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275602 WMITE - CITY CLERK . � f� PINK - FINANCE /���7�� CANARY - DEPARTMENT COURCII a 2 ��r BLUE - MAYOR G I T Y O F S A I N T PA U L File N O. � � � uncil Resolution Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date WHEREAS, the Housing Policy Plan - "Housing St. Paul 1980-1990" ca11s for the development of a process at the district level which will provide a major planning role for neighborhood residents in addressing housing development issues; WHEREAS, a process for meeting this recommendation is outlined in the staff report "A District Housing Plan Process for St. Paul "; WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed "A District Housing Plan Process for St. Paul" and finds it in conformance to the city's comprehensive planning efforts, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the St. Paul City Council endorses the process outlined in "A District Housing Plan Process" , and directs its immediate implementation by Planning Division staff. COUNCILMEN Requestgd by Department of: Yeas N ays Hunt Levine In Favor Maddox McMahon snowaiter Against BY Tadese.o �Ison SEP g �gg� Form Approved by City Attorney Ado bv Coun il: Date Certified ass by Council S'�ecretary BY By� Approved . vor: Date SEP i 2 1980 Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By - BY Pii�LiSH�ED S�P 2 Q 19$0 . . i , , ' , � > � _ , , , _ _ ' � � � ' � � ' ����+ : _ ` � s , , � , Sept��ber' P, 1980 r� , C�unci].me�n Leo�srd Levine , , , ' �� , Chsirrr�tn City Develo roent �e. Tratia ' , p poration Cam�3ttee 7th Fiaar, City Hall � , Dear. Councilme�n Levine: . _ � � � . , : The Cit,y Council rePer.rea td the City Dev�elt�pm�ent & Tr.nasportat3on - Committ� for consid�retinn-arid for recomn�e�dati�n, -a resoluticin �ndorsin: the process_.:outl,ined. in "A Die'�riat Housin�"Pl.ac� Prbcess" , ; . and directin;; ita immediate imp�emeQtatton by the Plannirt� . Divisior� 3ta�f. ' . � Very truly Yonr�, „ , _ , . � . . . ' . � - . , . . � . . , . . ' � . .` . , . . . . . . . . . . _ � ROs� Mix� - . . City Clerk . ' 1 , ' ` i - Attach. . - _ . . ABO s lda _ � ccs Pi+anning 3tAff � _ , - j , , . � ; .;. , = , _ . , �. . , _ .. , � , . , . , . .. _ . . `F . . � , , . .. '. � . . . � � . � . . . . . ,1 � 1. ... , .� . . �' , . . `. . . � . . . . ,. . . . , _ .. , . .' � � . .j' . ' . . " \ . � - . ' . � ' .i . � � ' .. . . . . ' " , . .. , � i . . , . . . � ������ A DISTRICT HOUSING PLAN PROCESS 1 N ST. PAU L DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DIVISION JULY 1980 - A UISTRICT HOUSItiG PLAN PRUCESS IN ST. PAUL APPRUVED L'Y THE CITY OF ST. Pl-1UL PLAi��JI?�G CUP4f�ISSIU,J JULY 25, 1��0 RESULUTIOPd 80-19 PKtPARED i3Y: DEPARTP�1ENT OF PLAiJ�JIPJG & ECO�JOMIC DEVELOPME�J7 PLNrJi�I'rJG DIVISIOf� A UISTRICT HOUSIyG PLAN PRUCESS Ifd ST. PAUL APPRUVED L'Y THE CITY OF ST. PI-1UL PLAi�f'JI�JG C0+4f�iISSIO:J JULY 25, 1':l�30 RESOLUTIUfJ 80-19 PRtPARcD [3Y: DEPARTP�tENT OF PLAid�dlfJG & ECO�dOMIC DEVELOFME�J7 f'L�i�iJT��G DIVISIOfJ 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. Introduction 1 II . Purposes of District Housing Plan Process 2 III . Description of Process 3 A. Stages & Subtasks 3 B. Roles 5 IV. Task Force Membership 7 V. Nature and Content of District Housing Plans 8 A. Comprehensive Plan Relationship 8 B. Uses of Plans $ C. Format of the District Housing Plans g VI. Time Schedule �� -1- I. Introduction The City's Housing Policy Plan and Housing Task Force Report both recommend that a process be established which will provide residents at the district level with a major planning role in addressing a series of critical housing issues. The issues which generated this recorrmendation include: - Recognition that over the next ten years the City will have to significantly add to its housing supply if it is to maintain its current population levels and economic stability - The need for new alternative housing types to match changing lifestyles, household characteristics and energy efficiency demands - The continued need to provide lower income households with �housing opportunities throughout the city Both reports concluded that the success of any actions to address these issues would depend upon the level of understanding and support by neigh- borMood residents. Fortunately, since 1975, the City of St. Paul has had a successful citizen participation program which in part is based on an effective neighborhood district planning process. This process, which has produced seventeen district plans, has provided the city with valuable assistance and direction ° on how to address neighborhood issues and concerns. It is this effective citizen participation experience which is now being called upon again to assist the city. The remainder of this report describes the purpose and nature of the recomnended District Housing Plan Process. -2- II. Purposes of the District Housing Plan Process The major purposes of the District Housing Plan Process are as follows: 1 . Improved neighborhood participation and coordination in addressing the city's housing supply objective of constructing at least 10,000 new housing units by 1990. 2. Wider discussion among all affected parties of the advantages and disadvantages of alternative housing types. 3. Increased understanding, acceptance, and distribution of publicly assisted housing development throughout the city. 4. Discussion and determination of the most appropriate option for implementing the city's large house conversion policy. The District Housing Plan Process is the first of several actions the city is taking to implement its recently adopted Housing Policy Plan. The specific site development recommendations coming out of this process will be used immediately to shape and guide the city's housing development programs. This includes the McKnight Minneapolis/St. Paul Family Housing Fund, Multi-Family Rental Housing Program, targeting of the city's tax increment and bond financing tools, and aiding the city's overall marketing of housing sites for private development. In addition, such Federal programs as Section 8 New Construction, Section 235 Home Ownership and Community Development Block Grant will also be guided by