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PLANNING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
November 3, 2010 -- 7:00 P.M.
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Minutes:
A. August 18, 2010
4. Citizens Requests and Comments Relating to Planning and Zoning Issues Not
Already on the Agenda. (Before speaking, please give your full name and address for the
record.)
5. Planning Cases
None
6. Other Planning Activity
A. Review Planning Commissioner applications
B. Review Housing Action Plan for Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act
C. Set 2011 Planning Commission Meeting Schedule
7. Next Planning Commission Meetings:
A. November 17, 2010
B. December 1, 2010
8. Adjourn to Agenda Session
AGENDA SESSION
1. Review Minutes:
a. October 6, 2010
2. Staff Reports
a. Upcoming Planning Cases
3. Chairperson and Planning Commissioners’ Reports
4. Meeting Conclusion
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA
Regular Meeting
October 6, 2010
Mounds View City Hall
2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112
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1. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Chair Stevenson at 7:00 p.m. October 6, 2010.
2. Roll Call
Members Present: Commissioners Cramblit, Miller, Rundle, Schiltgen, and Smith.
Absent and Excused: Commissioner Meehlhause and Stevenson.
Also Present: Planning Associate Heidi Heller
Community Development Director Ken Roberts
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Index to Minutes Page
VR2008-005; Re-Approval of Variances for the Select Senior Living
Development; Applicant: Joel Larson, Select Senior Living 2
Discussion about Variances 2
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3. Approval of Minutes
July 21, 2010
MOTION/SECOND: Commissioner Cramblit/Commissioner Schiltgen. To approve the
minutes of the July 21, 2010 regular Planning Commission meeting as slightly amended.
Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried.
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4. Citizens Requests and Comments on Items Not on the Agenda
None.
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Mounds View Planning Commission October 6, 2010
Regular Meeting Page 2
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5. Planning Cases
A. VR2008-005; Re-Approval of Variances for the Select Senior Living
Development Applicant: Joel Larson, Select Senior Living
Planning Associate Heller stated Select Senior Living received approval for variances for a 95-
unit senior housing project in 2008, just about the time the banking industry collapsed. The
developer has now secured financing for the project. The variance approvals have become void
due to non-use after one year. Select Senior Living has requested that the Planning Commission
reapprove the variances for their senior housing development. The resolution in front of the
Planning Commission is the same as the one approved in 2008.
Vice Chair Miller questioned the financing using housing revenue bonds and asked for
clarification.
Planning Associate Heller stated the City is not funding the project but has allowed the developer
to go through the state bond pool for financing. Also, by doing this, the City will receive a fee in
the process.
MOTION/SECOND: Commissioner Cramblit/Commissioner Smith. Resolution 934-10, Re-
Approving Variances to Allow for Increased Site Density, Reduced Unit Sizes, Reduced Number
of Parking Spaces and to Allow Roof Overhang and Building Setback Encroachments at the
Select Senior Living Development to be Located at 2865 County Highway 10 and 7980 & 8020
Groveland Road.
Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried.
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6. Other Planning Activity
A. Discussion about Variances
Community Development Director Roberts stated the Supreme Court case ruling of July 21,
2010 has changed the way cities can handle variances. He provided a brief history of the court
case and clarified the new ruling. He stated the state statute is very restrictive and unless there is
no other use for the property then you cannot grant the variance. He stated Mounds View could
have difficulty with this new hardship interpretation, but added that a City can set their own
individual criteria for determining variance requests and continue with the process. There is
hope that when the legislature meets next year they may change the state law to let cities have
more control over granting variances. He felt the Planning Commission should take a harder look
at approving variances in the future.
Commissioner Schiltgen questioned the ramifications of the City approving a questionable
variance.
Mounds View Planning Commission October 6, 2010
Regular Meeting Page 3
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Director Roberts stated if the approval was challenged, it would need to go through the court
process.
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7. Next Planning Commission Meeting:
A. October 20, 2010
B. November 3, 2010
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8. Adjournment to Agenda Session
There being no further business before the Planning Commission, Chair Stevenson adjourned the
meeting at 7:35 p.m.
