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Mounds View Planning Commission September 15, 1999
<br /> Regular Meeting Page 12
<br /> component, and as this was their purview, it should be reflected in the Economic Development
<br /> section of the Comprehensive Plan. He suggested if the issue of housing was going to be addressed
<br /> in the Comprehensive Update, it should be addressed by the Planning Commission, based upon staff's
<br /> research regarding the City's short and long term residential plans. He added if they were to consider
<br /> including more of the residential housing issues, this might necessitate changing 4.41s section to
<br /> "Economic and Housing Development Section," and would require they.start at*beginning,beginning, to
<br /> determine how much housing development should be incorporated into t : docent.
<br /> Economic Development Coordinator Carroll stated he bested there ou t! ;. fair amount f
<br /> housinginformation in the final Comprehensive Guide p .
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<br /> should this information originate. He acknowledged tha i"> is was an rrnportailikek. .Vatigi5
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<br /> Commissioner Berke stated he had brought this forward t of Tax Increment Financing, and
<br /> concerns among the residents that it assists the City with their' e:velopment, but does not necessarily
<br /> reduce the tax base for the residents. He explained that bcreasinh ` esidential development and
<br /> redevelopment, they are actually providing tax relief to the residents't 1 t ey`are producing higher
<br /> property taxes, which is of benefit to the residents. .':AA ' '"` < `} :x_.`.:
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<br /> Community Development Director Jopke:� t4Wv-
<br /> ated ui ;` hey., ould have to look at the
<br /> Comprehensive plan in entirety, to determine how itti flects ogoals and needs of the community.
<br /> He added he believed it would address gis issue. Te explained to Housing section addresses the
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<br /> housing issues of the community, and of ere areAreas that Alould be emphasized, this can be done,
<br /> and consolidated into the Plan. �} �:;:::.
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<br /> Commissioner;Hegland incf 'the Comprehensive Plan would weigh the issues of residential
<br /> versus business:: pd industrial,de elopment l,. ::}stated he was concerned in that there is list of the
<br /> Economic} e o� ±�ent C irns to 3;s priorities for development, but there are also priorities for
<br /> residential de . ' :>.,:'t and hd`°°;,,.:.�' lthey balance these priorities in cost versus benefit analysis
<br /> to the City. *h '
<br /> •t1u I' 0-veli•u= a'`. 3":: • .a. - .rated-this w-as-a-good-point. He-explained that ty-pieally
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<br /> the "'prehensive Plan 1' #div tied i
<br /> C=. nto sections, and each of those sections address the goals
<br /> presented for the City.
<br /> ;$ issioner Laube« ded this was document was one division of the Comprehensive Plan,
<br /> aa° en e r, it is the economic development section, and the Comprehensive Plan and zoning of
<br /> s �, Vial's. He explained that this section would indicate that economic development is
<br /> "'i. evelopment, unless some other area of the Comprehensive plan addresses the issue
<br /> of re dear housing, which is important in the balance of the development of the City as a whole.
<br /> He added that this document otherwise sets the priorities presented therein, as the priority in the
<br /> hierarchy.
<br /> Community Development Director Jopke explained the Comprehensive Plan does not set a hierarchy,
<br /> it simply indicates what the goals, objectives, and policy are in these specific areas. He noted the
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