the process recommendations. This process represents but one of many steps the city has and will be undertaking to address its housing problems. Simultaneously, as this process is carried out,the city in cooperation with neighborhood residents and the private sector will continue in its efforts to ensure affordable housing opportunities, revitali2ed neighborhoods, and reasonable access to suitable, decent, and safe housing for every resident of St. Paul . -3- III. Process Description The District Housing Plan Process is a series of steps leading to the development of 17 individual district housing plans which in turn will be assimilated into a city-wide housing development plan. The process itself involves two separate but interdependent planning levels. One level involves the formation of a city-wide task force whose primary function is to develop a consensus among districts, city- wide organizations and agencies, and special interest groups on the most appropriate way to achieve housing development that not or�ly meets city-wide needs and policy but addresses the particular needs and concerns of neighborhoods. The task force, then, will set the general guidelines under which the districts will develop their respective housing plans. Finally, the task force will review and comment on all the plans devel- oped by the 17 districts and incorporate them into a city-wide housing development plan. The second major planning level involves each of the 17 planning districts. Each district based on guidelines established by the task force will de- velop individual plans intended to guide housing development within their district for the next ten years. District housing plans will identify the amount, type, and locations for housing development, establish priorities among the identified development sites and establish particular development and conversion guidelines which meet the concerns of the neighborhood. Upon completion of the district housing plans they will be forwarded to the task force for incorporation into a city-wide housing development plan and then forwarded to the Planning Commission and City Council for review and adoption. The entire process is anticipated to take 9-12 months. A. Process Stages and Subtasks The various stages and subtasks which makeup the entire process are as follows: Stage (1 ) Preparation Phase (PED staff duties) Tasks a. Obtain Planning Commission and City Council Approval of Process b. Develop "fair share" formula options for new housing development, and subsidized housing �, Establish task force membership (Appointed by Mayor, • approved by City Council ) d. Prepare background date, i.e. , vacant land profile for each d�strict e. Develop options for "district housing plan format" f. Finalize task force meeting schedule, i .e. , dates, mailings, agendas, etc. -4- Stage (2) Task Force Comnencement . Tasks a. Review and refine task force mandate b. Review background information on St. Paul 's "housing crisis" and housing needs c. Review city-wide housing objectives - Housing Policy Plan and Task Force Report d. Finalize task force objectives, process and products e. Establish guidelines for individual district housing plan segments and select "fair �share" formula Stage (3) District Development of Housing Plan Tasks a. Establish planning comnittees at district level b. Review task force guidelines c. Participate in "housing alternatives" workshops and bus tours d. Review district development capabilities and conversion opportunities . e. Identify development sites, amount of housing, type, etc. f. Complete "district plan" and forward to task force Stage (4) Task Force Review and Incorporation of District Plans into City-Wide Housing Development Plan Tasks a. Review each district plan against task force objectives and identify conflicts and attempt to resolve, if possible b. Develop city-wide housing implementation plan document containing district plan recorr�nendations c. Forward plan to Planning Comnission _. Stage (5) Planning Comnission and City Council Review and Adoption Tasks a. Review and adoption of City-Wide Housing Development Plan b. Amend existing district plans to incorporate housing development recomnendations -5- B. Roles The primary actors in the District Housing Plan Process are the District Councils, District Housing Plan Task Force, Planning Commission, and the Department of Planning & Economic Development. The anticipated role that each is to play in the process is as follows: 1 . District Council Role a. To select a district representative to the District Housing Plan Task Force b. To establish a legitimate housing development planning committee c. To identify district development capacities, large house conversion . and adaptive reuse opportunities d. To develop plan recomnendations which are consistent with Task Force guidelines and address dis�rict housing concerns e. To support implementation of the plan after adoption f. To provide for necessary communication within the district 2. Task Force Role a. To be an advisory body to the Planning Commission on district housing plans and the city-wide housing development plan b. To develop an understanding of city-wide h�ous�ng needs, issues, and current city housing objectives and policies c. To select a "fair share" option for allocating market rate and subsidized housing development among districts d. To recommend an implementation option for carrying out the city's large house conversion policy e. To establish guidelines far district housing plan products f. To review district plan products, provide necessary critical comment if necessary, and incorporate into a city-wide housing development plan g. To advocate the adoption of the plan before the Planning Commission and City Council 3. Planning Commission Role a. To select from the Commission's Housing Committee and Small Area Neighborhood Committee three representatives to the District Housing Plan Task Force -6- b. To advocate a city-wide perspective on Mousing needs, objectives and policies c. To ensure that task force recommendations and District Housing Plan are in compliance with the city's comprehensive plan 4. Department of Planning & Economic Development