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HRA Meeting Minutes – June 21, 2011 Page 2 1 2 8.Presentations 3 Member Quam arrived at this time, approximately 6:07 p.m. 4 5 a.Project for Pride in Living (PPL) 6 Housing Manager Jeanne Kelsey introduced representatives of Project for Pride in Living 7 (PPL) for a presentation to familiarize Board members with the housing and related services 8 offered by their organization. Present from PPL were Executive Director Steve Cramer, and 9 Director of Real Estate Development Chris Wilson 10 11 Steve Cramer 12 Mr. Cramer provided an overview of PPL, and mission to work with lower-income individuals 13 and families living throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area, assisting them in achieving 14 greater self-sufficiency through housing, employment training, support services and education. 15 16 Mr. Cramer reviewed their organization's philosophy and programs for housing stability, 17 through sustaining quality, affordable housing for lower income families and individuals 18 through new construction, renovation of existing multi-family buildings, and management of 19 those facilities. Related to assisting residents of their buildings attain economic advancement; 20 PPL offers employment job training and career advancement programs to help individuals 21 widen their opportunities. Another initiative of PPL is in ensure family sustainability through 22 ensuring that the families they house and programs offered by PPL provide one-on-one 23 services customized to an individual’s or family’s specific needs to help them build a brighter, 24 stable future and in-turn provide stronger communities. The youth achievement programs 25 offered by PPL focus on breaking the cycle of poverty through offering a broad range of 26 programs for children from early childhood through high school graduation. 27 28 Mr. Cramer advised that 14,000 people have been served throughout the Twin Cities by a PPL 29 staff of 200, including property development and management functions. 30 31 Chris Wilson 32 Mr. Wilson presented an overview of the housing options provided by PPL, including single- 33 family rental housing, small and large multi-family rentals; and provided examples of some of 34 those projects developed or purchased over the last thirty (30) years. Example properties 35 included: 36 Midtown Exchange Condominiums offering 57 total, 1-3 bedroom units on a greenway at 37 thth 29 Street and 11 Avenue in South Minneapolis; 38 Lowell Curve single-family development of fourteen (14) single-family homes in-filled 39 through partnership with Habitat for Humanity in the Jordan neighborhood of N 40 Minneapolis on Logan Avenue; sold to buyers at 60-80% average median income (AMI) 41 depending on the unit; 42 Linden Park Condominiums in New Hope on Boon Avenue, with 41 total, 1-2 bedroom 43 units and income restrictions at 115%, or 60-80% AMI again depending on the unit; 44 Eco Village in the Hawthorn neighborhood of N Minneapolis at Lowry and Lindale, a 12- 45 year old building that PPL rehabilitated and received LEED-ND (Neighborhood 46 Development) certification for energy saving, estimated at $400 per year total utilities; 47 Southside Community Apartments located in the Whittier neighborhood of South 48 Minneapolis, with 48 units total in 7 buildings, from efficiencies to 3 bedroom, and 49 income restrictions based on household earnings below 50% AMI; 50 Rental Brook Common in the Como neighborhood of Minneapolis, with 50 total rental 51 units and 38 of those available for households with incomes below 50% AMI; and 12 units 52 designated permanently as supportive housing for chronically homeless single adults with 53 income below 30% AMI; and 54 Freemont Flats, the old Highland Neighborhood in N Minneapolis. 55