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90-1409 Council File f ��l�� t � P ��1-1 � Green Sheet � �j�{4L Z �ESOLUTION CITY F SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA �8'� \ � l I Prssented By / ��R�t�rr�d To , Comnittee: Date � WHEREAS, the City Council, in establishing its goals for 1989, identified the need for a new housing plan; and WHEREAS, the housing plan committee of the City Council, following a series of community forums, issued a report in April of 1989 entitled Aaenda For a New Housinq Plan: Housing Issues for the 1990s and requested that the Planning Commission, after study of the issues with community involvement, recommend a new housing plan which responds to the issues identified, and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has researched housing issues extensively, held a series of forums with broad community involvement, and prepared a draft housing plan; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after a public review period including community meetings, held a public hearing on the draft Plan entitled Saint Paul Housing Policy for the 1990s on May 11, 1990; and WHEREAS, after numerous revisions responding to concerns raised by the community, the Planning Commission has forwarded a draft . plan Housing Policy for the 1990s to the Council with a recommendation that it be adopted as a chapter of the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Saint Paul NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Saint Paul hereby adopts Saint Paul, Housing Policy for the 1990s as a chapter of the Comprehensive Plan for the, City of Saint Paul, subject to review by the Metropolitan Council, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this new chapter replaces A Plan for T�ni�ci nr-� a r�hantAr nf thc Cnmr�rAhAr�ci vc� Al an at�n tA[] i n 1 ARn_ ■ ae Navs Absent Requested by Department of: sawn �"�— -�— Pl.anning & Econ ic Development cc ee e man �.► . zZson � BY� c� -�— � Adopted by Council: Date SEP 2 0 �990 Fo� Ap ved by City Attorney - .;� -_.._ __ Adoption Certified by Council Secretary g , Y� � , ; By� Apprqve by M�lyor for Submission to Approved by Mayor: Date SEP 2 i �ggp counc• By: BY= PUBUSHED �E P 2 9 1990 � oC' DEPARTMENTlOFFlCEICOUNCIL DATE INITIATED ��0 I�� PEO GREEN SHEET No. 8 4 �� - OONTACT PER80N 8 PHONE IN171A INfI7UWIITE �OEPARTMENT DIRECTOR �CITY COUNCIL Ken Ford, 3269 N�� ciTr�rroRr�r �cm a.eRK MUST BE ON CbUNGL IIOENDA BY(DAT� ROUTINd BUDOET DIRECTOR �fIN.d MQT.SEFiVICEB DIR. J u l y 27, 1990 0 tiu►voR�oa�sT,�r�n ❑ TOTAL#�OF SKiNATURE PAGE$ 1 (CLIP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SK,iNATURE) ACTION REOUEBTED: Mayor: Transmissiom of recommended housing nlan to City Council with comment. Council : Adoption of the recommended nlan as a chapter of the Comnrehensive Plan. REOO�ewD,�1'�or�s:�vw�+W o►�(Rl CaJNCM.CONNYIITTE�ARqI REPORT OPTIONAL _PLANNINa COAiMM8810N _CWIL SEFM/IC:COMM18810N ��Y� PMONE NO. _qB OOMMITTEE _ �NTS: _STAFF _ —a��* — A U G 3 1990 SUPPORT8 WHICH COUNdL OBJECTIVE9 INITIATN(i PROBLEM.ISSUE.OPPORTUNI'M(Wlw,Wh�t,WMn,WMro,Why): 1 . Both the City Council and the Planning Commission recognized in 1988 that new housing policy was needed to respond to present issues and emerging trends. ADVANTA(�ES IF APPROVED: The plan will provide strategic guidance for housing proc�ram decisions and help with attainment of important objectives for the future of Saint Paul nei4hborhoods. D18ADVANTAQEB IF APPFiOVED: The Plan will require work on several fronts for imple�entation, including work to find new resources. DI$ADVANTAOES IF NOT APPROVED: Adopted housing policy will remain badly out of date and housi.ng investments will be without a coherent strategy; a number of important needs and opportunities will likely be ignored. ��C�� Q�GQ7i�0 Counci� I�es�arch Cente� CITY CLER faU G �7 IyyU TOTAL AMOUNT OF TRANSACTION =O C�T/REVENUE SUDOETED(CIRCLE ONE) YE8 � � FuNCx�o sour� NA �crrvmr Nu� NA FINANGAL INFORMATION:(EXPLAIN) dw : NOTEt COMPLETE DIRECTIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE QREEN SHEET INSTRUCTIONAL MANUAL AVAILABLE IN THE PURCHASINt'a OFFICE(PHONE NO. 2N-4225). ROUTINf3 OROER: Bsbw are preferred routinya for the five most frequent typss of documerns: OONTRACTS. (assumea autho�ized COUNCIL RESOLUTION (Amend, Bdgts./ budget sxists) Accept.Qrants) 1. Outside Agsncy 1. DepaRment Director 2. Initfatinp Department 2. Budget Diroctor 3. City Attomey 3. City AttorMy 4. May� 4. MeyoNA�aM 5. Finance d Mgmt 3vcs. Dire�tor 5. Gty Council 6. Finerx;s AocouMinp 6. ChiM/lccountant. Fln&Mgmt blres. A�AINISTRATIVE ORDER (Bud�t OOUNCIL RESOLUTION (all others) Fievisbn) and ORDINANCE 1. Activity Managsr 1. InftlaUnp DepaRmsnt Director 2. Departrt�ent AccounteM 2• �Y A�Y 4. B�udgst Direct�� 4• �Y�� 5. Gty Clerk 6. Chief AccouMant, Fln 6 MgrM Svca. ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER3 (all othsrs) 1. Initiating D�penmsnt 2. City Attorney 3. Mayw/Assistant 4. City Clerk TOTAL NUMBER OF 31(iNATURE PAOES Indfcate the#�of peges on which si�neturos are required and a e each of thsee pa�. - ACTION RE�UE3TED DeacHbs what the projmcWrequsst seslcs to exomplbh in sither chrorabgi- cal ordsr or ordsr of impo�tance,wh�hever is moat a�ropHete for ths issue. Do nW write complete aentenc�. 8egin�ch ftem in y�our list with a verb. RECOMMENDATIONS Complete if the issue in qu�tion has been pressnted befors ar�y body, public or private. 3UPPORTS WHICH COUNdI OBJECTIVE? Indicate whfch CouncN obl��(s)Y��Prol�n4��+PP�bY��9 the ksy word(s)(HOUSINO, RECREATION, NEI(iH80RHOODS, ECOWOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUDQET, 3EWER 3EPAR�►TION).(3EE COMPLETE U3T IN IN3TRUCTIONAL NIANUAL.) COUNCIL COMMITTEE/RESEARCH REPORT-OPTIONAL A3 RE�UE3TED BY COUNCIL INITIATINO PROBLEM, ISSUE,OPPORTUNITY Explain the situation or conditbns that creeted a need for Y��P� or request. ADVANTA(iES IF APPROVED Indfcate whethsr thia is simpyr an annual budpet proceduro roquired by law/ cherter or whether there are apoc:iNc wa in which ths City M Saint Peul and its cRizerre will benelitt irom this pro�ict/acti�. DISADVANTAOES IF APPROVED What nepative effects or major changes to existlng or past processes might this project/requ�t producs if it is passed(e.g.,traffic delays, nase, tax incrsases w assessments)?To Whom?When?For hoar tong? DISADVANTA(3ES IF NOT APPROVED What will be the neyetive consequences if the promlaed sction is not epProved9 Inabiily to deliver service?Condnusd high trafflc, noise, accideM rate?Loes of revenue� FINANCIAL IMPACT Althouph you must taflor the infomnation�rou provide here to the issue you are addrossinp,in gsne►al you must answer two questlons: How much is it goiny to cost?Who is�oin�to pey? � �Q��! ,,,,;�,�,,, ' . CITY OF SAINT PAUL sati I! il OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL-7th FLOOR-SAINT PAUL,MINNESOTA 55102 612-298-5506 TOM DIMOND COUNCILMEMBER Members: Tan Dimond, Chair Paula Maccabee Dave Thune Date: September 12, 1990 COMMITTEE REPORT HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 1. Approval of the Minutes of the August 29, 1990, Housing and Economic Development Committee meeting. COMMITTEE APPROVED, 3-0 ----- 2. Resolution 90-1409 - Adopting the St. Paul Housing Policy for the 1990s as part of the Comprehensive Plan (Referred from Council 8-14-90) . COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, 4-0 __ - 3. Authorization to acquire and transfer HUD/VA repossessed property to local non-profit development group: Parcel 253 Banfil , West Seventh District 9 (Referred from HRA 9-11-90) . COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, 4-0 (HRA) 4. Resolution approving a second supplemental indenture of trust for the District Heating revenue bonds and authorizing the execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture (Referred from HRA 8-28-90) . COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, 4-0 (HRA) 5. Expo Graphics - Enterprise Zone Credits. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, 3-0 6. Expo Graphics - Boundary Changes. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, 3-0 Chair, Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Committees: Public Works; Housing and Economic Development; Finance. e8�5 100rya Recycleable HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE REPORT - SEPTEMBER 12, 1990 PAGE TWO 7. Sitma USA, Inc. - Enterprise Zone Credits. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, 3-0 8. Resolution 90-1577 - Approving issuance of Port Authority taxable revenue bonds in the amount of $680,000 to finance construction of an office/ production facility in the Empire Builder Industrial Park for Sitma, USA, Inc. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, 3-0 9. Downtown Tax Increment Financing. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THIS ISSUE BE FORWARDED TO THE HRA, 3-0 chr - � ��D� """�""�� CITY OF SAINT PAUL __�a�''°t T r �"�`�`'R.9� PLANNING COMMISSION �. Z�, �p ' „�. •� 111111;11111 7� '�� 1111 1�11 11 �� %;o �� James Christenson, Chair ''' 25 West Fourth Street, Saint Paul,Minnesota 55102 1`�: ,,��r�:;Rtm 6�0��1. 612-228-3270 JAMES SCHEIBEL MAYOR July 30, 1990 Mayor James Scheibel 347 City Hall Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 Dear Mayor Scheibel: I am pleased to forward to you Saint Paul: Housinq Policy for the 1990s. The Planning Commission recommends that this plan be adopted as the housing chapter of the Comprehensive Plan. As you know, a committee of the City Council began this planning effort with work to identify the important housing issues facing the community. Many voices from the community were heard in that committee's work, and many more have been heard in the course of the Commission's work. The Commission feels strongly that the issues and strategies outlined here reflect the very real needs and opportunities we face and are of crucial importance for the future of Saint Paul. As noted in the introduction, the plan is ambitious. Implementation will require a concerted effort on several fronts. More than anything else perhaps, the message of the plan is that we have to do more; that if we are serious about the quality of Saint Paul neighborhoods and about housing opportunity for our great diversity of households, we are going to have to think at a new level about resources and strategy. We believe the strategies outlined are highly consistent with your own agenda, and we hope that implementation of the plan will have a high priority for your administration. We intend to follow implementation progress closely, and we look forward to whatever help we can provide in this work. It has been rewarding for the members of the Commission to explore housing issues in this depth. Co-Chairs Imogene Treichel and Joyce Maddox of the Commission's Housing Plan Committee, along with members Jim Curran, Linda Hirte, Earl Miller, Gladys Morton, Karl Neid, Gary Park, and Bob Van Hoef gave countless hours to this effort. We are grateful to the many citizens, elected officials, staff persons and organizations who have contributed to the process. Sincerely, � � �`'1. `��Z James Christenson, Chair cc: Daniel Cornejo Peggy Reichert �ya,,�o� CITY OF SAINT PAUL `GtTY Q. e~° '�� OFFICE OT+� THE MAYOR 1111��i11 y� + =ut 11 I� ^ 0 347 CITY HALL JAMES SCHEIBEL SAINT PAUL, MINNE80TA 55102 MAYOR (612) 298-4323 August 6, 1990 President Bill Wilson and Members of the City Council Seventh Floor City Hall Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 Dear President Wilson and Councilmembers: I heartily endorse the recommendation of the Planning Commission that the new housing plan enclosed herewith, Saint Paul: Housinct Policy for the 1990s be adopted as a chapter of the City's Comprehensive Plan. As you know, I had a role in the early stages of this planning process as a member of the Council committee that identified critical issues for new housing policy. The Commission has responded in full to the charge they were given, exploring these issues in greater depth with the community and recommending appropriate policy directions for the City. I believe their report correctly identifies opportunities and serious challenges for the City, and I believe the strategies outlined will provide an excellent basis for the work that is needed to ensure the best possible housing opportunities for Saint Paul citizens in the years to come. Many decisions remain to be made each year about priorities and resources for implementation. Adoption of the Plan is a commitment to following through with this task. This will be a high priority for this administration, and I look forward to the work with the Council that implementation will require. Sincerely, '//� 0��/7�C(7,�r,r,� ames Scheibel Mayor JS:ss Printed on Recycled Paper a6 s ��yo-��oy city of saint paul Plan�ng commission resolution f�e number 90-64 �te July 13, 1990 WHEREAB, the City Council, in establishing its goals for 1989, identified the need for a new housing plan; and AHEREAB, the Housing Plan Committee of the City Council, following a series of community forums, issued a report in April of 1989 entitled Agenda For a New Housing Plan: Housing Issues for the 1990s and requested that the Planning Commission, after study of the issues with community involvement, recommend a new housing plan which responds to the issues identified, and WHEREA3, the Planning Commission realized that the housing chapter of the Comprehensive Plan adopted in 1980 needed to be replaced with a new policy statement responding to issues for the 1990s; and WHEREAS, the Commission's Housing Plan Committee has researched housing issues extensively, held a series of forums with broad community involvement, and prepared a draft housing plan; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, after a public review period including community meetings, held a public hearing on the draft Plan entitled Saint Paul Housing Policy for the 1990s on May 11, 1990; and WHEREAS, prior to said hearing, a notice of time, place and purpose of the hearing was published in the Legal Ledger more than 10 days prior to May il, 1990; and WHEREAS, following the public hearing the Commission's Housing Plan and Housing and Neighborhood Committees completed numerous revisions to the draft plan responding to concerns raised and suggestions made and have recommended a revised draft; moved by TREICHEL s�;conded by M�DDOX in favor Unanimous against -2- NOW, THEREFORE, H8 IT RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission for the City of Saint Paul hereby adopts Saint Paul Housing Policy For the 1990s, A Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan as its recommendation to the Mayor and City Council for adoption as a replacement for A Plan for Housing, a chapter of the Comprehensive Plan adopted in 1980; and BE IT FIIRTHER RESOLVED, that this Plan be transmitted to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Saint Paul with the Commission's recommendation for adoption subject to review by the Metropolitan Council; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission states its intention to monitor implementation of these policies and requests that a report summarizing progress be presented to the Commission at least annually after its adoption. i " 1 � � y t i qQ,��q # � � � � ; , � . � � � , SAI�''T �A ��. � � � � 3 , HC��1SI�G Pt�LI�Y � 1 ' FO�it T,�IE I �9+�� 1 � �; 1 �� : ,: ,� � �� i , ! .� C� :� � 1 � � . � , A Chapter of the Comprehensive Flan � ' ' � ,� , �: i ; � � . � r i, ,r ;: � `. i' !i. �) � Ii Recommendation of the Salnt Paut Plannir�g Cvmmission i; � . � i; � Adopted by ihe Cor►�missivn, ,�uly 13, 199� , �' �� l +,. PJa�tning c�»d tfvarsi�ag �ivisions �; � Department of P�annrrrg & Econor�ic D�vt��rr�snt ;; ;; � "; ;� �� if ii >. . �' �' �' � ��. �' � � � � � . �` : � � �, � . � �: � • � � r �c�o�� SAINT PAUL: HOUSING POLICY FOR THE 19905 REVISIONS TO THE COMMUNITY REVIEW DRAFT For persons famiiar with the community review draft published in March, 1990, the following identification of significant changes from that draft will facilitate reading of the present draft. The changes which represent the most significant new material or actual changes in policy recommendations are shown in bold type. Page 2 New summary of 3 major challenqes 3 New summary of 10 major actions 17 Policy 7, "Middle and Higher Income" - title reworded for clarification 20 Policy 14 revised to make inclusion of both public and private schools clear and to include reference to higher education opportunities 21 Finding 3, "overall" added 25 Policy 19, "d. " augmented to note need for consideration of buildings that contribute significantly to neighborhood character when removal of vacant or blighted structures is considered 26 New policies added: �20, Lead Paint Abatement; �21, Enerqy Efficiency 28 Objective 6, Policies 24, 25 and 26 Revised for clearer statement about revitalization and small area planninq. 