Role a. Planning Division Role Planners from the PED Pianning Division will be assigned to the Task Force and each of the 17 p]anning districts. The basic role of the planners is to provide technical assistance. Their most important functions are: - - To provide and analyze data and various planning options - To 'help write drafts and reports - To describe city-wide goals and policies which may effect task force and district housing plan recorrQnendations - To ensure communications among city departments, housing agencies and the major actors in the district housing plan process - To keep the planning process moving as smoothly as possible b. Renewal Division Role Renewal Division staff will be assigned to the District Housing Plan Process to provide technical assistance. Their most important functions are: - To provide necessary data and information in support of the district housing plan process - To describe city-wide housing programs which may effect task force and district housing plan recommendations - To provide analysis regarding the program feasibility of _ recormiendations ` -7- IV. Task Force Membership Membership of the District Housing Plan Task Force would consist of the following: 1 . A representative from each of the city's 17 planning 17 districts 2. Three representatives from the Planning Commission's 3 Housing Committee and Small Area Neighborhood Committee 3. A Housing Task Force representative � 4. A Tenants Union representative � 5. A Public Housing Residents Council representative ' 1 6. A lending industry representative � 7. N r°ealtor representative � 3. A developer representative � y. A private fioundation representative � �otai IVumber of Members 27 Cha�iring the Uistrict Housing Plan Task Force will be one of the desiynated reNresentati ves from the P I anni ny Conuni ss i on's Hous i ng Cornrni ttee. -8- V. Nature and Content of District Housing Plans The housing supply and development problems of the seventeen districts vary widely. It is important that the plan for any district address those issues which are most critical in that district. One district may choose to emphasize subject areas which another district chooses to deal with cursorily. For example, a district which is fully devel- oped may wish to give most of its attention to examination of the potential conversion of large single family homes. On the other hand, a newer developing district with large tracts of vacant land may wish to emphasize new development issues. While each district is unique and will likely emphasize different aspects of the housing supply issue, a minimum amount of basic information and planning direction will be necessary from each district to assist our city- wide �olicymakers and implementing bodies. As a minimum this would include: 1 . The residenti•al development potential of vacant or underutilized land within the district. 2. The district's conversion potential of large single family homes to duplex use and adaptive reuse on non-residential structures to residential use. 3. Identification of those development sites which will accomodate the district's "fair share" allocation of market rate and publicly assisted housing for the next ten years. A. Comprehensive Plan Relationship The District Housing Plans will become elements of the City's Compre- hensive Plan in two ways. The 17 district housing plans will be incorporated by the task force into a single city-wide housing development plan. This document will then become part of the Compre- hensive Plan's implementation section. Second, almost all of the districts have district plans which have been adopted by the City Council and are elements of the City's Comprehensive Plan. Each district's housing recommendations will become formal amendments to these plans. 6. Use of the Plans The anticipated uses of the plans are: 1. Set housing program priorities within the City's Department of Planning & Economic Development 2. Assist the city in the development of its Housing Assistance Plan and Three Year Corr�nunity Development Block Grant Plan -9- 3. Assist the city's review of proposed housing projects in its annual CIB/CDBG process 4. Provide guidance to any city-wide 40 acre residential zoning study of either parcel or text changes 5. Provide district councils with a policy framework for reviewing and guiding housing development in their neighborhoods 6. Provide guidance to developers It is the responsibility of each planning district to identify those appropriate sites which will accomodate its fair share allocation of both market rate and subsidized housing development. Until a district plan is adopted by the Planning Commission, the city's Department of Planning & Economic Development will look upon the fair share allocation as the minimum level of housing development that shall occur in that district. � C. Format for the District Housing Plans The basic format for each district housing plan is intended to be brief. It shall include: 1 . A table identifying the number of single-family detached, town- house and apartment units, broken down into market rate and subsidized categories, that will be developed in the district. 2. A map(s) illustrating the development sites and accompanying narrative describing site priorities regarding the amount and type of housing development for each site. 3. A brief narrative section describing the number of potential single-family units which may be converted to duplex use and a listing of large structures, such as vacant schools and churches , which should be converted to residential use. 4. A brief narrative section which addresses special district concerns, and recommendations or guidelines for housing development. 5. A brief narrative and map describing those parcels which should be rezoned. -10- VI . Time Schedule The anticipated time schedule for the entire process is 9 to 12 months. Considering that the subject matter and products are far more limited in scope and size than required in the previous district planning effort, the time frame is not unreasonable. Tab1e I illustrates the relationship between the process's major tasks and the planned schedule. 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