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(The meeting immediately adjourned to the Agenda Session)
Respectfully submitted,
Ken Roberts
Community Development Director
Transcribed by:
Barbara Suciu
TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.
Item No: 6A
Meeting Date: November 3, 2010
Type of Business: Other Planning Activity
City of Mounds View Staff Report
To: Mounds View Planning Commission
From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate
Item Title/Subject: Planning Commission Term Expiration and New
Application Review
The term of one Planning Commission member – Gary Rundle - expires at the end of the
year. The City advertised the vacancies, with applications due on Monday, November 1,
2010. As of Friday, October 29th, Staff has only received an application from Gary Rundle
for a second term. If any other applications come in on Monday, staff will forward a copy to
the Commission members. If there is more than one application for the Commissioner
term, a ballot vote will be taken at the Planning Commission meeting.
The Planning Commission will review the applications at the November 3, 2010 meeting,
and the City Council will make the official appointments by the end of the year.
Sincerely,
Heidi Heller
Planning Associate
Attachments:
1. Planning Application from Gary Rundle
Item No: 6B
Meeting Date: November 3, 2010
Type of Business: Planning Activity
City of Mounds View Staff Report
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council
From: Ken Roberts, Community Development Director
Heidi Heller, Planning Associate
Item Title/Subject: Housing Action Plan Update
Introduction:
Mounds View has been a participant in the Livable Communities Program (LCA) of the
Metropolitan Council since 1996. As part of that program, the City adopted a Housing
Action Plan. This plan is to help guide City actions and policies about housing – especially
those for housing for low and moderate-income persons in Mounds View. The Metropolitan
Council is now requiring Mounds View to update its Housing Action Plan.
Background:
On July 13, 2009, the Mounds View City Council held a public hearing to present the revised
Comprehensive Plan to the residents of the community, accepted the revised
Comprehensive Plan and authorized staff to submit the revised Comprehensive Plan to the
Metropolitan Council. This plan update included extensive revisions and additions to the
Comprehensive Plan, including the Housing Chapter.
On December 9, 2009, the Metropolitan Council approved the City’s revised Comprehensive
Plan.
On February 8, 2010, the City Council adopted Resolution 7571. This resolution gave final
approval to the City’s 2008 Comprehensive Plan update and directed City staff to make
copies of the Plan available for public viewing at Mounds View City Hall and at the Mounds
View branch of the Ramsey County Public Library.
On August 23, 2010, the City Council adopted Resolution 7654. This resolution approved
the City’s continued participation in the Local Housing Incentives Account program under the
Livable Communities Act for the years 2011-2020. This resolution included a range of
affordable housing units (53-81) and life-cycle housing units (80-200) the City expects that
will develop in Mounds View by the year 2020. The resolution also noted that the City would
be preparing a plan that identifies the actions the City would take to meet these housing
goals.
Discussion:
Since the City Council approved Resolution 7654 in August, staff has been working with the
Metropolitan Council on preparing an updated Housing Action Plan for Mounds View. This
plan is to identify housing goals for the city for the next 10 years (though 2020) and would
allow the City to apply to the Metropolitan Council for LCA grants. In general, the
Housing Action Plan Staff Report
November 3, 2010
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Housing Action Plan is to be a reflection of Mounds View’s own housing goals. As such,
the City can and should take much of the information for the updated Housing Action Plan
from the Housing Chapter of the 2008 Comprehensive Plan update.
The Housing Action Plan, according the Met Council, is to have several elements. An
important overall goal of the housing action plan is to help facilitate more affordable and
life-cycle housing in Mounds View. In addition, the Housing Action Plan should include:
1. The implementation efforts the City will be using and a general timeframe the
City expects to follow to put the actions the City outlines in the plan inplace.
2. Any new construction or housing rehabilitation efforts and programs to expand
the stock of affordable rental housing in the City.
3. A listing of the available programs and activities to address housing
maintenance, rehabilitation, and redevelopment in Mounds View.
4. A listing of the City’s short and long term expectations and intentions about the
use of fiscal tools to assist development or redevelopment that would create
affordable and life-cycle housing.
5. A pledge to examine and evaluate the impact the City’s local controls (including
zoning and subdivision regulations, design requirements and the City approval
process) on the cost of residential development and redevelopment.
