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From YouTube: May 2, 2018 Housing Policy & Development Committee
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Minneapolis Housing Policy & Development Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon
call
to
order
this
meeting
about
housing
policy
and
Development
Committee
I'm
council
member
cam,
Gordon
I'm,
chairing
the
committee
and
I'm
joined
today
by
councilmembers,
Goodman,
vendor
and
Schrader
or
a
quorum
of
the
committee.
So
we
can
get
started.
I
suspect
some
committee
members
well
here
comes
councilmember
right
now
be
joining
us
as
we
proceed,
there's
only
three
items
on
our
agenda
today.
The
first
is
a
public
hearing
on
the
2018
consolidated
plan.
A
Second,
is
a
consent
item
and
the
third
is
a
discussion
item
about
the
2018,
affordable
housing
trust
fund
request
for
proposals
just
in
case
there's.
Anybody
here
for
item
number
two,
which
is
the
consent
item
I,
think
I'll
move
that
first.
This
is
the
item
approving
the
extension
of
the
2015,
a
portable
Housing
Trust
Fund
award
for
the
Great
River
Landing,
affordable
housing
project.
Are
there
any
questions
or
did
anybody
want
to
pull
that
sitting
down
all
those
in
favor?
A
Please
say
aye
any
opposed,
say
no,
any
abstentions
that
carries
them,
and
now
we
can
move
on
to
our
first
public
hearing
or
only
public
hearing
our
first
item
on
the
agenda
and
we're
gonna
get
a
report
from
Nessie
on
this
just
a
little
overview.
This
is
our
2018
consolidated
plan
action
plan.
This
is
an
annual
filing.
It's
a
rather
extensive
118,
page
Inc
action
plan
that
goes
to
the
federal
government.
Let's
just
hopefully
welcome
good
afternoon
good.
B
Afternoon,
chair
Gordon
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
Alison
messy
and
I'm
the
senior
resource
coordinator
in
the
intergovernmental
relations
department.
We
are
the
department
tasked
with
construction
constructing
the
consolidated
plan,
but
in
partnership
with
the
various
departments
where
our
HUD
projects
and
programs
live.
B
So,
every
five
years
entitlement
grantees
jurisdictions,
which
the
city
of
Minneapolis
is
one
of,
must
submit
a
five-year
strategic
plan
to
HUD
on
the
jurisdictions
intended
use
of
its
entitlement.
Funds
within
the
five-year
plan
eligible
projects
and
programs
are
outlined
and
the
goals
of
which
are
set
for
the
five-year
cycle
included
in
the
five-year
plan.
In
each
program
year,
we
submit
an
annual
action
plan
which
outlines
the
intended
use
of
funds
specific
to
the
projects
and
programs
outlined
in
the
five-year
strategic
plan.
B
The
plan
before
you
today
is
the
2018
plan,
which
means
we
are
in
year,
four
of
our
five-year
consolidated
plan
cycle.
We
also
submit
an
annual
report
to
HUD
on
our
previous
program,
your
activities
and
outcomes
which
will
be
coming
before
this
body
in
August
if
you're
thinking
we're
just
into
month,
five
of
2018,
why
the
2018
plan
now
that
is
because
our
program
year
begins
June
1st
of
every
year
and
ends
on
May
31st
of
the
following
year.
B
Our
timeline
and
process
for
the
drafting
and
submitting
of
the
plan
to
HUD
is
dictated
by
HUD
statutory
and
regulatory
requirements,
but
the
allocation
of
funds
in
the
plan
is
not
a
standalone
document.
It
is
a
reflection
of
the
city's
budgeting
process.
Project
and
program
amounts
were
allocated
in
the
2018
budget
and
financial
schedule
for.
B
Fondly
referred
to
as
CDBG
CDBG
was
established
through
the
Housing
and
Community
Development
Act
of
1974
to
streamline
federal,
Community
Development
programs.
At
the
time
there
were
numerous
community
development
programs
that
all
separated
and
are
all
worked
independently,
and
this
was
an
effort
to
consolidate
to
make
the
program
more
efficient.
