278633 WHITE - CITY CLERK Communi ty
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CANARY - DEPARTMENT C I T Y O F S A I N T 1 �U L
BLUE - MAYOR ��
File N 0.
uncil Resolution
Presented By ��
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Saint Paul has conducted
a review of the Community Development and Housing Plan, Community Development
Years VIII - X (June 1982 - May 1985) ; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Saint Paul did approve
the Community Development and Housing Plan on February 12, 1982 by
Resolution #82-05 A as being consistent with the adopted policies of the
Comprehensive Plan and the Capital Allocation Policy; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that upon the recommendation of the Mayor, the Council of the
City of Saint Paul does hereby adopt the Community Development and Housing
Plan, Community Develo�ment Years VIII - X.
COUNCILMEN Requestgd by Department of:
Yeas Nays
Hunt omm i evel ment Division
Levine In Favor
Maddox �� /
�`M°�°� � __ A gai n s t BY '�
,owa ter
-Tedes�a
Wilson
MAY 4 1982 Form Approved by City Atto ey
Adopted by Council: Date
Certified by Counc Secr BY �
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Appr v b :Navor: D —�� rJ i982 Appr b Mayor fo m ssion to Council
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PUBIISHEU MAY 8 1982
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city of saint paul
pianning commission resolution �'�$���
file number 82-05 A
date Februarv 12, 1982 � .
41HEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Saint Paul is charged with the
responsibility for development and review of a three-year Community Development
• and Housing Plan to guide the city's Community Development. Block Grant Program;
� and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Economic Department has prepared the Community
Development and Housing Plan, Community Development Years VIII - X (June 1982 -
May 1985) for consideration by the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the Community Development and
Housing Plan Communi�y Development Years VIII-X, for consistency with the
Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and the Saint Paul Capital Allocation' Policy:
1982-1986 and 1983-1987; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on February 12, 1982, at which the Plannin�
Commission considered the Community Development and Housing Plan's consistency
with the Comprehensive Plan and the Capital Allocation Policy; and
WHEREAS, prior to said hearing, a notice of time and place and purpose of the
hearing was published in the official Lega1 Ledger of the municipality at least
l0 days prior to February 12, 1982; and
WHEREAS, at said public hearing, the public and Planning Commission members were
given the opportunity to completely discuss and review the Community Development
and Housing Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Corranission has determined that the Community Development
and Housing Plan is consistent with the adopted policies of the Comprehensive
Plan and the Capital Allocation Policy;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission recommends to the
Saint Paul City Council adoption of the Community Development and Housing Plan,
Community Development Years VIII-X; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the -Deputy Director of Community Development transmit
the Community Development and Housing Plan, Community Development Years VIII-X,
to the Mayor and Council of the City of Saint Paul for their consideration.
m0�/ed b�/ Bryan
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THREE-YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT YEARS VIII - X
JUNE 1982 - MRY 1985
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AFP€tOVEA BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION
FILE NUMBER: 82-05 A
DATE: . FEBRUARY 12, 1982
PLANNING DIVISION _
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ECONOP�IC DEVELOPMENT
CITY HALL ANNEX
25 blEST FOURTH STREET
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55102
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ST. PAIiL THREE-YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. COMMUNITY PROFILE
A. POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS 1
6. INCOME CHARACTERISTICS 8
C. HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS 11
D. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 18
E. FISCAL CQNDITIONS 20
II . COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS 24
A. NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION NEEDS 24
B. HOUSING NEEDS 27
C. CITYWIDE NEEDS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS 30
D. ECONOMIC NEEDS 34
III . COMPREHEN�IVE STRATEGY 36
A. GENERAL DEVELOPFIENT STRATEGY 36
B. NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION STRATEGY 43
C. COMMUNITYV�IDE HQUSING STRATEGY 50
D. PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEP�ENTS STRATEGY 58
E. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 62
IV. THREE-YEAR PROJECT SUMMARY 70
APP.ENDI X A 75
IDENTIFIED TREATP�IENT AREA (ITA)
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
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I. COMMUNITY PROFILE
A. POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
1 . TOTAL POPULATION
The U.S. Census Bureau's official count of the nation's population in
1980 showed that St. Paul , like many central cities, has experienced a
decrease in population. ,. Over the past decade, St. Paul 's population declined
12.8%, from 309,866 �n 1970 to 270,230 in 1980. This population loss
is attributable to three factors: (1 ) the decrease in average household
size; (2) the decline in the birth rate; and (3) net outmigration.
Figure 1 St. Pau] Popu}ation Change
- Total - ,: Population
Year Population Change q Change
1960 313,411
- 3,545 -01 .1%
' 1970 ' 309,866
� -39,636 -12.8�
1980 270,230
Source: U.S. Department of the Co�unerce, Bureau of the Census,
• 1960, 1970 and 1980 Cerrsus of the Population
. As depicted in Figure 2('pg;'�&3),the��itjr�s population d'ecli�ne was generally
shared by all neighborhoods, with 58 of 72 census tracts reporting a
decrease in population. On a percentage basis, the heaviest losses occurred
. in those neighborhoods encircling the downtqwn, Population gains took
place in the downtown and along the northern and eastern edges of the
city. Generally, neighborhood population changes are explained by the
demographic trends previously cited. In addition, the urban renewal programs
of the early seventies were responsible for the removal of deteriorated
housing units in o,lder inner city neighborhoods. This led to a net loss
of housing units and contributed to population losses in these areas.
Conversely, new construction of family housing in developing neighborhoods
led to population gains.
2. NUMBER AND SIZE OF HOUSEHOLDS
Although St. Paul 's population has decreased, the number of households
has increased, from 104,126 in 1970 to approximately 108,684 in 1980.
This 4� gain is attributable to the decrease in average household size.
From 1960 to 1970, the city's average household size dropped 7�, from
3.08 to 2.86. During the next ten years, it declined another 15�, bringing
the 1980 average household size to 2.42.
Several factors account for this trend, including the falling birth rate,
the growing number of new, smaller "baby boom" households, more single
person households, and the net migratory effect of smaller families replacing
those larger families leaving the city.
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Figure 3 IVumber and Size of Hcuseholds
Year Number of Nouseholds Average Size
1960 98,704 3.08
1970 104,12E 2.86
1980 10�;,684* 2•42*
Source: U.S. Department of Comnerce, Bureau of the Census, Census
of the Population, 1960, 1970 and 1980.
* 1980 estimates are based on the census housing unit count reported
in 1980 Census Advance Re ort, PHC 80-V-25, Minnesota, and the
Metropo itan Counci vacancy rate or pri -June 9 0, as reported
for St. Paul in the Metropolitan Council Data-Log, Social and
Demographic Report, No. 19-80-072.
3. RACIAL COMPOSITION
In contrast to the decline in total population, St. Paul 's minority population
rose 89.6q, from 14,239 in 1970 to 27,004 in 1980. Overall , minorities
now comprise 10� of the city's population, compared to 4.5� in 1970.
The Black and Hispanic populations continue to be St. Paul 's largest
minority groups, respectively; but Asians and Pacific Islanders appear
to be the third largest and fastest growing minority group. This is due to
the recent influx of Hmong and other Indochinese refugees to the city.
Figure 4 St. Paul Population and Minority Changes
Pop. Change:
1970 1980 1970-1980
� of % of
Number Total Number Total q Change
Whites 295,627 95.4 243,226 90.0 - 17.7
. Blacks 10,930 3.5 13,305 4.9 + 21 .7
American Indians 1 ,906 0.6 2,538 0.9 + 33.2
Asian & Pacific Islanders 856 0.3 2,695 1 .0 + 214.8
Other 547 0.2 8,466 3.1 +1 ,447.7
Subtotal 14,239 4.6 27,004 10.0 + 89.6
TOTAL POPULATION 309,866 100� 270,230 100� - 12.8
Hispanic Origin or Descent 7,864 2.9
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1970 and
1980 Census of the Population
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B. INCOP1E CHARACTERISTICS
The qap between median family income in St. Paul and the SMSA has continued
to widen. In 1970, St. Paul 's median family income was 510,544 or 90.3� of
the SMSA median of $11 ,682. In 1981 , the estimated median family income for
St. Paul was $23,961 , or 83.8� of the SMSA median of $28,600.
Figure 6 Median Family Income: 1960-1981
� Year St. Paul SMSA St. Paul as � of SMSA
1960 $ 6,543 $ 6,840 95.6�
1970 10,544 11 ,682 90.3�
1977 19,891 23,148 85.9°6
1981 Est. 23,961 28,600 � 83.8�
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Census of the
� Pooulation, 1960 and 1970; St. Paul Planning Division estimates, 1977 and 1981 .
Forty-one of the city's 76 census tracts have estimated 1981 median family .
incomes that are less than 80% of the estimated SMSA median family income.
These areas are located in the central and northwest sections of the city.
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Median Family Income - $28 600
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Source: Saint Paul Planning Division, as based on straight-line projection of 1960-
1970 Census Bureau income data, Saint Paul Department of Planning and Eco-
r.omic Development subsidized housing program records, 1981; and Ramsey
County Department of Community Services [.'elfare Statistics, 1981. �
NOTE: 1981 Median Family Income classification is subject to revision pend-
ing release of 1980 income dat� from the United States Department of
Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
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Figure 7b Estimated 1981 Median Family Income by Tract,
as a Percentage of Estimated 1981 SMSA Median Family Income
Ceneus Census Census Census Census Census
Tract � Tract � Tract � Tract + Tract � Tract �
301 70.0 313 6�.8 325 70.9 338 40.9 353 83.8 366 115.7
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3Q3 92.0 315 56.5 327 60.5 340 10.2 b' 355 29.4 368 79.0
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312 61.9 324 81.1 337 87.0 a' 352 82.3 365 82.5 St. Paul 83.78
a. Projection of Census Bureau 1960-1970 . �
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' 340, 346.01, 346.02, 347.01, 347.02, 374.01
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C. HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS
1 . HOUSING SUPPLY AND OWNERSHIP
Over the past decade, St. Paul 's housing supply has increased slightly,
from 107,715 housing units in 1970 to 110,902 units in 1980. The single
family owner occupied home continues to be the predominant form of residence.
Sixty-six percent of total housing units are single-family/duplex and 34%
are multi-family. Fifty-nine percent of city households are owner occupants
and 41% are tenants.
2. AGE AND CONDITION QF HOUSING STQCK
St. Paul 's housing stock is old. About 60% of it was built prior to 1940
and over one-third was constructed before 1920. The oldest housing is located
in the city's first areas of growth, i .e. , the neighborhoods surrounding
the downtown. Because of the age of its stock, the high cost of new construction,
�nd the limited amount of vacant land, St. Paul 's housing programs have emphasized
conserving existing units through maintenance and rehabilitation. This
emphasis has brought a citywide improvement in housing condition. A 1981 �
survey of exterior housing condition indicated that 69% total housing units
were structurall,y sound, 26% alere in need of minor repair, 5% were in need
of major repair, and onlv 1% were dilapidated. In comparison to a 1974
surve,y, the total number of structurally sound units has increased, and
the number of "major repair" and dilapidated units has declined in both
percentage and total number.
Most of the improvement in the city's housing stock is attributable to
single family units due to the emphasis of local , state and federal programs
on low cost, sinqle family rehabilitation loan assistance. In comparison,
there has been little multi-family rehabilitation.
Geographically, about 64 of 79 eity census tracts (i .e. , 1980 tracts) contain
over 50% structurally sound one and two family housing units . Those tracts
with the largest percentage of sound housing are located near the city's
borders . Conversely, those tracts with the smallest number of sound one and
two family housing units and the highest number of deteriorated units are
generally located near the downtown.
Althouah analysis of the 1981 housing condition survey has not yet been
completed, preliminary findings indicate a citywide need for multi-family
housing rehabilitation, and suggests a need to expand current rehabilitation
programs to adjoining areas of poor housing.
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Fiaure 7 St. Paul Housing Condition 1974-1981*
1974 1981
HOUSING TRUCTURES HOUSING UN TS TRUCTURES HOUSING UNITS
CONDITION # � # % # % # %
Structurally
Sound 45,189 68 72,796 69 50,872 75 73,776 69
Needs
Minor Repair 14,398 22 21 ,353 20 14,114 21 27,597 26
Needs
Major Repair 4,889 7 7,888 7 2,281 3 5,436 5
Dilapidated � ,777 3 3,27� 3 328 0 656 1
TQTAL 66,243 lU0 105,315 99 67,595 99 107,464 101
* The 1974 and 1981 surveys are only roughly comparable because each used a
different technique to classify condition and 1974 survey was not citywide.
Source: City of St. Paul , Division of Planninq
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3. HOUSING VACANCY RATE
Housing vacancy in St. Paul remained below desirable levels in 1981 , with
second quarter housing vacancy �r.ates at 0.5°o for single-family, 4.5% for
multi-family, and 2.1°0 overall . Residential vacancy rates are an index
of housinq availability and rates of 6% for apartments and 1% for sinale-
family homes are considered the minimum to provide reasonable choice of
residence. The city's low rates may indicate a high demand and undersupply
of housin4.
Figure 9 Housing Vacancy Rates 1978-1981 (2nd Quarter)
� Year Single-Family Multi-Family Overall
1978 0.6� 4.9� 2.3%
1979 0.5� � 5.0� 2.2�
1980 0.4� 4.4� 2.0�
1981 0.5� �4.5� 2.1�
� Source: Metropolitan Council , Social and Demographic Report Series,
' Housin Vacanc and Turnover in the Twin Cities. Data is •
ta en rom recor s o t e ort ern tates ower Company,
covering about 83� of St. Paul housing units.
As illustrated below, housing vacancy rates tend to exhibit a cyclical
pattern of higher summer rates and lower winter rates.
Figurel0 Housing Vacancy Seasonal Variation 1978-1981
5.5:
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1979 1980 1981
Source: Metropolitan Council , Social and Demographic Report Series,
Nousin Vacanc and Turnover in the iwin Cities. Data is
taken rom records o the Northern States Power Company,
covering about 83� of St. Paul housing units.
