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Mounds View Planning Commission October 17, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion ensued on updated information on housing statistics. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson asked when the most recent information would be pulled. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied she would research information over the next nine months. <br /> <br />Commissioner Miller pointed out the County Assessor’s data on housing conditions and asked if <br />homes are actually looked at. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied this information comes from the County Assessor’s office. <br />She stated the County receives building permit information which is one way they determine <br />home values. <br /> <br />Commissioner Cramblit commented the housing conditions are a drive-by determination. <br /> <br />Commissioner Walsh-Kaczmarek commented it might be advantageous to have a local entity <br />make a determination on housing conditions rather than the county. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller commented she believes city staff has a good grasp of what is going <br />on in the City. <br /> <br />Commissioner Gunn commented on subsidized and Section 8 housing. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller explained the difference between the types of subsidized housing and <br />Section 8. <br /> <br />Commissioner Walsh-Kaczmarek questioned whether the Met Council enforces the number of <br />affordable housing units that each city is asked to plan for. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied that the Metropolitan Council realizes that cities can not <br />control the housing market, but they also should not be preventing expected growth or affordable <br />housing opportunities. She commented that cities can designate land for higher density housing <br />which is typically the only way any new housing can be made affordable now without some type <br />of subsidies. <br /> <br />Commissioner Gunn questioned whether the lot sizes on Table 16 were correct. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied they were, and came from the zoning code. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller explained the stars signify Mounds View’s benchmarks and that we <br />have met or exceeded the Met Council’s expectations. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson commented the charts should include both single family detached and single <br />family attached categories. <br /> <br />Commissioner Walsh-Kaczmarek recommended standardizing all the charts. <br />