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Community name: Oak Park Heights
Name of primary person completing the survey: ,Julie Hultman, Planning & Code Enforcement Officer
Telephone: (651) 351-1661
E-mail address: .jhultman@cityofoakparkheights.com
1. The following table displays the information your municipality reported on the Metropolitan Council's 2008 Residential
Construction Activity Survey. Please identify, to the best of your knowledge, the numbers of units intended for owner-
occupied or rental property:
Housing Type Total units permitted Owner-occupied Rental
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Single-family detached 0
Townhomes 4
Duplex, triplex, quad 0
Multifamily (5+) 0
2. According to HousingLink, financing closed in 2008 for the following affordable rental developments in your
municipality:
(None)
Are you aware of any additional affordable rental developments, including rehabilitations for which financing
transformed market rate units into affordable units?
x No Yes (Please list below)
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3. How many housing units have been built in your municipality through 2008 using zero-lot-line* or other atypical
detached housing site plan approaches to increase development density? (Through 2007, your municipality reported 0
detached housing units developed using zero-lot-line or other atypical detached housing site plan approaches in your
municipality. Do not include manufactured housing units in manufactured home parks.)
* Zero-lot line: Parcels where detached units are sited/constructed near or at the boundaries of the lot, which leaves little space between the
units.
4. In the Metropolitan Council's Residential Construction Activity Survey, your municipality reported the following
quantities of housing units removed from the housing stock. How many housing units were removed from your
municipality's housing stock in 2008 due to city initiatives?
Removed from stock due to city
Housing type Quantity reported removed from stock initiatives*
Single family detached 1 1
Townhomes 0 0
Duplex / triplex / quad 0 0
Multifamily units (5+) 0 0
Manufactured housing units (not included in the 2008 Building Permit Survey) 0
*City initiatives: Any removal or demolition of a housing unit that is mandated by the city, i.e., to allow road construction; for development; or to
remove vacant or nuisance units.
* House purchased from owner as listed for sale with house and land. Intended purchase was for
park land expansion with parcel land and resale of home and portion of original land parcel.
Ultimately the house was unable to be sold and removed and the entire land area made part of park
land expansion.
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5. Please identify no more than five local fiscal tools or initiatives that are available from the city to assist/facilitate the
development or preservation of affordable or life-cycle housing.
Collaboration and participation with: a community land trust; philanthropic foundation; or other non-profit
organization to preserve long-term affordability
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds
Credit enhancements
x General obligation bonds
Housing revenue bonds
Land write-down, sale, or acquisition
Livable Communities Grants
Local fee waivers or reductions
x Local property tax levy
Local tax abatement
x Tax increment financing (TIF)
Taxable revenue bonds
Other (please describe):
x 501 (c) (3) Bonds
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6. Please identify examples during 2007 or 2008 in which your municipality reduced, adjusted, eliminated, waived, or in
some fashion was flexible in the implementation of a local official control, development, or building requirement; OR for
which it is the municipality's policy and practice to reduce, adjust or eliminate such requirement, when requested to do
so, to reduce development costs for the development of affordable or life-cycle housing. Up to five examples of the
application may be identified, but no more than two for any single housing project.
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7. Please identify the housing preservation/maintenance activities your municipality conducted or that were available in
your community in 2007 or 2008 to maintain or improve your existing housing stock. (County-administered programs
are applicable.)
Available in Available in
2007 2008
Housing maintenance code and enforcement (includes inspections)
For rental housing (includes licensing) x x
For owner-occupied housing x x
Housing rehabilitation loan or grant programs
For rental housing x x
For owner-occupied housing x x
Local tool sharing center or program (includes fairs or advisors)
Acquisition/rehabilitation/resale initiative or program
Other (please describe)
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8. Please indicate the overall average net density* and number of new sewered residential units for which building permits
were issued in 2007 and 2008. Please provide the density to the nearest one-tenth unit per acre.