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� � , 4. HOUSING TURNOVER RATES
The city's second quarter 1981 turnover rate for all housing was 8.8�,
a slight decrease from 9.3% in� 1978. The turnover rate indieates the
percentage of housing units where an occupancy change has occurred during
the quarter. St. Paul 's low rate indicates that more households
are remaining for a longer period in their present housing units.
Figure �� Housing Turnover Rate 1978-1981 (Znd �uarter)
� zo.o� �e.o
� 17.3 16.8
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1978 1979 1980 1981
Source: P1etropolitan Council , Social and Derrographic Report Series,
Housing Vacancy and Turnover in the Twin Cities Area. The .
data is taken from r�ecords of the Northern States Power
Company, covering about 83% of St. Paul housing units.
5. HOUSING CONSTRUCTION
St. Paul is largely a developed city. A �anuary 1980 land inventory
identified 755 acres of vacant, r.esidentially zoned land, but much of
this •land is unsuitable for residential development due to poor soils
and steep slopes. However, opportunities for providing new housing still
remain, as illustrated by the construction activity in Figure 9 below.
. The substantial decrease in housing demolition reflects city efforts
to preserve the existing sound housing stock.
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Figure 12 Housing Units Added and Removed, 1970-1980
Number of Units Built
� Single-Fami y No. of Units Net Gain/
Year Duplex Multi-Family Total Demolished Loss
1970 200 2,489 2,689 677 2,012
1971 253 1 ,449 1 ,702 780 922
1972 372 1 ,621 1 ,993 829 1 ,164
1973 260 231 491 802 ( 311 )
1974 180 617 797 813 ( 16)
1975 154 271 425 238 187
1976 181 603 784 271 513
1977 312 644 956 170 786
1978 323 593 916 87 829
1979 233 443 676 201 475
1980 183 431 622 121 501
Total 2,651 9,400 12,051 4,989 7,062
Source: City of St. Paul , Division of Housing and Building Code
Enforcement, Monthly Building Permit Reports.
6. HOUSING COSTS
The cost of homeownership continues to rise. In second quarter 1981 ,
the average St. Paul home cost $66,424, a 49.5% increase over 1978. Housing
sales dropped 13.5% during this same period. Rents have also risen.
Since 1976 the advertised rent for a one bedroom apartment has increased
by 10% per year. �
Figure 13a Figure 13b
Avera e Purchase
Price o St. Paul Homes Number of Homes Sold
�o.000 �,zoo
- 566,42� ,
1,100
60.D00 559,551 � ,,��.
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600 56�
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19)8 19�9 1980 1981
1978 1979 1980 1981
Source: Based on St. Paul Board of Realtors, Multiple Listing Service
. Quarterly Reports, 1978-June 1981
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7. HOME IMPROVEMENT
The number and valuation of building permits issued for home improvements
between 1970 and 1980 has risen substantia'Ily. In 1970, 2,794 permits
were issued for additions, alterations and repairs at a total valuation
of $14,543,970. In 1980, 3,864 permits were issued with a total valuation
of $59,917,705. This increase indicates that more homeowners are investing
in the maintenance and improvement of their pnoperty, thus helping to
preserve the city's existing sound housing stock.
Figure14 Buil�in Permit Activit and Valuation 1970-1980
Additions, A terations and Re airs
Year No. of Permits Issued Total Valuation (in Millions)
1970 2,794 $14.5
1971 2,807 22.1
1972 2,660 12.3
1973 2,388 17.2
1974 2,432 32.3
1975 2,976 27.4
1976 3,468 31 .3
1977 3,439 90.2
1978 3,400 43.5
1979 3,461 62.9
1980 3,864 59.9
Source: City of St. Paul , Division of Housing and Building Code
Enforcement, 1970-1980 Annual Reports.
8. VACANT BUILDINGS �
The Housing and Building Code Enforcement Division reported 280 vacant
buildings_in St. Paul as of December 1980. This figure includes both
industrial and residential buildings that are currently being rehabilitated,
pending rehabilitation, or abandoned. Vacant buildings are kept under
surveillance to insure that buildings are secure and reasonably clean.
Figure 15 Building Vacancy 1975-1980
Year Number of Vacant Buildings
1975 133
1976 101
1977 913
1978 242
1979 231
1980 280
Source: City of St. Paul , Division of Housing and Building Code
Enforcement, 1975-1980 Annual Reports.
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� D. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
1 . EMPLQYPIENT AND INCOME .
St. Paul 's diversified economy is composed of three growing employment
sectors that have helped the city to weather the economic storms of
the 1970s: government, services, and high technolog,y. As the State
Capitol , government has traditionally been a major employer; but government
and services now account for over 50% of the city's employment. High
technology industry dominates much of the remainder. Because government,
services and technology are less cyclical than other employment sectors
. (e.q. , manufacturing and construction) , St. Paul has demonstrated relative
strenqth durinq national recessionary periods. The city's unemployment
rate has consistently remained one to two percentage points below national
averages and the labor force has risen to 55% of the population.
Figure 16b Figure 16a
St.Paul Labor Force as a St.Paul Employment
PercentaAe of the Population Sectors, 1970 and 1980
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� Total Number of Joba
176.900
46x 1980
Finance-
Insurance- Total Number of Jobs
Real Estste 187.800_
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Communication.
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Source: Minneeota Department of Source: Minnesota Department of
Economic Security,1979. Economic Security, Annual
and St.Paul Planning Estimatea, 1970-1980
Division projections,1980
Although overall employment levels have been high, unemployment is
disproportionately concentrated in the city's minority population.
Moreover, income levels have persistently stayed below the regional
median. In constant dollars, median family income qrew during the
1960s and into the 1970s, but slumps in the national economy caused
incomes to fall during the late 1970s. This trend negated previous
income growth. In 1980, the city's median family income compared to
90.3� of the SMSA median in 1970.
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• Unemployment in St.Paul, SMSA
and the United States, 1978-1981
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Source: Minnesota Department of Economic
Security� and St,Paul Planning Division
2. C4MMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH
As a fully built city, St. Paul must compete with the suburban. communities
to keep industrial and commercial firms within the city. The availability
of low cost, vacant land and ease of transportation access are powerful
attractants that have caused many industries to leave the city with few
incoming firms to replace them. Large regional shoppinq centers have
also pulted retail businesses and consumer dollars out of the city.
From 1972 to 1976, St. Paul 's share of total metropolitan area retail
sales dropped from 15.6% to 13.5%.
To combat comnercial and industrial outmigration, St. Paul has worked
hard to renew investor confidence in tne cit,y. Efforts to stimulate
development and reinvestment are succeeding. Between 1978 and 19�0,
the city witnessed $298 million in downtown development, $88.7 million
in public and private neighborhood developmPnt, and $74 million in
neiahborhood commercial district revitalization. The volume of retail
sales is also demonstrating positive growth.
3. GROt�ITH PROSPECTS
Despite recent gains, St. Paul 's prospects for future economic growth
are heavily influenced by national economic trends. Spiralling inflation,
high interest rates and tight capital markets may adversely affect
capital investment, employment, personal income and consumer spending.
During the next decade, St. Paul must learn to cope with volatile swings
in the national economy that will reverberate at the state and local levels.
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E. FISCAL CONDITIONS
St. Paul , like many mature developed cities, is confronted with the fiscal
challenge of maintaining its public service system with declininq financial
resources. As demands for public services and the cost of delivering those
services has risen, many of the city's major sources of revenue have remained
static or declined. This fiscal oao comes at a time when St. Paul is facing
major expenditures for the repair and replacement of its aging physical
plant. In addition, public monies are needed to help revitali�e certain
areas of the city.
Despite limited finances, the city has benefitted from responsible financial
management. Between 1973 and 1981 , St. Paul 's operating budget actually
decreased over 18� when measured in constant dollars.
Figure 18 St. Paul Operating Budget 1973-1981
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Source: City of St. Paul Operating Budgets 1973-1981
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� � 1 . REVENUE SOURCES
St. Paul generates its revenue from three broad categories: taxes,
borrowina and interqovernmental aids.
Loca1 Property Tax: The local propertv tax is St. Paul 's largest revenue
source for financing its annual operating budget; however, the city's
oortion of the total tax levy has been declining. In 1975, 53� of
the city's budget was financed with property taxes ; in 1981 , property
taxes only accounted for 35� of the budget. This decreased reliance
on the property tax was due to increases in state aids, and municipal
. efforts to curb local spending and reduce city debt. Since 1976, the city's
portion of the total tax levy has been held to an average annual increase .
of 7.8�. Inflation increases over the same period have been nearly 11%.
However, St. Paul 's local tax levy in 1982 is expected to grow 12.9q,
bringing property tax financin,g of the city budget to about 36�. This
growth in the tax levy is due to changes in the State of Minnesota's
Local Government Aid Formula and a reduction in federal General Revenue
, Sharing. Despite extensive service and staff cutbacks in the city's
1982 Operating Budget, the State of Minnesota's current budget deficit
and corresponding reductions in state aid may necessitate deeper budget
cuts at the local level .
Figure 19a Growth in Cit of 5t. Paul Figure 19b
roperty ax evy Property Tax Portion of
St.Paul Operating Budget
City Tax Levy
(in thousands
of dollars, bo
Year rounded) � ChanQe pr°pertY T�
52.6X Contribution
1975 $35,053 +22,q� so
1976 28,846 -17.7 �::;::�;:: ao.ix
1977 30,958 + 7.3 " 40 ;;;:;::''.:?':'': 38.sx 3s.�x
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Source:City of St.Paul
Operating Budgets 1975-1982
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� , General Qbli ation Debt: During the 1960s and 1970s, the city experienced
s arp rates o growt in bonded debt. By 1976, total overla�pinq debt
levied a�ainst property in St. Paul had reached approximately $1 ,000
per capita or 9� of estimated market value.* This was more than twice
the averaae for cities of comparable size.
Concerns for the amount of�general obiigation debt pledged against
the citv's tax base prom�ted St. Paul to develop a debt policy that
would reduce per caoita debt to $�00 or less and the ratio of debt
to market value to 5.2%. Adopted in 1978, the debt reduction policy
is already havina a positive effect, as illustrated in Fiaure, 20 below.
However, St. Paul st�ll has one of the highest levels of per capita
� bonded indebtedness amonq comparably sized cities.
Figure 20 "
General Obligation Debt in St.Paul
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Source: St.Paul Annual Performance Report 1980
* Total overlappinq debt includes that of the City of St. Paul , St. Paul Housing
and Redevelorment Authority, Civic Center Authorit,y, St. Paul Port Authority,
Indenendent School �istrict #625, Ramsev County and metropolitan agencies.
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Interqovernmental Aids: In recent years, the size and reliability of
e era y- un e state and federal intergovernmental aids has diminished
subs tantially. General Revenue Sharing has decreased from 12.9% of the
general fund budget in 1973 to 5.9% in 1981 . Likewise, the city's
Communit,y Development Block Grant has declined each program year. These
and similar cutbacks in state assistance will strain the city's ability
to continue strong community development and public improvement programs.
Figure 21 General Revenue Sharing Funds Received by St. Paul
Calendar Year pollars (in �tillions� % of General Fund Budget
1973 $5.6 12.9%
1974 5.6 11 .4b
1975 5.1 9.6
1976 5.0 8,6
1977 5.3 8.6
, 1978 6.4 10.1
1979 5.0 7.4
1980 4.7 6.5
1981 4.8 5.9
1982 est. 3.9 3.5
Source: St. Paul Mayor's Office Budget Section
Figure 22 Communit Develo ment Block Grant Funds
Received by St. aul
Program Year pollars (in Millions)
I 1975 $15.8
II 1976 18.8
III 1977 18.8
IV 1978 14.8
, V 1979 12.3
VI 1980 10.6
VII 1981 10.5
Source: St. Paul Corrmunity Develope�ent Division
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II . COP1MUNITY DEVELOPPIENT NEEDS
A. NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION NEEDS �
1 . IDENTIFICATION OF NEEDS
For purposes of planning and citizen participation, St. Paul is divided
into 17 geographic districts, each with a �istrict Council that is
officially recognized by the City Council . The District Councils have
� developed General District Plans which play an important role in the
� city's effort to identify and plan for physical , social , and economic
development activities. District Councils also participate in the
citv's capital imurovement budgetin� process, through which the Community
Development Block Grant is distributed ( see Section III .A. for explanation
of the� budget process) . Each biennium, District Councils submit pro-
posals for capital imnrovements and recommend priorities for proposals
within their district. Council representatives also sit on the city's
Capital Improvement Budget Committee's three task forces . They help
� determine funding priorities for all proposed capital improvements.
Throu4h the capital budgeting process and other activities , city government
�NOrks with District Councils and other citizen qroups to develop the
resources necessary to maintain and strengthen St. Paul 's neighborhoods.
2. PLANNING DISTRICT PROFILE
Figures 23 and 24 providP a brief profile of each district, including
population, median income and aeneral housing condition. Information
for the profile is based on :the fi980 Census and 1981 Citywide Housing
Condition Survey_
Figure 23. Po�ulation and Income by Planning District_
PORI:LATION MEDIAN INCOI�E
k ange Greater/Less Than
District 1980 From 1970 � Minority Metro Median
1 19,129 +23� 4.3� , greater
2 25,241 - 9% 4.4� greater
3 14,994 -13� 14.6� below
4 15,991 -18� 4.8� mixed
5 25,749 -13� 4.E� mixed
6 23,818 -14� 13.4� below
7 13,768 -18� 21 .5� below
8 23,OS4 -32� 57.1� below
9 10,100 -24� 5.7� below
10 11 ,453 - 8� 2.0� above
11 12,417 -13� 6.5% mixed
12 6,969 -12� 6.7� below
13 19,328 -10� 10.2% mixed
14 20,952 -14% 2.1� above
15 23,975 -11� 2.4p above
16 7,252 -17� 2.7� above
17 3,295 +.lp 13.1� mixed
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Fiqure24 Housinq Condition by Planning District
SINGLE FAMILY/ MULTI-
T4TAL UNITS DUPLEX UNITS FAMILY UNITS
Major a�or a�or
�IS- Minor Repair/ Minor R�pair/ Minor Repair/
TRICT Sound Repair Dilapidated S�und Rep.air Dilapidated Sound Repair Dilapidated
1 81% 19� < I°6 92% 8q <1% 61% 39% 0%
2 . 8� 11 <1 91. 8 <1 83 17 0
3 51 35 14 48 40 12 59 22 19
4 6n 30 10 65 29 6 50 31 19
5 73 20 7 75 19 6 63 24 13
6 78 17 5 78 17 <1 77 18 5
7 57 35 8 59 36 5 52 30 18
8 45 41 14 57 35 8 37 �15 18
9 57 33 10 57 33 10 57 33 10
, 10 87 13 <1 90 10 <1 77 23 0
11 70 25 <1 73 24 3 60 28 12
12 67 27 6 73 24 3 57 31 12
13 48 47 5 58 39 4 35 59 6
14 70 28 2 77 22 1 49 48 3 �
15 91 9 < 1 91 9 <1 91 9 0
16 66 26 8 82 15 3 52 36 12
3. NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS
St. Paul is a city of neighborhoods . The quality of life and sense of
community that its neighborhoods provide to residents is a major asset.