The
purpose
of
CDBG
is
to
provide
decent
housing,
suitable
living
environment
and
expand
economic
opportunities,
principally
for
low
and
moderate
income,
individuals
and
families.
Our
2017
allocation
was
around
10
million
little
well,
but
you'll
see
on
the
chart
below
on
this
slide.
B
Our
allocation
has
decreased
significantly
over
the
past
two
decades,
that
is
due
to
federal
congressional
budgets
and
the
funding
of
the
CDBG
program.
Some
of
our
2017
program
highlights
more
than
half
of
our
allocation
supports,
affordable
housing
efforts
of
the
various
programs.
The
city
provides.
Our
funds
also
support
economic
and
workforce
development
programming
in
the
city
and
supports
the
work
of
some
of
our
community
partners
that
provide
public
services.
B
All
CDBG
programming
must
meet
one
of
the
two
national
objectives
which
are
to
serve
low
and
moderate
income
beneficiaries
or
to
address
slum
and
blight
within
the
community.
These
national
objectives
must
be
taken
into
consideration,
as
programming
is
being
developed.
It
is
also
important
to
note
that,
while
CDBG
are
flexible
funds,
they
are
not
unrestricted
funds.
For
example,
only
20%
of
the
city's
allocation
can
be
used
for
the
administration
of
the
CDBG
programs
that
we
run
within
the
city
and
only
15%
of
the
allocation
can
support
uses
classified
as
public
services.
The.
B
Emergency
solutions
grant
program
was
established
by
the
mckinney-vento
homeless,
assistance
act
of
1987
and
amended
by
the
homeless,
emergency
assistant
and
rapid
transition
to
housing,
hearth
Act
of
2009.
The
SGS
purpose
is
to
assist
individuals
and
families
quickly
regain
stability
in
permanent
housing.
After
experiencing
a
housing
crisis
or
homelessness.
Our
2817
allocation
was
around
900,000
and
the
uses
that
the
city
allocates
it
to
our
rehabilitation
and
capital,
provements
of
emergency
housing,
shelters,
serving
homeless
families
in
person's
street
outreach
services
and
rapid
rehousing
programming
by
community
providers.
B
Some
of
our
2017
highlights
were
street
outreach
services
provided
by
st.
Stephen's
on
capital
rehab
projects
at
first
covenant,
church,
which
helped
them
transition
that
shelter
from
seasonal
to
year-round
and
substantial
interior
and
exterior
renovations
to
Salvation,
Army
Army,
Harbor
light
and
avenues
for
homeless,
youth
avenues
for
homeless,
youth
and
the
rapid
rehousing
program.
B
B
Next
is
the
housing
and
opportunity
for
persons
with
AIDS
program,
which
was
established
by
the
AIDS
housing
opportunities
Act,
which
was
a
part
of
the
Cranston
Gonzalez
National,
affordable
housing,
Act
of
1990?
The
purpose
is
to
provide
housing,
assistance
and
related
supportive
services
to
low-income
people
living
with
HIV
or
AIDS,
and
their
families
in
the
Twin
Cities
metro
area.
Our
allocation
in
2017
was
around
1.2
million,
and
those
funds
were
spent
on
capital
development
at
Clair
housing,
which
is
a
housing
development
specifically
for
homeless
or
very
low-income
individuals
living
with
HIV
or
AIDS.
B
The
city
of
Minneapolis
is
actually
the
largest
formula
in
title:
have
a
recipient
in
the
state
and
unlike
CDBG,
ESG
and
home
funds,
we
administer
the
HOPWA
program
on
behalf
of
the
13
county
metropolitan
area,
so
some
of
our
recipients
are
outside
of
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
Our
programming
direction
comes
from
the
Minnesota
HIV
Housing
Coalition,
which
serves
as
a
planning
body
for
the
state
around
these
issues
and
is
a
mandated
activity
by
HUD
for
hopple
recipients.
Hapa
awardees
have
three
years
to
spend
they're
awarded
funds.
B
And
last,
but
certainly
not
least,
our
home
investment
partnership
program.
This
was
also
established
by
the
Cranston
Gonzalez
National,
affordable
housing
act
of
1990.
