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HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-43 RESOLUTION 95-43 RESOLUTION ADOPTING A RESIDENTIAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT MINIMIZATION POLICY (FP-180) MOTION BY: KEDROWSKI SECOND BY: SCOTT WHEREAS, the City of Prior Lake has approved a Business and Community Development application to the State of Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development; WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development requires the City adopt a residential anti-displacement, relocation assistance and displacement minimization policy (FP-180) WHEREAS, the City of Prior Lake Residential Anti-displacement, Relocation Assistance and Displacement Minimization Plan is as follows: A. The City will replace all occupied and vacant livable low/moderate income dwelling units demolished or converted to a use other than as low/moderate income housing in connection with an activity assisted with funds provided under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. All replacement housing will be provided within three years after the commencement of the demolition or conversion. Before entering into a contract committing the City to provide funds for an activity that will directly result in such demolition or conversion, the City will make public and submit to the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development. Business and Community Development Division the following information in writing: I. A description of the proposed assisted activity: 2. The location on a map and number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be demolished or converted to a use other than as low/moderate income dwelling units as a direct result of the assisted activities: 3. A time schedule for the commencement and completion of the demolition or conversIOns: 4. The location on a map and the number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be provided as replacement dwelling units. If such data are not available at the time of the general submission, the City will identify the general location on an area map and the approximate number of dwelling units by size and provide information identifying the specific location and number of dwelling units by size as soon as it is available: - 1 - 16200 Eagle Creek Ave., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372-1714 1 Ph. (612) 447-4230 1 Fax (612) 447-4245 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER N:\BDC\RESANTID.DOC 5. The source of funding and a time schedule for the provision of replacement dwelling units: 6. The basis for concluding that each replacement dwelling unit will remain a low/moderate income dwelling unit for at least 10 years from the date of initial occupancy: 7. Information demonstrating that any proposed replacement of dwelling units with smaller dwelling units (e.g., a 2-bedroom unit with two I-bedroom units) is consistent with the housing needs of low- and moderate-income households in the jurisdiction. The City may request the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development to recommend that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development approve an exception to required replacement housing if there is an adequate local supply of vacant low/moderate income dwelling units in standard condition. Exceptions will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. B. The City will provide relocation assistance to any lower income person displaced by demolition of any dwelling unit or the conversion of a low/moderate income dwelling unit to another use in connection with an assisted activity. C. Consistent with the goals and objectives of activities assisted under the Act, the City of Prior Lake will take the following steps to minimize the displacement of persons from their homes. 1. Enforcement provisions of Uniform Relocation Act. D. Definitions for the purposes of this plan are as follows: "Low/moderate income dwelling unit" is a unit with a market rent, including utility costs, that does not exceed the applicable fair market rent for existing housing and moderate rehabilitation, as established under the Section 8 existing housing program. "Vacant livable dwelling unit" is a vacant unit that is in standard condition; or in substandard condition, suitable for rehabilitation; or in dilapidated condition and occupied less than a year from the date of the grantee agreement. "Livable dwelling unit" is a unit that is in standard condition or has been raised to a standard condition from a substandard condition, suitable for rehabilitation. "Standard livable dwelling unit" is a well built unit with adequate space for persons living there. There are no major defects in the structure and only minor maintenance is required. Such dwelling will have the following characteristics: reliable roofs; sound wells and foundations; adequate and stable floors, walls and ceilings; surfaces and woodwork that are not seriously damaged nor have paint deterioration; sound windows and doors; adequate heating, plumbing, and electrical systems which do not present safety hazards; adequate insulation for local climatic conditions; and is in compliance with local building and housing codes. -2- N:\BDC\RESANTID.DOC "Substandard condition dwelling unit, suitable for rehabilitation; will show a lot of deferred maintenance with permanent damage to structural items. Conditions contributing to substandard dwelling, include but are not limited to sagging, cracked, rotting or leaking roofs, walls, foundations, ceilings, floors, doors, and windows; deteriorated surfaces and woodwork; unreliable heating, plumbing, or electrical systems which present safety hazards or inadequate insulation. The cost of rehabilitation of the unit should be determined as economically feasible. RESOLUTION OF ADOPTION OF RESIDENTIAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT MINIMIZATION PLAN. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT CITY OF PRIOR LAKE HEREBY ADOPTS THE RESIDENTIAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT. RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT MINIMIZATION PLAN FOR CITY OF PRIOR LAKE. I certify that the above resolution was adopted by the City Council of Prior Lake on May 1, 1995 YES NO x X X Absent Andren Greenfield Kedrowski Schenck Frank Bo s City Mager City of . r Lake 4&:;d!~~ Mayor City of Prior Lake - 3 -