# SEWERED units # UNSEWERED units
Permitted Permitted in Permitted in Permitted in
in 2007 2008 2007 2008
Single-family detached units
Number of units permitted (from the Building Permits
Survey) 0 0 0 0
Net density per acre 0 0 0 0
Attached units (townhomes, duplex, triplex, quad and multifamily)
Number of units permitted _ 18 4 0 0
Net density per acre .81 .13 0 0
*The formula for calculating net residential density is as follows:
Net Residential Density = Total Units - (Total Area - Total Area Adjustments)
Total Area Adjustments mean the exclusion of:
• Arterial road right-of-way
• Wetlands and water bodies
• Public parks and trails
• Natural resources mapped in the comprehensive plan and protected by ordinance
• Outlots for future or non-residential development
Local streets, alleys and sidewalks, as well as private parks, pools and tennis courts are not excluded from the total area.
2009 Metropolitan Council Affordable Housing Survey - Oak Park Heights 6
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9. In the last two years, did your community acquire land to be held for the development of new affordable family housing
or any senior housing (exclusively 55+) but for which no housing units have been constructed or started?
In 2007: a No a Yes If yes, describe the land acquisition and the intended development for such land:
In 2008: x No Yes If yes, describe the land acquisition and the intended development for such land:
10. In the last two years, did your community approve the development, reuse of, or municipal reinvestment in existing
housing for future use as affordable family housing or senior housing where the development has not yet been
undertaken or completed for reasons beyond the municipality's control?
In 2007: x No Yes If yes, how many units are currently planned for the development?
In 2008: x No Yes If yes, how many units are currently planned for the development?
11. During calendar year 2008, did your community expend local dollars toward affordable or life-cycle housing
representing at least 85 percent of your municipality's Affordable and Life-Cycle Housing Opportunities Amount
(ALHOA)* of $24,568.00?
No Yes If no, please explain why ALHOA expenditures were not made:
Ongoing loss of state aids and other funding constraints
*ALHOA: The Affordable and Life-Cycle Housing Opportunities Amount (ALHOA) represents the minimum amount of local discretionary
expenditures or contributions to assist the development or preservation of affordable and life-cycle housing for that participation year. The ALHOA
is not a grant from the Livable Communities Act (LCA). It is a required local contribution or expenditure of local dollars on affordable housing. In
order to continue to participate in the LCA program, communities must expend or contribute at least 85 percent of their ALHOA obligation for the
applicable year. Communities have some flexibility in determining which local expenditures fulfill the ALHOA contribution. Examples include local
dollars contributed to housing assistance, development or rehabilitation efforts, the costs of local housing inspection and code enforcements, or
local property taxes to support a local or county HRA.
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July 21,2009 RECEIVED
JUL 2 4 2009
Ms.Julie Hultman
Planning/Code Enforc. Officer
City of Oak Park Heights
PO Box 2007
Oak Park Heights,MN 55082
Dear Ms.Hultman:
The Livable Communities Act of 1995 requires the Metropolitan Council to report to the Legislature annually
on the progress of Twin Cities metropolitan area communities toward providing affordable and lifecycle
housing for their residents. This report requires information on the production and affordability of new housing
in each community. The Metropolitan Council reports on housing development in all communities,whether or
not communities participate in the Livable Communities program. (Last year's reports are available on-line at
www.metrocouncil.org/planning/housing/AFFHousingRpt/2009.pdf and
www.metrocouncil.org/metroarea/AffHousingTools.pdf.)
Your responses on the enclosed survey help the Council determine local housing performance scores under the
Livable Communities Act(see the Guidelines for Priority Funding for Housing Performance available online
at www.metrocouncil.org/housing/HousingPerformanceGuidelines.pdf). This can be critical if your
community is contemplating applying for any Livable Communities Act funding over the next 12 months.
Council Research also uses the information on housing development collected through this survey to develop
our annual population and household estimates. Mandated by state statute,the Council's annual estimates are
the official population numbers for state government purposes, including distribution of Local Government
Aid,distribution of Local Street Aid,and calculation of tax-base sharing under the Fiscal Disparities Program.
Please respond no later than August 7,2009.
We apologize for our delay in distributing this year's survey. We had planned to migrate this survey to the
Internet this year,but unavoidable delays have necessitated a paper survey again this year. By next year,we
plan to complete the conversion to an online tool.
If you are no longer responsible for this information in your community,please forward this request to the
appropriate individual(s). If you have questions on how to respond to the survey,please contact Joel Nyhus at
(651)602-1634 or joel.nyhus@metc.state.mn.us
Thank you for your invaluable assistance.