The
purpose
is
to
provide
funding
dedicated
exclusively
to
increasing
the
availability
of
adequate,
affordable
housing
for
low
and
very
low
income
households.
It
is
the
largest
federal
Block
Grant
program,
specifically
dedicated
to
affordable
housing,
and
our
2017
allocation
was
around
2
million.
We
use
the
funds
primarily
primarily
to
fund
the
affordable
housing,
trust
fund
and
fund
the
home
ownership
works
program
of
all
of
HUDs
entitlement
programs.
B
Home
is
the
main
engine
for
financing
of
new
construction,
affordable
housing
units
and
new
developments.
Home
awardees
have
five
years
to
spend
they're
awarded
funds,
and
luckily
my
co-ed
colleagues
will
be
presenting
in
a
few
minutes,
with
a
far
more
in-depth
review
of
our
affordable
housing
trust
fund
and
the
HUD
entitlement
funds
that
support
it.
So
this
concludes
my
presentation
and
I'm
happy
to
stand
for
any
questions.
C
B
C
D
So
chair
about
$400,000
of
the
nine
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand
has
been
allocated
to
capital,
and
last
year
there
was
more
than
seven
hundred
and
ninety
five
thousand
requests
for
the
four
hundred
thousand
that
we
had.
So
there
are
capital
needs
in
shelters.
A
good
example
would
be
the
temporary
to
permanent
shelter
that
was
established
at
first
covenant.
Church,
that's
a
use
of
ESG
if
we
did
not
put
four
hundred
thousand
into
capital,
there'd
be
no
money
available
throughout
the
system
for
capital
at
all.
D
C
E
Mr.
chair
comes
member
bender
members
of
the
committee,
so
currently
I
think
that
this
has
been
partially
answered
in
that
the
there
is
about
four
hundred
thousand
that
has
been
set
aside
from
the
amount
that
we
get
for
capital
funding
and
as
councilmember
Goodman
pointed
out,
we
were
oversubscribed
for
that
funding.
Last
year
we
have
received
sort
of
informal,
not
formal,
requests
from
the
shelter
collaborative
to
consider
using
some
of
that
capital
funding
for
to
support
operations
of
existing
shelter.
Not
all
of
it.
E
There
was
a
portion
of
that
that
was
requested
to
be
used
for
shelter
operations.
What
we've
talked
about
with
Hennepin
County
and
with
the
staff
at
the
office
to
End
Homelessness
is
whether
we
have
a
good
sense,
meaning
city
staff,
meaning
County
staff
office
to
end
homelessness
staff,
whether
we
have
a
good
sense
truly
of
the
capital
needs
of
the
the
shelter
system
that
we
have,
and
so
what
we're
doing
is
we
are.
E
The
county
has
agreed
to
put
up
some
funding
that
would
fund
some
analysis
of
the
capital
needs
of
the
existing
shelter
system
so
that
over
the
next
six
months,
our
plan
is
to
do
surveying
of
the
existing
shelters
as
well
as
do
some
inspections
and
do
some
potentially
consultant
analysis
to
see.
You
know
not
just
like
in
any
given
day
like
today,
right
now
what
the
capital
needs
are,
but
looking
forward
like
over
the
next
five
year,
ten
year
period,
what
do
we
see
as
the
big
capital
needs
and
there's
you
know?
E
The
shelter
system
itself
is
going
through
some
transformation
and
there
are
some
shelters
that
are
approved
that
are
planning
to
close
and
reopen,
and
so
I
think
we
don't
really
feel
like.
We
have
a
really
good
sense
on
sort
of
all
in
one
place
of
the
overall
capacity
and
capital
physical
sort
of
assessment
of
the
system.
So
our
recommendation
at
this
time
is
to
for
the
city
and
county
staff
to
work
together
to
do
this
assessment,
and
then
you
know
identify
have
a
better
sense
of
over
the
next
five
ten
years.
E
What
the
capital
needs
are
of
the
shelter
system
and
then
consider
it
to
the
extent
that
there
aren't
sufficient
capital
needs
for
this
funding
that
then
there's
a
larger
discussion
that
needs
to
happen
are
those.
