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Home My WebLink About06/14/1994AGENDA MAPI. EWOOD HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY June 14, 1994 7:00 P.M. CITY HALL MAPLEWOOD ROOM 1. Call to Order 2. 3. Roll Call Approval of Minutes a. May 10, 1994 4. Approval of Agenda 5. Commu.nJ. cafio~ a. Carefree Cottages of Maplewood - Phase Three - Tax-increment financing b. Annual Report c. City Tour - Tuesday, Suly 19 6. Unfinished Business a. Meeting with City Council 7. New Business a. Crime Prevention Coalition Meeting - Carol Nelson, Maplewood Police b. Age Requirements - Senior Housing in Maplewood c. Interviews 8. Date of Next Meeting a. June 28 or July 12, 1994 (VOA- Assisted Care Living Facility, Cope and Castle Avenues) 9. Adjournment MINUTES OFTHE MAPLEWOOD HOUSING AND BFDEVELOPMENT AUTHORrrY MAY 10, 1994 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Fischer called the meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL HRA Commissioners: Lorraine Fischer, Tom Connelly, Gary Pearson, Larry Whitcomb City Staff: Ken Roberts 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. December 8, 1993 Commissioner Whitcomb moved approval of the minutes of December 8, 1993 as submitted. Commissioner Connelly seconded APPROVAL OF AGENDA Ayes--all Commissioner Wh/tcomb moved approval of the agenda as submitted. Commissioner Connelly seconded 5. COMMUNICATIONS There were no communications. 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS There was no unfinished business. 7. NEW BUSINESS a. Carefree Cottages of Maplewood - Phase Three - Tax-Increment Financing (Section 11-29) Ken Roberts, Associate Planner, presented the staff report. David Hesley, accountant, and Bruce Mogren were present representing the applicant. Mr. Roberts explained this is being reviewed without the actual site plan because the applicant needs to quickly complete the tax-increment financing application process. Since the developer has not submitted a site plan to the City yet, Mr. Mogren explained the anticipated site plan for this phase of the development. Mr. Hesley said Phase I has 100% occupancy and Phase II is preleased at 90% of occupancy. Staff said a market HRA minutes of 5-10-94 -2- survey will be required as part of the process for tax-increment financing to document that there will be enough demand from seniors for these units. Commissioner Pearson moved the HRA recommend adoption of the resolution that gives the developer 100 percent of the increased tax revenue (tax increment) from this project for 15 years on a pay-as-you-go basis. Approval is subject to the following conditions: 1. The City may change the amount of tax-increment financing after the following are done: (a) The developer and City determ/ne the total cost of the development. (b) The developer shall provide a market study to the City documenting there will be enough demand from seniors over 59 years old for these units over the life of the bonds. The City must approve this study. e The City Council must approve the Comprehensive Plan change, conditional use permit for a planned unit development, any reduction in parking spaces, and the final design plans. Commissioner Connelly seconded Ayes--Fischer, Connelly, Pearson Nays--Whitcomb Commissioner Whitcomb said he voted no because it is based on a specific purpose and not a general public purpose. Mr. Whitcomb felt the tax-increment funds could be better spent elsewhere in the City, such as our deteriorating areas of the City. b. Annual Report Commissioner Fischer discussed with the HRA the issue of enforcement and compliance of the truth-in-housing ordinance. She suggested the HRA may want to consider ideas for enforcement of this ordinance. Commissioner Whitcomb moved approval of the Annual Report (March 1993- February 1994) with the following addition on page 4--Working with the Council: '~Ve look forward to our upcoming meeting with the City Council. If we feel there is a need for additional guidance from the Council, we will make a request for a shirt- sleeve work session." Commissioner Pearson seconded Ayes--all HRA M~utes of 5-10-94 -3- c. Meeting with City Council The HRA discussed this upcoming meeting. No action was taken. d. Commercial Property Study Ken Roberts presented the staff report and discussed it with the HRA. Commissioner Fischer explained the Planning Commission's recent work on this study. No action was taken by the HRA~ DATE OF NEXT MEETIN~UNE 14, 1994 ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m. MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: Community Design Review Board and HRA Director of Community Development Meetings with the City Council May 23, 1994 The City Council would like to meet with each of the City's Boards and Commissions. The City Manager told me that there are three available dates: December 5, February 6 and March 6. Please let us know if you cannot meet on one of these dates. The meetings would be