HomeMy WebLinkAbout05.11.1972 Memo RE Norman Undestad Proposal for 2785 WBA Housing Projectl,tapl-exood Huxoan Belatlons Conmt sg lon
B e port
ilay L].. 1972
To:VllIage Counoll
SubJectr Nornan Undestadl proposaL for houslng persona wlth llnited
tncoroe at 2?85 Hhlte Bear Av6.
The Euman Relatlons Conmlsslon haa asked the. oounolL to adopt
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a lesolutlon approvlngt
1;. The deve].opnent of federalLy subsld.lzed. houslng 1n the
Vll1age of Maplewood. when the houslng proposals ale ln
accord.ance wlth sound.. physlcal and soolal developnent|,
orl terta,
2. Partlclpatlon ln the Federal Bent Supplement Progran ln
order to nake a portlon of these federal).y subsldized
unlta avalIabIe to farnlIles and. 1ndlv1duals of 1ow
lncone.
The councll asked. us to deflne whqt we neant by i sound
physlcal and. soclaL d.evelgpnent clltertai and to ooDEent on the
spedlflc proposaL before lt tonlght.
He have done thls, but want to roake lt very olea! that. because
of the short tlloe avalIable, the crlterla are by no neans exhaustlvo
anil nay be tnadequate. As the coaml6bn develops 1ts ldeas on
houslng and lts effect upon hunan relatlons these crlterla wlll
alwaya be ln the process of d.eveldpnent.
Insert Crlterla Statenent
In our evaluatlon of the proposed proJect we feel thatt
1. It Is too far fron shopplng and othe! pub1lc and prlvat€ fac11lt1ee.
2. The developnent, especlally the 12 story Blgh Blse and proposed
hlgh populatlon denslty 1s not conpatlble wlth the exlstlng
area although lt oay be lf the area changes to ootrDerolsl froro
resldentlal..
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3.' open apac6 for play or reoreatlon rs not apparent on tho
archltectural skatohes..
4.. Accesslbtllty to pubIlc transpoltatloa le ttlfflcult.
J.. Becreatlon spao6 ln the Elgh glse ls avsllabre but not planne{.
for use at thls stage of developnent..
6. Hanageroent of the ooaplex ls cruolal but not yet spelled out.
/..An effectlve educatlonal progran to prepare rosldents of th6
oommunlty to absorb pelsons of 10w and nod.erate lncone ls not
apparent.
8. rnformatlon ls very sketchy or at least not worked. through ag
regard.e several of the orlterla.
We felt the proJect net a need for both elderly and low to
noderate lncoroe people whlch oould. be a nelghborhood. and vlllage
asset.. rt wculd pernlt retlred and o).derIy Maplenood. resldenta
to contlnue to llve 1n the v1Llage.. Hlstory has shown that
developmentE such as thle d.o not result ln an lnflux of non-res1d.enta.
The consensus of the oomulssron was that rt could not support
thls proJect on the basls of lnfor'stlon avalrabre at thls tlne.
l'Ie are ve"y pleased. that a developer le lnterested ln rooderate
lncone houslng. l{e hope that we, the plannlng oorullsslonl the
vl1lago staff and other ottlzena groups of MapJ.ewood can work rlth
hlru 0o provld,e the houslng at other loostlons.