Would
those
funds
be
better
spent
in
shelter
operations
or
in
additional
street
outreach,
or
in
additional
rapid
rehousing
and
rapid
rehousing
is
a
critical
tool
that
Hennepin
County
uses
to
help
folks
that
are
experiencing
homelessness,
move
directly
into
housing?
And
so
you
know
I.
E
A
Maybe
I
could
I
can
just
ask
this
isn't
when
we
approve
this
action
plan
right
now,
we're
not
locking
ourselves
in
or
trapping
us
into
these
particular
buckets
or
categories,
and
what
would
the?
What
would
we
have
to
do
if
we
decided
to
change
that
if
we
said
well,
street
outreach
is
happening
without
our
help
or
whatever
you
know,
that's
just
an
arbitrary
decision.
Let's
move
that
just
to
some
other
particular
need
or
program.
We
might
learn
about
in
the
next
six
months.
F
Chair
Gordon
and
members
of
the
committee
on
manpower
from
the
inter
governmental
relations
department,
and
if
you,
if
that
direction
were
to
begin
I,
mean
six
months
down
the
road,
whatever
an
amendment
to
the
plan
would
be
would
be
required.
You
know
again
go
through
a
public
process
such
as
this.
It
would
be
a
public
hearing.
We
we
would
get
the
feedback
from
the
community
on
on
on
that
on
a
proposal
such
as
that,
and
we
would
have
been
the
plan
accordingly.
F
A
Then
I
just
want
to
follow
up.
If,
if
we
wanted
to
put
in
more
flexibility
between
now
and
say
the
council
meeting,
could
we
do
that
somehow
and
not
have
it
I
so
expressly
articulated
into
outreach
and
rapid
programming,
or
does
that
not
make
any
sense.
F
D
Well,
I'm
thrilled
to
hear
about
this
analysis.
That's
going
to
happen
because
it's
going
to
be
a
be
careful.
What
you
wish
for
thing.
The
truth
of
the
matter
is
most
of
the
shelters,
including
the
shelters
in
my
word-
have
lots
of
deferred
maintenance
and,
in
fact
an
example
would
be
at
the
time
when
they
said
they
had
no
capital
needs.
D
Despite
everybody's
wish
for
operating
I
understand
the
environment
surrounding
operating
of
shelters
is
tight,
but
that's
not
our
job
either.
We
put
a
good
amount
of
money
into
rapid
rehousing,
which
is
getting
people
into
housing
as
well
as
street
outreach,
and
we've
never
really
had,
because
I
would
never
call
inspections
on
a
shelter
I.
Just
don't
feel
right
about
that,
but
I
also
know
that
the
shelters
would
put
off
maintenance
as
long
as
they
could
in
order
to
get
the
money
for
operating
so
I'm
thrilled.
D
C
C
We
have
an
enormous
amount
of
need
within
the
shelter
system
to
be
able
to
serve
the
populations,
many
of
whom
are
making
really
terrible
decisions
as
a
consequence
of
not
having
housing.
You
know,
and
we
see
this
in
every
single
one
of
those
populations,
people
who
are
having
to
live
on
the
streets
or
youth
who
are
making
decisions
about.
You
know
how
to
how
to
get
by
when
they
don't
have
a
place
to
live.
So
all
of
this
is
an
important
piece
of
the
puzzle.
I'm
not
suggesting
that
Street
outreach
or
rapid
rehousing,
isn't
important.
A
And
I'll
just
note
that
this
is
something
that
I
hear
about
regularly
I
think
every
year,
almost
maybe
it's
getting
close
to
or
where
winter
is
coming
up.
I
even
heard
recently,
where
it
seems
like
there's
more
outreach,
workers
and
there's
actually
not
enough
operating
funds
for
them
to
be
taken
care
of
or
going
to
have
anywhere
go.
So
there's
questions
about
that.
A
I
think
it
certainly
we
need
outreach
and
so
it'll
be
good
to
get
more
information,
I
think
in
a
better
understanding
and
a
more
holistic
understanding
that
could
also
help
us
make
the
case
to
other
entities
that
we
need
more
help
for
capital
improvements.