6. What authority the City has for operating housing programs and the activities of
the organizations or entities that administer the programs.
City staff has prepared the attached Housing Action Plan based on the Housing Chapter of
the Comprehensive Plan and on the requirements of the Metropolitan Council. The City
Council will be reviewing the proposed Housing Plan Update during their Work Session on
November 1. After the Planning Commission makes a recommendation about the
proposed Housing Action Plan, City staff will submit the plan to the City Council for final
approval. The City must submit the Housing Action Plan to the Metropolitan Council (after
City Council approval) by December 1, 2010.
Recommendation:
Staff requests that the Planning Commission make a recommendation to the City Council
about the proposed Mounds View Housing Action Plan.
Respectfully submitted,
Heidi Heller
Planning Associate
Attachment - Draft Housing Action Plan
Community Development Department
2401 Highway 10
Mounds View, MN 55112
www.ci.mounds-view.mn.us
Housing Action Plan
for the
Livable Communities Act
2011 - 2020
Introduction
The Minnesota Legislature created the Livable Communities Act (LCA) in 1995. The LCA is a
voluntary, incentive-based approach to address the Metropolitan Area’s affordable and life cycle
housing needs while providing funds to communities to assist them in carrying out their
development plans. Mounds View has participated in the LCA since the beginning, and has
chosen to continue through the next cycle of 2011 to 2020.
Mounds View is a fully developed suburban city in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Residential land uses are and will continue to be the principal land uses in Mounds View. A
variety of forces affect housing including demographic, regional and local trends, the economic
climate the availability of land, government controls and the real estate market. A key factor in
the City’s ability to provide a high quality of life has been the strong neighborhoods, which have
a variety of housing styles and types, ownership and rental options and range of housing costs.
The City has prepared this Housing Action Plan to help facilitate more affordable and life cycle
housing in Mounds View. Most of the goals and action steps in this plan are from the City’s
2008 Comprehensive Plan.
Goals
Goal 1: Promote a broad and full choice of housing opportunities that provides
life-cycle and affordable housing with a mix of housing types and
values.
Provide sufficient opportunities for a variety of housing sizes, types and styles to meet
the needs of all segments of the population.
The City promotes development of various housing options for residents in all stages of
life.
Promote the development of move up housing opportunities and more housing options
for senior citizens.
The City promotes the development and preservation of owner-occupied housing for low
and moderate-income households.
The City may consider the development of additional medium density single-family
attached homes to supplement conventional single-family detached homes, manufactured
homes, and apartments.
Explore participation in state and federal housing programs as a source for life cycle and
affordable housing.
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Goal 2: Maintain and upgrade the existing housing stock of the City.
The City will encourage and assist residential property owners to apply for housing
rehabilitation assistance through the Housing Resource Center, Ramsey County, or the
Metropolitan Council.
The City may consider establishing a revolving loan fund for citizens of Mounds View to
use for single-family housing rehabilitation.
Goal 3: Administer housing programs in an efficient and cost effective
manner.
Use the city newsletter, local news median and the city website to inform residents of
housing program availability.
Continue partnerships with non-profits and government agencies such as the
Metropolitan Council and Ramsey County that administer life cycle and affordable
housing programs.
Goal 4: Encourage residential infill and redevelopment that supports the
City’s housing goals and maintains residential character.
The City should encourage a mix of densities and housing types in the County Highway
10 corridor to help accommodate additional housing.
Housing Type
There are 5,267 dwelling units in Mounds View, with 1,601 units being rental housing (2008).
The majority of Mounds View’s housing stock is owner-occupied single-family dwellings
(52%). Apartments make up 29% of the housing stock. Manufactured homes comprise 11% of
the total dwelling units, which exceeds the overall Ramsey County percentage of 3%. Overall,
70% of the housing in Mounds View is owner-occupied while 30% is rental.
Housing Value
According to 2008 Ramsey County Assessor’s office data, the median value for all Ramsey
County single-family residential properties was $200,200 in 2007 and $195,900 in 2008. The
median value for Mounds View single-family homes was $208,350 in 2007 and $199,200 in
2008. The median value in Ramsey County suburbs was $236,200 in 2007 and $224,600 in
2008. Suburban Ramsey County median residential values dropped by an average of 4.9%,
while Mounds View values only dropped by 2.15%.