33 Policy 31 revised to include education on tenant riqhts and responsibilities as well as basic home keepinq skills. 34 Policy 32 revised for clarificatioa and aadition of non-profit and public ownership and manaqement as options for improved manaqement of rental properties. 36 Policy 36, Distinctive Neighborhood Features: "other appropriate organizations" added 36 Policy 38 added for statement about importance of heritaqe preservation 40 Policy 45 added to address mandatory trash collection and recyclinq . 43 Policy 49, "Refugee" added to title to clarify focus J 43 Policy 50, Accessible Housinq policy revised 44 Policy 51, Seniors: "Private residences" replaced with "their own residences" so policy includes rental and publicly owned units. 45 Policy 53, discussion revised to include reference to home purchase and finance education needs. 46 Policy 55 revised to replace "non-traditional households" with more accurate language. 49 Policies 60 and 61 reordered and policy 60 revised for clearer statement about continuinq city effort alonq with reqional effort for lower income housinq and clearer statement about expirinq subsidy contracts. 50 Policy 63 Revised to clarify that loss of some public housing units may be appropriate if it involves efficiency units converted to larger units for which demand is higher. 54 Appendix A, Description of Public Housing Agency replaced with more accurate description 1 �,�-.�yo��o� 1 1 SAINT PA UL � HOUSING POLICY FOR THE I990'S 1 � A CHAPTER OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN � 1 � � � � � � � i ' Recommendarion of the Sainc Paul Planning Commission , Adopted by the Commission, ,July 13, 1990 1 � ��-qo-i�o� i CONTENTS , Sub'ect lndex J � lntroduction 1 Housing Action for the 1990s: Summary of the Plan 2 jThe Setting for New Housing Policy 7 � Neighhorhood Confidence Strategy 13 Objective 1. The Basics For A Good Living Environment 13 Objective 2. Economic and Social Diversity 16 � Objective 3. Marketing City Neighborhoods 19 Objective 4. Owner Occupancy 21 ' Housing and Neighborhood Quality Strategy 23 Objective 5. Property Maintenance 23 ' Objective 6. Neighborhood Revitalization Planning 28 Objective 7. Disruptive and Illegal Behavior 31 Objective 8. Good Rental Property Management 32 Objective 9. Neighborhood Character 35 � Objective 10. Land Use 37 Objective 11. Environmental Quality 39 � Housing Opportunity Strategy 41 Objective 12. Special Housing and Human Service Need 41 Objective 13. Home Ownership 44 � Objective 14. Appropriate Changes to Housing Supply 45 Objective 1 S. Housing Assistance 48 � Implementation 52 Appendix A: City Housing Agencies 53 fAppendix B: Housing Facts SS Appendix C: Selected Supporting Data 57 � � j I . 1 ' i� � SUBJECT INDEX , Accessible housing 43 Certificate of occupancy 24, 25 � Code enforcement 24, 25 Economic and social diversity 16, 17 , Education for property owners/managers 33 Emergency housing 6, 41, 42 , Environmental quality 39, 40 Higher income housing opportunities 16, 17 � Home ownership 6, 21, 22, 44 Housing assistance 9, 48, 49, 50 , Housing court 25, 34 Housing market 2, 7-10, 13-15, 19, 20, 31, 35 ` Human services 5, 6, 18, 24, 30, 31, 41, 44 Illegal and disruptive behavior 4, 5, 31, 32 �, Implementation 52 Inspection of rental property 25 � Land holding 38 Land use 5, 37, 38 � Larger units 47, 50 Lower income housing 5, 6, 9, 11, 18, 44, 49, 51 ' Marketing 6, 19, 20, 36 Neighborhood character 25, 35 jNeighborhood revitatization planning 15, 28 New housing 10, 44, 46 � Problem properties 24, 31. 34 Property maintenance 23, 24, 27, 28, 33, 34 � Property taxes 4, 15 Public housing 41, 43, 48, S0, S1, 54 � � � � 2�'��-�o�' � Refugees 6, 41, 43, 48, SO ,&ehabilitation 8, 25, 27, SO ' Rental housing 9, 32, 33, 47 Rental property management 32 � Rental property tax 34 Rental single-family and duplex structures 24, 25 � Replacement housing 48 Residential densities 37, 38 , Revitalization funding 30 Safety 8, 13, 14, 15, 36 � Schools 4, 8, 14, 2U Small area plans 29 � Tenants S, 32, 33, 34 Transitional housing 42 , Urban design 35, 36 � � � � , � � 1 � 1 � ��y�-�� INTRODUCTION � in April of 1989, a special committee of the Saint Paul City Council issued a report entitled Agenda For a New Housing Plan: Housing Issues for the 1990s. That committee had the responsibility for the first phase of the work of developing a new housing plan: identification of the ■ issues that need attention. They fulfilled it by listening to the community, reviewing a great deal of information, and reporting their conclusions. In the course of their work, special forums were held with � community participation. These addressed emerging housing issues for cities from a national perspective; housing supply and demand; income and price; neighborhood quality and neighborhood � improvement efforts; elementary and secondary schools as a factor in the housing market, and housing issues as seen by district councils. It was the job of the Saint Paul Planning Commission to review the � issues further with representatives of the community and recommend a plan to the Mayor and City Council. The plan constitutes a statement of housing policy for the City that replaces a 1980 plan as a chapter of � the City's Comprehensive Plan. in the course of their work of defining the issues further and identifying appropriate policy responses, the Housing Plan Committee of the Planning Commission sponsored a number of workshops for dialog with community representatives with • expertise and experience in a number of areas: rental housing management, neighborhood roles in property maintenance, serious neighborhood problems of illegal and disruptive behavior, housing ■ development potential, and regional distribution of low income housing opportunities. Committee members toured neighborhoods to see problems first-hand, and they reviewed and refined nine issue � papers prepared to summarize findings and policy ideas from the workshops and other research. The committee took advantage of the Metropotitan Council's extensive � study of current demographic trends and the regional housing market completed during the course of this work. And early in the study, a consultant as engaged to give the committee further perspective on the � local housing market through carefully conducted focus groups of persons who had recently purchased housing in Saint Paul and in Saint Paul suburbs. � The plan is ambitious. While resources have been considered, the committee has tried to state what clearly needs to be done even where the resources may not be apparent, without proposing unreasonable � strategies. An implementation program will be developed to be revised annually. ■ ■ ■ - ■ � � �� 1 NEIGHBORHOOD CONFIDENCE STRATEGY , The future of Saint Paul depends, to a large extent, on ihe con�'idence people have in city neighborhoods.l A satisfactory living environment('or each St. Pau! household depends on that confidence as well. Most of the investment required to maintain good housing opportuniries is privare investment; a healthy housing market is, thus, the basis for success in virrually all efforts � to ensure satisfaciory housing opportunities for present and future households. Confidence can be improved. Distinc[ive, desirable neighborhoods are widely recognized as one of � the city's greatest assets. Yet in some areas, confidence is not as strong as it needs to be to encour- age an adeqraate level of reinvestment or to ensure continuing strength and improvement through the 1990s. We can do more with what we have. We have opportunities to make sure that Saint ' Paul neighborhoods play a stronger role than they otherwise might in the regional housing market of the 1990s. The neigh6orhood confidence strategy overlaps considerably with the neighborhood quality srrat- ' egy. lmproving quality is the most important means of strengthening confidence. The two strate- gies are outlined separately ro emphasize the importance of each parricular focus. ' OBJECTIVE 1. The Basics For A Good Living Environment ' Findings , 1. Housing market strength varies widely among Saint Paui neighbor- hoods. The healthy reinvestment the city has enjoyed over the last 15 years has made city options attractive to many households, and ' the housing market is particularly strong in a number of neighbor- hoods. There are signs of weakness in other areas, and in some core neighborhoods, poor conditions cause declining values and make the attraction of any new investment a difficult challenge at best. ' (Table and Maps, p. 58-59). 2. A declining "starter home" market and the continuing attractiveness ' of suburban alternatives to "trade-up" buyers suggest particular challenges for some city neighborhoods over the next decade. Residents are concerned about the continuing strength of the ' housing market in several neighborhoods. 3. Basic conditions that must be met if a sound housing market is to be maintained include: well-maintained property and otherwise good ' physical quality, safety inside and outside, good schools, and taxes that aren't out of line with other communities. � ' ' 1.In this report the term'Neighborhood organization'includes district counciis as common usage suggests. 'Neighborhoods,'however,are generally understood to be smaller geographic areas— the smallest areas with which residents are apt to identify by name. The word is used with that understanding,but without a percise definition that would exciude any area that has meaning � to local residents as their'part of town' 13 � The essential qualities of a neighborhood that engenders confidence ' and remains attractive in the housing market are not difficult to iden- tify. They are as important to the satisfaction of current residents as they are to a healthy future for each neighborhood and for the City. ' Therefore, it is the city's objective through the following policies to: Make sure that basics required for a desirable livtng environ- ' ment are met to the bighest degree reasonably attainable in each Saint Paul neighborhood. These include good physical quality� good schools, safety, satisfactory services� and accept- � able property tax levels. Policy l. Neighborhood Physical Quality , Neither satisfactory living for present residents nor a healthy housing market are possible without good, and generally improving, physical quality. While physical quality is high in most St. Paul neighborhoods � and has improved over the past decade generally, it is below accept- able standards and apparently declining in others. For the 1990s� place a high priority on enhancement and mainte- , nance of the physical quality of each Saint Paul neighborhood. (Objectives and policies are outlined separately under the Neighbor- hood Quality Strategy.) ' Policy 2. Schools ' Perceptions about educational opportunities for children have a strong and direct impact on housing market decisions, even among house- holds without children. Therefore, , Give full support to the malntenance of a high level of confi- dence in attendance•area public schools available in every neighborhood, in the wide range of choice provided by the ' magnet schools� and in private school alternatives in the City. a. Continued expansion of the Chamber of Commerce Business ' and Education Partnership should be fully supported. b. Stronger neighborhood•local school linkages shouid be pursued� even where schools are not "attendance area" , schools. Shared uses of buildings and programs, participation of school personnel in community activities, or other means which strengthen neighborhood "ownership" of local schools � should be explored. c. The School District should be fuily supported in the develop- � ment of a wide range of alternative educational options� access to those options for all households� and maintenance of the highest quality attainable in the attendance area schools. � d. Creative joint programs with adjacent suburban communities and continued dialogue among area school districts and at ' the state level toward more effective access to educational opportunity throughout the region are in the interest of city neighborhoods and should be supported. � 14 1 Gr��-��oq ' Policy 3. Safety – Safety—freedom from fear of crimes against person and property—is a primary consideration in housing market decisions and in resident sat- ' isfaction in any neighborhood. While Saint Paul neighborhoods are rec- ognized as safe compared to many cities, and police services get high marks. However, crime, much of it drug-related, remains a high-prior- ' ity concern for several neighborhoods and very high among citizen pri- orities for city government attention. Therefore, � Maintain the city's good reputation for safety; continue to reduce crfine levels. ' a. Address safety issues in neighborhood revitalization planning. ' b. Continue strong support for cooperative neighborhood/police efforts. c. Strengthen efforts against drug-related and other seriously ' disruptive activity In city neighborhoods. (See Objective 8.) ' Policy 4. Tax Reform The housing market in Saint Paul neighborhoods suffers from the city's reputation as the highest-property-tax city in the metropolitan area. The , total tax rate for a Saint Paul home owner is about 10-15 percent higher than rates in most other municipalities in Ramsey County. On higher priced homes, property taxes paid are 10-20 percent higher in Saint Paul. Reforms achieved in 1989 did not go far enough to resolve the ' problem. Therefore, Continue legislative efforts toward appropriate tax reform to , reduce reliance on property tax or otherwise inake sure that the disparity between property taxes in Saint Paul and property taxes in suburban communities continues to decline. ' Policy 5. 7'ax Base Saint Paul's disadvantage compared to other metropolitan communities is the relative lack of substantial commercial/industrial tax base and ' opportunity for growth, and the higher cost of services for the City's diverse population and older neighborhoods. Therefore, ' Continue development and revitalization work that results in an increasing tax base for the city to offset the high cost of necessary services and bring tax rates fn line with suburban � communities. ' ' , 15 r Policy 6. Basic Services , The quality of basic public services important to residents is, for the most part, a positive factor in Saint Paul neighborhoods, and not an issue for housing policy except to realize the critical importance of ' maintenance of quality. (This subject is further addressed in the Neighborhood Quality Strategy.) Street maintenance and snow plowing have been the areas of most frequent complaint in recent years. , Evidence is that the quality of these services, which sometimes can seem like low-priority items in tough budget choices, is of considerable importance to both housing and business markets. Programming � improvements are being made. Therefore, Ensure that 6asic city services such as parks and recreation, street maintenance and snow plowing are continued at a level ' that meets resident expectations for a good quality living envi- ronment. OB]ECTIVE 2. Economic and Social Diversity , Findings: , 1. Diversity is a distinctive, highly-valued characteristic of city residential life. This diversity includes the variety of cultures � represented in the population as well as the wide income range of city households and historic/cultural characteristics of the city's neighborhoods. ' 2. The City's economy requires housing for the full range of incomes represented in the metropolitan area's population. 