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C-404-L9D � QD`4% UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
(12-05-2023) - o 91 U.S. Census Bureau
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JULIE A HULTMANEB 2
2024
BUILDING OFFICIAL
FOR CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS
14168 OAK PARK BLVD N City of Oak Park Heights
OAK PARK HEIGHTS MN 55082 AM PM
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- --A Message=from-the-Director; U.S.-Census Bureau: ` _'-
Your office has been a valuable part of our monthly survey of building or zoning permits. We appreciate
your participation and thank you for it. The monthly and annual surveys together have been publishing
national information on new housing units authorized since 1959. In order to ensure the quality of all of
the estimates we produce using building permit data and ease the burden on our respondents, we
periodically revise which jurisdictions are collected as part of the monthly survey. At this time, we are
requesting your jurisdiction begin reporting annually rather than monthly.
Beginning in 2024, we will be requesting your.:data at the end of each year as part of our annual survey
instead of each month.In future years, we will evaluate monthly reporting requests based on the
amount.of new residential construction occurring in your jurisdiction. Jurisdictions may be added to
monthly collection if new residential construction increases. If you prefer to continue reporting monthly
rather than annually, you can request to do so by calling us at the phone number listed below.
The U.S. Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the nation's
people and economy. It also produces monthly estimates of construction of new housing units, the
largest component of the construction industry and one of the key economic indicators for the country.
We also use your data to produce population estimates at the local government level. The population
estimates are used by government agencies to allocate funding and other resources to your local area
and for various planning purposes. Data users rely on your detailed geographic data to monitor growth
and develop production and marketing strategies.
Information about the authority; confidentiality, and burden of this data collection can be found on the
back of this letter.
For assistance with completing this survey, please visit www.census.gov/permitsfaq, or call the Survey
Processing Branch at 1-800-845-8249, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau measure
America's people and economy.
Sincerely,
Robert L. Santos
Director
United States®
Census
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OMB Number
This collection has"been`iapproved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight-digit
OMB approval number is 0607-0094 and appears in the top right corner of each reporting screen.
Without this approval, we could not conduct this survey.
Authority and Confidentiality
Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131 and 182, authorizes the Census Bureau to conduct this
collection and request your voluntary assistance. These data are subject to provisions of Title 13, United
States Code, Section 9(b),which exempts data that are customarily provided in public records from
rules of confidentiality.
Burden Estimate Statement
We estimate the Building Permits Survey will take an average of 8 minutes to complete for those that
report monthly and 23 minutes to complete for those that report annually. Factors such as company
size, complexity, and activity will affect your actual time to complete the survey. This estimate includes
the time to review instructions, search existing data sources, gather and maintain the data needed, and
complete and review the survey.