Sincerely,
Libby S ling �t ►•/•
Research Manager
www.metrocouncil.org
390 Robert Street North • St. Paul,MN 55101-1805 • (651)602-1000 • Fax(651)602-1550 • TTY(651)291-0904
An Equal Opportunity Employer
2009 Affordable Housing Production Survey
Community name: Oak Park Heights
Name of primary person completing the survey:
Telephone:
E-mail address:
1. The following table displays the information your municipality reported on the Metropolitan Council's 2008 Residential
Construction Activity Survey. Please identify, to the best of your knowledge, the numbers of units intended for owner-
occupied or rental property:
Housing Type Total units permitted Owner-occupied Rental
Single-family detached 0
Townhomes 4
Duplex, triplex, quad 0
Multifamily (5+) 0 0
2. According to HousingLink, financing closed in 2008 for the following affordable rental developments in your
municipality:
(None)
Are you aware of any additional affordable rental developments, including rehabilitations for which financing
transformed market rate units into affordable units?
No _ Yes (Please list below)
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3. How many housing units have been built in your municipality through 2008 using zero-lot-line* or other atypical
detached housing site plan approaches to increase development density? (Through 2007, your municipality reported 0
detached housing units developed using zero-lot-line or other atypical detached housing site plan approaches in your
municipality. Do not include manufactured housing units in manufactured home parks.)
* Zero-lot line: Parcels where detached units are sited/constructed near or at the boundaries of the lot, which leaves little space between the
units.
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4. In the Metropolitan Council's Residential Construction Activity Survey, your municipality reported the following
quantities of housing units removed from the housing stock. How many housing units were removed from your
municipality's housing stock in 2008 due to city initiatives?
Removed from stock due to city
Housing type Quantity reported removed from stock initiatives*
Single family detached 1 1
Townhomes 0 0
Duplex / triplex / quad 0 0
Multifamily units (5+) 0
Manufactured housing units (not included in the 2008 Building Permit Survey) 0
*City initiatives: Any removal or demolition of a housing unit that is mandated by the city, i.e., to allow road construction; for development; or to
remove vacant or nuisance units.
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5. Please identify no more than five local fiscal tools or initiatives that are available from the city to assist/facilitate the
development or preservation of affordable or life-cycle housing.
Collaboration and participation with: a community land trust; philanthropic foundation; or other non-profit
/ organization to preserve long-term affordability
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds
Credit enhancements
✓ General obligation bonds
Housing revenue bonds
Land write-down, sale, or acquisition
Livable Communities Grants
Local fee waivers or reductions
,/ Local property tax levy
Local tax abatement
Tax increment financing (TIF)
Taxable revenue bonds
Other (please describe):
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6. Please identify examples during 2007 or 2008 in which your municipality reduced, adjusted, eliminated, waived, or in
some fashion was flexible in the implementation of a local official control, development, or building requirement; OR for
which it is the municipality's policy and practice to reduce, adjust or eliminate such requirement, when requested to do
so, to reduce development costs for the development of affordable or life-cycle housing. Up to five examples of the
application may be identified, but no more than two for any single housing project.
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your community in 2007 or 2008 to maintain or improve your existing housing stock. (County-administered programs
are applicable.)
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2007 2008
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8. Please indicate the overall average net density* and number of new sewered residential units for which building permits
were issued in 2007 and 2008. Please provide the density to the nearest one-tenth unit per acre.
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9. In the last two years, did your community acquire land to be held for the development of new affordable family housing
or any senior housing (exclusively 55+) but for which no housing units have been constructed or started?
In 2007: ✓ No Yes If yes, describe the land acquisition and the intended development for such land
In 2008: No Yes If yes, describe the land acquisition and the intended development for such land:
10. In the last two years, did your community approve the development, reuse of, or municipal reinvestment in existing
housing for future use as affordable family housing or senior housing where the development has not yet been
undertaken or completed for reasons beyond the municipality's control?
In 2007: 771 No Yes If yes, how many units are currently planned for the development?
In 2008: J No Yes If yes, how many units are currently planned for the development?
11. During calendar year 2008, did your community expend local dollars toward affordable or life-cycle housing
representing at least 85 percent of your municipality's Affordable and Life-Cycle Housing Opportunities Amount
(ALHOA)* of $24,568.00?