3. Between 1970 and 1980, median family income for Saint Paul fell , from 90 to 84 percent of the median for the metropolitan area. Indications are that this city-suburban disparity has continued to � grow during the 1980s. 4. The City, Ramsey County, and the School District are highly , dependent upon the property tax for essential services. Maintaining middle and higher income housing opportunities in the city, and increasing them where possible, is essential to preservation of the tax base. in addition, an adequate level of reinvestment for the ' maintenance of older neighborhoods cannot be sustained if incomes are too low. 5. While house prices indicate a wide range of values in Saint Paul, , most of the city's neighborhoods cluster at the bottom of the range for east metropolitan communities. Of the 30 reai estate districts � that make up the eastern metropolitan area, Crocus Hill and High land Park are the only Saint Paul districts in the top third for 1988 sales prices. Two Saint Paul districts are in the middle third and nine in the lowest third. (Table and Map, p. 58) ' , 16 ' r �� ' 6. Saint Paul and Minneapolis together have 60 percent of the metro- politan region's federally subsidized housing units for lower income " households, though the two cities account for only 29 percent of the , population. !n 1986, one out of every twenty five units located in the central cities was a federally subsidized family rental unit, compared to only one out of every seventy units in the surrounding ' suburbs. 7. While there was a 9.8 percent growth in,jobs in Saint Paul from 1976 to 1987, there was a 71.6 percent increase in jobs in suburban com- ' munities of the region. Much of the new employment opportunity needed by Saint Paul residents will be in suburban communities where lower cost housing opportunities are particularly limited. � (Table and Graph, p. 63) Economic and social diversity are necessary and desirable characteris- , tics of the city. Maintaining them requires housing opportunities attractive to middle and higher income households, and neighborhoods that provide a supportive environment for lower income households and for the variety of cultures reflected in the city's population. There- ' fore, it is the City's objective through the following policies to: Ensure continuing economic and social diversity with housing � opportunities appropriate to the broad economic range of the metropolitan area's households. � Note: Policies throughout thrs plan are pertinent to this objective. Some of the most important are those policies which address: - Nurruring [he heal[h and vitality of the rich varieiy of neighbor � hoods that exist in Saint Paul today; and - Increasing housing assrstance in ihe region to reduce depend- , ency of lower income households on the poorest qualiry units available. ' Policy 7. Middie and Higher Income Housing Opportunities Housing opportunities attractive to a broad economic range are � essential, and balance in the city's housing opportunities is threatened by demographic and migration trends. Maintenance of value for existing housing in Saint Paul neighborhoods is the most important � means for ensuring a wide range of attractive opportunities in the future. Therefore, Support maintenance and expansion of housing opportunities � for middle and higher income households where this market is or can be addressed in Saint Paul. , i � � 17 � Policy 8. Healthy Community , A large portion of the city's population is, and will continue to be, characterized by relatively low income and a variety of problems that present barriers to economic opportunity. One of the reasons for ' geographic concentration of some groups in the City is community that may be important to well-being and to greater self-sufficiency. Neighborhoods should "work" for these populations. These households , require supportive community that improves the chances for self- sufficiency. Therefore, Support those measures which enhance economic and social ' viability in neighborhoods� particularly where special needs are icientified. Poti 9. Re ional A roach � �Y g PP An increase in housing opportunities for lower income households throughout the east metropolitan region is necessary both for a � balanced population in the City, and for adequate access to job oppor- tunities for the lower income population. Therefore, ?'he City should articulate the need for progress on lower � income housing opportunities throughout the east metropolitan region� should work together with Minneapolis and other inter- ' ested parties to inake broader distribution of lower income hous- ing a high priority on the regional agenda. Policy 10. Hovsehold Support Services � One of the reasons cited for concentration of service-dependent population in the city is ready access to social services. Human service , provisions appear to be virtually as complete in some suburban counties as in Saint Paul, but distribution is uneven and lack of pub(ic transporta- tion is often a significant obstacle. Therefore, , The City and Ramsey County should support the Metropolitan Council's initiative and other efforts to assess human service pro- ' visions and promote adequate access to needed services through- out the region. Policy 11. Community Residential Facilities � Concentrations of community residential facilities or "group homes" for households with special needs defeat the intent of a true "mainstream" ' community environment for group home residents. Saint Paul supported legislative efforts in 1989, ultimately not successful, to improve the distribution of such facilities throughout the region. Recent federal action to protect households with special needs from discrimination has � raised serious obstacles to regulatory measures that would achieve broader distribution. Other means may be found to achieve broad distri- bution. Therefore, ' The City� in cooperation with other communities and regional or- ganizations, should continue an effort to reduce concentrations of � community residential facilities in central city neighborhoods. 18 � � -/ 0�I y / � � OB)ECT[VE 3. Marketing City Neighborhoods � Findings � 1. Home buyers and potentiat buyers need information about city housing and neighborhoods which is not readily available. There is � an information vacuum in the residential real estate process which provides an opportunity for countering common misperceptions about city neighborhoods. ' 2. The housing market in city neighborhoods suffers from common but unexamined perceptions about urban conditions that may not apply in Saint Paul. , 3. The City and its neighborhoods do very little in the way of "customer service" to ensure that people feel welcome in Saint Paul. � City government is in a position to take some leadership to encourage appropriate entities to help with the job of "marketing" city � residential opportunities. Therefore, it is the City's objective through the following policies to: Make sure that Saint Paul residents, east metropolitan area t residents� and other potential residents are well fnformed about residential opportunities in the city. � Policy 12. Marketing Sai�t Paul Neighborhoods While developers put extensive resources into marketing of new � housing in suburban locations, no one takes responsibility for promoting the City and its neighborhoods in the area housing market. Therefore, � Take an active role in marketing city living opportunities and encourage participation by neighborhood organizations and other groups. � a. Prepare a marketing program for the most important target groups, including: , ° Younger households who might leave the city because of perceptions, perhaps based on misinformation, about relative opportunities for sound famity life � ° East metropolitan home buyers who would consider city opportunities if they had the right information at the right � time ° Corporate transferees whose real estate agents or company relocation officers may never suggest city alternatives � ° First-time home buyers� a group declining in size, but a group for which large portions of the city's housing stock � is particularly suitable; ° Employees of the city's largest employers. ' 19 ' ° Employees of the city's largest employers. � b. identify the particular strengths of city residential opportunities that need to be recognized such as distinctive � neighborhoods, cultural and higher education opportunities, historic character� easy access to convenient shopping� services� school choice. etc. � c. Work with the Saint Paul Association of Realtors and make sure their curriculum for continuing education fncludes forums that will provide for better understanding of the city � and its opportunities. d. Engage private sector marketing and real estate expertise in ' support of city and neighborhood marketing efforts as far as possible. Policyl3. Market Awareness � In the softer housing market anticipated for the 1990s, highly discrimi- nating buyers will find attractive competing choices. It is likely that � development (including renovation) will be successful in city neighbor- hoods only to the degree that it is consciously and carefully tailored to known market realities. Therefore, ' Improve "market" awareness and sensitivity in city programs and housing•related activity. ' a. Complete research to further quantify and characterize significant market segments for city neighborhoods. b. Improve market monitoring capability with better continuing t use of available market information� particularly in cooperation with the Multiple Listing Service. � Policyl4. Marketing Schools Perceptions about schools have a strong and direct impact on housing � market decisions. The strong evidence is that many negative percep- tions about schools in Saint Paul are based on misinformation, out- dated information, unfounded assumptions about "inner city" schools, , or simply fears based on lack of information. Therefore, Encourage and support marketing of St. Paul public and private � elementary, secondary and higher educational opportunities. a. Encourage school district efforts to overcome negative and misinformed perceptions about city schools through efforts ' to inform and interest both the general population and prospective school parents. Important target markets include both households with preschool children and those with � children reaching the secondary school level. b. Corporate transferees and other potential city residents , should be targets for appropriate information. Coordination between city and neighborhood and school district marketing efforts could heip with the targeting of information. 20 ' ' �j � � OB)ECTIVE 4. Owner Occupancy Findings ' 1. Though the level of owner-occupancy of single family and duplex structures remains high, absentee ownership is increasing. � (Maps and Table, p. 60-61) 2. There is a strong perception in several neighborhoods that increas- ' ing absentee ownership is a major threat to neighborhood quality. 3. Housing conditions are poorest overall in Saint Paul for the smallest rental structures, i.e.those with two,three or four units. (Table p.62) , 4. Rented single family and duplex structures are most often owned by individuals without professional maintenance and management t capability, and yet do not have the attention and constant care of a homeowner. A high level of owner occupancy of single family and duplex structures ' contributes to sound maintenance and continuing reinvestment. Therefore, it is the City's objective through the following policies to: ' Maintain a high level of owner occupancy of single family and duplex structures in city neigh6orhoods. � Policy 15. Targeted Home Ownership There is evidence that focused efforts to meet the needs of would-be owners in particular neighborhoods can have significant impact. � Therefore, Encourage home ownership on a targeted basis. , a. Establish ownership goals at 1980 levels (with modifications based on neighborhood characteristics as necessary). ' b. Target home ownership program resources to those areas where need is greatest� but where possibilities of real achievement exist. � ' � , � , 21 , Policy 16. Ownership Assfstance � Many households for whom ownership is otherwise appropriate face particular financial obstacles which can be overcome with appropriate assistance. (See Strategy 3 for further discussion of ownership options ' for lower income households.) Therefore, F�cpand ownership assistance. � a. Continue first•time buyer assistance fn public programs; expand such assistaace where available resources and demand allow. � b. Support ownership readiness with consultation and other assistance to enable more renter households to achieve the ' ability to make a down payment� to qualify for a mortgage, and to handle the ongoing financial responsibilities of home ownership. c. Support ownership readiness with home maintenance training � available to participants and potential participants in mortgage su6sidy programs� and to other owners or potential � owners as well. d. Neighborhood and service organizations should continue to , develop and support programs that enable continued independent living for homeowners with limited needs for assistance in such areas as health care� home maintenance, and meals. � , , ' ' ' � � ' 22 ' � (�f� 0 I HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHDOD QUALITY STRATEGY � � Residents, neighborhood organizations, business associations, community instirutions and organizations, and city government put extensive effort into improvement and maintenance of Saint Paul neighborhoods each year. With cooperation among these players, major challenges have been overcome. Conditions have improved in recent years. Yet quality is not adequate in ' some areas—not adequate to meet resident needs or to sustain needed continuing reinvestment. Some neighborhoods have serious revitalization/redevelopment needs. In other neighborhoods, ' increased effort is needed to eliminate blighiing in�luences and correct land use and other problems so ihat confidence can 6e main[ained in the face of a weaker housing market. Those nerghborhoods that are strongest in the market today need ihe continuing support of public services and maintenance so that confidence can be sustained. Much of the most important ' problem-solving work in neighborhoods is being led by active citizens and neighborhood-based organizations. These need to be the focus for continued planning and program implemeniation. ' Aspects of neighborhood quality which ihis strategy encompasses include land use relationships, property maintenance, revitalization or replacement of obsolete buildings, and freedom from illegal and disruptive behavior. � OBJECTIVE S. Property Maintenance � � Findings 1. Housing maintenance is critical to the quality of life in Saint Paul's ' neighborhoods. Poor maintenance leads to deteriorating housing conditions and eventual abandonment of structures. Property main- tenance is essential to preserving decent quality housing in the city. , 2. The exterior appearance of housing has an impact on neighborhood perception and affects the market value of all properties in an area. Maintenance standards are an important tool in maintaining ' neighborhood confidence. 3. In addition to extensive deterioration that may characterize an inner , city neighborhood where adequate reinvestment has been lacking for some time, isolated instances of serious property deterioration in the most sound neighborhoods are , serious problems. 4. The overall quality of Saint Paul's housing has improved over the past decade, with dramatic improvements in areas that showed the ' worst conditions in 1981. However, some areas of the city have experienced significant declines in the proportion of sound housing units, and the proportion of dwelling units that are dilapidated or ' need major repair has changed very little during the 1980s. (Tables and Map, p.61-62). ' ' 23 , S. There is evidence of growing problems in the maintenance of rental ' single-family and duplex structures not currently inspected on a regular basis. 6. In some areas, neighborhood-based problem property committees ' have worked effectively with city inspection staff to ensure that problem properties are identified and that substandard conditions � are remedied. 