HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-128 CCR• adoption: Member RDIVr+ PePPe introduced the following resolution and moved its
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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR A METROPOLITAN
COUNCIL PLANNING ASSISTANCE GRANT
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes sections 473.851 requires local units of government
to prepare local comprehensive plans with land use controls that are consistent with planned, orderly,
and staged development and with metropolitan system plans; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes sections 473.854 and 473.867 authorize the
Metropolitan Council to prepare and adopt guidelines establishing uniform procedures for the award
and disbursement of planning assistance grants and loans; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes 473.867 authorizes the Metropolitan Council to give
funding to local units of government to review and amend their local comprehensive plans, fiscal
devices and official controls; and
WHEREAS, the City requires a planning assistance grant to complete a life cycle
housing study to assist in preparation of the housing element and official controls of its planning;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized
to submit an application to the Metropolitan Council for a planning assistance grant to update and
prepare a life cycle housing study as part of its planning process.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution shall be
submitted as part of the planning assistance grant application.
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Date
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City Clerk
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The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
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and the following voted against the same: ►lane
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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Attachment A
Project Description, Work Plan and Budget
Project Description
This application for local planning assistance grant funds is for a joint project of 6 cities in the
north metro area, Brooklyn Center, Columbia Heights, Coon Rapids, Crystal, New Hope and
Robbinsdale. The project is to study_ the life cycle housing needs of these cities through the year
2010.
A life cycle housing study provides information on the housing types and costs that will be needed
in a city or group of cities in the future. It looks at the types of housing that will be needed to
accommodate people as they grow older, as they grow up and start out on their own, and as they
move into a community to fill the jobs that will be created.
The study starts with the current population and housing supply, and uses population, household,
employment and age projections to determine housing demand or usage in 2010. Current housing
usage by age and income are used as guides, along with anticipated changes in employment and
city goals and policies. Census data, building permit data, and Metropolitan Council projections
are used to form the data base, along with any more recent local data available. Real estate trends
for the market area are also considered.
• The final product is a report that indicates the housing types that the community will need to have
available by 2010 to accommodate the population.
Advantages of a Life Cycle Housing Studv
• A Life Cycle Housing Study is a basic housing planning tool that helps cities to make
decisions regarding housing goals and implementation strategies for their comprehensive plans
and Livable Communities goals and action plans. For example, if a city knows that there will
be a major increase in the number of young people ready to form their own households, the city
may want to plan for additional affordable housing units, both rental and ownership.
• A Life Cycle Housing Study helps with zoning decisions. If a city finds that certain housing
types are needed in the future, zoning changes can be made to accommodate these needs before
the available land is committed to other uses.
• A Life Cycle Housing Study helps with redevelopment planning. If a city is planning to
convert existing buildings to different uses, information on the housing types that will be
needed in the future will be useful to planners and developers.
• A Life Cycle Housing Study may help to discourage overbuilding of housing types that may
not be needed by 2010. An example would be the large -lot single-family homes that have
dominated new housing construction in the region during the 1990s, but which may have a
• much smaller market by 2010. It will be difficult to convert these housing units to other uses,
and they may end up as rental Units, leading to unanticipated changes in the communities.
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• Work Plan and Budget
The 6 cities noted above plan to hire the consulting firm of Nancy Reeves and Associates to
prepared Life Cycle Housing Studies. In addition to the individual studies for each city, an
overview of the north metro market area will also be included.
The work will begin as soon as funding notification is received by the cities, approximately the end
of August, 1997. It is anticipated that the individual plans and overview of the market area can be
completed within 4 months of funding notification, to allow the cities plenty of time to use the
information in preparing their comprehensive plans.
The process will include initial project planning meetings with each city, preparation of the studies
in draft form, city review of the draft materials, and final versions of the studies and overview.
The cost of the studies will be $4,000.00 per city, with the planning assistance grant paying
$3,000.00 of the cost, and the cities paying the remaining $1,000.00. This figure includes all study
preparation costs (data analysis and writing) and delivery of 7 copies of the study to each city by
the consultant.
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