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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/01/1995AGENDA MAPLEWOOD HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY November 1, 1995 7:00 P.M. CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM B (Note Room Change) 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes a. September27, 1994 4. Approval of Agenda 5. Communications a. Carefree Cottages of Maplewood (Phase III) b. HRA Vacancy 6. Unfinished Business 7. New Business a. Metropolitan Livable Communities Act b. Election of Officers c. Meeting Time 8. Date of Next Meeting a. December 12, 1995 9. Adjournment c:HRAAGEND.MEM MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SEPTEMBER 27, 1994 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Fischer called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. ROLL CALL HRA Commissioners: Applicants: City Staff: Lorraine Fischer, Tom Connelly, Gary Pearson, Larry Whitcomb Al Carlson, Tom Schiff Ken Roberts 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. June 28, 1994 Commissioner Connelly moved approval of the minutes of June 28, 1994 as submitted. Commissioner Whitcomb seconded Ayes--all 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Whitcomb moved approval of the agenda. Commissioner Pearson seconded Ayes--all 5. COMMUNICATIONS ao Ken Roberts, Associate Planner, stated The Homestead at Maplewood is now the name for the VOA assisted-care living facility now starting construction at White Bear/Cope Avenues and Highway 36. bo Ken Roberts, Associate Planner, stated that he and Commissioner Fischer are members of the Public and Elderly Housing Committee of the Ramsey County strategic planning process. As such, they represent Maplewood and are to help formulate ideals for the future of public and elderly housing in Ramsey County. These will be presented in December to the Ramsey County Board. HRA Minutes of 9-27-94 2 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Commissioner Whitcomb moved to meet with the City Council on February 6, 1995. Commissioner Fischer seconded Ayes--all 7. NEW BUSINESS a. QSA Maplewood Housing Study Steve Quam of QSA presented a proposal that could help Maplewood rehabilitate and manage its housing stock and conserve open space. He also gave a slide presentation on housing and answered questions from the HRA. Commissioner Whitcomb moved the HRA recommend the City Council spend $500 for a housing study as outlined in the staff report. Commissioner Pearson seconded Ayes--all b. Commercial Property Study Ken Roberts, Associate Planner, presented the staff report and discussed it with the HRA. Commissioner Fischer further explained some of the Planning Commission's work on this study. Ken Roberts spoke of the Phalen Chain of Lakes Watershed District and how they are trying to find ways to protect the water quality. Commissioner Whitcomb moved the HRA have no objection to the staff recommendations on the Commercial Property Study except for Item 9: Initiate an ordinance that changes Subsection 36-27(a) of the City Code to require trees and shrubs in addition to grass, but allow the CDRB to waive the requirement where the adjacent owners object. 2. Initiate an ordinance that states that the City may require landscaping with any required screening fencing. Initiate an ordinance that changes Subsection 36-28(c)(6). This change would increase the maximum setback for large and tall buildings from 75 feet to 100 feet. HRA Minutes of 9-27-94 3 4. Initiate an ordinance to change the commercial districts to conform to the Planning Commission's list on page 91. Exclude the prohibition on gun shops. 5. Make no change to clinics in the zoning ordinance, and lift the moratorium on new or expanding clinics. Use the monetary standards, vehicular, foundation and aesthetic plantings, landscaping materials and definitions of the Chanhassen ordinance for a one-year trial. The staff shall apply the ordinance to each project and report the results to the Community Design Review Board. Since it is not a Maplewood ordinance, the Board can use or ignore the Chanhassen standards on a case by case basis. At the end of the year, the Board shall recommend whether the City should add all or some of the Chanhassen ordinance to the Maplewood Code. 7. Initiate an ordinance that allows the City to replace some of the required parking with reserve land. o Initiate an ordinance that would drop the first sentence of the intent section of the BC(M) zoning district. This sentence states that "The BC(M) Business Commercial District (Modified) is intended to provide for the orderly transition between more intensive commercial uses and low or medium density residential areas." 9. Initiate an ordinance to amortize nonconforming commercial uses in residential zones. 10. Direct the Planning Commission to study the intensity of commercial development. The study should include the following: a. Define what intensity of commercial development means. b. Decide whether the City needs to control the intensity of commercial development. If the Commission decides that the City needs to control intensity, recommend ways to do it. The Commission should consider regulating maximum lot coverages and floor area to lot area ratios. Commissioner Fischer seconded Ayes--all HRA Minutes of 9-27-94 4 c. Interviews Ken Roberts, Associate Planner, introduced Allen Carlson and Thomas Schiff, the two applicants for the vacant Housing and Redevelopment position. The Board interviewed the two applicants and voted. There were six points for each applicant. Commissioner Connelly moved the HRA submit the names of Allen Carlson and Thomas Schiffto the City Council as candidates for the vacant Housing and Redevelopment position. Commissioner Whitcomb seconded DATE OF NEXT MEETING November 15, 1994 This November 15 meeting will be held only if necessary. 9. