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Metropolitan Council <br /> Working for the Region, Planning for the Future <br /> • July 20, 1995 <br /> Mr. Doug Bergstrom, Planning Commissioner <br /> City of St. Anthony Planning Commission <br /> City Hall <br /> 3301 Silver Lake Road <br /> St. Anthony, MN 55418 <br /> Dear Mr. Bergstrom: <br /> Hal Freshley and I wish to thank you for inviting us to your Planning Commission meeting last <br /> Tuesday evening July 18, 1995. We hope the information we provided will assist St. Anthony as <br /> the city begins to revise and update its long-range comprehensive plan. At the meeting you and <br /> other members of the Commission raised several questions that we agreed to follow up on. This <br /> letter contains the additional information. <br /> 1. What changes have been made in the "one-for-one-replacement"law regarding low income <br /> housing"? How might these changes influence an upcoming decision about a trailer park in St. <br /> Anthony? <br /> The original, one-for-one replacement requirement only applied to cities of the fast class <br /> (Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth), so St. Anthony was not bound by the legislation. In <br /> the meantime, that requirement was replaced by the Metropolitan Livable Communities <br /> • Act. Now all municipalities in the 7-county metro area required to negotiate life-cycle and <br /> affordable housing goals with the Council, and put their plans for achieving those goals in <br /> their (revised/updated) comprehensive plans. Trailer park (mobile home) owners are <br /> required to provide some relocation assistance to tenant/occupants of the facility. As we <br /> stated at the meeting.Council housing staff will be in contact with the city sometime later <br /> this year to discuss the Council housing goals. <br /> 2 How much should the City put in its 1996 budget for planning consultant assistance to develop <br /> their new comprehensive plan? <br /> The cost will depend on several conditions (although $25,000 to $50,000 is a ballpark <br /> range): <br /> • How up-to-date is the present plan--how much new information and background data <br /> will have to be gathered to make it current? <br /> s What is the present correspondence between the comprehensive plan and the city's <br /> ordinances-the ordinances may also require major up-dating. <br /> • How much work will,be needed to comply with the water management requirements? <br /> Some communities need very little (St. Anthony has very little land left to develop)-some <br /> a great deal. <br /> • Public involvement and process can vary--costs may be incurred for printed materials, <br /> surveys, computer-assisted visualization, cable/media distribution, meetings, charrettes, <br /> mailings, hearings, etc.. <br /> • How much of the work the e3dsting staff, commissioners and volunteers can take on. <br /> The city could develop an initial scope of work that they want done, and invite 3-4 <br /> • consultants to develop_proposals. It might be a good idea to distribute the planning <br /> process (and costs) over a 2-year period. This also allows sufficient time for planning <br /> studies, initial findings, issues and preliminary proposals to weather citizen reaction. <br /> 230 East Fifth Street St.Paul.Minnesota 55101-1634 (612) 291-6359 Fax 291-6550 TDD/TTY 291-0904 Metro Info Line 229-3780 <br /> Art Equal Opportunity Emyloyer <br />