7. Lead-based paint, present in some 85 percent of the housing units in Saint Paul, is a serious health threat to children, particularly when ' nutrition is not adequate. City enforcement action is taken in response to elevated lead levels detected in biood samples from children in the supplemental food program (WIC). Out of some ' 4,000 children served monthly in 1989, 58 cases of high lead were found. (Paint is not the only source for the poisoning.) Minimum property condition standards are important to overall neigh- , borhood physical quality. In some instances, basic conditions are not being met, and needs seem to be growing. Private investment is discouraged when surrounding properties are clearly deteriorating. , Therefore, it is the City's objective through the following policies to: Maintain a high level of property maintenance and eliminate � serious property deterioration as an obstacle to neighborhood quality. Policy 17. Housing Inspection and Code Enforcement � The city's health codes and certificate of occupancy programs establish a basic level of housing maintenance that is important to housing ' quality. A higher enforcement standard, particularly on exterior main- tenance, may be necessary to maintain neighborhood physical quality. There are opportunities for improved maintenance of neighborhood ' quality with enforcement actions that cannot be supported by the city's current inspection programs. Therefore, Make a substantial increase in the City's commitment to enforce- ' ment of residential property standards. a. Expand inspection staff to a levei adequate to meet growing ' needs. b. Explore more pro-active approaches to the complaint-driven ' inspections system now in use, including "sweeps" and expanding neighborhood-based problem property committees. c. Provide consistent and accessible staff contacts for , neighborhood organizations. d. Increase inter•agency cooperation to address the complex ' physical and human service problems encountered in many problem property situations. , 24 ' 1 � ' e.Complete automation of the code enforcement complaint systeai. ' f. Lfnk enforcement action with rehabilitation assistance. g.Enforce correction of deficiencies whic6 affect exterior ' appearance; amend t6e housing code if necessary for enforceable paint requirements. ' Policy 18. Regular Inspection of Rental Property Regular city inspection, through the certificate of occupancy program, currently applies only to structures with three or more units. Other ' properties are inspected only on a complaint-driven basis. Health and building code inspectors identify rental property as the primary dwellings generating complaints and showing violations. Therefore, ' 7he City should explore the feasibility of extending periodic code compliance inspection in some form to single famity and ' duplex rental units not covered under the certificate of occu- pancy program. ' Policy 19. Augment Code Enforcement Efforts Enforcement of the city's building and health codes has a significant impact on ensuring that minimum standards of quality are met. The ' �. inspection staff, however, is limited and has been able to handle only priority complaints on a complaint-driven basis. Many of the lower- priority maintenance standards (such as overgrown yards) have a � dramatic impact on neighborhood perception. There is a need to im- prove the city's inspection efforts to keep ahead of growing problems. Therefore, ' Take additional steps to augment the health department and fire department inspection and enforcement efforts� including: ' a. Develop neighborhood-based classes and newsletters to inform residents and property owners about their rights and responsibilities� financial resources for home maintenance, ' neighborhood assistance organizations� and maintenance skills that contribute to property improvement. b. Examine and implement changes to the city's refuse ' collection and recycling system that will ensure that household garbage is collected on a regular basis. , c. Implement and support the recently established housing court. d. Continue to aggressively rehabilitate or remove vacant and ' blighted structures with appropriate regard for structures that contribute to neighborhood character. � ' 25 -- _ ' Policy 20. Lead Paint Abatement ' Testing of children in the supplemental food program identifies the immediate priorities for lead paint abatement, even though it means catching the problem after a child's health has been threatened. The ' certificate of occupancy program helps with prevention by requiring repair where there is peeling or chipping paint. There is, however, no testing for lead in this program and no stronger abatement measures ' where a problem may be indicated. Recent state legislation will require more intensive abatement action--more thorough checking for lead throughout the unit in which a problem has been detected, and more complete measures to remove or seal. Lead paint is a crucial health ' and safety factor for children in Saint Paul, particularly in lower in- come households where poor nutrition and inadequate property main- tenance are apt to be factors. Therefore� ' The City should develop a strategy for lead paint that addresses: a. Implementation of lead paint abatement actions required ' to meet the new state guidelines; b. Revision of the housing code as needed for consistency with ' the strengthened lead paint abatement requirements of state legislation; ' c. Research to identify the non-paint sources of lead poisoning and the educational effort that may be needed with the city's population with respect to all sources; ' d. Strict enforcement of correction of flaking, chipping or peeling paint in any housing code inspection or any other ' inspection which certifies the suitability of a unit for family occupancy; e. Testing for lead in certificate of occupancy inspections� at ' least where potential problems are apparent� and with particular priority for abatement at home day care sites; f. Consideration of the need for emergency repair funds to ' correct lead paint situations in review of rehabilitation program guidelines and in the deveiopment of new resources ' for rehabilitation assistance; and g. Monitoring of developing technology for safe removal and ' effective encapsulation of lead paint and adjustment of abatement measures when beneficial and feasible improve- ments are possible. ' Policy 21. Energy Efficiency Energy efficiency for housing units was a major concern at the time of ' the 1980 housing plan. Since that time, codes have been revised to include energy efficiency standards and energy efficiency has become ' 26 ' � �-�`-��"1�f1�,� ' a much higher priority in both new construction and remodeling. While energy costs have not risen as predicted during the years of "crisis," shortages are bound to be significant eventually, and energy , efficiency remains a significant consideration in economical housing, in responsible use of resources, and in the relative attractiveness of the city's older homes. Therefore, � The City should maintain a bigh priority on enforcement and encouragement of energy efficieacy fn residential construction and rehabilitation. The City should continue cooperation with ' the Energy Resource Center and otber organizations working to support energy efficiency improvements with education and resources for owners. � Policy 22. Private Investment in Property Maintenance and Rehabilitation , Private investment in home maintenance and improvements is essen- tial to maintaining the city's housing stock. By far the greatest expen- ditures on housing maintenance and improvement come from individ- ' ua! property owners, with little or no public support. Certain city programs and initiatives can help stimulate private rehabilitation. Therefore, ' The city should take the following steps to further stimulate improvement of residential praperty. , a. Continue to provide rehabilitation loans to Saint Paul property owners. ' b. Review rental rehabilitation loan program guidelines and make any modifications that may be indicated to increase effective use. � c. Examine raising or eliminating the income limits for rehabilitation assistance in order to stimulate additional investment� balancing any decision with the greater need ' experienced by lower-income households. d. Encourage appreciation of neighborhood and structure � historic character and supportive rehabilitation. e. Undertake research to determine the potential of each of the following for stimulating investment in property ' improvement: 1) limiting property tax increases on major home improvements; 2) subsidizing interest rates on home improvement loans; 3) upgrading public improvements in , residential areas; and 4) providing architectural design assistance to property owners on home remodeIing and additions. , f. Link public and private physical quality improvements. Public physical improvements provide an opportunity to enhance residential revitalization programs. , t 27 � OBJECTIVE 6. Neighborhood Revitalization Planaing ' Findings 1. Homeowners' confidence in a neighborhood is an important ' determinant of investment in property maintenance and improvements. Long-range plans for neighborhood revitalization � and commitment to implementation can help instill that necessary confidence. 2. Revitalization planning is a means for neighborhoods and the city to ' assess needs and set priorities for proposed improvement activities. The planning process serves to establish a sense of ownership and commitment to neighborhood goals. � 3. The extent of revitalization need in the city is not welt documented, yet it is essentiai to know the need throughout the city in order to ' develop and allocate scarce resources to address problems. 4. Neighborhood improvement and redevelopment experience demonstrate the value of broad strategy for improvement activities � to be carried out over a period of several years. An estimate of citywide and neighborhood revitalization need is an ' important step in long-range neighborhood improvement strategies, and neighborhood needs assessments and goal setting is essential to developing appropriate neighborhood improvement strategies. ' Therefore, it is the City's objective through the following policies to: Develop City/neighborhood strategies for revitalization and maintenance. , Poticy 23. Neighborhood Initiative � Neighborhood initiative is critical to the success of planning and revitalization efforts in the city. District councils, local development groups, and block clubs have a knowledge of neighborhood issues and ' problems, a sense of priorities, and a commitment to neighborhood im- provement. In instances where neighborhood organizational strength is weak, the City should provide additional assistance to neighborhood groups. City staff should work as closely as is necessary with neigh- � borhood groups to see that programs are effectively carried out and that, in the process, neighborhood abilities are enhanced. Therefore, ' Tailor housing and revitalization programs to support and encourage initiative at the neighborhood level. ' - 1 ' 28 ' ' �� a� � Policy 24. Small Area Planning Several neighborhoods have developed solutions to neighborhood -• problems through the small area planning process. Small area plan- � ning supports neighborhood identity by focusing on the most appro- priate geographic area for a particular set of issues. This process, in combination with the developmentof financial resources addressed in I Policy 26, provides the basis for development of the more complete strategies for neighborhood improvement that are needed. At pres- ent, small area planning is characterized by a focus on land use and development issues; broad neighborhood participation, with efforts � to include tenants and rental owner/managers as well as home own- ers; team participation by city staff representing different depart- ments; efficient process with short, readable plans; and a balance � between creative vision and market and budget realities. Small area planning provides a good means for developing the strategies needed to give direction to neighborhood improvement and maintenance. 1 Therefore, Neighborhoods and the City should continue small area plan- ning with an emphasis on good communication among neigh- � borhood interests and participation by key city departments and agencies. The City and other participants should expand small area planning and the resources devoted to it to: � a. Provide more complete programming of needed improve- ments over several years as predictable resources and � budgeting opportunities allow (See policy 26 below.) b. Address a more complete range of needs for neighborhood quality� including social and economic concerns; ' c. Accordingly� expand participation to include representation from schools� Ramsey County� and other service providers; !' d. Obtain the commitment of the range of players needed to achieve plan objectives over a multi-year period; and � e. Address at least ten areas each year. � Policy 25. Appropriate Effort for Each Neighborhood It is as important to maintain confidence in neighborhoods that are strong in the housing market today as it is to continue with needed � changes in areas with varying degrees of deficiency in physical qual- ity. Maintenance, incremental probvlem solving, and serious revitali- zation needs all need to be addressed on a continuing basis. There- fore, ' A balance is needed in the allocation of improvement/mainte- nance resources which recognizes both some priority where 1 needs are greatest and the need to support and enhance what is already strong. Each year small area planning should address at least: ' - four areas with major redevelopment and social and econo�ic needs� ' 29 ' - three areas with less serious need but with opportunfties for � iznprovement, and =' three areas where the primary needs are for maintenance and enhancement of establisbed character. � Capital improvement programming and budgeting must ensure attention to the full range of needs. � Policy 26. Commitment to Revitalization Funding � In order to build neighborhood confidence, a continuing commitment to improvement strategies is required. The present combination of Neigh- borhood Revitalization Program, Neighborhood Partnership Program, and Community Development Block Grant resources is not adequate to � meet the growing needs of Saint Paul's neighborhoods. Therefore, In order to help maintain multi•year coznmitments to � revitalization projects, the City should: a. Undertake a concerted resource development effort. This � effort should fnclude a description of the real financial need for neighborhood maintenance and improvement (physical and social aspects)� should include identification of potential private sector resources, and shouid produce a strategy for , development of new resources and maintenance of existing resources. b. Explore non-competitive multi-year funding, linked to neigh- � borhood plans, as a means to ensure greater confidence in continuing revitalization. ' c. Continue a level of competitive neighborhood improvement grants to encourage neighborhood initiative and local entrepreneurship. ,� d. In the capital improvement budgeting process� give higher funding priority to projects that are consistent with multi- � year revitalization plans approved by the city. Policy 27. Human Service Needs and Neighborhood � Revitalization Physical improvement will only be successful if the social and economic needs of households in an area are reasonably met. The 1986 Sainr � Paul Tomorrow study concluded that more cooperative targeting of human service resources on the basis of neighborhood-identified objec- tives is possible and necessary. The District 5 human services consor- ' tium and the integrated human services/physical redevelopment pro- grams in District 3, both growing out of the 1990 Neighborhood Revi- talization Program, are examples of the geographically-focused, coop- erative neighborhood/agency human services planning that needs to � be expanded. Small area planning offers important opportunities, but is not the only format in which such planning should be pursued. Therefore, ' 30 ' ' �- t The Ctty� public and private human service providers� and neigh- borhood organizations should 1) make sure that human service �. needs are addressed in planning for neighborhood revitalization, � 2) aim at a balance between human service and physical redevel- opment activities that is appropriate for the needs of each neigh- borhood� and 3) continue to pursue a more adequate level of ' funding for huinan service needs in core neighborboods. � OBJECTIVE 7. Disruptive and Illegal Behavior Findings , 1. Drug dealing, solicitation for prostitution, and other serious problems of illegal and disruptive behavior associated with particular properties 1 make the maintenance of a decent residential environment and a healthy housing market virtually impossible where they exist. 