Therefore, the city has long recognized the importance of maintaininQ and
strenqtheninq its residential areas.
Revitalization activities in neighborhoods can be divided into three
areas: housing, public improvements and economic development. Many
neighborhoods share common problems within these areas, while other
needs are unique to individual neiqhborhoods. An overview of revitalization
needs is presented below, followed by an in-depth discussion of such
needs in Sections II.B,C, and D.
HOUSING - Maintaining and improving the housing stock.
- Sensitive code enforcement.
- Affordable housing, both rental and owner-occupied.
- Information on the availability of housing rehabilitation
loan and grant programs .
- Selective clearance of substandard housing (Districts 6 & 7) .
- Prevention of housina displacement (District 8) .
- Expansion of the Tool Lending Library Program (Districts
6, 7, & 11 ).
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PUBLIC - Replacement of sewers ; storm and sanitary sea�er separation.
IMPROVE- - Street reconstruction, paving and lighting.
MENTS - Sidewalk construction and maintenance.
- Park and playground `maintenance and improvements.
- Reforestation.
- Design and reconstruction of Plississippi River Boulevard
(Districts 13, 14, and 15) .
- Slope stabilization (Districts 1 , 6, R 16) .
- Acquisition of storm water ponding areas (Districts 1 , 2,
4, 6, & 11 ) .
ECQNOMIC - Parking and other physical improvements to neighborhood
DEVELOPMENT commercial areas.
- Improved pedestrian and vehicular circulation in
commerical areas.
- Small business assistance.
- Linkage of employment and training programs with nearby
industrial development {Districts 3, 10, 11 , �12) .
- Commercial rehabilitation/storefront improvements (Districts
4,5,9,12, & 13) .
- Commercial reinvestment (District 8) .
- Adaptive reuse of older commercial buildings (District 13 & 17) . .
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B. HOUSING NEEDS
St. Paul is committed to providing suitable housing opportunities for its
residents. Over the past 20 years, the city has invested heavily in the
maintenance and expansion of its housing stock. However, an interplay of several
demographic and economic factors has challenged the city's ability to insure
an adequate supply of affordable and suitable housing opportunities.
1 . HOUSING SUPPLY
Despite an overall loss in population and an increase in the number
of housing units, the demand for housing in St. Paul continues to exceed
supply. From 1970 to 1980, the total number of housing units in the city
grew from 107,715 units to 110,902. This 3% increase represents the net
gain from both construction and demolition activity. During the same period,
the total number of households increased 4%, and the average household
size decreased 15%. This has resulted in more and smaller househol•ds desiring
suitable dwellings. These population changes, coupled with the depressed
state of the construction and finance industries, have created a ti�ht
housing market. Vacancy rates for the second quarter of 1981 hover at
0.5q for single-family and 4.5% for multi-family.
To help expand the city's housing supply, a major development objective
of St. Paul `s Housing Policy Plan is the construction of 10,000 new housing `
units by 1990. These new units shou}d provide cost-efficient alternatives
to the traditional single-family home by emph�sizing the construction of
duplexes, townhouses and other common wall u�its for owner occupancy.
A second major objective of the Housing Policy Plan is the expansion of
rental as well as ownership opportunities, especially for lower income
households. Although the Plan projects the greatest need for one and two-
bedroom owner-occupancy dwelling units, it recognizes the small but urgent
need for large family rental units. This is especially critical for low
income families.
2. AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Affordable housing is a major concern for many St. Paul residents. Over the
las� several years, housing costs have generally risen faster than incomes,
forcing both rental and owner occupants to devote a larger percentage of
their incomes to housing. The estimated 1981 median family income for
the Twin Cities SMSA is $28,600. St. Paul 's median family income is estimated
to be about 84% of that figure, or $23,961 . The average sales price for a
home rose 11 .5%, from $59,551 in 198� to $66,424 in 1981 . In comparison,
Minnesota personal income only grew 8.1%.
(A) Affordable Ownership Opportunities.
Home ownership is an important but sometimes unattainable goal for many
city residents, particularly for the first�time buyer with a low income
and limited equity. Only 23% of the Minneapolis/St. Paul region's
home buyers were first-time buyers in 1979, compared to 35% in 1977.
In 1980, a $28,000 to $33,000 income was required to purchase a median
priced townhouse or condominium, and up to $40,000 for a median priced
single family home. At these levels, only 20% of rental households could
potentia1ly purchase an existing condominium or single-family home,
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' and only about 5°' could afford a new single family home. In order to
satisfactorily meet the housing desires of existing and expected residents,
St. Paul needs more moderate--cost home ownership opportunities. Meeting
this need requires maintaining the existing housing stock, offering low
cost alternatives to the single family home, and providing effective
housing finance programs.
(B) Affordable Fental Opportunities
HousinQ affordabiiity is a critical issue for many of St. Paul 's rental
households. The city's Planninq Division estimates that there are 7,854
� inadequately housed, low-income rental households living in St. Paul . This
represents 7� of total households. Rental needs are most acute for large
families. Public housing applications for family units have increased six-
fold since 1978. About half of thts demand is attributable to the recent
influx of Indochinese refugees. The Public Housing Agency waiting list
for three to five bedroom units is three years lonq.
The rental housing need will continue to grow since rents are anticipated
� to rise faster than incomes. Moreover, increasing construction and maintenanc�
costs have made rental housing development a riskier and less attractive
investment to the pr�vate sector. During the last five years , nearly� all
new rental housing was built with some form of �public assistance. Those
units that were reason�ably affordable to low-income households were produced
with public subsidies. Public participation will be essential to the producti�
of affordable housing for low income households over the next three years.
Since St. Paul 's capability to help produce such units is limited relative
to the existing and growina housing need, a high priority must be placed
on conserving existing rental units through �maintenance and rehabilitation
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3. HOUSING OPFORTUNITY
A basic principle of the Housing Palicy Plan is that all residents of
St. Paul should have reasonable access to decent desirable housing in a
suitable resi�ential environment. Such opportunities are limited for some
households, such as the low income, rental , and low income large family
households discussed previously. Additional concerns are identified below.
(A) Indochinese
Indochinese refugees are the city's most recent, fastest growing, and
third largest minority group. As of March 1981 , there were 6,611
refugees eligible for Indochinese relief funds. Many refugees need
housing assistance, e.g. , 272 families currently live in Public Housing
Agency units and 778 families are on the waiting list. Since their
nousehold size is large (about 3.16 persons per household for those
receiving relief funds, and 5.18 for those residing in public housing) ,
they require three to five bedroom units.
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� • (B) Discrimination
Housing discrimination does not appear to be a widespread problem in
St. Paul , but sensitivity to �potential discrimination remains a need.
A total of 16 alleged violations of the St. Paul Human Rights Ordinance
were filed with the city's Department of Human Rights in 1980. As in
previous years, the majority of the complaints (� of 16) were solely
based on race. The remainder we�e based on race, sex, age, disability,
and status regarding public assistance. For several years, there
have been no complaints about discrimination in housing sales.
(C) Handicapped Households
Housing needs of the handicapped are difficult to ascertain. It has
been estimated that 10-14% of the employed population of St. Paul is
physically handicapped. The Metropolitan Council estimates that
3� of low and moderate income one and two-person households are
handicapped. A recent survey of public and private apartment units
� indicated that a corresponding supply of accessible housing is not
available in the city; therefore, additional barrier-free units are
needed. Handicapped households also require assistance in rehabilitating
their homes to make them more accessible.
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� C. • CITYWIDE NEEDS FQR PUBLIC It•1PROVE��ENTS
St. Paul needs a sound, reliable system of capital infrastructure and community
facilities in order to sustain its economic growth and the quality of its
neighborhoods. Past investments in streets, sidewalks, sewer and water lines,
bridges, public buildings and parks have aided in the city's development and
contributed to its attractiveness and �livability.
Today, however, St. Paul is confronted with the fiscal challenge of maintaining
its public service system with declining financial resources. In addition
to capital maintenance items, the city is facing the costly proposition of
. replacing its aging infrastructure. This will require major expenditures
for rehabilitation and replacement of existing facilities.
In response to these demands, both the St. Paul Comprehensive Plan and Capital
Allocation Policy strongly emphasize that maintaining existing facilities
must take precedence over service ex�ansion. Both the city's capital improvement
budgeting and multi-year capital improvement programming processes adhere to
this basic policy.
Needs for public facilities and improvements on a citywide basis include:
1 . RESIDENTIAL STREET PAVING � �
About 380 miles or 65� of St. Paul 's re3idential streets are unpaved and
require an oil and sand treatment every third year. Although oil-surfaced
streets are functionable, paved streets are safer, more attractive, and
require less frequent maintenance. Most importantly, residential street
paving supports private property maintenanc2 and helps stabilize city neigh-
borhoods. For these reasons, the systematic replacement of oil-surfaced
and deteriorate�d residential streets with permanent roadways that are properly
graded, surfaced and curbed, and appropriately served by sidewalks and
street lights is a major long-term investment need for St. Paul .
2. STREET LIGHTING . �
P1any residential areas in St. Paul have inadequate street lighting. Existing
wood utility poles need to be replaced with steel standards, and obsolete
incandescent and mercury vapor lights converted to energy and cost
efficient sodium vapor lighting. In addition to improvements at residential
street intersections, installation of more midblock lighting will increase
traffic and pedestrian safety and enhance security. Additional lighting
along some non-residential arterials is also required to adequately and
safely handle higher traffic volumes.
3. TRAFFIC ENGINEERING .
St. Paul 's existing street layout generally forms an adequate vehicular
circulation system, but improvements that aid traffic movement and safety
are needed. ��lany city traffic signals are over 20 years old and no longer
meet current standards. In order to insure vehicle operator and pedestrian
safety, obsolete signals should be replaced and new signals installed at
certain uncontrolled intersections. Along congested arterials , the city
needs to redesign or install traffic safety islands and protected turn lanes
in order to reduce the probability of accidents and smooth the flow of traffic.
Sor�e arterials require street name signs that provide greater visibility.
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In addition to cityw ide improvements, St. Paul needs to complete its downtown
• computerized signal program. By converting mechanical signal controllers
to computerized supervision, vehicle fuel consumption and street congestion
will be reduced significantly and air quality and traffic flow will be
improved.
4. SEWERS
St. Paul 's sewer system is plagued by problems relating to deferred maintenance.
localized flooding and urban growth. A substantial portion of the sewer
system is fast approaching or exceeding its useful economic life. With an
average life expectancy of 70-100 years, about 75% of city sewers are
. at least 50 years old and some lines are over 100 years old. Although little
is known about their structural integrity, undue deterioration can lead to
sewer collapses that cause loss of service and potential health hazards.
Since about 15� of the present sewer system will reach its expected life by
1985, it is imperative to begin an intensive inventory and inspection process,
followed by a long-term repair. and replacement program.
Localized flooding of stormwater and sewage due to the undercapacity of
, combined (sanitary and storm) sewers is another problem. Since 1955, St. Paul
has invested $2 million per year for storm sewer construction and is still
only 39� separated. While sewer separation remains an ongoirrg need, cost
factors necessitate the consideration of supplemental relief ineasures, such
as developing a natural ponding and holding tank relief system. This requires
the acquisition of ponding sites in floodprone areas of the city. In addition,
proposed redevelopment and infill development in neighborhoods with combined
sewers should be carefully evaluated to prevent further aggravation of current
capacity problems.
Lastly, St. Paul needs to expand the sewer system to accommodate growth
in the only remaining undeveloped area of the city. t�4uch of this neighborhood
relies on septic systems for sewage disposal . Continued residential
development will increase the potential for hazardous sewage overflows
that drain to adjacent properties.
5. HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY
St. Paul needs to assure that public bui�dings and properties are accessible
and usable to the physically handica�ped. An audit of all city-owned
properties showed that the majority of buildinc�s are difficult for handicapped
�ersons to maneuver due to oarking, exterior, entrance, and interior barriers.
6. CITY BUILDINGS ENERGY RETROFIT
St. Paul operates about 120 buildings containing a total of 1 ,300,000 square
feet of building space. Most of these facilities were built before energy
use became a serious design and construction concern. They are energy
inefficient and increasingly ex��nsive to m��ntain and operate. Many
energy saving improvements are needed, such as ceiling, wall and roof
insulation, furnace and boiler replacement, automated thermostats, replacement
of incandescent lighting with flourescent and task lighting, and caulking
and weatherstripping. In addition, the city needs to develop a maintenance
and construction schedule that systematically programs required energy
modifications.
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7. PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES
Improving St. Paul 's parks and recreation system is primarily a function of
rehabilitation and maintenance rather than acquisition and development of
new facilities. Currently, the city owns 3,382 acres of parks, playgrounds
and public open space or approximately ten acres of parkland per 1 ,000
population. While this acreage is substantial , many facilities and parklands
are in need of rehabilitation. For example, most of St. Paul 's 51 recreation
centers are energy inefficient and inaccessible to the handicapped. Other
neighborhood park facilities have additional physical deficiencies that impede
usability and increase operating costs. Some heavily-used citywide and
regional parks require extensive renovation in order to improve serviceability. �
Although most park facilities are well-spaced throughout the city, some
neighborhoods are served less adequately than others. Seven areas are
unserved by either a neighborhood recreation center or a park within a one-
half mile radius. On a citywide basis, there are additional needs for
athletic fields and a continuous network of hiking/biking trails.
