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6 | Page <br />City of Little Canada Housing Study - 2025 <br />5. Consider regulatory or other options to encourage re-investment in existing single-family <br />neighborhoods by existing residents. <br />6. Continue to monitor housing condition and maintenance and consider options for <br />preservation and improvement of existing housing stock <br /> <br />Medium to High-Density Residential <br />7. Consider medium to higher density residential development for those areas where higher <br />traffic volumes and road capacities are already in place. <br />8. Carefully weigh the conversion of commercial or industrial land to residential only in <br />those areas where the non-residential land uses are no longer economically viable due to <br />infrastructure or access. <br />9. Balance the City’s higher density housing stock with high-value multi-family where <br />appropriate. <br />10. Accommodate the location of new multi-family projects where they are compatible with <br />the surrounding land uses based on traffic generation, building massing, and site usage <br />impacts on adjoining property. <br />11. Continue to seek opportunities to work with existing multi-family building owners to <br />improve property condition, maintenance, and re-investment to maintain value and <br />encourage long-term residency. <br />12. Continue to monitor public safety issues throughout the City, and take aggressive, pro- <br />active steps to avoid conditions that may lead to deterioration and unsafe neighborhood <br />environments. <br />13. Continue the City’s rental housing monitoring, through licensing, inspection, and <br />cooperative programming, with the objective of improving residential living <br />environments <br /> <br />Manufactured Housing Parks <br />14. In the year after this plan is adopted, the City will Study what it can or should do, if <br />anything, to mitigate the adverse financial effect on park residents of a sudden <br />redevelopment of any of the three parks in Little Canada. This study should involve an <br />advisory committee including park residents and experts, among others. <br />Affordable Housing <br />15. Acknowledge the City’s significant historical role in the provision of affordable housing <br />options in the Ramsey County suburban area. <br />16. Acknowledge the City’s need to address the Metropolitan Council’s significant increase <br />in employment forecasts for the City prior to converting non-residential land to housing. <br />Little Canada Comprehensive Plan. <br />17. Continue the City’s policy of protecting infill areas for land uses reflecting their historical <br />zoning, rather than converting them to higher densities.