95-107
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CITY OF SHOREWOOD
RESOLUTION NO. 95-_107
A RESOLUTION ELECTING TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE LOCAL HOUSING INCENTIVES
ACCOUNT PROGRAM UNDER THE METROPOLITAN
LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT
AND SETTING ASSOCIATED HOUSING GOALS
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act (1995 Minnesota Laws
Chapter 255) establishes a Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund which is intended to
address housing and other development issues facing the metropolitan area defined by
Minnesota Statutes Section 473.121; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund, comprising the Tax
Base Revitalization Account, the Livable Communities Demonstration Account and the
Local Housing Incentives Account, is intended to provide certain funding and other
assistance to metropolitan area municipalities; and
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WHEREAS, a metropolitan area municipality is not eligible to receive grants or
loans under the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund or eligible to receive certain
polluted sites cleanup funding from the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic
Development unless the municipality is participating in the Local Housing Incentives
Account Program under Minnesota Statutes, Section 473.254; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Livable Communities Act requires the Metropolitan
Council to negotiate with each municipality to establish affordable and life-cyc1e housing
goals for that municipality that are consistent with and promote the policies of the
Metropolitan Council as provided in the adopted Metropolitan Development Guide; and
WHEREAS, by June 30, 1996, each municipality must identify to the
Metropolitan Council the actions the municipality plans to take to meet the established
housing goals; and
WHEREAS, the City of Shorewood Comprehensive Plan as updated in 1995
includes the following goal:
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The City shall promote the development of safe, healthy and
affordable housing options;
and the following objective:
Develop a senior housing program which:
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. Allows seniors to stay in their single-family homes,
. Provides a range of housing types including step-down housing, senior
apartments and assisted-living housing, with initial emphasis being placed
on step-down housing,
. Establishes regulations which permit the construction of affordable senior
housing while ensuring compatibility with existing residential
neighborhoods,
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· Assists financially in senior housing projects to ensure affordability and
enhance compatibility with existing developments; and
WHEREAS, the City of Shorewood has a history of cooperation with
neighboring municipalities; and
WHEREAS, a special Senior Housing Needs Task Force reported to the
Shorewood City Council in May of 1991 that there is a need in the South Lake Minnetonka
area for step-down housing, that is smaller than the typical single-family dwelling. Said
report recommended that the City needs to keep in mind the income of its senior citizens
and plan for housing which is within the means of its residents; and
WHEREAS, the City of Shorewood is currently undertaking a housing inventory
and intends to complete the housing section of its Comprehensive Plan during 199'6; and
WHEREAS, the City of Shorewood looks forward to working with the
Metropolitan Council in addressing major metropolitan issues which are barriers to
affordable housing in Shorewood, such as:
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. exorbitant metropolitan sewage charges largely due to inflow of clear water into
the system due to permeable soils and Shorewood's proximity to Lake
Minnetonka resulting in Shorewood's sewer charges being two to three times
greater than many metropolitan cities ($260 per household per year),
. high metropolitan transit levy of $301,920 in 1994 ($120 per household per
year) despite a lack of transit service and options to provide service to
Shorewood.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Shorewood hereby
elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Program under the Metropolitan
Livable Communities Act during calendar year 1996.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following are goals for the City of
Shorewood for a two-year period through 1997:
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. The City of Shorewood will explore the concept of cluster planning and
cooperative efforts to address affordable housing needs in cooperation with the
south Lake Minnetonka cities,
. Complete the housing section of the Shorewood Comprehensive Plan,
. Pursue an estimated sixty units of affordable senior housing within Shorewood
as recommended in the Senior Housing report of 1991, and
. Work with the Metropolitan Council in addressing barriers to affordable
housing in Shorewood which are direct responsibilities of the Metropolitan
Council, most specifically, high metropolitan sewage charges and the lack of
metropolitan transit service with no options for providing said services.
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ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Shorewood this 23rd day of
October, 1995.
. ATTEST:
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ROBERT B. BEAN, MAYOR
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c. HURM, CITY ADMINISTRATOR