8. SHADE TREE CARE AND MAINTENANCE
St. Paul was especially hard-hit by the dam�qinq� effects of the Dutch
elm disease. In 1977, the disease infected over one-third of the city's
130,000 elms. Because trees are a valuable community resource that buffer
noise and add shade and beauty to city neighborhoods, an extensive shade
tree disease control program was initiated in 1976. By pooling CDBG with
other sources of funds, the city has invested over $28 million in tree
removal and replacement. Although capital requirements are expected to
decrease in the upcoming years, there is an ongoing need for a shade tree
care and maintenance program.
9. LIBRARIES
In 1979, the Citizens' Task Force for the Library, an appointed citizens
advisory committee, was charged with the responsibility of preparing a
5-year recommended program of growth and change for the St.Paul Public
Library. Most of the Task Force recommendations dealt with the role of the
library and services provided.
However, in its 1981 Report to the Mayor and City Council , the Task Force
emphasized the need to conduct a detailed analysis of the structural condition
and feasibility of repair of community library buildings. The Task Force
Report estimated that 9 of the city's 10 community libraries will require
extensive repair and renovation in the near future, particularly since three
branches were built in 1917 and two in 1930. The Task Force suggested that
proposed improvements should be assessed for cost effectiveness before
significant capital funds are expended.
10. CONSOLIDATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Some areas of St. Paul have multi-service centers that consolidate human
services in a� accessible location, thus enabling neighborhood residents
to more readily obtain needed services. This coordinated approach to human
service delivery is not appropriate to all neighborhoods. Adopted city
policy dictates that multi-service centers be provided only in areas
with high levels of multi-faceted social needs. Recommended improvements,
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contingent upon budgetary considerations, include: (1 ) replacement of
existing centers whose physical deficiencies prevent effective program
operation; and (2) construction of new facilities or development of
outreach programs in presently unserved areas with an identified high
degree of multi-faceted social problems.
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D. ECONOMIC NEEDS
A diversified economy has historically been one of St. Paul 's greatest strengths.
As described in Section I.D. , the city's employment base is dominated by the
government, service and high technology industrial sectors; all of which are
somewhat im�une to the cyclical nature of the national economy. However,
recent evidence suggests that St. Paul is growing increasingly vulnerable to
downturns in the national economy. The consequences of prolonged inflation,
unemployment, and sluggish growth in personal income and consumer spending is
shared by city residents, Minnesotans and citizens nationwide. But Minnesota's
, economy is additionally afflicted by the necessity of importing its energy
resources, which adds to already high fuel costs.
In response to these economic realities, the city has designed its
economic development programs to cope with the following needs:
l . EMPLOYMENT �
, Although St. Pa�l 's unemployment rate has remained below national averages
since the early 1970s, it has recently followed the upward trend of the
national unemployment rate. In addition, unemployment is heavily concentrated
in the city's black, Hispanic, and Indochinese populations. In many instances,
the unemployed need both education and jobs.
2. LABOR FORCE
The same "baby boom" generation that swelled school enrollments in the
1960s and 1970s is now turning to the job market in increasing� numbers.
The inability of the job market to readily meet the employment demands
of a growing yvung labor force may drive up unemployment in the future.
The ]ocal economy needs to expand and contract as the baby boom generation
seeks and finds employment.
3. LAND AVAILABILITY .
Because St. Paul is basically a "built" city, the supply of developable
commercial/industrial �and is limited. Of those acres which are usable,
many �are unattractive to developers due to high purchasing or site preparation
costs, or small parcel sizes. Therefore, �any businesses seeking to
locate or expand often turn to less expensive and roomier sites outside
the city. St. Paul needs to help existing firms to locate potential
expansion space and facilitate competitively-priced redevelopment projects.
4. COST OF MONEY
Another nroblem for new and/or expanding businesses is the availability
of long-term financing. Such loans are both scarce and �rohibitively
expensive. These factors have stifled many development and expansion
plans, esnecially for smaller firms. Small business needs technical and
financial assistance for start-up or expansion, and such assistance
necessitates public sector participation.
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5. PUBLIC SERVICES
Recent national surveys have shown that the condition of a city's physical
plant has a tremendous impact on business locational decisions. If the
streets, sewers, and utilities cannot be relied upon to service the needs
of business and industry, firms will locate elsewhere. In the past, St. Paul
has maintained a reliable service delivery system, but the deteriorating
condition of many streets and sewers (see Section II.C. ) and increasing
costs for public construction may cause future service delivery problems.
The city needs to demonstrate a strong public commitment to repair and
replace vital infrastructure.
6. RETAIL SALES
Since 1963, the city's share of regional retail sales has declined from
one-fifth of total sales to one-sixth. In order to recapture a greater
percentage of the Twin Cities consumer market, local businesses need to
overcome the apparent advantages of suburban shopping malls, i .e. , a wide
variety of stores and free, readiiy available parkinq. Local stores need to
develop competitive marketinq strategies that build on the assets of downtown and
various neighborhood comnerc�al districts. The city can support these
efforts by offering technical and financial assistance. .
7. FAMILY INCOME
The purchasing power of the St. Paul consumer has dropped in the last decade
relative to the metropolitan area. Between 1969 and 1981 , the city's median
family income dropped from about 90% to 84� of the SMSA's
median family income. This has resulted in a loss of purchasing power and
partially explains the decrease in retail sales.
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III. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY
A. GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
St. Paul 's approach to community devElopmert �s based on a joint corrmitment
from elected offic�als,city staff, and iieighborhood and business groups to
share in the responsibility of maintaining and improving the quality
of the city. This commitment has led ta the development of coordinated
planning and cuaita� budget�ng processes that involve extensive and ongoing
citizen participation. TCese decision-making processes are instrumental
in determining city policies, establishing programs and appropriating
capital funds.
In order to ensure that planning and budceting decisior.s are mutually
supportive, the city has developed two n;ajcr policy documents--the �t. Paul
Com,p,rehensive Plan and the Capital Flllccation Policy. The Comprehensive
Plan identifies the city's key objectives far the 1980s . The Capital
Allocation Policy works to Tnsure that capital resources are allocated
to those activities deemed essential to the long-term health and vitality
of St. Paul .
Both documents support the objectives of the Comnunity Development Block
Grant Program and thereby incorporate priorities for the use of block grant
funds into the city's policies for comnunity development and capital resource
allocation.
The following sections will discuss: (1) St. Paul 's key objectives, as
established in the Comprehensive Plan; (2) the city's capital improvement
budgeting process and priorities for use of block grant funds, as defined
in the Capital Allocation Policy; and (3) the city's Neighborhood Strategy
Area Program and selection process.
1. THE ST. PAUL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: OBJECTIVES FOR THE 1980S
The Comprehensive Plan is St. Paul 's efficial planning document.
It provides a vision of the city's future potential while guiding
its response to current issues and opportunities. As described
in Section II of this 3-Year Plan, St. Paul is faced with many
co�nunity develo�nent needs that surpass the city's limited supply
of resources. �carcities in capital , land and energy will strain
St. Paul 's ability to accomnodate competing demands. Because St. Paul
ma�y not have the resources needed to accomplish all of its objectives,
attention must be directed to those activities of critical importance.
Therefore, the Comprehensive Plan focuses on four objectives essential
to the future well-being of the city. These key objectives are:
INFRASTRUCTURE To maintain city investments, particularly sewer
and water lines, streets, bridges, public buildings,
and existing parks, through repair and ���lacement
as needed.
JOBS To maintain existing jobs in St. Paul while seeking
to expand employment opportunities.
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� hOUSING To maintain and upgrade the city's existing sound
housing stock while seeking to improve deficient
housing and generating construction of new, affordable
housing choices in character with the neighborhoods
surrounding them.
ENERGY To achieve greater energy efficiency by maintaining
and retrofitting existing structurES while encouraging
energy conservation and innovation.
The Comprehensive Plan expands these four objectives into issue
� or area-specific policies and recoR�ndations, many of vrhich pertain
directly to community. development activities. Plan policies were
developed by a long and thorough planning process that involved
extensive citizen participation. The Comprehensive Plan covers
five broad areas (Land Use, Nousing, Public Systems, Economic Development,
and Implementation) and includes 17 District P1ans that were developed
by the neighborhood District Councils with assistance from the St. Paul
Planning Division. A11 Plan elements and subsequent revisions have
' undergone a public review process prior to formal adoption by the
St. Paul City Council .
2. THE UNIFIED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGETING PROCESS
The Unified Capital Irrprovement Program and Budgeting Process (UCIPBP)
is St. Paul 's method for planning, programning, and budgeting all
capital improverrents. The process is unified because all funding
sources for c�pital improvements projects, including the city's community
development block grant, are allocated at one time.
The UCIPBP is complex, but it guarantees input from a variety of
perspectives. The Capital Improvement Budget (CIB) Committee and its
three task forces, all comorised of citizen represe�tatives, are key
to recommending which nrojects should receive funding. Qther participants
include District Councils, the Planning Commission, city departments,
the Mayor and the City Council .
Proposals for capital funding are received and evaluated by the CIB
. CoFnmittee Task Forces. They receive testimony on the merits of each
proposal from at least three sources: (1 ) the neighborhood organization
of the potentially affected area; (2) the city operating department
that would be responsible for implementing the proposal; and
(3) the proposing group or individual .
In addition, the Planning Comnission reviews proposals for conformance
with the Comprehensive Plan and Capital Allocation Policy. The
Commission completes its review prior to the completion of the Task
Force reviews. Then the CIB Committee considers both sets of recammendation�
and submits a recommended budget to the Mayor and City Council .
The Mayor uses the Comnittee`s findings to prepare the proposed
capital budget which is forwarded to Council for adopticn.
The UCIPBP takes about sevEn months to complete, beginning in February
with the submission of preliminary propasals ard ending in Septemt�er
with City Council adoption of the biennial Capital Improvement Budget
(CIB & Program) .During the Fall of each year, the UCIPBP is evaluated
by an Ad Hoc Citizens Task Force, along with the various decisionmakina
bodies involved in the process .
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3. THE CAPITAL ALLOCATIOPJ POLICY 19E2-19E6
The Capital Allocation Policy was specifically designed to guide the
Unified Capital Improvement Budgeting process. It sets the general
direction for capital expenditures over a multi-year period. The
policies are used to allocate capital resources according to city
goals and objectives, and to determine the relative priority of proposed
capital projects. The Policy, as well as the entire capital budgeting
process, is reviewed and refined during the Fall evaluation process
menti�ned nreviousl��.
(4) Goals and Principles
Closely related to the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan
are the four major goals of the Capital Allocation Policy. These
goals form the basis fbr St. Paul 's capital irrprovement expenditures
and community development activities:
(1 ) To strengthen the city's neiqhborhoods in order to make them
better places to live.
(2) To strengthen the citv's economic base in order to provide
jobs and services needed by residents of the city.
(3) To consider ener use in all the cit 's activities and
to increase energy e ficiency w enever possi e.
(4) To ensure the structural inte�rity of the citv's physical
facil�ties in order to maintain basic levels of service and
prevent potential_ hea�th and safety hazards.
Because capital funds are limited and community development needs
are great, these goals are supplemented by four general principles
that reflect the city's responsibilities and opportunities. These
principles are:
(1 ) Critical needs which are necessary to protect basic life,
• health or public safety take precedence over all other capital
improvements.
(2 ) The city's primary responsibility is the provision of basic
services. A steady cot�nitment of capital improvement funds
is required to maintain the efficiency and effectiveness of
these basic service systems.
(3 ) When choices exist, the ability of a capital improvement
to stimulate private investment and effect measurable neighborhood
or economic improvement should be taken into consideration.
(4 ) Funds should be made available to prevent deterioration and
blight in sound areas of the city and to meet the need for
improvements which benefit the city as a whole.
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(B) Policy Overview and Priorities for Use of Block Grant Funds
The 1982-1986 Capital Allocation Policy is divided into four
sections:
- Strategy;
- Implementation and Development;
- Projects; and
- Budget Policies
Each policy section �rovides a different level of direction for
the capital improvement budgeting process. The two sections which
pertain most directly to the allocation of CDBG funds are discussed
below. In combination, the four olic sections renresent St. Paul 's
priorities for t e use of its oc qrant and ot er capita resources.
(1) Strategy Policies (Figure 25 ) . The Strategy Policies set general
direction for St. Paul 's community development activities within
the framework of goals and principles. They establish the
relative proportion of funds that should address each of four
areas: citywide service system improvements, neighborhood-
related improvements, economic development-related improvements,
and support system improvements. In addition, the annual proportion
of funds allocated to any one area of the city is monitored
over time to avoid excessive geographic concentration of improvements
and to assure that community development needs in all areas
are addressed. Lastly, the policies identify priorities for
basic service syste�s, economic development, neighborhood betterment,
energy efficiency, and housing improvements.
(2) Im lementation and Develo ment Policies (Figure 2� . These policies
i enti y criteria which are important considerations in selecting
ca�ital improvements. They are used by the CIB Committee Task
Forces during their proposal review process. Most of the policies
are stated in terms of "priorities" or "considerations" reflecting
• their use as evaluation criteria.
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6. NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION STRATEGY
The strategy consists of two major components:
1 . Concentrated revitalization activities in selected areas of the city (ITAs) ; and
2. pispersed revitalization activities that address low and moderate income
persons or blighted areas, and neighborhoods that are in good condition.
1 . CONCENTRATED NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION
(A) Overview of the Program
St. Paul 's Identified Treatment �krea (ITA) Program is a concentrated
neiahborhood revitalization program that corresponds to HUD's Neighborhood
Strategy Area (NSA) Program. The ITA Program beqan in 1974 in response
to St. Paul 's need for a flexible improvement program �that coordinated
housinq rehabilitation with public improvements. The program is targeted
to those areas demonstrating the greatest potential for revitalization.
Generally, the city encourages the improvement of areas that are situated
between a stable neighborhood and one that is deteriorating.
ITAs are jointly undertaken by the city, the private sector and neighborhoods.
They are designed to carry out their improvement plans in three to five
years and usually cover 10-12 blocks.