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Rental Rates
The City of Mounds View requests owners of rental dwellings to supply rental rates with the
annual rental dwelling license application. The property owners voluntarily supply this
information. Table 13 shows the 1998 and 2007 average rental rates for one, two, and three
bedroom units.
Average Mounds View Rental Housing Rates vs. Met Council Affordable Housing Rates
Apartment size 1998 2007
1 bedroom $498 $613
2 bedroom $591 $754
3 bedroom $768 $1030
at 50% income at 60% income
$736 $883
$883 $1060
$1020 $1224
The 2007 average rental rates for Mounds View are less than or very close to the Metropolitan
Council affordable housing rates for at 50% of median income, and much less than at 60% of
median income levels. Most of the rental housing in Mounds View is very affordable and falls
within 60% of median income levels.
Housing Condition
The City Council has recognized that as Mounds View continues to mature, there is a need to
emphasize the maintenance of the housing stock and to protect the quality of life in the
neighborhoods. Initiatives such as an increased code enforcement effort and a rental housing
licensing ordinance are specific actions the City has implemented to help achieve this goal.
Subsidized Housing
There are currently 223 subsidized rental units in Mounds View. Subsidized units comprise 16
percent of the total rental units in the city. The following is a listing and type of the subsidized
units in Mounds View:
Housing Assistance:
Section 8 Vouchers: 57 multi and single family Metro HRA Section 8 Units (2008, city
wide)
Housing Development:
Low Income Housing Tax Credits
Silver Lake Pointe: 76 unit senior housing complex
Silver Lake Commons: 50 Apartment/Townhome units
Section 202
Wildwood Manor: 40 unit senior housing complex.
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Local Housing Issues
Aging Housing Stock and Infrastructure
A characteristic of a developed city is an aging housing stock and an aging public infrastructure
system. As the housing stock ages, the importance of reinvestment and rehabilitation increases.
The majority of the homes in the city are at an age where the owners need to make significant
reinvestment in the property to maintain the structures. If the owners defer housing maintenance,
reinvestment can be a problem due to the costs involved. Furthermore, deferred housing
maintenance can negatively affect a neighborhood and deter other property owners from
investing in their properties. The City’s code enforcement program helps to address maintenance
and other issues associated with an aging housing stock.
Life Cycle Housing and Affordable Housing
Changing demographics, such as an aging population, create the need for alternative housing
choices to the detached single-family home. Opportunities to develop life-cycle housing in
Mounds View are limited due to the lack of vacant land. The City will need to encourage
developers and builders to include this type of housing in redevelopment proposals.
According to the 2000 Census, 37% of the rental housing units in Mounds View are considered
affordable at 30% of median income levels (under $599/month rent). 91% of rental housing had
rent amounts of under $799/month. According to the 2002 Ramsey County Assessors’ data,
91% of owner-occupied units were valued under $200,000.
The Metropolitan Council also has studied housing costs. They define affordable housing based
on monthly rental and ownership purchase price amounts that they consider affordable to low
and moderate-income families. Housing is not affordable if an individual or family is spending
more than 30% of their income on housing costs. The Metropolitan Council has determined the
affordability limit for homeownership with an income level of 80% of area median income in
2007 was $206,800 and for those that have an income that is 60% of the median income is
$152,000. Ramsey County’s median estimated market value of single-family homes in Mounds
View for 2007 was $208,350 and that value dropped 4% in 2008 to $199,200.
To ensure the region has an adequate supply of affordable housing as the metropolitan area
continues to grow, the Metropolitan Council expects every city in the 7-county metro area to
plan for additional affordable housing. To this end, the Metropolitan Council has determined
each city’s share of the regional need for additional affordable housing. They determined this
allocation by studying a variety of factors including the anticipated household growth for the
region, housing vacancy rates, low-wage proximity, transit service and other factors. For
Mounds View, there is a need for 81 additional affordable housing units by the year 2020,
according to the Metropolitan Council.
