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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHousing & Redevelopment Authority Packet 03-28-1977AGENDA PL'YNOUTH HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY March 28, 1977 7:00 P.M. I. Roll Call It. Minutes of February 28 Regular HRA Meeting til. Status Report of Various HRA Projects IV. Adjournment a CITY OF PLYMOUTH 3025 HARBOR LANE, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55441 TEI.JPHONE (612) .559.2800 DATE: March 22, 1977 MEMO T0: Housing and Redevelopment Authority FROM: Milt Pale SUBJECT: Status of Various Housing and Redevelopment Authority Projects Attached is a list of the various HRA projects staff has been working on over the last 6-8 months. Indicated on the project list is the: 1) Starting Date; 2) Project Objectives; 3) Progress to Date, and 4) Anticipated Completion. Following are the projects that have been reviewed: I. Section 8 Rent 'ince Program II. Monte Improvement: ;,.dht`Program-Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) III. Plymouth Rehabilitation Grant Committee IV.. Scattered Sites, Bonus CD Block Grant Funds. V. Scattered Sites, City -Owned VI. Elderly Housing 1%. In addition, staff has reviewed a preliminary Section 8 New Construction Project of Dominium Group,Inc. for a 40 unit townhouse project in Plymouth. This project is tentatively proposed near the NW corner of Highway #55 and South Shore Drive on a 9 acre site. The project has received A-95 review by the Metro Council staff and been recommended for New Construction Bonus Funds by the Metro HRA Advisory Committee. HUD also requires a full application from the developer prior to its approval of a project. Addi- tionally it will be necessary that the developer receive Planning Commission and Council review prior to project construction. This projectwould be all subsidized rental units for low and moderate income familieswith the following.breakdown In terms of bedroom size: Size Number of Units BW -`--3__-__— 3 OR 28 4 OR 4 Housin .and Redevelopment Authority, Projects 1. Section 8 Rent Assistance Program l. .5tarting Date:. Preliminary application submitted on June 15, 1976 8, PMJect ObJectives: 1. Provide 50 units of existing housing as follows: a. 14 units for elderly, handicappedd or disabled b. 3.6 units for lower or very low income families 2. Provide a minimum of 15 units for very low income persons or families as per HUD income limits: One person family Two person family Three person family Four persoin fafii ly Five person family Six person family 6,000/year or less 6,900/year or less r 7,700/year or less 8,600/year or less 9,300/year or less 10,000/year or less 3. Provide no.more than 35 units for lower income persons or families as per HUD income limits: One person family Two person family Three person family four person family Five person family Six person family 9,600/year or less 11,000/year or less 12,400/year or less 13,800/year or less 14,700/year or less 15,500/year or less C. Progress to..Date: HUD has granted initial approval to an Annual Contributions contract for 50 units of Section 8 Housing (September 291, 1976). Final approval is still awaiting HUD's review of the budget and Administrative Plan. 0. Anticipated Completion: Intent is to rent all 50 units of Section 8 Rous ng by December of 1977 and continue :program for a minimum of 5 years. Housing, andRedevelopment Authority Protects II. Home Improvement Grant Program, ,KHFA A. Starting Date: October. 13, 1976 B. Objectives: 1. Assist as many low income home owners in Plymouth as possible - primarily senior citizens 2. Emphasis on home improvements that reduce energy consumption 3. Utilize all ;.he funds allocated to Plymouth by the deadline date of June -30, 1977 C. Progress to Date: 1. Three of the five grant` applicants will be receiving grant money. Two of the three grant recipients are senior citizens. 2. Homeimprovements will consist of insulation related improvements in two -of the three cases. 3. A recent applicant appears to be qualified. She is a widow and has lived in Plymouth nearly 20 years. 4. Staff anticipates all funds to be utilized by April 30, 1977. Presently $8,375.00 of Lno $10,722.00 allocation to the City has been committed. D. Anticipated Completion: April 30, 197.7 7 Houstn9 and Redevelopment Authority PWetts 111. Plymouth Rehabilitation Grant Committee A. Starting Date: February 16, 1977 was date of first metiog B. Committee Ob3ectives: 1. To promote the rehabilitation of older residential structures with first priority to those homes owned by low income elderly persons. 2. To promote energy reduction improvements in older homes where owned by lower income persons. These improvements would take the form of added insulation and.weatherstripping. 