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 10:10 p.m. Ayes--all MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: City Manager Melinda Coleman, Community Development Director Liveable Communities Act October 27, 1995 INTRODUCTION A representative from the Metropolitan Council will attend the HRA meeting on November 1, 1995, to discuss and explain the Metropolitan Liveable Communities Act. I have enclosed some information that the Metropolitan Council staff prepared about this act. This information highlights the programs under the act and what this means to municipalities. I also have included a model resolution supplied by the Metropolitan council for HRA review. The Metropolitan Council is requiring that cities adopt this, or a similar resolution, by November 15, 1995 if they want to participate in this program. BACKGROUND On October 23, 1995, the city council considered the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act. The council tabled this until November 13, 1995 so the HRA could review this proposal. RECOMMENDATION Adopt the resolution with the understanding that the Planning commission, HRA and the City Council will need to have future discussions about housing goals for Maplewood. mc/p:misc/INeact, mem 1. Qu~tions and Answe~ 2. Model Resolution Attachment 1 LIVABLE COMMUNITIES 'QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1. What is the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act? The Metropolitan Livable Communities Act ("Act") was enacted in June 1995 and is the Legislature's attempt to address various issues facing the seven-county metropolitan area. The Act establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund which consists of three accounts: the Tax Base Revitalization Account; the Livable Communities Demonstration Account; and the Local Housing Incentives Account. Metropolitan municipalities are not required to participate in the programs under the Act, but the Act provides incentives and funding to those municipalities that do participate. 2. What is the incentive to participate? The benefits are clear. Cities, towns and, in some cases, counties have access to resources that will improve their communities and neighborhoods. In addition, the legislation puts local units of govern- ment in the driver's seat. Communities can not only choose whether to participate; they also have flexibility in determining how they're going to use the resources available. 3. What is the incentive to provide lower-cost housing in our community? Affordable housing is an investment in conmntnities and their residents. It fulfills a commitment to young families, single people and older residents that they can find a home they can afford in the com- munity of their choice. 4. What are "affordable" housing and 'q. fie-cycle" housing? Housing is "affordable" if it costs no more than 30percent of a family's income. For ownership hous- ing this income amount is 80 percent of median, an amount that in 1994 co;dd afford a home costing 2 approximately $115,000. For rental housing this income is 50 percent of median. In 1990 this was approximately $500 per month. "Life-cycle" housing refers to housing availabIe for people at ail stages of their lives, offering a choice and variety of housing types and cost to accommodate people's changing needs and preferences as their incomes and circumstances change. What are the affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities mount? The Affordable and LOee-Cycle Housing Opportunities Amount ("ALHOA amount") is an amount, established by formula in the Act, that a participating municipality must spend to create affordable and life-cycle housing or to maintain existing affordable and life- cycle housing. A participating municipality's ALHOA amount is established each year. 6. Does the ALHOA mount have to be a property tax levy? No. The ALHOA amount can be derived from a levy, or it can be derived from fundrfrom another source. Regardless of the source of funds for the municipality's AZar-IOA amount, a participating munici- pality that did not meet its negotiated affordable and life- cycle housing goals, and did not spend 85 percent of its ALHOA amount to create affordable and life- cycle housing opportunities in the previous year, must distribute the entire AI.J-IOA amount to a local housing and redevelopment authority to create affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities in the municipality, or to the Metropolitan Council for distribution through the Local Housing Incentives Program. 7. If my municipality elects by November 15, 1995, to participate in the Local Housing lncen- fives Account Program, must the municipality spend an ALHOA amount in calendar year 19967 No. Because of various timing provisions in the Act, the ALHOA amount requirement does not apply until your municipality's election to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program made by November 15, 1996, for calendar year 1997. 8. If my municipality elects .to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program by November 15, 1995, but is nnable to agree on housing goals with the Metropolitan Council, must the municipality participate in the program? ~3 No. A municipality is not participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program unless two conditions have been met: a. The municipality has elected to participate in the program; and b. The Metropolitan Council and the municipality have negotiated and agreed on affordable and life-cycle housing goals for the municipality. If the municipality and the Metropolitan Council do not successfully negotiate housing goals, your municipality may not participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program. 9. Must my municipality participate in the Local Homing Incentives Account Program? No. Participation in the program is voluntary, but a municipality that does not participate may at some later time elect to participate in the prograrr~ However, a municipality which later elects to participatb must establish that it has spent or agrees to spend on affordable and life-cycle housing an amount equivalent to what it would have spent on affordable and life-cycle housing had goals been established for the period in which the municipality was not participating. 10. If my municipality has met its housing goals in the previous calendar year, may my munici- .pality participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program? Yes. However, your municipality will not be eligible to receive grants from the Local Housing Incentives Account Program if it met its affordable and life-cycle housing goals. Your municipality still will be eligible for grants and loans under the Livable Communities Demonstration Account and Tax Base Revitalization Account programs. 11. What if my municipality chooses not to participate in the Local Housing incentives Ac- count Program? Municipalities that elect not to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program are not eligible to participate in the Tax Base Revitalization Account and Livable Conmmnities Demonstration Account programs under the Act. The Metropolitan Council is required by the Act to take into account your municipality's participation in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program when making discretionary funding decisions. In addition, your municipality will not be eligible to apply for funds under the Department of Trade and Economic Development's polluted sites clean-up program if your municipality is not participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program. 