If
we
indeed
find
that
there's
such
a
dramatic
large
need-
and
we
can
also
see
that
there
might
be
more
of
a
need
for
operational
and
maybe
alternative
ways
of
thinking
of
it-
so
I
think
that's
a
discussion
that
we'll
keep
having
and
see.
A
F
A
F
F
Congress
has
passed
a
budget
in
the
last
two
months
here.
Finally
for
HUD
affecting
these
funds
and-
and
we
have
some
better
idea
of
what
these
the
changes
may
be
on
the
budgetary
front,
but
we
don't
have
those
numbers
from
HUD.
Yet,
however,
it
appears
that
the
Community
Development
Block
Grant,
received
at
the
national
level
received
a
10
percent
boost
the
home
investment
partnerships
received
a
40
percent
boost.
A
And
it
sounds
like,
generally
speaking,
they'll
go
up
proportionally,
except
there's
a
couple
of
programs
that
are
done:
multi-jurisdictional
ii,
that
will
remain
stable
based
on
the
2018,
but
that's
correct.
Mr.
chen,
I
think
that's
a
juvenile
supervision
center
and
the
youth
Coordinating
Board.
Those.
F
A
Well,
thanks
for
that
information
and
may
be
able
save
you
need
to
get
up
again
after
I.
Think
it's
going
to
be
a
very
brief
public
hearing,
correct.
F
So
mr.
chair
I
just
introduced
the
the
need
for
the
public
hearing
on
the
the
2018
saw.
They
play
an
action
plan
which
is
describing
the
use
of
the
how
the
city
will
be
using
these
funds.
Over
the
2018
program
year.
We
will
be
submitting
a
this
plan,
while
the
public
comment
period
ends
on
May.
11Th
will
incorporate
any
comments
receive
into
that
plan.
F
G
H
A
A
A
A
I
need
to
file
from
today
now
and
approve
the
action
plan
and
authorize
staff
to
submit
our
action
plan
to
the
US
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
and
direct
finance
staff
to
apply
the
proportional
program
allocations
that
we
discussed
and
also
to
incur
a
necessary
war
cost
for
programming
consistent
with
our
plan,
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
any
opposed,
say
no,
any
abstentions.
That
matter
is
approved
and
we'll
move
on
to
our
third
and
final
item,
which
is
a
presentation
about
our
2018,
affordable
housing,
trust
fund
Oh.
A
D
Chair,
perhaps
your
councilmember
straighter
could
help
this
young
woman
understand
where
she
can
make
her
comments
about
the
four
flex
issue,
so
that
she's
not
sitting
here
wondering
what's
going
on.
Could
you
address
how
she
could
make
her
comment
through
the
Comprehensive
Plan
process
because
she
came
down
here
and
she
is
probably
not
here
for
any
of
these
items
you
could
direct
her
to
where
she
should
go.
There's.
A
A
It's
just
what
they
call
the
website
and
that's
because
I
think
what
you're
talking
about
probably,
is
the
comprehensive
plan
that
we
now
have
a
draft
before
somewhere
taking
comment
on
until
July
22nd,
and
so
you
can
do
that
online.
You
can
also
email
them
in
and
I,
don't
know
what
the
exact
email
address
is.
Also,
if
you
have
a
council
member
I,
think
communicating
with
a
council
member
would
be
great
or
you
could
have
a
little
side
conversation
with
our
Director
of
Community
Planning
and
Economic
Development.
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
he'll
take
them
right
now
from
you
all
right
appreciate
that
Thank
You
councilmember
Goodman.
Okay,
let's
move
on
to
item
number
three
then,
and
this
is
a
presentation
generally
about
the
horrible
housing
trust
fund,
but
also
to
look
at
changes
to
our
RFP
and
our
program,
policies
and
procedures
that
will
be
hopefully
approving
today.
Welcome
miss
Goldberg,
good.