2. Besides their impact on a neighborhood, such problems effect the ' image of the City and, therefore, the housing market for all city neighborhoods. t 3. Efforts against crack houses are frequently successful, but a more mobile and less easily detected drug trade and use practice continues to plague some neighborhoods. � Serious disruptive and illegal behavior associated with specific proper- ties or residential streets is incompatible with even minimally acceptable neighborhood quality. Therefore, it is the City's objective through the � following policies to: Eliminate serious disruptive and illegal behavior as an obstacle � to a good residential environment in Saint Paul neighborhoods. Note: Perhaps the most important long-term solutions to problems of illegal and disruptive behavior have to do with strengthened opportunities � for selFsufficiency for those who most easily�'all prey to illegal and de- struciive opporiunities for status and money. These concerns are primar- ily beyond ihe purview of!he Housing Plan, but are mentioned in the � Housing Needs sec[ion of this plan and further addressed in the City's Economic Development Strategy. � Policy 28. Local Initiative Housing policy forums have revealed a wide variety of successes in combating serious problems of illegal and disruptive behavior in City � neighborhoods. Strong neighborhood initiative and neighborhood- enforcement agency cooperation have been the key factors behind effective results. Therefore, ' Build on effective experience with local community initiative for resolving disruptive behavior. � � 31 , a. Neighborhood organizations and neighborhood leadership � sbould continue to build their willingness and capacity to take '' appropriate actions on their own initiative, and to notify and cooperate with the appropriate enforcement agencies. � b. Enforcement agencies should continue to cooperate with neighborhood efforts to eliminate serious problems and � should help identify appropriate neighborhood-level actions that can improve the efficiency of the cooperative effort. Enforcement agencies should continue to improve inter- agency communication and cooperation. � c. City and neighborhood activities should recognize and support neighborhood identity at the smallest neighborhood levels � where some community cohesiveness caa be established. Policy 29. Concerted Enforcement Action ' A major factor in successful neighborhood change over the last few years has been the City's concerted enforcement action against major blighting properties such as the Playboy Lounge and the Faust and Flick � Theaters. Therefore, Continue concentrated enforcement against strious problem ' locations. a. Continue concerted enforcement actions that result in the closing of facilities that are known to be centers of illegal and � � disruptive behavior or otherwise represent serious impairment to neighborhood vitality. b. Support and monitor the new "Park Watch" program and take , other actions necessary to eliminate solicitation for prostitution and drug related activity from city parks and � playgrounds. OBJECTIVE 8. Good Rental Property Management � Findings: � 1. Saint Paul's large rental housing stock provides a wide range of sound and desirable residential opportunities for the nearly half of the city's � households who rent. Property condition and tenant behavior prob- lems associated with a small portion of these properties, however, cause serious problems for neighborhood quality. 2. Housing condition deficiencies are greatest for smaller (3-9 unit) � rental properties and many of these are owned by persons with no training in property management. (Table, p. 62) � 3. Maintenance problems and tenant behavior problems associated with rental properties are among the most serious problems raised by � neighborhood organizations concerned about the residential environment. 32 ' � �� 4. Rental property owners as well as tenants and neighborhood resi- dents can be victimized by a downward spiral of deterioration, prop- "� erty mistreatment, declining value, and neighborhood decline. � S. Taxes on rental property are high in Minnesota relative to other states. Rental property owners see the high taxes as a significant � obstacle to adequate levels of maintenance with competitive rents. Maintenance of rental property could be a growing challenge because of � rising vacancy rates, tougher economics for rental housing, and a growing population of lower income households who will pay for poor quality units because they have no alternative. Both neglected � property maintenance and tenant behavior probtems can be serious obstacles for a neighborhood. Therefore, it is the city's objective through the following policies to: � Support improved management of rental housing. � Policy 30. Education for Property Owners/Managers Good management of rental property requires knowledge and skills in a variety of areas such as maintenance, the technical aspects of leases, � tenant screening and handling tenant problems. Owners of smaller rental properties often lack any professional training for management, but education and training opportunities are available. The Minnesota • __ Multi Housing Association, for example, provides a wide range of � courses and seminars to meet the needs of property managers. !n _ contacts between the city and property owners there are opportunities to recommend education or technical assistance and perhaps, in � connection with enforcement actions or financing assistance, opportunities to require participation. Therefore, � 'The City should strongly encourage� or enforce where neces- sary� participation in education and training programs for prop- erty managers where needs are apparent. (Also see Objective 5 on augmenting code enforcement efforts through educational programs). � Policy 31. Tenant Education � Tenants lacking either basic home-keeping skills, ability, or a sense of responsibility are a serious problem for rental property owners and neighbors as well. In addition, some tenants lack sufficient informa- � tion on their legal rights and responsibilities, and on the responsibili- ties of owners, to take advantage of tenant remedies. Education and advocacy for tenants cannot meet all of the needs, but in � some cases, direct efforts to improve basic knowledge and skills have been effective. The Public Housing Agency has a training program for Southeast Asian households, where the need for new knowledge is � particularly obvious. There are likely some opportunities for agencies, and perhaps landlords, in contact with tenants, to refer tenants to this kind of resource. Therefore, iThe City should support expansion of basic training for tenants, including both housekeeping skills and tenant/landlord rights ansl responsibilities. � 33 ' Policy 32. Active Attention to Management Needs � Resident manager associations can improve the ability of individual managers to solve problems with rental properties. Owners of smaller rental properties, including duplexes, likely could benefit from some � form of association or network for mutual assistance and access to information and problem-solving resources. Neighborhood organiza- tions can play an active role in reporting problems and, in some cases, � in requesting corrective action from owners and tenants. Therefore, The City should support improved management of rental property in a variety of ways including: � a. Neigh6orhood problem-solving efforts. b. Encouragementof mutual support through owner/manager � associations including associations that serve owners and managers of smaller structures� and � c. Support of non-profit and pu6lic ownership and management where appropriate. Policy 33. Housing Court Calendar � There is a widespread perception that some property owners and tenants continue to cause problems because the penalties for viola- � tions are not strong enough or consistently or quickly applied. Some cities have achieved improved prosecution of violation cases and more effective correction of problems through a "housing court" which � concentrates judicial attention on housing cases apart from other criminal or civil actions. The Minnesota legislature has provided for a consolidated housing calendar as a pilot project. Therefore, The City should proceed� in cooperation with Ramsey County� to � implement the consolidated housing calendar pilot project with the support necessary to ensure effective implementation and � careful evaluation for the next two years. Policy 34. Rental Property Tax � Property tax levels for rental residential property are high. Taxes are typically 10-20 percent of net revenue and 20-35 percent of operating expenses; this level of taxation is higher than in any other state. When � the economics of rental ownership are somewhat marginal, the high level of taxes reduces the income owners can devote to property main- tenance, impairs the general viability of rental property, and may help � to keep rent levels unnecessarily high. Therefore, 1'he City should support legislative measures to reduce the property tax burden on rental residential property. � Policy 35. Serlous Problem Properties � In some cases, for financial or other reasons, major improvement in maintenance and management of a rental property cannot be achieved � 34 � 1 ��-��o� . � without a change in ownership or major restructuring. Under some ,x circumstances, the City can be a key actor, through its financing assis- tance, in the necessary change. !n a time when less new construction is � anticipated, it is appropriate for the City to use assistance tools on a limited basis where needed to rescue properties that provide a seri- ously deficient living environment for their residents and blight for the � neighborhood. Therefore, The City s6ould use both regulatory and financial assistance � tools where necessary to bring about substantially fmproved management of properties where serious problems persist� either through existing management or new management. � � OB)ECTIVE 9. Neighborhood Character Findings � 1. Saint Paul residents often feel more identity with particular neigh- borhoods than with the city as a whole. This strong identification with place is a great strength of the city that can be enhanced and � used to improve neighborhood quality. 2. Neighborhood identity can be established through physical ameni- � ties (lakes and rivers), boundaries (bluffs and railroad tracks), features of urban design architectural style, local histories, and ethnic make-up— or some combination of these. � 3. The housing market reflects neighborhood ties. Home buyers often limit their housing search to particular familiar neighborhoods. Neighborhood identity can be used to help market the City's neigh- � borhoods. 4. The qualities of Saint Paul's neighborhoods offer some clear and � attractive alternatives to housing options available in the suburbs. The distinctive characteristics of Saint Paul neighborhoods provide positive elements to focus upon in efforts to maintain and improve � neighborhood quality. Therefore, it is the City's objective through the following policies to: � Enhance the qualities and features that distinguish Saint Paul's neighborhoods and make them desirable places to tive. � � - � � 35 ' Policy 36. Distinctive Nefghborhood Features. � The distinctive characteristics, qualities, and particular needs of neighborhoods vary within the city. These aspects of neighborhood � quality may not always be readily apparent but should be explored in neighborhood planning efforts. Therefore, The city� neighborhood groups, and other appropriate organiza- � tions should work together to define the areas and the features t6at characterize the many communities within the city and to enhance neighborhood identity. Distinctive neighborbood char- � acter can be used in marketing city neighborb�ods. (see Objective 3). Policy 37. Urban Design � The City and neighborhood implementation groups have the opportu- nity to establish and follow urban design standards on publicly funded � revitalization projects, as well as through site plan reviews of private projects. Physical amenities are significant in establishing and main- taining the character of neighborhoods. Therefore, � Enhance the quality of the City's residential districts through a continuing emphasis on urban design. a. Develop neighborhood standards for urban design to be � implemented through zoning and site plan reviews. b. Continue city reforestation efforts to expand tree planting '� throughout the city's residential areas. c. Implement the adopted Street Lighting Plan and ensure that � lighting provides a sense of safety and character to Saint Paul's streets. Policy 38. Heritage Preservation � Historic character is among the most important distinguishing features of Saint Paul neighborhoods. The importance of historic character is � recognized and protected by four locally designated historic districts comprised of over 1,000 individual structures, and by over 50 individ- ual sites. Protection of historic character supports investor confidence by ensuring that some standards will be met in continuing improve- � ment of an area. Therefore� Heritage preservation site and district designation should con• � tinue to be supported as an important part of the effort to maintain and enhance distinctive neighborhood character. � � � 36 � 1 ��o� 1 OBJECTIVE 10. Land Use Y Findings � 1. Certain non-residential land uses can have a negative impact on adjacent residential areas of the city. Parts of the city's commercial � strips no longer serve neighborhood markets, and the existing regionally-oriented uses are seen as detrimental to neighborhood quality. � 2. Often there are inadequate land buffers between commercial-indus- trial uses and residential uses. Some of the city's weakest housing markets are found along streets where such conflicts are evident. � These weak areas are relatively small, however, and immediately adjacent are more healthy residential areas that lend support to resolved land use conflicts. j3. Residential densities are too great in some parts of the city, particularly where 25-foot lots predominate. Small houses in these areas face a declining market demand. � The city's Land Use Plan is scheduled for revision in the near future. Problems that have been identified in developing the Housing Plan � should be further addressed in the Land Use Plan. The most serious land use problems should be resolved in order to enhance residential areas. Therefore, it is the City's objective through the following � policies to: Eliminate land use conflicts that have a negative impact on the quality of the residential environment. � Policy 39. Incompatible Land Uses � In selected areas of the city, incompatible land uses conflict with the quality of residential neighborhoods. These include: 1) intense and/or disruptive commercial-industrial land uses that should be removed or � buffered, 2) small residential pockets that may warrant ciearance, and 3) some areas of conflict between multi-family and single-family housing. The size and extent of these areas in conflict is relatively small. Resolution of these land use conflicts can improve the market � for houses. Therefore, Identify specific areas of incompatible land uses that detract � from residential quality in the city and seek opportunities to resolve these land use conflicts through acquisition� redevelop- ment� and support of private efforts that strengthen the edges � between residential and other land uses. � � � 37 ' Policy 40. Land Holding � in some areas there is no immediate market for vacant, city-owned land. Short and long-term land holding will be necessary to hold � vacant or underutilized land untii market demand improves and suc- cessful development is possible. Poor physical appearance of vacant parcels is a negative influence on neighborhood perception. Landscape improvements are appropriate for parcels expected to be held for a � long term. Therefore, Tbe City should work to find ways to landscape vacant land until � new uses are found. Policy 41. Residential Density � The density of houses in Saint Paul creates both benefits and problems. in many parts of the city, the grid plan streets and moderately dense settlement provide historically appealing environments that offer an � alternative to suburban developments. At times, however, the residen- tial density is too great. Houses on lots of less than forty feet in width exist in some areas. While in the past there has been a market for � many of these houses, the projected slowing of household formations provide an opportunity for selective clearance. Therefore, Take advantage of the slowing growth of housing demand to: � a. Selectively remove deteriorated housing where residential densities are too high. Use building removal to resolve land � use conflicts and to provide more side-yard space or off- street residential parking where possible. b. In a new land use plan� explore changes that can support � residential quality, including: - Downzoning in some singte-family areas currently zoned � for duplex and multi•family structures� in order to dis- courage the further subdivision of existing dwellings. - Developing a "finer-grained" zoning pattern in selected � areas that recognizes the different land uses on a lot-by- lot scale rather than blocks and larger areas. - Increasing the minimum lot size for any newly platted lots � or lot splits from the current 5,000-6,000 square feet to 7�500-9,000 square feet and requiring a minimum fifty-foot � lot width. Policy 42. Traffic and Parking �, Traffic levels are expected to increase significantly over the next dec- ade, both on major arterials and on city residential streets. Parking demand will continue to be a problem in many parts of the city. The � impact of these trends can negatively affect the city's residential neigh- borhoods. Therefore, � 38 � � � �� ! In developing a new transportation plan, the City should examine current and projected traffic levels in relation to � neighborhood capacity. and: a. Protect resIdential neighborhoods from automobile and truck through traffic with the design and Installation of traffic � control devices and diversion of traffic to the edges of residential areas. 