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Mounds View Planning Commission October 17, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />6. Other Planning Activities <br /> <br />A. Comp Plan 2008 Update <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller explained the Planning Commission would discuss the Chapter 4 - <br />Housing section of the Comprehensive Plan. She included a report from the Met Council on <br />affordable housing. She reported the Met Council assigns each city a number of additional <br />affordable housing units that they should be planning for. Mounds View’s fair share amount is <br />81 units. She stated Mounds View already has a significant amount of affordable housing with a <br />wide range of opportunities for both rental and ownership. She explained the Met Council bases <br />the number of affordable housing units on the types of jobs in a given community and access to <br />public transportation. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller directed the Commission through Chapter 4 of the Comprehensive <br />Plan. <br /> <br />Commissioner Gunn referenced Item H and questioned if Mounds View participated in a first <br />time homebuyers program. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied that Ramsey County offers a first time homebuyers program. <br /> <br />Chair Stevenson asked if townhomes were included in the single-family homesteaded chart. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied she believed they were. She stated the chart requires updating. <br /> <br />Commissioner Gunn referenced Item 44-I - Point of Sale and Truth in Housing and questioned <br />whether Mounds View was participating in these programs. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied Mounds View has not started these programs and it is <br />questionable whether it would. She explained the programs require homes be brought up to code <br />prior to sale. <br /> <br />Commissioner Gunn asked if the Property Managers Coalition was still active. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied it was active and that single family home rental properties may <br />be added in to the city’s rental licensing program. <br /> <br />Commissioner Miller questioned if the programs listed in Goal 1 Policy h were still available. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied the Housing Resource Center handles these programs. She <br />stated loan programs are available that are not being taken advantage of. <br /> <br />Commissioner Gunn questioned whether the Housing Resource Center should be referenced in <br />several of these Items. <br /> <br />Planning Associate Heller replied it could be added where appropriate. <br />