12. If my municipality elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program, but does not have the capacity to create additional affordable and life. cycle housing opportunities, can my municipality give its ALHOA amounts to other municipalities to meet negotiated housing goals? Yes. A mtmi.'eipality that has negotiated housing goals, but might not have adequate resources to create or maintain affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities still could be considered a participating mu- nicipality. However, the municipality would be required to distribute its ALHOA amount to the Metro- politan Council for distribution to other participating municipalities or distribute its ALHOA amount to a local housing and redevelopment authority for creating affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities within the municipality. The Act permits municipalities to enter into agreements with adjacent municipali- ties to cooperatively provide affordable and life-cycle housing. The Metropolitan Council will work with municipalities to help municipalities create affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities and avail themselves of the incentives and funding available under the Act and from other sources. 13. ' If my municipality is using local resources to make payments on a mortgage for an afford- able or life-cycle housing opportunity created prior to the Act, can these resources count toward expenditures of the municipality's ALHOA amount? Yes. As long as the use of the funds is directly related to your municipality's efforts to meet its afford- able and life-cycle housing goals, these local resources can be considered an expenditure of ALHOA amounts. 14. Arc the goals for affordable and life-cycle housing, as proposed by the Metropolitan Coun- cil, achievable? The goals proposed by the Metropolitan Council are intended to be "long-term" goals. Your munici- pality will establish an action plan that identifies the steps your municipality intends to take to move toward its long-range goals. Beginning in 7998, your municipality's annual progress in meeting its negotiated affordable and life-cyclehousing goals will be measured against the armual goals your municipality sets forth its action plan~ Progress toward the goals will depend on private marketplace efforts, the availability of affordable and life-cycle housing resources and the use of local controls to create an environment to meet goals. 5 15. Do the Metropolitan Council and a municipality negotiate and set housing goals annually? No. The Act envisions negotiated housing goals as a one-time process. That is why the goals are long term in nature. The Metropolitan Council will propose affordable and life-cycle housing goals that encourage your municipality to address key housing benchmarks. 16. After the Metropolitan Council and a municipality negotiate and set affordable and life- cycle housing goals for the municipality, what happens next? The municipality must prepare an action plan that describes how it intends to meet its negotiated goals. The municipality has until June 30, 1996, to submit the action plan to the Metropolitan Council. 17. Does the Metropolitan Council have to approve the action plan? The Act does not require the Metropolitan Council to approve a municipality's action Plan. However, the Metropolitan Council will comment on the plan's content in relation to the negotiated goals that have been established, and it will attempt to identify potential resources available to the municipality to help the municipality meet its negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals. 18. What should the action plan look like? The suggested format will be modeled after the one used for the housing element of your comprehensive plarr RESOLIYYION NO.__ Attachment 2 RESOLUTION ELECTING TO PARTICIPATE IN Ti:W. LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER TI:W. METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIF~ ACT CALENDARYEAR1996 WI~REAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (1995 Minnesota Laws Chapter 255) establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund which is~ntended to address housing and other development issues facing the metropolitan area defined by lV[innesota Stallltes section 473.121; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund, comprising the Tax Base Revitalization Account, the Livable Communities Demonstration Account and the Local Housing Incentives Account, is intended to provide certain funding and other assistance to metropolitan area municipalities; and WHEREAS, a metwpolitan area municipality is not eligible to receive grants or loans under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund or eligible to receive certain polluted sites cleanup finding from the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development unless the municipality is participating in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254; and WHEREAS, the Metwpolitan Livable Communities Act requires the Metropolitan Council to negotiate with each munici- pality to establish affordable and life-cycle housing goals for that municipality that are consistent with and pwmote the policies of the Metropolitan Council as provided in the adopted Metropolitan Development Guide; and WHEREAS, by June 30, 1996, each municipality must identify to the Metropolitan Council the actions the municipality plans to take to meet the established housing goals; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council must adopt, by resolution after a public hearing, the negotiated affordable and life- cycle housing goals for each municipality by January 15, 1996; and WHEREAS, a metropolitan area municipality which elects to participate in the Local.Housing Incentives Account Pro- gram must do so by November 15 of each year, and WHEREAS, for calendar year 1996, a metropolitan area municipality can participate under Minnesota Statutes section 473.254 only if: (a) the municipality elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account Program by November 15, 1995; (b) the Metropolitan Council and the municipality successfully negotiate affo~_able and life-cycle housing goals for the municipality; and (c) by January 15, 1996 the Metropolitan Council adopts by resolution the negotiated affordable and life-cycle housing goals for each municipality; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the [specific municipality] hereby elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act during calendar year 1996. By: By: Mayor Clerk