-cycle housing goals.  A 
  1.28  municipality that does not participate is not eligible to 
  2.1   receive a grant under sections 116J.551 to 116J.557.  The 
  2.2   council, when making discretionary funding decisions, shall give 
  2.3   consideration priority to a municipality's 
  2.4   participation municipalities participating in the local housing 
  2.5   incentives program that are making demonstrable progress toward 
  2.6   their affordable and life-cycle housing goals and that are 
  2.7   providing for affordable and life-cycle housing in the long-term.
  2.8      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 473.254, is 
  2.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.10     Subd. 1a.  [DEFINITION.] For purposes of sections 473.25 to 
  2.11  473.254, "affordable housing" means housing that requires a 
  2.12  household at or below 50 percent of the median household income, 
  2.13  adjusted for family size, for the Minneapolis-St. Paul 
  2.14  metropolitan statistical area, as determined by the federal 
  2.15  Department of Housing and Urban Development, to pay no more than 
  2.16  30 percent of its household income on housing and 
  2.17  housing-related expenses. 
  2.18     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 473.254, 
  2.19  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  2.20     Subd. 2.  [AFFORDABLE, LIFE-CYCLE GOALS.] The council shall 
  2.21  negotiate with each municipality to establish affordable and 
  2.22  life-cycle housing goals for that municipality that are 
  2.23  consistent with and promote the policies of the metropolitan 
  2.24  council as provided in the adopted metropolitan development 
  2.25  guide.  The council shall adopt, by resolution after a public 
  2.26  hearing, the initial negotiated affordable and life-cycle 
  2.27  housing goals for each municipality by January 15, 1996.  By 
  2.28  June 30, 1996, each municipality shall identify to the council 
  2.29  the actions it plans to take to meet the established initial 
  2.30  negotiated housing goals.  Each year, the council and each 
  2.31  municipality participating in the local housing incentive 
  2.32  account program shall review the goals, progress towards the 
  2.33  goals, and the changes to the municipality's action plan needed 
  2.34  to achieve the goals.  At a minimum, each municipality's goals 
  2.35  must be specific numeric goals by year. 
  2.36     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 473.254, 
  3.1   subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
  3.2      Subd. 10.  [METRO REPORT CARD.] The metropolitan council 
  3.3   shall present to the legislature and release to the public by 
  3.4   November 15, 1996, and each year thereafter, a comprehensive 
  3.5   report card on affordable and life-cycle housing in each 
  3.6   municipality in the metropolitan area.  The report card must 
  3.7   include information on government, nonprofit, and marketplace 
  3.8   efforts.  The report card must provide data on the net number 
  3.9   and percentage of affordable rental and ownership units created 
  3.10  during the past year in relation to the community's affordable 
  3.11  and life-cycle housing index, benchmarks, and goals.  The 
  3.12  council shall establish a scale to measure and rank each 
  3.13  municipality's barriers to affordable and life-cycle housing, 
  3.14  including measures relating to zoning, local ordinances, and 
  3.15  local procedures that affect affordability.  The report card 
  3.16  must include the council's ranking of the municipality's 
  3.17  barriers to affordable housing.  The report card must report any 
  3.18  loss of affordable housing. 
  3.19     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 473.852, 
  3.20  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
  3.21     Subd. 8.  [METROPOLITAN SYSTEM PLANS.] "Metropolitan system 
  3.22  plans" means the airports and transportation portions of the 
  3.23  metropolitan development guide, the housing policy plan, and the 
  3.24  policy plans, and capital budgets for metropolitan wastewater 
  3.25  service, transportation, and regional recreation open space. 
  3.26     Sec. 6.  [473.8555] [HOUSING SYSTEM.] 
  3.27     The council shall prepare and adopt a long-range housing 
  3.28  policy plan for the region.  The council shall prepare for each 
  3.29  local governmental unit a housing system statement that 
  3.30  isconsistent with the housing policy plan.  The housing policy 
  3.31  plan and system statements must be consistent with the 
  3.32  affordable and life-cycle housing goals of municipalities 
  3.33  participating in the local housing incentives account program of 
  3.34  the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act.  Each local 
  3.35  governmental unit shall amend its local comprehensive plan as 
  3.36  necessary to conform with the policy plan and system statement.  
  4.1   Each local governmental unit shall submit its amended local 
  4.2   comprehensive plan to the council for review as provided in 
  4.3   sections 462.355, subdivision 4; 473.175; and 473.851 to 473.871.
  4.4   Local governmental units shall meet the requirements of this 
  4.5   section within the time frame established in section 473.864, 
  4.6   subdivision 2. 
  4.7      Sec. 7.  [INCLUSIONARY ZONING STUDY.] 
  4.8      The metropolitan council shall study and develop a proposal 
  4.9   to create an inclusionary zoning program that will reward 
  4.10  developers for developing affordable housing.  The council shall 
  4.11  present its proposal for the inclusionary zoning program to the 
  4.12  legislature by December 1, 1998. 
  4.13     Sec. 8.  [APPLICATION.] 
  4.14     This act applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, 
  4.15  Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.