G
Afternoon,
mr.
chair
and
members
of
the
committee
I'm
Carrie
Goldberg
and
I'm
really
pleased
to
stand
before
you
today
and
provide
an
overview
of
one
of
the
city's
most
important
and
successful
programs
to
assist
in
the
production
of
multifamily,
affordable
housing,
rental
units,
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund
was
first
developed
in
2003,
actually
under
the
leadership
of
councilmember
Goodman,
to
assist
in
the
financing,
production,
preservation
and
stabilization
of
affordable
and
mixed
income
rental
housing
projects.
G
It
consolidated
several
individual
programs
to
create
a
more
effective
use
of
funds
to
close
financing
gaps
on
multifamily
rental
projects
with
ten
units
or
more
the
minimum
qualifier
is
20%
of
the
project's
total
units
must
be
affordable
to
households
at
or
below,
50%
ami,
in
non
concentrated
areas
or
60%
or
below
ami
and
concentrated
areas.
The
awards
are
structured
as
deferred
loans,
typically
at
1%
interest,
and
are
required
to
be
affordable
for
30
years.
G
The
affordable
housing
trust
fund
complies
with
and
implements
a
number
of
city
policies.
These
policies
are
out
light
on
the
slide
and
I'm
not
going
to
go
into
any
great
detail
over
them.
At
this
time,
however,
I
will
note
the
policies
are
incorporated
into
the
RFP
document
as
requirements
that
either
need
to
be
met,
or
they
are
incented
in
the
scoring
component
of
the
program
the
maximum
award
a
project
can
receive
is
$25,000
per
fordable
unit
or
15%
of
the
total
development
costs.
G
Whichever
is
lower,
there
are
a
number
of
factors
taken
into
consideration
when
recommending
a
project
for
an
award.
One
is
scoring.
This
is
a
factor
used
to
evaluate
the
degree
to
which
a
project
meets
the
city,
schools,
policies
and
priorities
that
are
established
in
the
trust
fund.
Another
factor
is
the
amount
of
secured
funding
a
project
has
and
the
timeframe
a
project
will
close.
In
addition,
the
significance
of
funding
gaps,
which
also
might
impact
timing,
is
also
considered.
G
Now,
I'm
going
to
highlight
just
a
few
of
the
special
initiatives
that
are
in
the
Affordable
Housing
Trust.
Fund
first
is
the
senior
housing
initiative.
This
allows
for
30%
of
the
total,
affordable
housing
trust
fund
budget
to
be
set
aside
and
awarded
to
projects
that
meet
the
goal
of
a
minimum
of
35
senior
housing
units
in
each
Ward
by
2025.
G
The
wards
that
have
already
met
the
school
are
2,
3,
6,
8
and
9,
and
we
highlight
those
in
the
document
each
year
and
look
forward
to
receiving
proposals
in
the
remaining
wards
that
need
to
achieve
that
goal.
The
next
is
the
large
family
housing
initiative,
which
incense
projects
to
incorporate
three
bedroom
units
to
accommodate
families
at
30%
ami.
This
is
an
increasing
population
that
has
challenges
finding
affordable
housing.
G
These
projects
actually
qualify
for
an
award
of
up
to
50,000
a
unit
for
each
three-bedroom
unit
created
at
30%
ami
and
then
last
is
the
contingency
pool.
This
was
a
one-time
set-aside
for
funds
from
2017
that
allows
for
up
to
an
additional
15,000
a
unit
be
awarded
to
projects
that
will
close
in
2018.
G
G
Few
policies
in
the
trust
line,
I
want
to
just
highlight
quickly.
First,
is
cost
containment
given
the
limited
availability
of
funds,
it
is
definitely
important
to
staff
that
we
recommend
projects
with
reasonable
development
costs
for
funding.
We
do
this
in
two
ways
by
granting
points
to
the
most
cost
efficient
projects
and
by
comparing
costs
through
the
use
of
a
cost
predictive
model
that
we
have
and
which
we're
able
to
run
analysis
on
all
projects.
Green
Communities
is
a
policy
that
requires
projects
to
include
green
and
sustainable
elements,
to
maximize
energy
efficiencies
and
healthy
living
environments.