1 b. Review MTC bus service in Saint Paul and ensure that routes and schedules adequately serve the needs of the population. 1 c. Make steady improvements in residential area parking problems that are the result of commercial and institutional parking needs and informal "park and ride" areas associated with transit routes. � d. Review any new transportation routes for protection of residential neighborhood quality. � OB)ECTIVE 11. Environmental Quality � Findings � 1. Noise levels are a significant and growing concern in many Saint Paul neighborhoods. Increases in street traffic affect all parts of the city, and aircraft traffic impacts several areas. � 2. Air quality continues to be a problem in Saint Paul despite recent efforts and improvements. State regulatory guidelines place a burden on the city to meet compliance standards. � 3. The City faces new challenges in dealing with sites contaminated by hazardous wastes. These sites provide immediate challenges, as � when water quality is affected, and future challenges in finding appropriate and affordable reuses of the sites. � 4. Garbage--refuse of all types--improperly stored or disposed of detracts significantly from neighborhood quality. Concerns over environmental quality will likely increase in the future, � both as problems arise and as regulatory responsibilities increase. While environmental quality has, perhaps, a less direct impact on residential areas than the basic physical quality of the housing stock, � the broader environmental concerns are critical to neighborhood maintenance. Therefore, it is the City's objective in the following policies to: � Reduce noise and hazardous waste� and refuse problems and improve air quality in Saint Paul. � � 39 � Policy 43. Noise and Afr Quality � Excessive levels of noise have a negative impact on the perceptions of residential neighborhoods, and noise is routinely identified as an in- � creasing problem in surveys of urban environmental yuality. Noise is particularly affected by automobile, truck, and bus traffic levels on ar- terial and residential streets and by airplane traffic. Air quality is af- fected by traffic as weil and by other factors associated with some non- � residentiai land uses. Traffic levels are predicted to increase in the coming decade. Therefore, Neighborhood planning should fnclude a review of noise and air � quality problems to determine if and where problems are exces• sive and more t6an temporary. Mitigation of serious problems � and protection from noise and fumes should be a priority in new transportation and other citywide plans. Policy 44. Hazardous Wastes � Sites contaminated with hazardous wastes pose immediate threats to the environment and a broader blighting influence to the neighbor- � hood. Many potentia] redevelopment sites may be contaminated by hazardous wastes, necessitating lengthy and expensive clean-up ef- forts before the land can be used. Often these additional development costs cannot be borne by the market or by city subsidy. Therefore, � The city should continue to seek federal and state assistance in dealing with hazardous waste sites. � Policy 45. Mandatory 'Trash Collection and Recycling � Organized and mandatory trash collection for all residential properties would alleviate many problems with excess and improperly stored refuse. An arrangemnent for regular trash pick-up is a necessary and reasonable expectation for any urban residential situation. Recycling � contributes to environmental quality in the long run, and to the reduc- tion of refuse on city properties in the short run. Therefore, The collection of solid waste for all properties should be both � mandatory and managed on a city-wide basis. Neighborhoods • should be encouraged to have special strategies for disposal of � large, non-routine items and hazardous substances. Whether through incentives such as cost reduction for trash collection or other rneans, the City should make recycting of all recyclable solid waste standard practice. � � � � 40 � 1 ��-�� HOUSING OPPORTUNITY STRATEGY , . , Within the C�cys population are households whose needs, for a variety of reasons, are not weli me[ � by the private market. !t must be the Cily's intention that each household will have the residential opportunity that conrributes most to that household's well being and sel�sufficiency, whether the best opportunities for realizing that lie within the City's 6oundaries or not. There will be some mismatch between �he existing housing stock and the variety of rypes, sizes and li�'estyles of house- � holds in the housing market in the 1990s. Where additions and changes are made they need to be appropriate to new needs. 1 OB ECTIVE 12. S ecial Housin and Human Service Need J P 8 � Special housing needs are those which require special consideration because of the circumstances of a particular population group, either separate from, or in addition to, the question of cost. Households � addressed in this category include immigrant refugee households, households with members who are physically disabled or mentally ill, households in need of transitional or emergency housing, and seniors. � Findings: 1. The city's direct role in meeting housing needs, and the role of � neighborhood-based organizations, is primarily in financing or other assistance for permanent housing for people who are capable of living independently. But increasingly, it is evident that the � "housing" problem for some is a symptom of problems that "housing" solutions alone will not address. � 2. Saint Paul Tomorrow's 1986 extensive review of human service pro- vision concluded that new efforts were needed to: a) coordinate and make systematic use of existing community resources, b) engage and empower neighborhoods and other community based organiza- � tion, and c) affect regional, state and federal human service policy. 3. Saint Paul has the advantage of a strong network of social service agencies. There is a positive track record in integrated housing/ � social service efforts directed to special needs. � 4. The Community Resources Program offers a new opportunity for special attention to human service needs in core neighborhoods, for addressing human service needs at the neighborhood level, and for the integration of human service provisions with physica! neighbor- � hood revitalization. S. Turnover in public housing has declined substantially as occupancy � by Southeast Asian refugee households has increased. Considerable time is required for these households to overcome the obstacles to financial independence. Effort is needed to address appropriate housing opportunity for these households for the future. � � 41 � 6. Housing for persons with physical disabilities has been promoted by � requirements for handicapped-accessible units in new develop- ments and by City financing assistance. All units in developments with four or more units will have to be handicapped•adaptable after � March, 1991 under the 1988 amendment to the Fair Housing Act. 7. Many accessible units provided are not rented by households with � handicapped members, and reliable assessments of need and mar- ket potential for accessible units are not readily available or consis- tently maintained. � A wide range of needs require more than standard housing solutions. Therefore, it is the City's objective through the following policies to: See that self-sufficiency is promoted and supported as far as � reasonably possible in housing and neighborhood revitalization efforts where special needs exist. � Policy 46. Emergency Housing The City Council established the Overnight Shelter Board to assess the � adequacy of the City's emergency shelter network. The work of this board has provided effective direction for the emergency shelter ef- forts of the city, the county, and social service providers. Therefore, � The City and Ramsey County should: 1) continue to monitor and assess the emergency shelter network using the Overnight � Shelter Board survey; 2) make adjustments to the services necessary to meet changing needs; and 3) continue efforts to link emergency shelter residents with programs to improve their self-sufficiency. � Policy 47. 'Transitional Housing � The majority of emergency shelter residents are not well-equipped to function independently in the community when their stay at the emer- gency shelter is over. Barriers to self-sufficiency include mental ill- � ness, chemical dependency, lack of job skills and domestic abuse. Several shelter providers have expanded services to provide transi tional housing programs for individuals leaving emergency shelters. These programs provide affordable housing in conjunction with serv- � ices tailored to the needs of the residents for successful independent living. Therefore, The City� Ramsey County, and the United Way should: 1) define � the need for various types of transitional housing programs; 2) develop a plan to address those needs; and 3) periodically monitor the adequacy and effectiveness of the transitional � housing network. � � 42 � � ��0��9 � Policy 48. Supportive Housing There is growing recognition that certain segments of the population `- require long-term supportive housing. Individuals or households with � chronic problems, left to fend without support in the private housing market cannot realize the best that is possible for their own lives. This situation creates problems for landlords, neighbors, and , neighborhoods. Therefore� The City, Ramsey County� the Human Development Action Coali- � tion� the Saint Paul Overnigbt Shelter Board, and other agencies should expand cooperative financial� programmatic and service delivery functions needed to link housing and social services for specific target groups. � Policy 49. Housing for Southeast Asian Refugee Households � Special services toward self-sufficiency are a particular need for the three-fourths of the non-elderly Public Housing tenants who are South- east Asian, and, for many Southeast Asian households not in assisted housing. Appropriate housing solutions for this population group are � also a growing need. Improved targeting of�ervice delivery could likely be achieved with better information about the nature and extent of needs. Therefore, � The City should undertake a housing and related needs assess- ment of Southeast Asian families. The study should be used to � - form local housing and other assistance responses, and to work for needed improvements in federal refugee assistance pro- grams. � Policy 50. Accessible Housing for Persons with Physical Impairments � Low income needs for accessible units are often difficult to meet, as with any low income needs, because of the lack of subsidized or other- wise low-cost units. But nearly one-third of the subsidized units in the � region designed to accommodate them are not occupied by persons with physical impairments. Agencies that provide assistance with such housing needs agree that present information and referral systems are not adequate. Good information on supply and demand for accessibie � housing has not generally been available, though this need is presently being addressed by the Metropolitan Council. Therefore, � The City should support the efforts of advocacy organizations to develop effective ways to assist in marketing affordable� handi- capped-accessible housing opportunities to households with one � or more physically disabled members. The Metropolitan Council should continue an active� ongoing role in monitoring the supply of, and demand for� handicapped accessible housing. , � � 43 ' Policy 51. Seniors � �Market demand does not justify support for major new housing devel- opment for seniors. What has proved to be valuabie to many house- holds and neighborhoods in Saint Paul is the variety of programs which � bring routine medical and other supportive services to elderly people in their current residences. lnnovative programs, such as the block nurse program, are often funded only as long as they are "innovative," � and eventually fail for the lack of continuing support. Yet needs for additional such support have been identified in many neighborhoods. Therefore, � The City s6ovld encourage cooperative efforts with human service agencies, private foundations� and neighborhood organi- zations to expand essential services for seniors ➢n their own � residences in the city's neighborhoods according to needs fden• tified� and to find appropriate continuing financial support for such programs. � OBJECTIVE 13. Home Ownership � Findings: 1. Most subsidy programs have relied exclusively on rental housing � opportunities. 2. Existing home prices are more affordabie in some Saint Paul neigh- � borhoods than in many parts of the metropolitan area. (Table, p.58) 3. Continued reliance on rental housing to meet all lower income needs � is inconsistent with strong neighborhood object:ves to maintain a high level of home ownership. 