Since the program's inception in CD Year I , 22 areas, totalling 250 blocks ,
have been designated as ITAs and over $10 million allocated for revitalization
activities therein. Currently, St. Paul has six ITAs: Arundel-Galtier,
Cliff Street, Railroad Island, Rice Street-Lewis Park, Margaret-Sibley,
and West Side (see Figure 27 ) . These areas were selected in Year V and
may continue to participate in the program through Year IX.
The following discussion of the ITA program will cover:
(B) The ITA Selection Process
(C) Long and Short-Term Program Objectives
(D) ITA Programs and Public Improvements
(E) Related Programs
(F) Public Services
(G) Role of Neighborhood Organizations
(H) Relationship to Housing Assistance Plan
(I) Implementation Schedule
(B) The ITA Selection Process
ITA selection is not an annual process. Proposals are solicited only
as resources become available, i .e. , when publicly funded activities
in a current ITA are completed.
District Councils in each of St. Paul 's 17 citizen participation districts
are responsible for submitting proposals for ITAs, although city staff
provides technical assistance throughout the process. Proposals must
include discussion of goals and objectives, proposed housing improvement
activities , anticipated neighborhood commitment and involvement, and
implementation plans.
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The proposals are evaluated according to specified criteria by the St. Paul
Planning Corrmission, and the Capital Improvement Budget Committee and
its Residential and Economic Development Task Force. The criteria (see
Appendix A for complete text of review criteria, as excerpted from Council
File No. 271322, adopted June 27, 1978 and subject to amendment) deal
with:
- Housing condition
- Housing needs and goals
- Income level
- Location and boundaries
- Time frame
- Resident participation
- Program feasibility and coordination
- Conformance with city plans
- Environmental assessment
- Displacement
Recor�nendations are then made to the Mayor and City Council , and the
Council makes the final designation decisions.
(C) Lona and Short-Term Proqram Objectives �
(1 ) Long Term Objectives _
(a) Lon� Term Objectives. The major objective of the ITA Program
is to proviae incent es to area residents , particularly those
who are low and moderate income, to improve their property and
thereby stop deterioration of the area. The three-to-five year
objectives of the program are:
- To stabilize housing conditions in the targe�ed a�eas.
- To foster citizen involvement and responsibility for the
future of their neighborhood.
(b) Short Term Objectives. The short term (one year) objective
• o t e IT rogram is to use the annual CDBG allocation as effectively
as possible in each of the targeted areas. ITA funds are split
between five basic programs: Acquisition, Exterior Improvement
Grants, Energy Rebate Proaram, Special Proarams, and Publicity
Programs. (These proarams are discussed in the following section. )
City staff works with each ITA to determine the mix of programs
that best meets its unique needs.
(D) ITA Proc�rams and Public Improvements-
The ITA Program coordinates home improvements and public facilities
through the following program activities:
(1) ITA Ac uisition This program assists property owners who have been
enie re a iTitation assistance because their properties are substandard
and infeasible to rehabilitate. In addition, property owners must
be ineligible for the Selective Clearance Program. The city works
with the ITA staff and residents to determine which homes are eligible
for acquisition. Reuse of the property is identified prior to acquisition.
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(2) ITA Exterior Improvement Grants. ITA owner occupants, regardless
of income, can qualifv for grants up to $1 ,500 if they aQree to remove
all health and safety hazards from their properties . The amount of
the grant cannot exceed one-fourth of the total cost of all improvements .
Repayment is required only if proqerty is transferred within six
years. The city' s short-term objective is to improve about 67-70
households each year.
(3) Energy Rebate Program. This program has recently been approved
and is not yet underway. Its purpose is to provide incentives to
ITA residents to improve the energy efficiency of their property.
Participation in the program requires an energy audit by an approved
auditor or city staffperso�. Eliqible improvements must have a
payback period of ten years or less . Both rental and owner occupants
may participate in this program; however, the guidelines vary respectively.
Funding for the program comes from the Exterior Improvement Grant
appropriation rather than from a separate pool of monies .
(4) Special Programs. This program funds improvements that are not covered
by other ITA activities but that contribute to the overall objectives
of the ITA program. Some of the activities occur in all ITAs, such
as lock rebates and clean-up days, while others are geared to an
individual ITA. City staff works with each ITA to identif,y projects
that are ineligible for ITA funding but are related to rehabilitation
activities and will have a positive effect on the neighborhood.
(5) Publicity Program. This program helps improve both ITA residents
and other citizens ' awareness of available housing proqrams. It
was recently expanded to include both ITA and non-ITA areas. However,
it still emphasizes outreach to low and moderate income persons.
(6) Selective Clearance. This is a voluntary citywide program that
provides relocation assistance to eligible owner occupants for the
removal of substandard structures. Eligible structures must be
beyond rehabilitation due to age, deterioration, lack of maintenance
• or poor construction. Reuse of property is identified prior to
approval for selective clearance. ITAs are given first priority
for use of selective clearance funds.
(7) Citywide Rehabilitation Loans and Deferred Payment Loans. Low interest
loans a�e provided to property owners who meet eligibility requirements.
ITA residents receive oriority for these loans. See Section III .C.
for a complete discussion of this program.
(8) Code Enforcement. The ITA Program emphasizes the use of voluntary code
inspections to assist homeowners in deciding necessary home improvements
for their properties. As required by St. Paul 's Certificate of Occupancy
Program, multi-unit buildings are inspected for housing code compliance
every third year.
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(t) Related Pro,4rams
In addition to the previously mentioned programs, the following progra►ns
are used whenever possible to strengthen the ITA program. They are
also used on a citywide basis.
(1 ) Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Subsidy Program. This program
subsidizes moderate rehabilitation in multi-unit rental buildings,
�.g. , repair and replacement of inechanical systems, insulation, and
roofs. Owners sign a 15-year Housinq Assistance Plan with the Public
Housing Agency agreeing to maintain the rental property and to fill
future vacancies through referrals from the Public Housing Agency.
(2) Multi-Unit Low/Moderate Income Housin Assistance Fund. This program
coordinate� Section 8 substantial reha ilitation, CDBG and state
funds in three areas of the city: (a) Lowertown; (b) Summit-University;
and (c) Thomas-Dale. The Thomas-Dale project is within the Arundel-
Galtier ITA. �
(3) Energy UDAG Program. This program provides financial assistance for
rehabilitation and energy improvements to single family and multi-
family dwellings. . It is funded by a combination of UDAG, and revenue
bond and private monies . See Section III .C. for a complete discussion
of this program.
(4) New Housing a:nd Blighted Land Development Project. This projec� uses
tax increment bond proceeds and captured tax increments to provide
housing on 18 identified city sites. See Section III .0 for a description
of the project.
(5) Residential Street Paving and Liqhting. This program uses Capital
Improvement Bond and CDBG monies to pave selected residential streets .
Priority is given to proposals that are located in ITAs, coordinated
with other public improvements, or adjacent to a previous paving
project (see Section III .D. ).
(6) Minnea olis/St. Paul Famil Housin Proqram. This program helps
low and moderate income fami ies to purchase new or substantially
rehabilitated homes by providing alternative financing to families
who cannot afford a conventional home mortgage loaR (see Section III .C. ) .
(7) Other Capital Improvements. St. Paul 's Unified Capital Improvement
Program and Budgeting Process generally gives additional considerations
to proposals within ITA boundaries. These proposals� are often initiated
by the ITA residents and their District Council . They can include
the upgrading of parks , libraries, and other community facilities .
(F) Public Services
Since C,D Year IV, no Comnunity Development Block Grant funds have been
used to provide public services . However, ITA staffpers�ns are paid
from CDBG monies and they are occasionally involved in service coordination.
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(G) Role of Neighborhood Organizations
Neighborhood organizations play a key role in St. Paul 's ITA Program.
Each ITA has a general committee composed of residents that decides
which programs should be emphasized in their area. In addition, the
District Council is responsible for: (1 ) acting on requests of the ITA
committee, when appropriate; (2) hiring an ITA staffperson; and (3) main-
taining a sense of perspective between the ITA and the total district.
(H) Relationship to Housinq Assistance Plan (HAP)
The purpose of the HAP is to help meet the housing needs of low and moderate
income persons. The ITA guidelines specify that the majority of persons
in the proposed ITA must be low and moderate income, and that the program
must emphasize rehabilitation and maintenance of existing housing.
Therefore, the ITA program is closely associated with HAP objectives and
the two are mutually supportive.
(I) Implementation Schedule
The following three year implementation schedule covers funds appropriated
for 1982/1983 and tentatively scheduled for 1984.
1982 1983 1984
CD Year VIII CD Year IX CD Year X
Amount Amount Amount
Pro�ram (in 1 ,OOOs) Source (in 1 ,OOOs) Source (in 1 ,OOOs) Source
ITA Acquisition $ 200 CDBG $ 100 CDBG $ 200 CD6G
ITA Exterior 210 CDBG 110 CDBG 210 CDBG
Improvement
Grants/Energ��
Re ba te
ITA Special 12 CDBG 50 CDBG 50 CDBG
Programs
Pub7icity 50 CDBG 50 CDBG 50 CD�G
Selective ClearancP -- -- ---
Multi-Unit Housing 1 ,000 CDBG 1 ,200 CDBG 1 ,200 CDBG
Assistance Fund
Owner-Occupied 825 CDBG 825 CDBG 825 CDBG
Rehab Loans
Flexible 1 ,Z50 CDBG 1 ,250 CDBG 1 ,250 CDBG
Payment Loar.s
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2. OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD EFFORTS
Not all community development activities are carried out in neighborhood
strategy areas. Some neighborhoods display only one or two characteristics
of blight and do not require concentrated revitalization activities. Therefore,
St. Paul 's strategy includes assistance to lower income households in scattered
areas of the city.
This approach is reflected in St. Paul 's 1977 Residential Improvement Strategy.
It divides the city into five geographic areas of "need" based on income
and housing condition data (see Figure Zg) . Priority areas for public investment
are classified as: (a) Improvement I and II , and are low and moderate income;
and (b) Improvement III , regardless of income. The map on page 9 illustrates
the city's priority areas for neighborhood improvements.
Figure 28 Residential Imp�rovement Strategy Characteristics and Objectives
% of Structures Needing % of Structures
Major Repair or Needinq P1inor
Beyond Repair Repairs Objectives
Conservation I 4 or less 4 or less Surveillance
Conservation II 4 or less 5 to 19 Intensive Maintenance
Improvement I 5 to 19 20 to 81 Rehabilitation
Improvement II 20 to 39 80 or less Rehabilitation and
Neighborhood
Improvement
Improvement III 40 or more 80 or less Major Neighborhood
Improvement
The Canital Allocation Policy guides the distribution of capital improvement
funds to areas of need. It emphasizes: (a) allocating resources to those
areas with the greatest potential for stimulating private investment; and
(b) allocating resources citywide to prevent residential deterioration and
maintain stability.
The following policy illustrates the city's approach to neighborhood betterment.
Figure 29 Balanced Neighborhood Betterment
% of Total Recommended % of
Area Residential Blocks Service/Subsidy Capital
Low/Moderate Income Areas 30% 60-75%
which are Improvement I or II ;
AIl Improvement III Areas
All Conservation I and II Areas; 70% 'L5-40%
Improvement I and II Areas which
are not Low/Moderate Income
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C. �OMMUNITYWIDE HOUSING STRATEGY
The Housinq Strategy is desiqned to improve housing conditions throughout St. Paul
by:
- Increasino the supply of housing for owners and renters;
- Assuring an affordable supply of housing for all persons of all income levels,
particularly for low income households;
- Encouraging maintenance of existinq housing; and
- Assuring reasonable access to decent, desirable housinq for all St. Paul
residents.
The city currently administers a number of federal , state, or locally-funded programs
desiqned to accomnlish the above objectives . Those programs that assist low �
and moderate income households are summarized in Fiqure and described in the
following sections on housinq maintenance and housing onportunity.
1 . HOUSING MAINTENANCE
Maintaining the city's existing supply of housing is a major recommendation
of St. Paul 's Housing Policv Plan. Given the low housing vacancy rates and
the high cost of new construction, it is imperative that St. Paul preserve .
its existina t�ousing stock through maintenance and rehabilitation.
(A) Housina Maintenance Proqrams
The following proqrams are specifically designed to encourage housinq
maintenance:
(1 ) Identified Treatment Area ProQram (ITA)
As previously discussed in Section III .B, the ITA proaram is a concentrated
neighborhood improvement proqram that cQordinates housing rehabilitation
and public imnrovements in selected areas of the city. Two key tools
used to encouraae resident participation in the program are Exterior
Improvement Grants and the Energy Rebate Program. ITA owner occunants
re�ardless of income, can aualify for exterior improvement grants
� of up to $1 ,500 if they aqree to remove all health and safety hazards
from their properties . The amount of the grant cannot exceed one-
fourth of the total cost of all improvements. The qrants are repayable
only if the property is sold within six years. Since CD Year V,
this proqram has funded improvements to 196 residential units in ITAs.
The Energy Rebate Program provides incentives to ITA residents to
make enerqv efficiency improvements to their properties . Followin4
an eneray audit by an approved auditor or city staffperson, participants
are reimbursed for makin� eligible improvements whose payback periods
are ten years or less. Since this is a new program, there is no
track record to date.
(2) Citywide Rehabilitation Loans
This pro4ram offers low interest loans to home owners for making
improvements such as rewirin� or addino insulation. Owners of sinqle
family dwellings ma,y borrow up to �a15,000 for a maximum term of
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15 years. Owners of 2-6 unit structures may borrow up to $7,500 per
unit for an overall maximum of $37,500. Interest rates vary from
one to ei�ht percent, depending on the applicant's adjusted gross
income which cannot exceed $16,000 annually. This program is funded
through the Commianity Development Block Grant and is coordinated
with a similar program offered by the Minnesota Housing Finance
Agency (P�HFA) .
Since 197'�, the Citvwide Rehabilitation Loan Program has provided
loans to 360 dwellinq units , and the P1HFA proaram has assisted 1 ,159
units.
(3) Citywide Rehabilitation Flexible Pavment Loans
This proqram was formerly a arant program, but it has been shifted
to a lo�n �avment basis due to declinina financial resources. The
�rogram is directed to low income homeowners with an annual gross
income of �6,000 or less. Participants can receive loans o� up to
$6,000 to meet health, safety, and energy-efficiency standards. The
loans are renaid when the property is transferred. Dependin4 on
the borrower's income, a small monthly payment ma,y also be required. ,
This proaram is coordinated with a similar MHFA grant nro�ram.