Accommodating the 81 additional units of affordable housing by the year 2020 will be a
challenge for a City such as Mounds View since the City is nearly completely developed.
However, the City has designated all redevelopment areas with a land use designation of Mixed-
Use Planned Unit Development. This land use designation provides a possibility for new
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housing projects that could include higher density housing. The Metropolitan Council will assist
in the effort to build more affordable housing by administering programs and resources that
encourage a more diverse housing stock and to reduce housing costs.
The City participates in the Metropolitan Council’s Livable Communities Act (LCA) and has
affordable and life cycle housing goal ranges. Participation in this program enables the City to
participate in the LCA grant program and some State or Minnesota financial assistance
programs. The City could use funding through these programs to assist the City’s redevelopment
efforts.
When considering housing policies and strategies, the City must take into consideration the
shifting demographics and changing needs of residents. The residential development pattern
primarily consists of detached single-family homes that have been generally constructed to meet
the needs of young families. The City must try to provide additional housing opportunities to
address the needs of the aging population while attracting and retaining younger households.
Life cycle housing policies help support the construction of rental and owner-occupied units that
are affordable to low and moderate income buyers and also the move-up buyer. Such policies
also support a variety of housing styles, types and densities that provide housing options for
persons as they move through the different stages of life.
Land Available for Development / Redevelopment
As a developed city, Mounds View has limited opportunities for new housing development. The
majority of the city’s housing was built in the 1960’s and 1970’s. The remaining opportunities
for new housing are through the redevelopment of existing underused property such as large lot
single-family residential properties. The redevelopment of these parcels can be difficult due to
existing land use patterns, soil and water table constraints, storm water management
requirements, access needs and neighborhood impact. Redevelopment possibilities include
manufactured home parks and single-family lots adjacent to commercial and high-density
residential properties. Project costs, land assembly, infrastructure needs, financing and other
factors can complicate redevelopment projects.
Infill/Redevelopment
As noted earlier, new housing development may occur through the infill development of vacant
land and the redevelopment of larger parcels. Market and other forces also are driving changes
with some residents choosing to reinvest in their properties by tearing down existing structures
and rebuilding on the site with a new home or significantly remodeling the existing home. Such
changes can create conflicts between older neighborhoods, newer neighborhoods and property
owners since the newer construction is typically of a different style and size that traditionally
found in the neighborhood. It also is difficult to increase densities in infill developments thereby
affecting both life cycle and affordable housing opportunities.
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Market Trends
A significant change in recent years that has affected housing in Mounds View is the real estate
market. Housing values in Mounds View rose in the 1970’s and 1980’s. This trend changed
dramatically in the later 1990’s and in the early 2000’s when home values around the country
increased rapidly. In some cases, home values increased 10 to 15 percent each year (well above
the inflation rate).
The real estate issues now are the recent rise of foreclosures throughout the area and the country.
The number of Sheriff’s sales in Ramsey County increased 125 percent between 2005 and 2006
and the numbers continue to increase. The increase in foreclosures raises concerns about the
impact this turnover could have since these homes are vacant and the properties may not be
maintained. Foreclosures are also affecting the value of other properties and the negative market
psychology may keep older owners from moving, reducing housing opportunities for young
families. These homes, however, also provide an affordable housing option for young families
when the owners of foreclosed homes offer them for sale at discounted prices.
Future Housing Needs
Neighborhood Preservation
The older neighborhoods are seen as a key part of the City’s affordable housing stock where
reinvestment is vital to keeping the neighborhood character, quality of life and housing choice.
The City should consider doing a study to prepare a more comprehensive and long-range plan to
establish housing strategies. The intent of this study would be to encourage reinvestment that
results in an improved housing stock while keeping affordability levels and preserving the
neighborhood’s character. The areas of housing most likely to need study and assistance are:
Detached and/or attached single-family residential neighborhoods
Housing that is more than 40 years old
Where the average assessed value is less than the average for the City
Areas characterized by a distinct housing type that may limit reinvestment.
The City also should consider developing neighborhood preservation initiatives. To ensure that
neighborhoods in the city remain strong and vital, government housing policies need to
encourage reinvestment in the housing stock, promote affordable housing and life cycle choices.