4. There are successful examples in the City's experience of ownership �, achieved through special programs for lower income households. These include the Home Opportunity Program For Low Income Fami- � lies (a 1970s federal housing program which provided for "earned" ownership), Family Housing Fund mortgage programs, and some cooperative efforts. S. In some cases, fewer public subsidy dollars are required to get � households into home ownership than to subsidize rental costs. Ownership can be an appropriate step toward greater self-sufficiency � for some lower income households, and higher ownership is a city and neighborhood objective. Therefore, it is the City's objective through , the following policies to: Promote ownership solutions where appropriate for lower in- come housing needs. � 1 � � , � Policy 52. Homebuyer Assistance Programs Financing assistance programs of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul family ' Housing Fund have been among the most successful programs in the � City's history in making ownership possible for some low income households. Therefore, � 'Tbe City should continue its efforts� particularly its partnership with the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Family Housing Fund� to provide targeted ownership assistance to low iacome families. � Policy 53. Homebuyer Traiaing One of the obstacles to successful ownership for many low income 1 households is a lack basic housekeeping and maintenance skills as well as a lack of knowledge of the basics of home purchase and finance. Experience has shown that these obstacles can be overcome for some � households with appropriate training, yet such training efforts are not generally available. Community Education in Saint Paul has provided a number of courses from time to time related to this need, as has Ram- sey County Extension Service. The program of the Citywide Advisory � Committee on Home improvement Education in Minneapolis provides a model of a comprehensive approach that appears to be successful. Therefore, � The City and other agencies� including the School District� Ram- sey County Extension Service, and the real estate and financial , industries� should cooperate in development of an educational program to meet the needs of current and prospective home- owners lacking basic knowledge and skills. The possibility of a "home ownership service center" should be explored. � ,� OBJECT[VE 14. Appropriate Changes to Housing Supply � Findings 1. Significant increase in the number of housing units in Saint Paul is not an important or appropriate objective for the period of a softer � housing market anticipated for the 1990s. (Tables and Graph, p.64-65) � 2. As a result of demographic, social, and economic trends, Saint Paul has a large population of households with needs very different from the households for which most of the existing housing was built. Single-parent households, two worker households, some non-family � households, and large extended-family households all represent groups that may benefit substantially from new forms of housing designed to meet particular needs. (Table and Graph, p.66) � 3. There will be continued additions to the housing supply in the region, and replacement of obsolete housing will be needed. � � 45 , 4. New construction will account for a very small proportion of the � city's housing opportunities. The influence of new construction, >: however, will be greater than the number of units might suggest because of the strong visual impact that such investment can have � on a neighborhood. New housing construction/major renovation is an opportunity to affect directly the suitability of the housing supply to various segments of � the market. Therefore, it is the City's objective through the foltowing policies to: Support changes in the housing supply that represent clear � market opportunity and that meet new housebold needs effectively. � Policy 54. Market-Rate Development Opportunities While large numbers of new housing units are not a need for the 1990s, � development/redevelopment opportunities are important for what they can contribute to 1) balance in the City's housing supply with new options for under-served market segments; 2) new investment/revitali- � zation where land is under-used or current uses are obsolete, and 3) increase in the tax base. Therefore, Where needed and feasible�provide public financial support for � the development of marketable sites. Support development/re- development opportunities that exist with lot size, setback and other land use regulations appropriate to higher-cost market � potential and provide the services that will support such devel- opment. Poli 55. New Housin Forms � �Y g Examples exist across the country (and more around the world) of variations in both physical design and ownership structure for housing � that provides better support than the isolated single family house for newer lifestyles. These may particularly address the needs of house- holds without two parents present, but also two-worker households � and single individuals. Some households of any sort may find their needs more adequately met by cooperative or other non-traditional ownership structures. Saint Paul households are highly diverse, and � new forms of housing will contribute to meeting the variety of needs. Therefore, The City should give strong support to innovative housing � development/renovation that has the promise of providing more supportive residential opportunities for the variety of house- holds in the City's population. � � � 46 � � �� Policy 56. Housing Unit Conversion Currently, mismatches between the supply of housing units and the . households in the market are most evident in rental buildings contain- , ing primarily small units that do not adequately serve larger lower income families. Therefore, � The City should support� where appropriate, the conversion of existing residential properties to units of a size and type that meet current and anticipated housing demand. � Poljcy 57. Market Opportunities for New Rental Housing Household growth rates and incomes suggest that there may be modest � opportunities for market rate rental housing development in the 1990s, but only after an existing oversupply of units is absorbed. Some of the older rental stock that becomes obsolete will need to be replaced. New � and rehabilitated rental housing will need to serve increasingly older households. While rental housing development in the near future should be limited, growth in the attractiveness of rental housing for some groups is possible. Therefore, � The City should encourage and support new rental housing only where clear market opportunities develop or needs are apparent � and after an analysis of the potential impact on existing development. � - Policy 58. New Rental Housing in Neighborhoods Neighborhood groups often feel that rental housing is an obstacle to a strong ownership market in their neighborhoods and the quality � residential environment they desire. Yet nearly haif of the city's house- holds are renting households, and the rental portion may well grow. Families are a growing segment of rental housing need, and family � households need more of the features associated with lower density neighborhoods than other renting households. Therefore, The City should encourage construction/renovation of needed � rental housing in appropriate locations and should: a. Continue to work with neighborhood groups for the accommo- � dation of family and smaller-scale rental housing. b. Use its development and rehabilitation financing to support � creation of three-bedroom or larger ur�its where economically feasible and where the building and/or location are appropriate for family households. � � ' � 4� � PoIicy 59. Replacement Housing Policy � The City's 1989 housing replacement policy requires completion of an annual housing production and preservation plan to identify the types of units which will have priority for preservation or replacement. The , impact on supply wili be reviewed whenever units are lost in the process of publicly-assisted redevelopment. Federal and state policies require replacement of units lost through federal and state-funded � redevelopment activity in the vicinity of the units lost. A long-range concern with replacement is overall balance in the housing supply. Units in many city neighborhoods tend to become lower cost through age and the market process of"filtering." If all lower cost units that � become obsolete were to be replaced with lower cost units within the city on a continuing basis, balance in the overall suppty, and market viability in some neighborhoods would be lost. Therefore, , 'The impact of the replacement housing policy� as well as state and federal replacement requirements� should be formally evaluated after the first two years of implementation. 'I'he � fmpact of these requirements on housing opportunity and all of the City's housing objectives should be reviewed and indicated modifications to the policy should be made. � OBJECTIVE 15. Housing Assistance � Findings: 1. Saint Paul has realized considerable success in developing local � sources of funds to continue housing efforts in spite of the well- documented decline in federal assistance over the last 10 years. Examples include the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Family Housing Fund, � the state's Urban Revitalization Action Program and other housing initiatives funded by the 1989 Minnesota legislature. 2. Some 14,000 Southeast Asian refugees have become part of Saint � Paul's population over the last 10 years, and some 1,200 additional refugees per year can be expected for the indefinite future. This population influx has had, and will continue to have, a dramatic � impact on the availability of assisted housing. Seventy-five percent of the non-elderly public housing units in the City are now occupied by Southeast Asian households. � 3. Households willing to pay for seriously deficient units because they have no alternative make up a demand that helps to sustain poor quality housing. The lack of subsidy resources for sound low-cost � units thus contributes to deterioration and inhibits reinvestment. 4. The more than 700 households on the waiting list for public housing , units don't fully reftect the demand because the list is so long that additional appiications for large units are not accepted. � , 48 � � ��/ /�a� ' S. Saint Paul has increased subsidized housing in its jurisdiction at a faster rate in recent years than any other jurisdiction in the region � with the exception of Carver County (which had a total of 555 subsi- dized units in 1986 compared to Saint Paui's 10,664). � Current housing assistance resources are inadequate to meet the needs of lower income households. Therefore, it is the City's objective through the following policies to: � Maintain current assistance for lower income households and increase funding and program support for housing assistance in the region. � Policy 60. Low Income Housing Assistance � Housing assistance for lower income households is not nearly adequate to the need. Therefore, � Saint Paul must continue to work for increased housing assis- tance resources for the region. The City should: a. Continue efforts to see that all resources for low income � housing that can be captured are used effectively in the city and in the region; � b. Play an active role in the development of federal solutions to both the short-term problem of expiring and terminated Section 8 contracts , and 221(d) 3 and 236 assisted properties, � in order to maintain lower income housing resources; c. Address the long term problem of adequate funding for rental assistance in federal lobbying efforts and local development � of alternative resources; d. Continue to work with Minneapolis and the Minneapolis•St. 1 Paul Family Housing Fund to provide housing assistance con- sistent with City objectives, and explore "trust fund"and other models of housing funding; � e. Work with the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Family Housing Fund to investigate the feasibility and desirability of expanding its activities outside the central cities; and � f. Except where an inadequate supply of a particular type of unit exists� emphasize assistance that improves a household's � ability to rent in the private market. � , � 49 � Policy 61. Support Regional Interest � The City has experience and expertise in developrr�ent to meet a broad �range of housing needs. A lack of this capability may be an obstacle to more housing provision in some suburban communities. Therefore, � 'The City should offer technical assistance to suburban conimu- nities, church groups� and other agencies interested in develop- � fng affordable housing in the suburbs. The City should support allocation of financial assistance for development of low fncome and special need housing in suburban areas. � Policy 62. Monitoring. New Ownership. and Acquisition A City role may make a significant difference in the options for particu- � lar buildings with federal subsidies in the city when conversion is imminent. Therefore, The City should monitor the status of all assisted projects and , should assist capable nonprofit developer/managers in negoti- ating acquisition where this �s a promising means for maintain- ing lower cost housing opportunities. Local dollars should help � finance acquisition only when an appropriate level of rehabilita- tion is included and long-term affordability is ensured. � Policy 63. Public Housing Supply The 4,291 units owned and managed by the Public Housing Agency , serve critical housing needs well. Federal housing policy encourages selling family public housing units for low income ownership. While this approach might meet some housing needs effectively, it would remove units that are needed on a continuing basis. Therefore, � Public Housing units should only be removed from the supply when they can be replaced with additional units that will con- � tinue to serve the lowest income renting households. An excep- tion is efficiency apartments which may appropriately be lost through conversion to larger units if they are otherwise unused. � Policy 64. Monitor Special Populations The influx of refugees over the last several years has had a substantial � impact on the availability of assisted housing units for lower income households. Federal refugee assistance does not cover housing. Some analysts have suggested that lower income households would be mi- � grating to the Twin Cities because of rising problems of crime and drugs in other cities. Significant impact from this sort of trend has not been identified in Saint Paul to date and may not materialize. A short- � age of housing assistance would worsen if it does. Therefore, The City should monitor immigration and migration trends and predictions for groups with high need for housing assistance, � should encourage regional planning for meeting those needs, . and should encourage more adequate federal support for the housing needs of the refugee population. , 50 � � ��o-��a� ' Policy 65. Location of Assisted Units The City's location policy helps to avoid over-concentration of assisted housing units in a neighborhood. The policy gives highest priority to � additional units in those areas that have fewer assisted units and fewer low income households. lt requires that projects be reviewed on a case-by-case basis in areas where concentrations exist. Broad distribu- � tion of lower income housing opportunities remains important, Therefore, The City should continue to review all assisted multi-family � housing projects targeted to households with less than 50 per- cent of inetropolitan median income against its location policy to avoid undue concentration of assisted units. Present policies � to prevent concentration of scattered site public housing units should continue to be enforced. � � � r � � � � � � � � � 51 � IMPLEMENTATION I The City will have to make many decisions about money and energy to be devoted to actions sug- � gested by these policies. Imptementa[ion will involve the work of many ciry agencies, particularly The Department of Communiry Services, the Housing Information Office, the Police Department, ihe Fire Department, and the Denartment of Planning and Economic Development. Outside of crty � government, the role of the Pub/ic Housing Agency wil/ be crucial, as will the roles of Ramsey Counry, the Saint Paul Board of Education, and the courts. While the policy is intended particularly as a guide to city decisions, it is obvious that its ef fective implementa[ion depends on the work of � numerous neighborhood-based and special interest organizations, the district councils, private institutions, and the business community. The Planning Commission will encourage implementation of these policies in iis review of many � project and program proposals throughout ihe year. It will also use them as a guide in the devel- opment or revision of guidelines for implementa[ion programs such as the Neighborhood Revitalization Program and the Neighborhood Partnership Program, and in se[ting its own agenda � for continuing planning work. Policy 66. Implementation Program � City resource allocation decisions cannot be made for a decade, but must be made week to week as opportunities arise, and in annual work program and budget planning. Therefore, . � An implementation program should be developed for this plan _ on an annual basis. Such a program, specifying how these rec- � ommendations are going to be carried out, should be developed as this policy is completed and adopted. It should be revised each year thereafter. � Policy 67. Annual Review These policies require a number of new initiatives or changes in the � way things are done. The list of policies is only one step toward some actions that wilt improve neighborhoods and housing opportunities. Appropriate implementation cannot be expected without considerable � attention over a long period of time. Moreover, the environment for housing policy is in constant change. While this plan sets direction from a current perspective for "the 1990s," it will not remain valid in � all respects for the entire decade. Therefore, A report should be made to the Planning Commission one year foltowing adoption of the plan and annually thereafter. The � report shoutd cover progress in implementation as well as any trends that might suggest new implementation approaches or needed amendments to the policy. As appropriate� the report � should be the basis for new recommendations for action to the Mayor and