from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Maplewood Room. MAPLEWOOD CRIME PREVENTION COALITION On May 5, our first meeting of rental property owners/managers was well attended. After City officials were introduced, Chief Kenneth Collins welcomed everyone. The St. Paul Crime Prevention Coalition was described by Officer Paul Strong and Dianna Wilhelmson. A handout describing the Mesa Crime-Free Multi-Housing Program was distributed for future evaluation and discussion. During open discussion, attendees introduced themselves and suggested areas where information from the Police Department would be helpful. The group expressed an interest and a need to continue meeting on a regular basis. It was decided to meet on the third Thursday of the month. Any interested rental property owner/manager is welcome to attend the next meeting, which will be held at Edgerton Manor, 2021 Edgerton Street (the corner of Edgerton and Skillman}. The meeting will begin at l0 a.m. on Thursday, June 16, 1994. For more information, call 770-4543. TO: FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: Ken Roberts Chris McGlincey AGE REQUIREM~S - SENIOR HOUSING June 2, 1994 Per your request, I researched the files on the "Cottages" projects for City age standards on these senior projects. In addition to the two cottages projects, summarized below, I also called Archer Heights which has an adult-only (non-family) building which happens to be 95% seniors, but is not stipulated as such. I could not reach anyone at Concordia Arms. C~efree Cottages The partnership which owns the project covenanted to the City in the July 27, 1993, Covenants & Restrictions Agreement that the project shall be rented in accord with 24 CFR §§ 100.300 to 100.303. These federal sections provide exemptions to the Fair Housing Act. The purpose of the exemptions is to specifically provide for older persons. The threshold age under the exemption is 62. All members of a household must be 62 or older to qualify. No children or other live-in relatives under 62 years of age are allowed. An exception is provided for live-in home health aids, so long as they are hired and not related to the senior tenants. Wcodlvn Cottages The funding for Woodlyn is from three sources: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), tax exempt financing and tax increment financing (TIF). There do not appear to be any age restrictions as part of the CDBG financing. Rather, CDBG funding is dependent upon fifty-one percent of units being rented to residents qualified by income characteristics. Nor do there appear to be any age requirements tied to the tax exempt or TIF financing packages explicitly. The only written age requirement I found is contained in Condition A of the PUD resolution dated December 14, 1987. Condition A states that the development shall not be converted to non-seniors housing without revision of the PUD. The term "senior" is defined in the PUD resolution as age 60 or over. This is inconsistent with the federal Fair Housing Act exemption threshold of 62, as noted above. However, in a telephone call to the project, I was told that applicants are screened using a 62 year-old threshold. CITY OF MAPLEWOOD BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPLICANT INFORMATION DATE: PHONE: (w) ADDRESS ~3~ ~/~,,g'.~?" P/~. ZIP CODE~ 1. How long have you lived in ~he City of Maplewood? ~/~ 2. Does your emplo~ent re~ire travel or being away from the co.unity which would make r=Talar attendance a~ m~etings difficult? Yes 3. On which Board or co~ission are you interested in se~ing? ' Co.unity Design Review Board Park & Recreation "'co~ission Housing & Redevelopment Authority Human Relations Commission ..... Planning Commission Police civil Service Commission ® Do you have any se_R~ areas of interest within this Board's or Commission's scope of responsibilities? List other organizations or clubs in the Community in which you have been or are an active participant: ~S-~ ® Why would you like to serve on this Board or Commission? ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: mb\frm\boards CITY OF MAPLEWOOD BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPLICANT INFORMATION (w) ADDRESS ~' ~~~ ~--~ ZIP CODE 1. HOW long have you lived in the City of Maplewood? ~ ~. ® Does your employment require travel or being away from the community which would make regular attendance at meetings difficult? __Yes ~ No On which Board or Commission are you interested in serving? __Community Design Review Board Park & Recreation Commission Housing & Redevelopment Authority Planning Commission Human Relations Commission Police Civil Service Commission 4. Do you have any speGific areas of interest within this Board's or Commission's scope of responsibilities? 5. List other organizations ~r clubs in the Community in which you have been or are an active participant: 6. Why would you like to serve on this Board or Commission? ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: mb\frm\boards