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r <br /> For Release: 6/14/P4; a:CO p.m. Bus. Item: 8-4 <br /> METROPOLITAN COUNCIL <br /> i Suite 300 Metro Square Ruilding, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 <br /> 291-6359 <br /> REPORT OF THE ''c iI ROPOL ITAN AMD C0.'MU'IITY DEVE-LOPt, ;IT CO MMITTEE <br /> Referral Report o. - <br /> TO: Metropolitan Council <br /> SUPJECT: N'JJ Section 202 Program Applications <br /> Referral Reports *12135-1, 12135-1, 12137-1, 12138-1, and 12139-1 <br /> DATE: June 6, 1984 <br /> 3ackaround <br /> The Metropolitan and Cc.�.::,uni ty Development Cc..^i ttee considered ties: <br /> applications during its meeting on O'ay 31, 1q84. The applications are for HUD <br /> Section 202 Program financing of Bevel opmert; for 1 cover income elderly people. <br /> HUD subni tted the applications for review in accord with the prcceeures of the <br /> • vIinnesota Irteryovernrental Review Process. <br /> Tssues and Ccrcerns <br /> Lee ,inn Tal l5ear spoke and gave a slide presentation on behalf of the St. P:.ul <br /> Intar-Tribal Housing Hoard, sponsor of the Little Crow Elderly Hous?ng <br /> proposal . She addres=ad the st3=f"s policy conflict fi rdi ngs re:ar-d i ng her <br /> proposal , Indian preferences for access to services, historical pees-sctiv=s <br /> leading to the es'abiishm- ent and ini.ia.ives of her board, her ' oard s <br /> managame.1t 'l es the need for project approval in prier to d_�ons:rate <br /> cem"etence t0 dzvalop and ma^age housing for the elderly, and admissions <br /> considerations. <br /> The following issues and concerns were raised by the commit-tee: <br /> 1) Does an inner-city location relatively close to the broad ranee cf services <br /> available in the downtown area corpensata for a lack of cer-.murri*.y services <br /> in the irtTediata neighborhood? <br /> 2) Is the concentration of special needs populations lice elderly <br /> and handicapped people less undersirable than concentrations of gemaral <br /> occupancy housing for %per-income people? <br /> The cc=ittze unanir;ously approved an amnended reconT-end:tion t a` a�dr_sses <br /> these concerns. <br />