City Council. � , 52 � N �- D��09 �� ' APPENDIX A: CITY HOUSING AGENCIES Numerous interacting agencies, institutions and individuals influence � the housing "system" in Saint Paul. Chief among the entities in the private sector are lending institutions, realtors, developers, owners and managers of rental property, management agencies and trade and � professional associations. Non-profit sector entities that play highly significant roles include community and corporate foundations and neighborhood-based and other non-profit development corporations, , and non-profit owners and management agencies. The district councils and a wide variety of neighborhood associations often initiate activi- ties and make decisions that have far-reaching influence on the quality � and character of a neighborhood and, sometimes, immediate consequences for individual households. And, ultimately, decisions of individual owners and renters determine the shape of the neighbor- hoods and market trends. � While it should provide a basis for cooperative action among many of the players, the housing chapter must in particular provide direction � for budget and program decisions of Saint Paul government. The primary agencies that will be important to implementation of these policies are identified here. ' City policy bodies of particular importance to housing actions inciude the City Council, the Planning Commission, the Heritage Preservation Commission, the Board of Zoning Appea(s, and the Board of Appeals � and Review. The agencies through which the City acts as presently organized include: � The Division of Health. The Health Division of the Department of Community Services, through its Environmental Health section, enforces the housing code, primarily in response to complaints. Rodents, lead paint and other serious health threats are their concern , along with all standards for property maintenance included in the code. This division administers the Truth-in-Housing program and monitors and takes appropriate enforcement action on vacant � buildings. The Division of Fire Prevention. This division of the Department � of Fire and Safety Services implements the certificate of occupancy program which requires certification of all three-unit and larger residential structures for code compliance every three years. � The Division of Bullding Inspection and Design. The Division of Building inspection and Design, a division of the Department of Community Services, enforces building codes and the zoning � ordinance through the review of building plans and inspections for violations. ' � . � 53 r The Housing Information Office. The Housing Information Office ' makes over 30,000 contacts a year assisting individual households with their housing needs. In addition to information and referral, the office provides educational, counseling, and advocacy services, � primarily for lower income households. The office staffs the Overnight Shelter Board and implements a number of program measures designed to enhance self-sufficiency for individuals and families. � The Housing Division (PED). The Housing Division of the Department of Planning and Economic Development is the City's agency for admini- stration of housing development, financing, and rehabilitation , programs. The Home Loan Fund provides home improvement loans and originates mortgage loans as part of the Minneapolis/Saint Paul Mortgage Loan Programs. The Rental Loan Fund provides rental � property improvement loans. The Housing Division works in partner- ship with several agencies and organizations, including neighborhood organizations and neighborhood-based nonprofit development corpora- � tions. Additionally, the division works with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. ln recent years the Division has implemented several programs jointly with the Minneapolis Community Development Agency ' and the Minneapolis/Saint Paul Family Housing Fund. The Planning Division (PED). The Planning Division provides staff , support for the work of the Planning Commission, including maintenance of the City's Comprehensive Plan and a wide variety of other city and neighborhood-level planning efforts. The division gathers and publishes demographic and other information important for � informed decisions related to housing, assists the Commission and the Mayor and City Council with analysis of immediate policy issues and review of proposed projects. The division also reviews zoning change � and variance applications, coordinates review of site plans for any new construction, and staffs the Heritage Preservation Commission. The Public Housing Agency of the City of Saint Paul (PHA). While � separate from the city government, the Public Housing Agency operates under a Board of Commissioners, seven City residents who are each appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. Council � approval is also required by State law for each new PHA housing devel- opment. The PHA develops, owns and manages the federally funded public housing in the City, administers federal rental assistance for � privately-owned units in the form of Section 8 certificates and vouchers available for Saint Paul households. i . � 1 1 � � � ��-yo-��09 � APPENDIX B: HOUSING FACTS � Housing Stock , Total number of housing units in 1988: 116,061 Number of single family housing units: 56,463 Number of duplex housing units: 15,778 Number of multi-family units: 43,820 � Approximate proportion of city housing built before 1940: 4796 New housing units built since 1980: 6668 � Multi-family vacancy rate at mid-year 1981: 4.59d Multi-family vacancy rate ai mid-year 1985: 4.8% Multi-family vacancy rate at mid-year 1989: 7.1% � Proportion of housing structures given highest condition rating in 1988: 8296 Proportion given highest condition rating in 1981: 7596 Proportion of units in highest condition rating in buildings with 2-9 units in ' 1988: 65% Proportion of structures needing major repair or dilapidated in 1988: 3.9% Proportion of structures needing major repair or dilapidated in 1981: 3.9% ' Housing Market � Average sale price of single family houses in Saint Paul in 1988: 574,930 Average sale price of single family houses in the East Metro area in 1988: S 105,894 � Range of average sales prices by MLS district in Saint Paul: 548,520 to 5104,428 Turnover rate of single family homes in 1988: 4.5% � Proportion of residential homesteads with 1988 estimated market values over S80,000: 15% Proportion with values over 5100,000: 6% � Average estimated market value of homesteaded residences in 1989: 567,584 Average estimated market value of non-homesteaded residences in 1989: S48,473 � Rank of Saint Paul in property taxes on an average priced home in 1989: 68 Rank of Saint Paul in property taxes on an 580,000 homE in 1989: 1 � Total estimated market value of residential property as a proportion of all property in Saint Paul in 1989: 63% � Home Ownership Proportion of housing units owner-occupied in 1980: 56% ' Proportion of owner-occupied units in 1970: 56% Proportion of owner-occupied units in 1960: 60% Rank of Saint Paul in single-family owner-occupancy in 1980 among , 20 major cities: 1 Homestead rate of single-family and duplex structures in 1981: 90.4% � Homestead rate of single-family and duplex structures in 1987: 87.7% 55 , ' � Jobs and Income Job growth in Saint Paul from 1976 to 1987: 9.8% � Suburban job growth from 1976 to 1987: 71.6% Households earning less than 516,000 in Ramsey County in 1980: 41,925 , Households earning less than S16,000 in Ramsey County in 1985: 47,679 Proportion of Ramsey County households earning less than 516,000 that resided in Saint Paul in 1980: 79% � Population and Households Population of Saint Paul in 1980: 270,230 � Estimated population in 1990: 256,000 Projected population in 2000: 253,000 � Number of households in 1980: 106,223 Estimated number of households in 1990: 112,000 Projected number of households in 2000: 115,000 , Projected increase in central city households, 1990-2000: 1.4% Projected increase in suburban households, 1990-2000: 10.9% , Non-family households as a percent of total househ�lds in 1980: 3996 Non-family households as a percent of total households in 1970: 29% Ratio of large households to large housing units in Ramsey County in 1980: 2.0 � Ratio of large households to large housing units in Ramsey County in 1985: 4.4 Projected metropolitan area change in persons aged 25-34, � 1990-2000: -22% Projected metropolitan area change in persons aged 35-49, 1990-2000: +22% � Projected metropolitan area change in persons aged 50-64, 1990-2000: +3296 Estimated Southeast Asian population in Ramsey County: 16,000 � Expected number of Southeast Asian refugees arriving in Ramsey County annually: 1100 Expected number of Southeast Asian households arriving in Ramsey County annually: 270 � Assisted Housing � Number of family subsidized housing units in Saint Paul in 1986: 5554 Number of elderly subsidized housing units in Saint Paul in 1986: 5232 All subsidized units as a proportion of total dwelling units: 9.3% ' Percent increase in federally subsidized housing in Saint Paul, 1980-1986: 37% Length of time on waiting list for public housing in years: S ' Proportion of the city's Hmong population in public housing or on waiting list: 90% �Average size of Southeast Asian families in public housing: 5.2 . 56 � � 9v-i�o9 �� APPENDIX C: SELECTED SUPPORTING DATA � CITIZEN PARTICIPATION DISTRICTS � •��.-�t ,, � , - �.l y � t �4. < � 'L ; �O o.w�-r.'.i � [ r�p. � � ' S , �. 12'� - �... s - = 6 � = 5 - E �. ,� y =z � -M wo,..K �v[ � � L �tl�lw'��O �R � � " 's :� - � � .w.• � - :� s ; w s , � _� trl .1 _ K � x F � F �w S� ��,� # '''' _ # =s.�..a. _ ' , "�y� 3 ...Ew.. .ir C s• _ ...a.w.. r i ; i q... 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DOWNTOWN � 57 ' � ' MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE Single Family Home Sales. 1988 � Average Sale Price 744 714 ' 746 742 716 , 748 741 , 740 750 720 � T2 8 738 , 752 ' MLS# 605 Sunfish Lake S287,475 � MLS#604 Mendota/Lilydale/Men Hts 5165,612 MLS# 706 North Central Suburban 5151,867 MLS# 726 Woodbury 5129,619 � MLS# 610 Eagan S122,167 MLS# 614 Apple Valley S 119,879 MLS#612 Burnsville 5114,829 MLS# 740 CROCUS HILL 5111,521 ' MLS# 702 Falcon Hts/Lauderdale/RosevillE 5105,453 MLS# 752 NiGHLAND 5104,428 MLS# 708 White Bear Area 5104,381 MLS# 750 MAC-GROVELAND/RIVER ROAD 5102,960 � MLS# 725 Pine Springs/Lake Elmo/Oakdale 5102,288 MLS#608 inver Grove Heights S 96,665 MLS#616 Rosemount S 92,749 ' MLS# 712 Maplewood/North St. Paul S 91,138 � MLS# 705 Lino Lakes/Hugo/Centerville S 88,604 MLS# 722 Newport/St. Paul ParWCott Grove S 85,574 MLS#600 West St. Paul S 85,546 MLS# 748 TOWN &COUNTRY/MERRIAM PARK S 79,259 � MLS# 720 SOUTHEAST ST.PAUL S 78,263 MLS� 744 COMO S 71,469 MLS# 746 MiDWAY/ST. ANTHONY S 66,497 MLS# 602 South St. Paul S 66,041 ' MLS# 741 DOWNTOWN/CAPITAL HEIGHTS S 65,000 MLS# 716 EASTSTDE S 60,444 MLS# 714 PHALEN S 59,839 MLS# 728 RIVERVIEW/CHEROKEE S 55,463 , MLS# 738 HOMECROFT/WEST SEVENTH S 50,759 MLS# 742 CENTRAL S 48,520 City MLS districts are in capital letters. � � Source:Regionai Multiple Listing Service of Minnesota, as reported in'Real Estate Activiry Report,1968 Edition; by the Minneapolis Area Association of Rezltors,Feb.1989. 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I� � i I i � ...... 500000 ................'�,�,�.........................;.......................... ........••-•••....._.....••••-••-•••••••.._............. ... �� , 400000 ' 300000 ...„ ` E �..w��u�aw�u�n �..�.n�HwN�o�uww ..�ww.�'$.nww��nw�w�' 1d.....,,.,. .»....� � �� v�• Suburbs «—Wer-- Minoeapolis �� Saiot Paul ' 100000 � � ` 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 YEARS � 1976-1987 CHANGE � 1975 1987 # % SAINT PAUL ' Total Jobs 173,905 190,920 17,015 9.8% MINNEAPOLIS , Total Jobs 265,850 282,461 16,611 6.2% , SUBURBS Total Jobs 423,258 726,380 303,122 71.6% � Source: Minnesota Department of Jobs and Training , 1 � 63 � ' POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA, 2000 � AGE GROUPS NUMBER 1980-2000 1990-2000 Youth 0-19 616,770 -15,454 -2.0% +1,854 +0.0% � Adult 1 20-24 147,840 -56,724 -27.7 -24,072 -14.0 Adult 2 25-34 332,640 -41,728 -11.4 -92,732 -21.8 � Middle Age 35-49 600,600 +270,377 +78.9 +109,108 +22.1 Empty Nester 50-64 355,740 +99,451 +36.7 +86,852 +32.3 Young Senior 65-74 133,980 +28,501 +27.3 +3,944 +3.0 Older Senior 75+ 122,430 +39,704 +58.1 +21,046 +20.7 ' TOTAL 2,310,000 +324,127 +16.3% +106,000 +4.8% Source: 1980 U.S.Census, 1986 Metropolitan Council Project � �oo �0•19 600 35-49 � 500 � �� 24-34 � � x � 3� sasa � � 20-24 � 65-74 100 75 t � 0 1980 7987 1990 2000 Source:Metropolilan Council:1980 Census and Projections , � � � � a ' 64 � � �y��,�o q � HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION BY R1NG - � 'f WIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA, 1980-2000 CHANGE FROM 1980 ' CENTRAL CITIES HOUSEHOLDS % OF REGION NUMBER % % OF GROWTH 1980 268,081 37.2 % — — — � 1987 Estimate 272,688 32.9 4,607 1.7 4.3 % 1990 Projection 277,000 32.1 8,919 3.3 6.3 2000 Projection 281,000 30.2 12,919 4.8 5.9 � METROPOLITAN AREA ' 1980 721,439 _ — 1987 Estimate 828,236 106,797 14.8 1990 Projection 863,380 — 141,941 19.7 — ' 2000 Projection 931,000 — 209,561 29.0 — Source: 1980 U.S.Census, 1985 Metropolitan Council estimate, 1986 Metropolitan Council Projection � � ' ' : � ' � � ' ' � 65 , YPE IN AINT AUL � HOUSEHOLD T S S P 1960-1980 � 1960 1970 1980 No. % No. % No. % Husband/Wife Families 67,950 sg 62,220 60 50,944 48 � w/children 37,500 38 32,435 31 23,524 22 w/out children 30,450 31 29,785 29 27,420 26 � Other Families 9,469 lp 12,161 12 14,145 13 w/female head 8,109 g 10,159 10 11,752 11 w/male head 1,360 1 2,002 2 2,393 2 Total Families 77,419 78 74,381 71 65,089 61 � Non-Family Households 21,285 22 29,747 29 41,134 39 Total Households 98.704 100 104,128 100 106,223 100 � Source: U.S.Census 1 SAINT PAUL FAMILY AND NON-FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS ' 1960-19 70 80,000 ' �o,000 60,000 ��r>:::: .:•;: :;:k•'ti�' , 50,000 '"''''�"'� ::...:,;,:.:;: .:i„r:;,,; ::::<?f�:•:: �r.;r::..;�: 40,000 ��'�'` ::;'��':�•::•: � : �1,ti.:�:. 30,000 ::�;�'�� •::�:>::.: •`••:::�:r:::: ::�:�~::;<:;� ........:: 20 000 I , :;:�:`.`:,:::�:: �::r;�:k>��<� ::::r:>: 10,000 ::::~�.�:::� ';.�;.:::::;: ;:'.•.'•'•r:::<�: � 1960 1970 1980 � Family I-Iouseholds Non-Family Housel�olds � ' ' 66 � � ��-�o-i�o9 � FAMILY (NON-ELDERLY) SUBSIDIZED UNITS AS , A PERCENT OF TOTAL HOUSING UNITS (RENTAL AND OWNER) EAST METRO JURISDICTIONS (including vouchers and certificates) ' 1980 1986* Anoka County 1.25 1.34 � Dakota County 2.65 2.93 Washington County 1.50 2.26 Suburban Ramsey Co. 1.62 1.55 � St. Paul 3.50 5.04 Sources: Metropolitan Council,City of Saint Paul , `1985 total household counts are used for Anoka,Dakota and Washington Counties because the American Housing Survey figures available only for 1985 are probably more reliable than other estimates. Thus,the percentage figures for 1986 for these counties are likely somewhat high since one year's growth in total households is not included. 1986 Metropolitian Council estimates of totai ' househoids for St.Paul and Ramsey County are used because 1985 survey figures are not available by city,and the Metropolitian Council estimates are confirmed by the city's land use survey and other analysis. � INCREASE IN FAMILY (NON-ELDERLY) SUBSIDIZED ' UNITS, 1980-1986 EAST METRO JURISDICTIONS (including vouchers and certificates) 1980 UNITS PERCENT ' UNITS ADDED CHANGE Anoka County 756 226 29.9 , Washington County 525 404 77.0 Dakota County 1,702 551 32.4 Suburban Ramsey County 1,043 99 g.5 Saint Paul 3,720 1,834 49.3 ' Source: Metropolitan Council,Forthcoming Report,Changes in the Subsidized Housing market in the Twin Cities Area, 1980-1990. ' ' , , ' ! 67 � �'��`"��°� , �: CREDITS . �� THE PLANNING COMMiSSION James Christenson, Chair � James Curran Rok�ert Ferderer Dr. Anne Flaxman Gelsser Linda Hirte* � '� Frank Horak Kevin KaJer ,loyce Maddox** � David McDonell ' Dr. Earl P. Miller, Sr.* Gladys Morton* � � Karl Neid* , . Gary Park* Nancy Tracy - Imogene Treichel*� � Robert Van Hoef* Mark Vaught Samuel O. V�rdeja � Barbara A. Wencl *Member, Housing Plan Committee **Co-Chairs, I�ousfng Plan Committee �� STAFF � Administratfoa and Policy D��rectton � Daniei Cornejo, Director Warren Hanson� Acting Director (to July, I990) ` Kenneth R.Johnson� Director(to January. 1990) Peggy A. 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