Over the oast three years, the city has provided 650 grants or loans,
and P1HFA has assisted 414 units .
{4) Enerq,y UDAG Program
Seginning in Fall/l�linter 1982, this proaram Hiill provide low cost
financinq for energy improvements and some housing code improvements
to both sinale and multi-family dwellinQS. It is funded by a combination
of UDAG and tax exempt bond proceeds, and the UDAG portion of the
loan pool will be administered on a revolving basis.
The single family component (i .e. , 4 units or less) will offer below
market interest rate loans for weatherization of owner-occupied
� dwellings. Low income families who cannot afford the loan payment
schedule may c�ualify for home improvement grants or deferred payment
energy loans. The multi-family component will serve both owners
and tenants of rental properties in need of code and energy conservation
improvements . The total loan pool of $11 million will assist about
2,36� homeoHmers and 1 ,580 rental units .
(5) Multi-Unit Low/Moderate Income Housing Assistance Fund
The cit,y is workinq with state and federal officials to set up a workable
proqram for rehabilitating multi-unit structures. This program will
coordinate Section 8 substantial rehabilitation, P1HFA resources ,
and CDB� monies to provide affordable rental units in Neighborhood
Strateny Areas.
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(6) Moderate Rehabilitation Loan Prooram
The MHFA and St. Paul are developing a new rehabilitation program
that will offer 15-year loans at 11% to rental property owners.
Improvements funded by the loan proceeds must bring residential
structures into compliance with state enerQy guidelines. In order
to prevent displacement of current tenants, these loans can be augmented
by subsidies from the federal Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program.
(B) Housing Code Enforcement
Housing Code enforcement is central to St. Paul 's housing maintenance
activities . It provides the city with an opportunity to inform homeowners
of code deficiencies and acquaint them with rehabilitation assistance
nroarams. Inshections of single-family and duplex dwellings for code
compliance are conducted if complaints are registered. Multi-family
dwellings (three or more units) are insaected every three years and
receive Certificates of Occupancy if no code violations are found.
Violations must be corrected before a Certificate can be issued and
the units are legally rented.
St. Paul is also the first P4innesota city to coordinate its code enforcement
�rocedures with the provisions of a new state law that denies tax deductions
to owners of substandard property. Upon denial of a Certificate �f
�ccunancy, the offendina property owner is notified that rental of non-
com�lyina units will jeopardize the tax deductability status of the
substandard property. �
(C) Historic Preservation
The 1976 Heritage Preservation Ordinance provides for the designation
of historic sites or districts. lJpon desiQnation, all buildin� permit
applications for demolition, moving, new construction or exterior alterations
to historic properties are reviewed, qranted, or denied by an appointed
citizen commission. Decisions are made in accordance with design review
guidelines -and can be appealed to the City Council . In addition to preservinq
the inteqrity of desianated historic structures, this ordinance provides
several incentives to owners to maintain and rehabilitate their property.
(D) Neiohborhood Pride in Maintenance
This oroaram provides a tool lendinq library for horr� repairs and also
sponsors self-heln home re�air N�orksho�s.
2. HOUSINC �PPORTUNITIES
Expanding housina opportunities for low and moderate income �ersons involves
increasina the total sunnly of housino, increasin4 the supply of affordable
or assisted housinq, and protecting housino choice for all citv residents.
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(A) Increasin4 the Total Supply �
Betv�een 1970 and 1980, over 3,000 housing units were added to the housino
stock. Yet the city's continued low vacancy rates indicated an undersupply
of housina. To meet the demand for housing, the city has taken the followin�
actions:
(1 ) Encouraqed private housing development by streamlining review and
approval nrocesses and providing indirect assistance (site assembly,
� public improvements, etc. ) .
(2) Encouraoed the construction of a variety of housing types, such as
rental and owner occupied; subsidized and market rate; multi-family,
townhouse and sin4le family detached dwellings .
(3) Is aresently completing a District Housinq planning proc�ss whereby
the city's 17 citizen �articipation districts identify all potential
housina develo�ment sites within their boundaries and rank them in
nriority order. These plans also establish each district's fair
• allocation of assisted housing units . Once adopted, the District
� Housing Plan will nrovide the foundation for future housina programs.
(4) Is currently revisina the Zonin� Ordinance to: (a) provide quidelines
for limited conversion of sin�le-family houses into duqlexes;
(b) make Planned Unit Develo�ment zoninq more flexible; and (c) assist
in implementing the District Housing Plans.
(5) Is continuin4 develo�ment of Eneray Park, a 218 acre mixed use �roject
combining business , light industry and housin�. Site plans include
construction of 950 housinq units .
(6) Is currently implementin� the New Housing and Blighted Lands Development
Project. This project uses tax increment financina to assist the
develo�ment of 18 different housing projects. Increased tax increments
from completed improvements will be used for site preparation, public
improvements , and financing assistance.
(B) Aftordable Housinq
(1 ) PO1 1 C,V uL?�dn�2
�oth the Metronolitan Council and St. Paul have develoned policies
to meet the local low income housing need. The Metropolitan Council
established the Subsidized Housing Allocation Plan, which divides
the region 's Federal housing assistance dollars amona the metropolitan
communities. The Plan is based on the premise that each community
should provide an appropriate share of the region 's low and moderate
income housing, and that concentrations of low income housinq should
be avoided. St. Paul ' s Housinc� Assistance Plan (HAP) and its District
Housing Plan process also emphasize the decentralization of low
income housing. In addition, the HAP stresses a balanced allocation,
whereby Section 8 resources are allocated according to a ratio
of 20°o maximum assisted units and 80°,� market rate units.
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(2) Low and Moderate Income Programs
A major shift is occurring in St. Paul 's housing activities. In the
past, the emphasis has been on assisting low and moderate income
people to rehabilitate or purchase a home. Today, the city is beainning
to tailor more housinq assistance proqrams to rental households,
although assistance pro�rams for home owners are also recoqnized.
(a) The recently completed Below PAarket Interest Rate (BMIR) Program
provided home ownership opportunities to moderate-income families
at an affordable interest rate. It also aided needed development
on v acant lands and blighted areas. The Below Plarket Housing
Rehabilitation (BN�iR) Program assisted existing owners and new
aurchasers to rehabilitate older, �eteriorated homes. It also
allowed for the conversion of non-residential structures. To
fund these programs, St. Paul issued $97.9 million in revenue
bonds. This provided financing for 1 ,760 homes .
(b) The city is currently workinq with MHFA to develop a nrogram
wherebv S�t. Paul can participate in MHFA bond sales. The city
would use some of its CDBG funds to write down the bond interest
rate so that loan interest rates will be affordable to low and
moderate income households.
(c) Minneapolis and St. Paul recently joined together with the McKniqht
Foundation to form the Family Housing Fund. This innovative approach
to delivering affordable housing uses foundation, labor and public
resources to undertake major program initiatives in housing
construction, substantial rehabilitation, and creative finance.
The Fund was initiated with a $15 million commitment from the
McKnight Foundation and is administered by a Board of Trustees
composed of representatives from both cities. The Family Housin4
Fund has assisted both individual projects and major program efforts .
The first program undertaken by the Family Ho�sing Fund involved
the issuance of $120 million in tax exempt revenue bonds, with
assistance also bein� made available in the form of $2.9 million
� from IIDAG and $5.9 million from the Family Housing Fund. This
program will �rovide financing for over 1 ,600 newl,y constructed,
energy-efficient housina units. In St. Paul , 71 developments have
been approved and 52 are under construction. The Family Housing
Fund also provided $650,000 in assistance to three individual
projects which resulted in over $4.7 million for construction of
105 units of subsidized rental and cooperatively-owned housing.
(d) The New Housinq and Blighted Lands Develonment Project is a new
program that uses tax increment financing to create 1 ,400 to 1 ,600
new housing units primarily for low and moderate income households.
Half of the new units will be rental and half owner occupied.
(e) Neiqhborhood Strate�v Areas. St. Paul has recently established
Section 8 Neig or oo Strategy Areas, which focus on construction
and rehabilitation of low income housing. The following three
strategy areas were selected due to their substantial potential
for revitalization:
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Lowertown NSA. Lowertown is an underused warehouse district
in downtown St. Paul which exhibits significant potential for
mixed use development. The Lowertown NSA will include 95 Section 8
units, 30 of which are part of the Block 40 development. The
other 65 will be used in the substantial rehabilitation of the
Butwinick's Buildin4.
Summit-University NSA. Two factors led to the establishment of
the Summit-University NSA--the neighborhood's long-term deterioration,
and recent conversions of rental housing to owner-occupied units .
Although the area is now experiencing public and private investment,
it is often at the expense of the rental housing supply. Therefore,
the NSA nrogram will construct 24 rental units on three vacant
HRA-owned sites .
Thomas-Dale NSA. The site proposed for the Thomas-Dale NSA
is within the Arundel-Galtier ITA; thus , it will contribute to the
concentrated rehabilitation alread,y takino place. The city plans
to convert a vacant industrial building into 30 housinq units.
(C) Housinq Choice
An effective housing strategy requires that all residents have access
to decent housing in a good residential environment. The city has initiated
activities in the followinq areas : (1 ) discrimination; (2) handicapped
household needs; and (3) availability of information.
(1 ) Discrimination. The Human Rights Ordinance is the principal implementing
force in combatinq housing discrimination. This ordinance prohibits
unequ�l treatment by reason of race, creed, religion, sex, color,
national origin or ancestry, age or disability. To enforce the
Ordinance, the city's Department of Human Rights has enforcement and
affirmative action programs related to housinq.
Sometimes discrimination takes the form of redlining in residential
areas . To protect against redlininq, the city monitors the loan
data provided by local lendinq institutions, as required under the
1977 Community Reinvestment Act.
(2) Handica ed. St. Paul is beginning to address the need for barrier-
ree housinq for handicapped persons. Accessibility modifications
receive a high priority for inclusion in rehabilitation orojects
financed with CDBG funds. St. Paul also processes accessibility
loans and grants provided by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency.
This program aids low and moderate homeowners who want to eliminate
architectural barriers and improve accessibility in their homes.
Applicants may Qualify for grants of up to $10,000, low-interest
loans of up to $15,000 or a combination thereof. The upper adjusted
income limit for program eligibility is $16,000.
In addition, some barrier-free units are orovided in pub9ic housing,
and more are being added.
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(3) Information. One of the best ways to nrovide housing opportunity
is to—Tet people know what their riahts are and what programs are
available to assist them in meeting their housing needs. St. Paul
Housinq Information Office (HIO) provides this service. In cooperation
with the St. Paul Tenant's Union and Legal Assistance of Ramsey County,
information about city programs is disseminated, comnlaints and
requests for assistance are received and processed, and referrals
are made.
3. DISPLACEMENT POLICY
St. Paul has adopted a set of policy statements regarding displacement as
part of its Comprehensive Plan. These policies state, in summary, that:
- Subsidy resources (such as Section 8) should be used in conjunction with
rehabilitation resources to prevent potential displacement and mitigate
the adverse effects of disnlacement which occurs;
- R•otential displacement is an important consideration when deciding whether
or not to provide public assistance to a development project. The
pace of housing activities should not outstrip the availability of satis-
factory alternative housing;
- The city's Housing Information Office will continue to assist those displaced
by private action;
- The Uniform Relocation Act will continue to guide the city's relocation
assistance to those displaced by public action; and
- Serious consideration will be given to finding ways to protect renter
households and the rental housing supply if this becomes necessary.
The city reQUires that all proposals for housing redevelopment or conversion
that include public assistance must address the issue of displacement.
Proposals must show how potential displacement will be handled if it does
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D. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS STRATEGY
St. Paul 's public irnprovements strategy is based upon the objectives of the
St. Paul Comprehensive Plan and Capital Allocation Policy. Both these documents
have adopted the maintenance of public infrastructure as a key investment
objective for the 1980s. Because St. Paul is experiencing a crunch between
rising service costs and static or declining revenues, city policy emphasizes
that maintenance of existing facilities must take precedence over service
expansion. Adherence to this approach will ensure the structural integrity
of public facilities, prevent potential health and safety hazards, and maintain
quality service for city residents.
1 . PROGRAM FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
In recognition of these policy directives, St. Paul has recently developed
a 5-year Program for Capital Improvements (PCI) . Designed and adopted as
Part II of the Capital Allocation Policy, the PCI is used in conjunction
with St. Paul 's Unified Capital Improvement Program and Budget Process (UCIPBP) .
As previously described, this process determines the city's biennial capital
budget and 3-year schedule of tentative commitments in accordance with the
appropriation guidelines of the Capital Allocation Policy. Although the
UCIPBP is an effective budgeting process, it does not provide a long range
capital program based on a comprehensive assessment of need. The PCI begins
to fill this information gap by proposing a five year schedule of improvements '
that addresses the city's critical capital needs in a systematic and coordinated
manner. By programming capital expenditures well in advance of the current
budget cycle, the PCI will improve project coordination and assure a closer
link between long-range needs and current resource allocat�on decisions.
At present, the PCI covers three functional areas of the city's service
system: transportation, sewers, and parks. Capital improvements in these
areas are programmed according to a classification scheme developed from
Comprehensive Plan policy. Proposed projects are grouped into three basic
categories of need and identified as to timing, estimated cost, funding
source and financial impact on city resources. Generally, those projects
listed in Years 1 and 2 are submitted as budget proposals in the normal
budgeting process.
Because the PCI is a long-range planning tool and not a fixed document,
it is revised and adopted biennially to reflect changes in need, timing and
availability of funds. In addition, the PCI will gradually be expanded
to include other components of the city's service system, such as libraries
and fire services.
The classification scheme used to group transportation (i .e. , street, lighting,
traffic engineering and bridges), sewer and park improvements according to
categories of need is outlined below. Generally, the,se categories are
listed in order of i�portance as determined by existing city policy statements,
i .e. , projects in the first category, Maintain Quality Basic Services,
are more important than those in the Service Expansion category. However,
all projects included in the PCI are of value to the city. Therefore,
the PCI does not recommend or assume that improvements listed in the
first category take funding priority over those in the latter categories.