3. To promote other home improvements as necessary for lower Income persons. C. progress to Date; 1. The Committee has met twice, i.e. February 16th and March 16th. 2. The Committee has drafted up its objectives and rehabilitation grant criteria subject to HRA approval. 3. Letters were sent from Committee members regarding the MHFA Grant Program to Senator Staples and Representative Heinitz. D. Anticipated Com letion: Committee's duration is subject to the discretion of the Council. i Housing and Redevelopment Authority.Pro3ects IV. Scatteredi Sites, Bonus CO Bl'oc'k Grant Funds A.. Startin Date: Staff was first informed of the availability of -funds in December of 1976 B. ProJect.ObJectives: 1. To provide CD Block Grant money to those communities within the Metro Council's Jurisdiction who would assist the development of large family hou.s#ng on scattered sites as per HUD objectives: a. To provide for a greater choice of housing opportunities for lower income households outside of areas of undue concentrations of low income households; and b. To improve the effectiveness and increase the utilization of areawide housing planning. A total of seven areawide planning organizations' -in the United States were selected by HUD to participate in the program. Awards per areawide planning organization would range between $150,000 to $250,000 each. C. Progress to Date: 1. The Metro Council Housing staff approved and ranked requests from 8 Metro Communities and presented the ranking to the Metro HRA Advisory Committee on March 10, 1977. Plymouth and Bloomington were tied for fifth place. No decision was reached at the March 10th meeting. 2. On March 17th the Metro HRA Advisory Committee recommended Plymouth's proposal be ranked fourth and this ranking was sub- mitted to the Metro's Human Cesources Committee for their action. They approved the. ranking as submitted. f 3. On March 24th the Metro Council will take action on the request. Metro staff has indicated a strong liklihood that Plymouth's request for $2&.tU for site improvements on the Mission Properties ext afp'proved and funded. These will be new construction VWW .writs. D. Anticipated C2NI. et*aft 1. -Upon recommendation of the Metro Council, HUD in Washington, D.C. must receive request by April 13th. 2. On May 25, 1977 HUD will select recipi.?nts, announce and' publicize results, 3. Funds would be available in June of 1977. r Housing and Redevelopment Authority Pro3ectss V. Scattered Sftes, City -Owned A. MrtfnDate: November, 1976 ObJectives: 1. To determine if the City has any City -owned land. suitable for lower cost housing.. 2. To establish a mechanism whereby the City's HRA could administer a lower cost housing program on scattered sites. C. Progress to Date: I. City staff has field -checked and inventoried various City -owned parcels and detemined that some. 16 lots appear buildable. 2. Staff suggests the development of a comprehensive program over a three year period. This program would outline the number of parcels to be developed each year, the method of selling the houses, criteria for selecting eligible persons, methods of financing home purchase, etc. Basically any scattered site program would be for new construction, owner occupied units and peoged to Section 235 subsidies. Staff is still in the process of developing such a program for HRA review. D. Anticipated Completion: June, 1977. 1 OLSt"a and Redeyelooment Authority Protects VI. Elderly Housing A. Starting. Date: December, 1976 B. OWectives : 1. To -provide Plymouth senior citizens with adequate housing: accommodations in an elderly housing setting. C. Progress to Date.: 1. Staff has worked with the. owners of the Mission Properties site to obtain MHFA approval for an elderly project on their site. On March 14th a meeting was held in the MHFA Office. with Mary Terrell and Mike Conklin of the MHFA, the Mission Partners and the City's Ass?ciate Planner. It was indicated by the MHFA people thry -only if convenience shopping were provided to three blacks from the elder'ly housing project wodX pproval'be granted. ` 2. As a result of the above meeting, staff has prepared a map showing those sites in the City with the proper zoning and within a three block radius of convenience shopping. Staff has also agreed to further assist the Mission Partners in. Pursuing an elderly project site elsewhere in Plymouth. One possibility would be the site near the new City Hall site. D. Anticipated Completion: Uncertain s 7a CITY V PLYMOUTR March 3, 1977 The Honorable Emily Ann Staples State Senator 130 State Office Building Wabasha Street St. Paul, MIN 55155 Deer Senator Staples: As members of the Plymouth Rehabilitation Committee, we would like to urge your full support of the Minnesota Housing- Finance Agency's rehabilitation grant program. It is one program that has proven to be extrelmely helpful to lower income homeowners in Plymouth. We anticipate all of the funds allocated to Plymouth will be used up shortly. While we encourage your support of the program, we do suggest two modifications :o the program to increase its effectiveness: 1. Increase the present annual income! limits from $5,000 to $7,500. 