HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972 08-03 Subsidized Housing Proposal Population Estimated at 539 DISPATCH Subsidized Housing Proposal
Populap3ti mated. At 539
nrlThe third "236"feller- Givens seeks to ere in for rough-going with How e v e r, Planner
ally subsidized hcrolig 192 apartment units on the surrounding neigh- Seida said the site was
proposal submitted in 12 acres as the second. borhood. "convenient" for high-
Maplewood this year phase of the Fred Much of the neighbor- density housing.
has a'projected popula- Moore Forest Green hood had been opposed As an example. he
tion of 539. apartments near Lar- to Moore's •less-dense said the councilexamhas al-
Maplewood Planner penteur Avenue and proposal. ready orderedBstreet.
Bailey Seida submitted McKnight Road. The Furthermore, the lo- sewer
and water t-
the estimate, based on first phase has 108 cal Planning Commis- ents for the site.
information provided units. sion appears to be rec- publ%g transportation
by developer Archie Moore, who presently ommending a ma\i- also is available with
Givens. owns the land, but mum 20 per cent low- a bus stop at nearby
seeks to sell it to Giv- moderate income hous-
e n s. had originally ing units in any one de-
planned
planned and gained ap- velopment. said.
proval for a 192-unit de- With 108 units in the The Hillcrest Shop-
velopment there him- first phase and 192 ping Center and Shop-
self. more proposed in the .pens' City are less than
But that prcaosal, second phase --or a to- a half-mile away,with-
since abandoned. was tal 300 units - the 20 in easy walking dis-
for a lesser mix of two per cent amounts to 60 tance from the apart-
and three be dr o o m. units in this case. ments,he pointed out.
apartments than that
proposed by Givens.
Moore's project would
only have attracted
about 366_residents. Sei-
da said.
Why the increase —
amounting to 273 people
— in the Givens' pro-
posal?
"Essential to achiev-
ing
the national objec-
tives of this 1236) pro-
gram
rogram is the need to pro-
vide housing opportuni-
ties
for families," Plan-
ner
Seida explained.
"Thus, such program
stimulates and encour-
ages, if not demands,
units with increased
bedrooms."
Givens has plans for
18 three-bedroom and
110 two-bedroom.apart-
ments.
Moore's plan included
no three.-bedroom and
77 two-bedroom apart-
ments.
Early indications are
Ithai Givens' proposal is