Rather, this information is taken into consideration during the capital
budgeting process and funds appropriated in theCa�ital Improvement Budget.
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SUMMARY OF CLASSIFICATION SCHEPIE FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED IN
ST. PAUL PROGRAM FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 1982-1986
A. Maintain Quality Basic Services (A)
This category includes projects that enable the city to continue to
provide a consistent level of quality basic service. This level of
service is defined in the appropriate chapter of the Comprehensive Plan
and in the implementing department's stated goals and objectives.
Within this primary category, three sub-categories have been identified.
1 . Prevent Hazardous Conditions. (A/1 ) . Hazardous situations that
threaten life or safety should be alleviated or prevented . Most
projects in this subcategory are required to prevent emergencies.
2. �stematically Repair/Replace Existing Service (A/2). This category
includes needed improvements that do not threaten health and safety,
but require attention because the facilities are worn out or
overused and deferred maintenance could lead to emergency situations.
3. Bring Developed Area Up to Basic Service Level (A/3) . Some developed
areas of the city are not presently served at the basic level .
Pockets of lower service levels are generally identified in plan
documents and should be brought up to the identified standard.
B. Maintain Support System (B)
Maintaining quality basic services requires an adequate support system
of back-up facilities, such as administrative offices and facilities
for communication, storage, training and education, and repair and
maintenance. Needed improvements in this category should directly support
the ability of city government to provide services efficiently and
effectively.
C. �and Services (C)
Because of the limited availability of funds, improv ements in this
category are generally of lesser importance than improvements that maintain
existing infrastructure. However, this does not imply that infrastructure
services will never be expanded. Judicious expansion of services can
take advantage of those opportunities that improve St. Paul� quality of
life. In some cases, expansion of services is advisable to solve
serious problems, such as erosion.
There are three subcategories within service expansion:
1 . Expand Existing Service in Planned Redevelopment Areas (C/1 ) .
When the city knows of future growth in service demands, it should
expand existing service levels so as not to interrupt service. This
kind of expansion also improves the likelihood of successful
redevelopment. Planned redevelopment areas are indicated in the
Land Use Plan.
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' 2. Expand Existin� Service to Development Area (C/2) _
St. Paul is essentially a rrature city but there are a fe�r areas where
land is presently unde-veloped. 7hese areas are not yet served by
full city infrastructure services. Since most of these services
can be prov�ded throu�P� assessing �enefitting property owners, these
improver;,L�ts �1dce less strain on the city's capital resources
initia1ly, eut rna7ntenance costs will increase later.
3. Provide lJew Service (�/3) . Initial construction costs and subsequent
maintenance costs dici�te that new services only be provided in
special circumstanc�s.
2. RESIDENTIAL STREET PAVING PROGRAM
Since the beginning of the Community Development Frogram, St. Paul has
allocated a substantial portion of its block grant to residential street
paving and lighting improvements. In 1977 , St. Pau1 initiated a citywide
Residential Sireet Paving Program (RSPP) that specifically sought to improve
• the quality of neighborhoods by replacing unpaved and deteriorated residentia?
streets with permanent roadways. In CD Years U-VII , the RSPP received
�4,358,000 in CDBG funds and $1 ,189,800 in local Capital Improvement Bond
(CIB� funds. For CD Years VIII and IX, the city has allocated $1 .12 million
in CIR and CD funds and proposed $2.91 million in CD Year X.
St. Paul uses an extensive citizen participation process to select those
streets identified for paving and related improvements. The process begins
with the adoption of proaram guidelines that define the types of streets
eliQible for improvement. Proposals for residential street paving are
submitted by ci.tizens, District Councils and the Public Works Department.
They are reviewed by a task force of the CIB Committee. Following a process
similar to the UCIPBP, a final budget and program is adopted by the
City Council (see Section III .A.2. , for description of UCIPBP) .
3. HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY
St. �Paul has demonstrated a long-term commitment to provide barrier-free
public services and facilities. Beginning in 1975, the Mayor's Office
appointed an Advisory Commission on Handicapped People to provide information
and recommendations as to the needs and status of the handicapped population.
This initial step resulted in the annual appropriation of funds for a
Handicapped Accessibility and Fedestrian Ramp Program. During 1974-76,
the monies were used to eliminate architectural barriers in the downtown
since this was determined as the area of greatest need. By 1977, the program
was expanded to outlying commercial areas. At an average cost of �698 per
ramp, St. Paul has installed 571 ramps through the Pedestrian Ramp Program
and 969 ramps in conjunction with misce7laneous public works projects . It
is presently estimated that 271 street intersections in various commercial
areas still require pedestrian ramps. The CD Year VIII-X Program includes
$200,000 for these improvements. In addition, the Handicapped Accessibility
to City Buildings Program is an approved activity for CD Years VIII-X.
This program funds accessibility modifications to city-owned buildings
- and provides assistance to make city services available to handicapped
persons.
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4. ENERGY RETROFIT
Recognizing the need for energy saving improvements in city-owned buildings ,
St. Paul conducted an energy maxi-audit of all year-round heated buildings
in 1980. The maxi-audit investigated the economic and engineering feasibility
of energy saving improvements. Based on a detailed analysis, the audit
recommended energy-related modifications, along with estimates of cost and
payback. Using this data, the city has developed an energy retrofit
program which will gradually retrofit city owned buildings over a 3-year
period beginning in 1982. Recommended energy modifications were rank-ordered
in terms of highest pay back. By investing in high return energy modifications ,
the city can control energy expenses in the future. Local Capital Improvement
Bond funding for the three-year retrofit program is tentatively prograrruned
at $2.5 million.
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� E. • ECONOP4IC DEVELOPM�NT STRATEGY
Economic development programs have long been a priority �n St. Paul . Although
a small proportion of CDEG funds go for econcmic development, �h� city
uses a variety of other revenue sources. HL'D, SBA and local programs have
accounted for 203 loans and total investments of over $76 million since 1977
(see Figure �1 ).
Dispersal of economic development assistance is Soverned by two portions of
the Comprehensive Plan (Economic Development Strategy and Land �se) and the
Capital Allocation Policy. The Econor�ic Development Strategy (EDS) is a
. comprehensive statement of economic and fiscal needs , and a set of policies
and guidelines. The EDS sets as goals:
- Increase of non-residertial property tax hase;
- Increase of jcbs;
- h�aximization of entrepreneurship opportunities; and
- Re-establishment of downtown as a regional center.
, The Land Use Plan also addresses economic policy issues. It encourages
mixed use clusters and strips, and emphasizes the complementary relationship
between neighborhood commercial assistance and surrounding residential corrmunities.
The most significant non-Comprehensive Plan document is the Capital Allocation
Polic which seeks to strengthen the city's economic base in order to:
�1 p ovide johs and services needed by city residents; a�id (2) expand the
local tax base so that public services can be maintaine� without a substantial
increase in taxes. In support of these goals, the Capital Alloration Policy
recorr�mends the use of subsidy allocations to strengthen neighborhood corrnnercial
areas. The Policy gives special consideration to capital projects that:
(1 ) increase the nunber of jobs; (2) leverage committed private investment;
and (3) complement neighborhood revitalization. In choosing between commercial
projects, the Capital Allocation Policy favors those which concentrate improvements
in areas of the city where there vrill be the greatest impact.
The city operates a variety of programs which work toward meeting the above
goals and objectives. For purposes of discussion, each program is included
under one of the following three policy areas:
- Attractin rivate develo ment and investment ,including direct loans to
new businessss, oan underwriting, public improvements , site preparation,
loan packaging, and business expertise;
- Creating additional �obs.�including business expansion, job training, and
affirmative action; and
- Creating development opportunities for existing businesses , inc]uding business
self-help graups, guaranteed loans, public improvements, and technical advice.
By outlining all .the city's major economic development programs, it is possible
to monitor the cit��'s progress in achievinc� its �oals, and to evaluate CD
contrit�utions to ecanomic development.
1 . ATTRACTIPIG PRIVATE DEVELOPMEPJT AND INVESTMEtJT
N�ost of the successf�l businesses in St. Paul are indigenous to the
area. Therefore, many of St. Paul 's programs e�rphasize start-up funding
and lan�/space packaging aeared toward small local investors rather than
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tax abatement or public relations campaigns designed to attract national
companies to the city.
(A) Small Business Administration--7(a) Direct and 7(i) EOL
Both the 7(a) Direct and 7(i ) EOL programs are geared toward providing
expansion or improvement capital to businesses. The 7(a) Direct program
provides low interest capital and long-term fixed asset financing to
small businesses, especially those owned by women and minorities.
The 7(i ) EOL program also provides low interest working capital and long-
term fixed asset financing to small businesses. But the funds are
targeted to minority or economically disadvantaged persons.
t6� St. Paul Port Authority Activities
The Port Authority has legal autt;ority to acquire and develop industrial
sites throughout the city. In addition, they provide financial and
technical support to downtown projects and strip commercial developments.
According to a recent Port Authority-commissiQned study, it is
responsible for adding more than $40 million of assessed value to the
city's tax base and more than 1E,000 jobs since 1965.
The Port Authority uses the industrial revenue bond as its principal
financial tool . The Port Authority administers their bond program
so as to:
- Enhance St. Paul 's economy;
- Attract and retail industrial jobs;
- Initiate new development and not merely respond to private proposals;
- Foster business expansion; and
- Assist industrial and commercial facility reuse
Since 1965, the average annual increase of revenue bonds and notes
has been 37%, or 29% in constant dollars. In 1965, revenue bonds and
notes payable were under $2 million; in 1980� payables totaled over
�210 million.
In addition to industrial revenue bonds, the Port Authority uses land
development and leveraging tools. The Port Authority has been successful
in packaging land, and leasing or selling the land to industrial
developers. In addition, the Port Authority has successfully used site
preparation and other inducements to leverage private commercial and
industrial investments.
(C) St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment .Authority Industrial Development
Revenue Bonds
Under provisions of Minnesota Statutes, the city through its Housing
and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) may issue revenue bonds to .
improve St. Paul 's housing and .economic conditions. These bonds are
payable only from the revenues of the individual hausing or commercial
projects. From 1978 to 1980,the HRA issued $19,410,000 in bonds and
assisted 12 separate commercially-related projects. In connection with
_ these bonds , the HRA receives a service fee which is reported as
revenue in the HRA Tax Levy Fund.
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� . {p} Tax Increment :Financing
The city has used tax increment financing conservatively since 1975.
A total of $13,675,000 in bonds have been issued for three projects :
a downtown parking ramp; an enclosed downtown park; and a neighborhood
housing project.
The taxable development in process for the two downtown projects is
far greater than anticipated. Since the downtown district began in 1975,
over �200 million of investment has occurred. In 1980, two more tax
increment projects have been approved: Energy Park (an industrial
development area) ; and a citywide scattered site housing project. In
� addition to tax increments, Energy Park will deploy UDAG, private
investments, and other federal and state grant monies to create new
industrial , commercial , and residential development. In its first phase,
Energy Park anticipates 950 housing units and 150,000 square feet of
commercial space.
�E� Loan Packaging
The Business Revitalization Division advises small businesses on a
variety of topics including cash flow, marketina, one-stop business
service, and loan packaging assistance service. City staff also work
as ombudsmen by helpina businesspersons deal with financial institutions
and various government aqencies , including the SBA and HUD.
� F) Location Assistance
The city offers another ombudsman service which helps prospective buyers,
investors and developers find suitable locations and/or willing sellers .
The project management staff works on behalf of inquiring investors to
find suitable vacant land or buildings for relocation.
The city maintains inventories of vacant land and vacant or potentially
vacant office, retail and industrial space. Neither inventory proports
to be comprehensive, but enough is known to respond to most inquiries.
In addition, the city staff systematically reviews all vacant parcels
and makes general policy recommendations on use/reuse by using adopted
city polic,y as a guide.
Finally, city staff requires that investors receiving public assistance
must meet with locally elected District Councils and neighborhood
representatives. Subsequently, these representatives work with investors
to ensure that projects are compatible with neighborhoods. Although
some differences are never fully resolved, neighborhood representation
is formally included in publicly-assisted development projects.
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2. CREATING ADDITIONAL JOBS
The city has long stressed economic development programs that create new jobs
for St. Paul residents. Since unemployment in St. Paul has traditionally
been below the national averages, the city has attempted �to target employment
programs to populations within St. Paul that have higher unemployment.
(A) Energy Park
The Energy Park development is a good example of the city's commitment
to targeting job creation. Three hundred to six hundred jobs will be
created through com�nercial , retail , hotel and conference center developments.
In addition, many skilled and unskilled jobs will be available during
the construction period. The city requires that a minimum of one-third
of all jobs shall be entry-level positions. In addition, a minimum of
one-fourth of all jobs shall be filled by persons identified as "hard-core
unemployed" or "hard-to-employ".
In meeting these objectives,an employee recruitment, training and
placement program will be established. It will focus on recruiting,
training and placing the hard-core unemployed and hard-to-employ. In
addition, the Port Authority (the lead development agency) will establish
an employers' cooperative to assure employees a formal role in marketing,
training, placement and recruiting programs. This approach will
increase the ability of individuals to become employed and stay employed.
Additional skills training beyond core services will also be provided.
Another part of this program is a special "set-aside" program for minority,
female or handicapped-owned businesses and small businesses.
(B) Linking of Economic Development with Manpower Programs
St. Paul has a strong commitment to linking local manpower programs with
economic development activities. This link provides eligible economically
d�isadvantaged people with long-term employment opportunities. In
addition, it provides employers with a source ot trained employees.
• Recently, the city has begun a more intensive effort by requiring that
all economic development activities coordinate with local CETA programs.
Specific programs include:
- Training job applicants before they are hired by businesses;
- Sponsoring training for CETA applicants while they work in part-time
positions. At the end of training the applicant becomes a full-time
employee;
- Supplying on-the-job training subsidy;
- Providing CETA-paid training to groom applicant for a specific
job opening;
- Developing job sharing programs; and
- Providing tax credits to employers hiring CETA applicants.
These programs are targeted to permanent jobs generated by UDAG grants
with the potential to be expanded to other economic development activities.