I---.7f No J Yes If no, please explain why ALHOA expenditures were not made:
*ALHOA: The Affordable and Life-Cycle Housing Opportunities Amount (ALHOA) reprents the minimum amount of local discretionary
expenditures or contributions to assist the development or preservation of affordable and life-cycle housing for that participation year. The ALHOA
is not a grant from the Livable Communities Act (LCA). It is a required local contribution or expenditure of local dollars on affordable housing. In
order to continue to participate in the LCA program, communities must expend or contribute at least 85 percent of their ALHOA obligation for the
applicable year. Communities have some flexibility in determining which local expenditures fulfill the ALHOA contribution. Examples include local
dollars contributed to housing assistance, development or rehabilitation efforts, the costs of local housing inspection and code enforcements, or
local property taxes to support a local or county HRA.
2009 Metropolitan Council Affordable Housing Survey - Oak Park Heights 7
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November 3,2009 NOV �; 9009
CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS
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Dear Local Official:
Enclosed is a preliminary housing performance score for your community for 2009 determined pursuant
to the Guidelines for Priority Funding for Housing Performance. The score is determined by both
information provided to us by your community in our recent survey and data gathered from several
sources.
The enclosed score sheet indicates the preliminary points by criteria for your community. Points for
criteria 1,2,3,and 5 are based on Council data compiled from information provided by state or county
agencies, local government,the Department of Housing and Urban Development,Minnesota Housing and
local Housing and Redevelopment Authorities.
Scores for the remaining criteria are based on the information provided to the Council via the survey. If
we did not receive a completed survey or information was not provided for any survey question,the score
for those applicable criteria will reflect this. The score sheet also indicates the final performance score for
your community in 2008.
If, after reviewing these scores you want to provide additional information in order to improve your score
in any criterion,or you believe you should have received more points in any criterion given your answers,
please send me the information or call me as soon as possible.
Because funding decisions for all three Livable Communities Act funding accounts have, or will shortly
begin, and the housing performance scores will be a factor in those funding decisions,I ask that you
provide any additional information no later than Friday,November 13th. Final performance scores for
2009 will be mailed to all communities later in November.
Please call me at(651)602-1418 if you have any questions or want to discuss your community's housing
performance score.
Sincerely,
Guy D. Peterson
Director, Community Development Division
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Preliminary Housing Performance Score — 2009
Name of City/Township Oak Park Heights
Criteria — 100 points possible
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Final Score 2008 32
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November 19, 2009 RECEIVED
NOV 2 0 2009
TO: Local Offici. CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS
FROM: Guy Peterson Director, Community Development Division AM PM
The 2009 housing performance score for your community is enclosed. It is being sent to both the
community's administrative officer and the person that completed the survey. The scores were
determined based on several factors set forth in the Council's Guidelines for Priority Funding for
Housing Performance.
Seventy percent of the score came from the survey you completed about housing activity in your
community during the past two years. It included information about:
• local fiscal, regulatory, and housing rehabilitation initiatives to facilitate workforce housing
development and preservation
• the density of residential development
• the approval of affordable or life-cycle housing that has not yet been developed
The other 30 percent of the score was determined from the following data about your community's
housing:
• the affordability of owned housing units (a combination of local government information about the
number of mobile homes, and homestead tax valuation data from the Minnesota Department of
Revenue)
• the diversification of housing (based on local housing permit data Council research staff gathers
annually from local governments)
• the number of affordable rental units (from data provided by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, the Minnesota Housing and local and county HRAs)
• the availability of housing in your community for persons with special needs (based on information
provided by the Minnesota Departments of Education, Corrections and Human Services)
The performance scores are intended to reflect both the amount of affordable and life-cycle housing in
the community and the community's efforts to facilitate affordable and life-cycle housing development
and preservation. Scores range widely, reflecting the variety of metropolitan area communities. The
sparse population and scattered housing locations of rural, unsewered communities tend to result in
lower scores, while the affordability and diversification of existing housing stock in urban, sewered
communities, combined with efforts to add and/or preserve such housing, yield higher scores.
As indicated in the Council's Livable Communities Act grant request solicitation materials, the housing
performance scores will be one of the factors considered in the evaluation and ranking of applications
for competitive funding programs this fall
If you have any questions or want to discuss your community's score, please call me at 651-602-1418.
Thank you.
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Final Housing Performance Score — 2009
Name of City/Township Oak Park Heights
Criteria — 100 points possible
1.
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Total Final Score
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