1998 Planning Commission Packets

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Comprehensive Guide Plan - Housing Element City of Mounds View Ia Existing Comprehensive Guide Plan Mousing Goals and Action Plan - 1979 The following goals were adopted as part of the Housing Plan for the city Comprehensive Guide Plan in 1979. Goal 1: Provide safe, healthy and attractive residential environments which offer a broad and full choice of housing opportunities. Goal 2: Preserve the identity and improve the quality and appearance of existing residential neighborhoods. Goal 3: Provide sufficient housing and sufficient housing sizes, types and styles to meet the needs of all segments of the population, notably groups with specialized housing needs, such as low and moderate income and the elderly. Goal 4: Encourage a creative approach to the use of land and related residential development. Goal 5: Maintain planning districts within the community based upon homogeneous or compatible land use characteristics and or division by physical barriers. Goal 6: Protect residential land uses which may be significantly impacted by noise in the vicinity of the Anoka County Airport. Goal 7: Encourage community residents to undertake a program of personal energy saving habits in their homes and in their every day activities. Goal 8: Consider alternative styles of development, such as solar heated buildings or earth sheltered structures, to obtain long-term energy savings. Goal 9: Plan for and encourage development which facilitates energy conservation, yet maintains compatibility and relationships of uses. Housing Rehabilitation and Redevelopment The City adopted a policy as part of the comprehensive guide plan which would address rehabilitation of housing rather than redevelopment. The rehabilitation would be provided through accessing various funding sources available through the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency and Community Development Block Grants.