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(C) HUD Section 108 Loan Guarantee Pro ram
This program is designed to stimulate private sector investment and
create new employment opportunities for low and moderate income people.
It requires the city to pledge a portion of its CDBG funds as security
for loans to healthy expanding small businesses. Businesses must be
located in low and moderate income areas, or be expanding so as to create
job opportunities for low and moderate income people. Since this is a
new program no results have been compiled.
. (�) Urban Development Action Grants (UDAG)
Beainnina in 1977, this program has �ailowed cities to respond to unique
opportunities for economic development and revitalization by providing
"front end" funding to capture and leverage significant private investments .
Action .grants are designed to make otherwise infeasible projects desirable
undertakings for private developers. They must result in new permanent
jobs and tax revenues, and not merely relocate jobs and revenues from
, one distressed city to another. Communities must secure financial
commitments from the private sector before UDAG projects can be^ir..
These projects should generally take no more than four years tovcomplete.
3. CREATING DEVELGPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES
For some time the city has been experiencing an outmigration of businesses
to the suburbs, rural areas and other regions. In response�the city is
working diligently to retain existing businesses through a variety �f
programs. The previously described "loan packaging", "location assistance",
UDAG and revenue bonding programs are used to retain business and help it
expand and/or r�elocate within St. Paul . In addition, the following
programs are used to help stabilize, expand or relocate existing businesses.
�Q) Neighborhood Business Revitalization Proqram (NBR)
T�e NBR program is co-sponsored and financially supported by the U.S.
Department of Commerce, HUD and the Small Business Administration.
It seeks to strengthen the economic base of cities and to revitalize
. declining neighborhoods by obtaining maximum private sector participation
and better coordinating federal economic development programs.
Since NBR's inception in 1978, the National Development Council (NOC) ,
a non-profit organization, has implemented the program. The NBR program
has two major thrusts: (1 ) to promote industrial/job development
by assisting firms in securing long-term financing for fixed assets;
and (2) to revitalize neighborhood commercial areas by increasing sales
and creating a positive investment climate.
As of December 1980, NBR has approved $1 .3 million of financing for 1 ,802
businesses nationwide. This has created or retained 80,727 permanent
private sector jobs in high unemployment areas. Currently, St. Paul
ranks first in the nation for number of approved loans to neighborhood
commercial centers. Since 1977, thp citv has generated over $99
mil?�an in loans to small businesses , and creatPd or retained 3,500
jobs .
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(B) Local Development Companies (LDC)
The city distributes much of its assistance to small businesses through
seven LDCs. These LDCs are neighborhood business organizations ;:hat
apply for selec+ed assistance programs similar to the city's ITA program.
They are composed of 25 or more members, 75% of whom own businesses or
reside within its designated area of operation. Approximately $77,000
in CDBG funds have been used since 1977 to administer the LDC program.
During that time� 154 loans have been disbursed resulting in over $30
million in new investments.
(C) SBA--Section 502 Guaranteed Loan Program
This program provides loans to small businesses through LOCs. Because
this program is geared to small businesses , eligible businesses must
average less than $2 million in profit over the last two years and
not exceed $6 million in net worth.
The LDC applies for loans on behalf of the small business, and 90% of
the cost is financed through a local lending ins�itution with an SBA
guarantee. Loans are used for land and building acquisition, building
rehabilitation or expansion, and machinery. Since the Section 502 program
began in 1977, 10 loans resulting in $2,319,000 of total investment
h�ve been funded in St. Paul .
(D) SBA--Section 503 Loan Program
This program stimulates development and expansion of small commercial
and industrial firms by providing long-term fixed asset financing through
a certified development company. The certified development company is
similar to companies of the Section 502 program except they must be
approved (certified) by the SBA in Washington, D.C. In St. Paul , the
Section 503 Company operates citywide.
Eligible small businesses must meet the same size requirements of the
Section 502 prQgram, but must also first seek financing for the primary
loan portion from their bank of account before approaching other private
lenders. Loans are used for land and plant acquisition, plant construction/
� rehabilitation, and machinery. Because this is a new program activity,
data has not been compiled.
(E) SBA--Section 7(a) Guaranteed Loan Program
The Section 7(a) Guaranteed program is intended to stimulate private
investment and the expansion of existing small businesses by providinq
working capital and long-term fixed asset financing. Eligible businesses
must be independently owned and meet certain standards of size in terms
of profit and net worth, similar to the Section 502 and 503 programs.
However, the 7(a) Guaranteed program is not subject to locational
restrictions.
The program guarantees up to 90% of a bank loan. Such loans may be used
for working capital , equipment,land/building acquisition, and building
construction. Since this program's inception, 13 loans have been approved
resulting in almost $2,126,000 of total investment.
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,�F ) HUD--Section 312
This is a discontinued program. But during the program's existence,
loans generating almost $725,000 in investment were used to correct
building safety and health defiG�encies.
�G) Neighborhood Commercial Rehabilitation Loan Program
This locally-developed program provides low-interest, long-term loans
to commercial tenants and property owners for correcting health and safety
code deficiencies and upgrading exterior appearances. Generally,
small businesses located along 12 designated commercial strips are
eligible.
The loan funds are provided on a matching basis by the city and local
lenders. Each party can contribute up to $25,000. The city charges
a 2% annual interest rate; the lending institution can charge up to
2% over existing prime rate. Blending the two interest rates results
in an effective rate a�proximately one-half of mar�cet rate.
Over $1 ,145,000 of public investment, much of it CDBG, has created more
than $3.5 million of total investment. It has been the city's highest
single loan activity program.
�H) Neighborhood Commercial Area Improvement Program (NCAIP)
As the second locally-developed program, the NCAIP helps businesses
upgrade visual/aesthetic aspects of neighborhood commercial areas.
The program provides 50% of the costs for public improvements to the
public portions of commercial areas. The program requires commercial
areas requesting city assistance to participate in other neighborhood
and business improvement programs. Preferences is given to commercial
areas where improvements in commercial areas will reinforce revitalization
efforts in the adjacent residential areas.
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IV. PROJECT SUMMARY
St. Paul 's Community Development �lock Grant i� �rir��:rily used for projects and
programs which principally benefit low and moderaTe income persons. As previously
described, the identified needs of low and moderate income persons, and the city' s
strategy for meeting such needs are divided into four areas : neiqhborhood revitalization,
housinq, public improvements and economic development. The 3-Year Project Summary
qiven below lists projects and programs for a�hich CD funds have been anpropriated
for 1982, recommended for 1983, and qroposed for 1984. It also identifies CD activities
according to the four areas of community developinent need.
As summarized in Figure 3�' , over half of the city's CD project funds for Years VIII-
X are devoted to housinq programs that emphasize housing rehabilitation. Generally,
these programs receive annual fundinq and support a series of projects designed to
improv� housing conditions and opportunities principally for low and moderate income
persons.
Neiqhborhood revitalization activities take up about 20% of CD project resources in
CD Year VIII and about 6% in CD Year X. The stronqer emphasis in Year VIII is due
to the construction of the l�lest Seventh Plulti-Service Center. This facility, which
first received nreliminary design funds in 1979, will consolidate human services
in the I�Jest Seventh community.
Public improvement arojects consume about 8% of the CD project funds and about 19%
of recommended and proposed CD project expenditures in 1983 and 1984, respectively.
1982 apvropriations primarily support sewer improvements in low and moderate income
areas. The lar4er projected expenditures for 1983/1984 reflect the city's commitment
to its Residential Street Paving Program. This annual program is designed to improve
the quality of city neiqhborhoods by replacing unpaved and deteriorated residential
streets N►ith permanent roadways, sidewalks and streetlights. Annually-adopted guidelines
are used in determining residential street paving priorities, and a citizen task
force participates in the decisionmaking process.
Lastly, about 7% of CD project monies are allocated to economic development activities ,
sqecifically the Commercial Rehabilitation Loan Program. This proqram helps revitalize
commercial areas by providing low interest loans as an incentive to tenant/owners
to upgrade the appearance of their properties. The relatively low percentage of
CD funds for economic development does not imply that such activity is a low priority.
As described in the Economic Development Strategy section, most of St. Paul 's economic
development activities are funded through other programs, such as UDAG and SBA, or
b,y financing instruments, such as industrial revenue bonds and tax increments.
Generally, the 3-Year Project Summary illustrates the relative emnhasis between the
four areas of need in St. Paul 's Community Development Program. However, it is important
to note that many projects and programs address various needs which transcend these
four areas, i .e. , housinq proqrams contribute to neighborhood revitalization. Moreover,
CDBG is one of several fund sources used to implement the city's community development
qoals and obiectives.
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Fiqure32 Overview of CDBG Years VIII - X Projects and Programs
Year IX Year X
Year VIII Recommended Proposed
1982 Budget 1983 Budget 1984 Budget
Area of Activity (% of Project Funds) (% of Pro.j�ct Funds) (% of Project Funds)
Neighborhood $1 ,260,000 $ 680,000 $ 366,500
Revitalization (20.3) (11 .1 ) ( 5.9)
Housing 4,047,000 3,885,000 4,135,000
(65.3) (63.3) (66.5)
Public 493,000 1 ,170,000 1 ,220,000
Improvements ( 7.9) (19.1 ) (19.6)
Economic 400,000 400,000 500,000
Development ( 6.5) ( 6.5) ( 8.0)
Total CDBG $6,200,000 $6,135,000 $6,221 ,500
Projects & Programs (100%) (100%) (100%)
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Figure 33 CD Years VIII - X Project Summary
Year VIII Year IX Year X
1982 Recorr�nended Proposed
Project Title/Description BudGet 1983 Bud�et 193n Rud�et
NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION
C-0701 Minnehaha Rec Center Bldq. $ 60,000 $ 680,000 $ 150,000
New building to be constructed on
present site.
C-0903 bl. 7th Multi-Service Center Const. 1 ,200,000 -- --
Construction of a multi-service ctr.
C-5506 Swede Hollow Dev. Phase III -- -- 216,500
Construction of nat ways , ponding, - -
water treatment and slope stabiliza-
tion, retaining walls & plantinc�.
SUBTOTAL: NEIGHBQRHO�D REVITALIZATION 1 ,260,OOQ 680,000 366,500
HQUSING
R-4402 ITA Special Programs 12,000 50,000 50,000
Implementation ofi special activ;ties
in support of 6 approved ITAs .
R-4403 ITA Acquisition 200,000 100,000 200,00�
Acquisition and clearance of sub-
standard structures within 6
desiqnated ITAs.
R-4405 ITA Exterior Improvement �rants 210,000 110,000 210,000
Provide interest-free loans for
exterior improvements in 6 ITAs. Loan
�rincipal to be repaid Hlithout interest
when and if structure is sold.
R-6602 Owner Occu�ied Rehab Loans 825,000 825,000 825,000
Continuation of low-interest loan
program for low/moderate income
families wantinq to rehab owner
occupied homes .
R-6618 Housing Publicity Program 50,000 50,000 50,000
Develop and distribute information
usinq broadcast as well as print media
which will promote St. Paul 's housing
rehab and development program.
R-6620 Multi-Unit Housinq Assistance Fund 1 ,000,000 1 ,200,000 1 ,200,000
A pool of public fun s to assist in
the rehabilitation of housing units
for low and moderate income residents.
R-6623 Flexible Payment Loan Proqram 1 ,250,000 1 ,250,000 1 ,250,000
Continaation of city's owner occupied
grant program for low income families
wanting to rehab their homes.
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Year VIII Year IX Year X
1982 Reconronended Proposed
Project Title/Description Budaet 1983 Budget 1984 Bud�et
R-0508 Rivoli Street Bluff Site Acq. $ 250,000*
Partial funding for acouisition of
land development of low and moderate *Funds not to be released until firm
income housing. (contracted service) developer commitment has been obtained
and a financial plan approved.
R-5505 NHS Revolvinq Loan Fund 250,000 300,000 350,000
Meet projected demand for loans to
homeoa�ners unable to acquire funds
from conventional sources for
necessary improvements. (contracted
service)
SURTOTAL: HOl1SING 4,047,000 3,885,000 4,135,000
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
5--307 l�Jest Side ITA Storm Sewer Sep. 100,000
omp ete sewer separation.
S-0505 Railroad Island Sewer Rehab 343,000
Construction of a separated storm
sewer or relief sewer system.
S-6605 Handicapped Pedestrian Ramps 50,000 50,000 100,000
Construct handicapped pedestrian ramps.
C-6605 Handicap Accessibility City Bldgs/ Approved Activity
Services
a1T�y-owned buildings, services
and meetings accessible to handicapped.
S-6610 Residential Street Paving & Lightin4 -- 1 ,120,000 1 ,120,000
S-6611 Program --
ec�onstruction of streets with all
facilities, including pavement, curbs ,
and gutter, ne�a drainage and construct
ornamental liqhting.
SUBTOTAL: PUBLIC IMPROVEFIENTS 493,000 1 ,170,000 1 ,220,000
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
R-5501 Commercial Rehab Loan Pro ram 400,000 400,000 500,000
Provide low interest loans as an incen=
tive for tenants/owners to uparade
appearance of commercial property.
SUBTOTAL: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 400,000 400,000 500,000
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Year VIII Year IX Year X
1982 Kecommended Proposed
Project Title/Description Budget 1983 Budget 1984 Budget
NON-PROJECT CDBG APPROPRIATIONS
Citizen Participation $ 300,000 300,000 300,OG0
Program Operation, Support Services, 2,100,000 2,100,000 2,100,000
Planning, Management, and
Housing
Desian of CD Year IX Public Imp. 100,000 100,000 100,000
Unsqecified Continqency 300,000 365,000 278,500_
SUBTOTAL: NON-PROJECT APPROPRIATIONS 2,800,000 2,865,000 2,778,500
TOTAL: CDBf FUNDS PRQGRAMP1ED FOR USE $9,000,000 9,000,000 9,000,000
* Three-year Project Summary is based on the City of St. Paul 's 1982 Capital Improvement
Budget and Program, as adopted by the St. Paul City Council , Council Resolution
No. 277500, �ctober 5, 1981 . Division of the budget summary into four areas of
community development activity is solaly for the purposes of this 3-Year Community
Develooment Plan.
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