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City of Roseville - HRA Minutes for November 15, 2005Page 3 of 4 Mr. Schaffner provided a history of CCHT, their core values and types of housing that they have been part of in the metropolitan area. Ms. Ciganik outlined the need for affordable housing and how CCHT has been able to successfully complete both quality new housing and renovation and preservation of existing housing. Ms. Ciganik also provided a summary of the financing for affordable housing. Ms. Ciganik provided a summary of a prospective property (Har Mar Apts) they are looking to acquire and renovate in Roseville and asked for the HRA’s feedback on their participation. Chair Majerus thanked CCHT and opened it up to the Board for questions. Member Maschka noted that he thinks it is very important to mix the affordability levels for a product in Roseville. He thought that HarMar would be a great complex to renovate in Roseville and noted that Roseville needs affordable quality rental in Roseville to match with the many service jobs in Roseville. Member Maschka also asked for a summary of the development that CCHT is doing in Chaska and if it was a similar situation to what they are looking at in Roseville. Ms Ciganik noted that Chaska is a new development with mixed incomes and Roseville Har Mar is existing but also proposing a mix of incomes with possibly some new townhomes constructed on the site. This is very preliminary. Discussion of Council Proposed Housing Moratorium b. Dennis Welsch provided a summary of the City Council discussion on a possible housing moratorium and possible process if enacted. Staff was directed to prepare a moratorium ordinance for Council consideration, with respect to Title 11 of City Code, related to subdivisions, plats, minor subdivisions, platting procedures, preliminary plats and related issues for Council consideration on November 28th. The purpose of moratorium (for up to 12 months) would be to a conduct study reviewing the selected ordinances and policies related to lot size, density, neighborhood context, retention of large lot open private space and other related issues. Staff will suggest that the Council use its advisory bodies (Planning Commission, HRA, and Parks and Opens Space Commissions) to assist in the information generation and policy reviews. In turn, if some new information or policy should come from this work, it is likely that it will be incorporated into the City-Wide Comprehensive Plan (“the Plan”) which must be updated by 2008. This is important to the HRA because the HRA Housing Plan IS Chapter 6 of the Comprehensive Plan. Member Maschka provided a history of what the City Council has considered over the past several years and the issues that brought a possible moratorium discussion forward. He noted the complexity of addressing subdivisions, flag lots while at the same time preserving open space and the character of development in the community. He noted that the issues need to be studied and was not clear if a moratorium was the most effective way to achieve this but that a process must be established to review the issues. Member Kelsey noted her concerns regarding a moratorium and that it would limit the possibility of good projects, such as Applewood, from coming forward. She does not want the progressiveness of the community to be stinted and that smaller lot development and new housing is housing for families which is one of the key goals of the HRA and very important for the stability of the school district as well. Member Maschka understands the need to build in flexibility on new housing projects but would like to see a better process for reviewing the implications of such developments on the existing community. Chair Majerus noted that he would like to see the community become involved in the discussion and noted the power and success of the HRA neighborhood meetings. Member Kelsey noted that she thinks it is an important issue to study but that the Council should also be mindful of market conditions and a moratorium is not the best approach. She also asked staff to get some data from the school district as to the reasons why some of the enrollment numbers increased this year. She wondered if it is tied to new developments, HRA programs, open enrollments? http://archive.ci.roseville.mn.us/council/hra/minutes/2005/hram051115.htm3/12/2008