Development Opportunities
Like many older cities, development opportunities in Mounds View are primarily limited to infill
and redevelopment. Infill development will more likely occur as the owners of larger residential
lots and the few remaining vacant parcels subdivide or redevelop their properties.
Redevelopment may occur primarily along the County Highway 10 corridor. The City
anticipates that residential development will occur at higher densities in the redevelopment areas
and could provide housing alternatives including apartments, townhomes, condominiums and
senior housing.
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The City recognizes that infill and redevelopment is challenging. Land assembly will be a
fundamental challenge with some infill and redevelopment areas as the areas may include several
land parcels, may have several different property owners, businesses or unwilling sellers. Site
conditions also may present another challenge for developers as they may include contamination,
poor access, inadequate infrastructure and environmental constraints such as poor soils or
wetlands. Infill and redevelopment also can be challenging if the owner needs to retrofit the site
to meet the City’s current development standards and watershed district requirements. Another
challenge is to create a development that “fits-in” with the character of the neighborhood and has
minimal impact on the adjoining land uses. The last challenge for those doing redevelopment is
financing. This type of development is generally more expensive than development of vacant
land as site preparation costs are higher. It may be difficult to redevelop properties to construct
new housing units without some public financial participation, particularly if projects include an
affordable component.
Although challenges exist, infill and redevelopment is vital to the diversification of Mounds
View’s housing stock and the additional life cycle and affordable housing opportunities. The
City must enact policies and tools that promote and encourage the revitalization of
redevelopment areas and allow infill development while lessening impacts on nearby properties.
Changing Demographics
Changing demographics are an important factor in the housing market that will continue to affect
the City’s housing needs. Demographic forecasts indicate that, on average, Mounds View’s
population will continue to get older. As a result, there will be significant changes in the City’s
housing needs as more residents age in place or decide to “downsize” to reduce their
homeownership commitments. Furthermore, a challenge the City face will be to develop
strategies that attract and keep younger households.
The combination of older residents aging in place and the limited supply of vacant land affects
Mounds View’s ability to attract younger households. As such, the City should develop
strategies that focus on creating additional housing choices for younger households to help create
an age-balanced city.
Metropolitan Livable Communities Act Program
The City participates in the Livable Communities Act program and has adopted affordable and
life cycle housing goals and continues to meet the required expenditures for local housing
programs. The City will make its best efforts, given market conditions and resource availability,
to maintain an index within benchmark ranges for affordability, life-cycle and density. Mounds
View has met or exceeded all housing goals set by the Metropolitan Council to date. It is a goal
of Mounds View to maintain its housing stock within these benchmarks while attempting to
improve the overall housing quality. It is the goal of Mounds View to continue addressing
housing and property maintenance issues before they become a bigger problem.
Mounds View expects additional senior housing units to be constructed in the City. There are
redevelopment areas that the City has designated for mixed-use development that developers and
the City could consider for higher density housing.
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HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM
The Metropolitan Council is forecasting that Mounds View will have a minimal population
growth of about 660 people between 2000 and 2030. Between 2011 and 2020, the Metropolitan
Council has set the need for new affordable housing units in Mounds View at 81 additional units.
While the City is not required to construct and finance these units, the Metropolitan Council
requires the City to demonstrate in this plan that there is land designated to accommodate the
units. The future land use map shows 33 acres of land designated as Mixed Use-PUD. The City
has guided these parcels for future redevelopment, which could include higher density residential
uses.
Mounds View has or could use the following housing programs to address housing needs in the
city:
Affordable Housing Assistance
The following programs are offered to Mounds View residents to provide renter assistance and
below-market rate home mortgages.
Section 8 Vouchers: In 2008, 57 families received Section 8 rental assistance vouchers.
Minnesota Cities Participation Program: The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA)
offers low-interest mortgage programs to assist low to moderate income families in securing a
mortgage for their first home. The City of Mounds View participated in 1995-1997, and began
again in 2000.
Rondo Community Land Trust: Homebuyer Initiated Program (HIP): program with two grants
available to low and moderate income buyers – up to $25,000 to lower the purchase price or to
reduce closing and down payment costs. There also are grants of up to $25,000 for housing
rehab – improving mechanical systems, insulation, and correcting code issues.
