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City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and Mounds View City Council <br />From: Evan Monson, AICP, Stantec, City Planner <br />Item Title/Subject: Affordable Housing <br />Request: Discussion Item <br />I ntroduction: <br />The City Council previously discussed the topic of affordable housing as a part of the strategic <br />planning process in Summer 2025, which led to the creation of an affordable housing policy being <br />drafted and discussed at multiple work sessions in 2025. <br />Discussion centered on how the city can use ‘inclusionary zoning’ as a tool to require a percentage <br />of new rental housing units within market-rate developments to be affordable to low- and middle- <br />income households (based on area median income or ‘AMI’). Staff had prepared a policy for the <br />city to use moving forward, which was last covered at the December work session meeting. <br />Discussion: <br />The City Council reviewed possible amendments to Chapter 119 (Rental Dwellings) of the city <br />code at the February work session; it was the consensus at this meeting to incorporate the <br />affordable housing policy into Chapter 119 of the city code at this time. <br />To incorporate the policy into Chapter 119, amendments are proposed to existing Section 119.002 <br />(Definitions), as well as creating Sections 119.008 through 119.016 (proposed as the Affordable <br />Housing Policy sections). <br />A ‘redlined’ draft showing the changes from last month to this month is included in the meeting <br />packet, along with a ‘clean’ draft. <br />Recommendation: <br />Staff recommend the Council review the draft ordinance provided and provide staff with <br />direction regarding any changes. The City Council would need to conduct two readings of the <br />ordinance to adopt it. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Evan Monson, AICP <br />City Planner <br />Item 2