2. Allow special assessments for public sewer and water hook-ups to be a legiti- mate rehabilitation improvement. We are favoring the raising of the income limits to permit more senior citizens who are just above the $5,000 annual income figure to benefit from this program. It appears that the number of persons who earn less than $5.,000 per year and own a house• is very small. We are sure a significantly higher number of very deserving persons could be found if the income. limit was raised to $7,500. This income limit is still not high and is far below the HUD income limit for lower income families while relat- ing very well to HUD's very low income family limits for Hennepin County. We also favor the payment of special assessments for public sewer and water hook-ups. Presently, the installation of a private well is an approved cost. A hook-up to the 3025 HARBOR LANE. PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55441. TELEPHONE 1612) 559.2800 Senator Staples -2 March 3, 1977 public water and sewer system, where possible, would be far more desirable and should be encouraged. Consequently, the payment of the special assessments for this purpose is recommended. Thank you again for your interest and support. Sincerely, ru...8.. CL.A.V uth Ault od Hillstrom IMand McCaughey Members of the Plymouth Rehabilitation Committee W. • i CITf fir/, PLYMOUTR March 3, 1977 The Honorable 0. J. (ton) Heinitz. State Representative 11 Capitol Building Aurora Avenue St. Paul, Hit 55155 Dear Representative Heinitz: As members of the Plymouth Rehabilitation Committee. vie would like to urge your full support of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency's rehabilitation grant. program. It is one program that has proven to be extremely helpful to lower income homeowners In Plymouth. We anticipate all of the funds allocated to Plymouth will be used up. shortly. While we encourage your support of the program, we do suggest two modifications to the program to increase its effectiveness: 1. Increase the present annual income limits from $5,000 to $7,500. 2. Allow special assessments for public sewer and water hook-ups to be a legitimate rehabilitation improvement. We are favoring the raising of the income limits to permit more senior citizens who are just above the $5,000 annual income figure to benefit from this program. It appears that the number of .persons who earn less than $5,000 per year and own a house is very small:. We are sure a significantly higher number of very deserving persons could be found if the intone limit was raised to $7,500. This income limit is still not high and is far below the HUD income limit for tower income families while relat- ing very well to HUD's very low income family limits for Hennepin County. We also favor the payment of special assessments f_:r public sewer and water hook-ups. Presently, the installation of a private well is an approved cost. A hook-up to the 3025 HARBOR LANE, PLYMOUTH. MINNESOTA 55441. TELEPHONE (6121559.2800 Representative Heinitz -2- March 3, 1977 public water and sewer system, wehre possible, would be far more desirable and should be. encouraged. Consequently, the payment of the special -assessments for this purpose is recommended. Shank you again for your interest and support. Sincerely, c rman : CCau ey r Members of the Plymouth Rehabilitation. Committee moi a CITYI jj j PIYMOUTR March 14, 1977 Mr. John Rutford Referral Coordinator 300 Metro Square Ruilding 7th and Robert Streets St. Paul, MN 55101 Dear Mr. Rutford: This letter is in response to your request for our comments relative to the develop- 0ent -of 40 vnitss of low and: moderate income family housing in Plymouth by the Domin- ium Group, Inc. It should be noted that the developer has not yet petitioned the City for approval of such a project on the subject site. however, Staff has con- ferred with Jack Safar,. a representative of the Dominium Group, Inc.., and finds the proposal for 40 units of subsidized housing on the 9.8 acre site would not exceed the zoning or land use guiding for the subject property. Considering the fore- going, and the. City's affirmative policy towards subsidized lousing, it would appear the City would generally take a favorable posture towards such a project subject to specific design considerations. Should you have any other questions relative to this matter, I will try to assist you in whatever way I can. Sincerely, W, % &,& Milton L. Dale Associate Planner 3026 KARROR LANE. PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55441, TELEPHONE (.612) 559 -2800