Housing Developments
The following are programs used in Mounds View that have expanded the city’s stock of
affordable housing through new construction or rehabilitation.
Hollman Units/Low Income Housing Tax Credits: Silver Lake Commons - constructed 10
townhouse units and rehabilitated 40 apartment units. There are 10 Hollman units in this project.
Low Income Housing Tax Credits: Silver Lake Pointe, an 83-unit senior housing complex.
Section 202: Wildwood Manor, 40-unit senior housing complex.
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Housing Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Redevelopment
Because Mounds View is a fully developed suburb with aging housing stock and lower income
levels, a major concern of the City is the maintenance, rehabilitation and redevelopment of
housing. The City is providing and promoting programs the most in these areas. The following
is a listing of the programs offered to Mounds View residents.
City of Mounds View:
Mounds View Home Improvement Loans:
Demolition Loan
General Home Repair Loan
Code Enforcement Loan
Emergency Deferred Loan
Conduit Revenue Bonds
Housing Revenue Bonds
Rental Housing Licensing (since 1970) – the City inspects 25% of rental units each year
Enforcement of the Local Housing Maintenance Code (code adopted in 1974)
CDBG Supported Rehabilitation Programs
Foreclosure Awareness & Prevention Workshops
Participation in the Livable Communities Local Housing Incentives Program to access
funding resources through the Local Housing Incentives Account, Livable Communities
Demonstration Account and the Tax Base Revitalization Account.
North Metro Housing Resource Center:
Mounds View Manufactured Housing Program loans
MHFA Fix Up Fund Loan
MHFA Rental Property Loans
MHFA Rehabilitation Loans
Neighborhood Energy Connection:
Energy Conservation Deferred Loan
Mounds View Home Energy Loans
Ramsey County:
FirstHOME Buyer Assistance
CDBG and HOME funds for multi-family housing loans
Local Initiatives
Economic Development Authority: The City created an EDA in March 1994. One of the
objectives of the EDA is to provide housing opportunities for residents. The EDA is currently in
the process of creating new home improvement loans for Mounds View residents.
Local Official Controls and Approvals: The City of Mounds View is continually reviewing
the Zoning Code and making changes as needed.
Item No: 6C
Meeting Date: November 3, 2010
Type of Business: Other Planning Activity
City of Mounds View Staff Report
To: Mounds View Planning Commission
From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate
Subject: Consideration of Resolution 935-10, a Resolution Establishing
the Planning Commission’s 2011 Meeting Schedule.
Introduction:
The Planning Commission establishes its meeting schedule each year by resolution.
Discussion:
The meeting schedule proposed for 2011 represents the usual first and third Wednesday of
every month. None of the regularly scheduled meetings fall on a holiday.
Recommendation:
Discuss the proposed meeting schedule and Approve Resolution 935-10, a resolution
establishing the 2011 meeting schedule of the Planning Commission. The schedule
attached has been drafted with all of the meetings falling on the first and third Wednesdays.
The proposed schedule may be amended based on Commission direction.
Respectfully submitted,
________________________
Heidi Heller
Planning Associate
MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION 935-10
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE 2011 MEETING SCHEDULE OF THE
MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission intends to hold two regular
meetings per month during the year 2011; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission will meet on the first and third Wednesdays of
each month, or as amended; and,
WHEREAS, the schedule of meeting dates shall be established and posted to
provide an orderly system for use by the Planning Commission, staff and general public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Exhibit 1, attached hereto, is the
Planning Commission’s official meeting schedule for the year 2011.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that if the Planning Commission is required to or
desires to hold special or emergency meetings, such meetings will be held in accordance
with State law, Code requirements and Commission Bylaws.
Adopted this 3rd day of November, 2010
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Gary Stevenson
Chairperson
ATTEST
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Kenneth Roberts
Community Development Director
(SEAL)
EXHIBIT 1.
2011 MEETING SCHEDULE
MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
January 5 January 19
February 2 February 16
March 2 March 16
April 6 April 20
May 4 May 18
June 1 June 15
July 6 July 20
August 3 August 17
September 7 September 21
October 5 October 19
November 2 November 16
December 7 December 21