G
China
protections
is
an
area
that
we
have
worked
to
increase
awareness
and
guidance
on
both
last
year
and
this
year
new
this
year.
There
is
an
attachment
in
the
RFP
that
provides
guidance
on
how
projects
can
screen
people
in
versus
screening
people
out
and
our
our
policies
have
been
updated
to
require
affirmative,
fair
housing,
marketing
plans,
longer
affordability
periods,
as
I
mentioned,
we
require
30
years
tenants
with
section
8
must
be
accepted
and
we
require
housing
on
advertising
link.
In
addition,
the
city
follows
federal
and
city
guidelines
regarding
relocation.
G
When
that
applies,
concentrated
and
non
concentrated
areas
are
defined
by
census
data
and
we
update
those
annually
federal
funding
now
locations,
including
CDBG
and
home,
which
you've
been
introduced
to
in
the
prior
presentation,
are
issued
by
the
federal
government
based
on
this
data
in
combination
with
other
criteria,
minority
in
poverty,
concentrated
areas,
emphasize
preservation,
rehabilitation
and
stabilization,
while
non
concentrated
areas
emphasize
new
construction.
These
distinctions
are
Fortin
and,
in
fact,
have
been
identified
as
a
best
practice
that
we
consider
our
duty
to
affirmative
ly.
Fair
housing.
G
G
The
2018,
affordable
housing
trust
fund
budget
is
approximately
eight
million
dollars.
The
budget
is
made
up
of
several
sources
in
these
amounts,
and
the
allocation
of
these
dollars
is
determined
during
the
annual
city
budget
process.
Federal
funds
are
required
to
be
spent
in
accordance
with
their
respective
programming
requirements.
So
as
these
I
go
through
these
sources,
I'm
going
to
move
to
the
next
slide
and
I've
included
a
matrix
that
shows
how
these
spending
sources
are
permitted.
G
First
is
Community
Development,
Block,
Grant
funds
or
CDBG.
These
federal
funds
are
generally
not
allowed
to
be
used
for
new
construction,
so
these
funds
are
typically
awarded
to
rehabilitation,
preservation
or
stabilization
projects.
Next
are
home
investment
funds,
and
these
federal
funds
are
generally
not
allowed
in
concentrated
areas.
G
The
project
is
required
to
relinquish
that
award
and
then
the
city
will
consider
RIA
warding
these
dollars,
either
on
a
pipeline
basis
or
as
part
of
the
annual
RFP
competitive
process.
These
instances
are
unknowns
and
they
do
happen
periodically,
but
the
dollars
do
remain
with
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund
budget.
So,
as
you
can
see,
this
is
a
complex
puzzle
that
staff
monitors
closely
federal
sources
do
have
timeframes
associated
with
the
spend-down
of
those
dollars.
Therefore,
the
city
prioritizes
better
spending
first
to
avoid
jeopardizing
any
future
allocations.
G
These
funding
amounts
is
just
previously
mentioned,
are
finalized
on
June
1st
of
each
year.
So
while
we
do
our
best
to
identify
and
estimate
the
budget
in
the
RFP
in
May,
when
we
go
out,
the
allocation
of
these
sources
can
be
a
little
bit
more
or
a
little
bit
less.
Depending
on
that
final
allocation
on
June
1st,
with
the
passage
of
the
federal
budget
reconciliation
bill
as
well
just
mentioned,
we
are
hoping
our
allocations
could
potentially
be
a
little
bit
higher.
So
can.
A
G
This
slide
shows
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund,
budget,
history,
CDBG
and
home
and
local
sources
that
I
won't.
You
know,
identify
each
amount
over
the
past
years.
We
could
track
those
back
to
2011.
However,
I
will
note
that
historically,
local
sources
make
up
approximately
41%
of
the
trust
fund
budget
and
the
local
funding
consists
of
three
sources:
TIF
development
funds
and
general
funds.
C
G
G
The
city
is
required
to
comply
with
a
number
of
underwriting
criteria
to
meet
the
fiduciary
responsibilities
of
managing
both
federal
and
local
public
dollars.
Again,
I
won't
go
into
great
detail
unless
you
have
questions,
but
I
will
note
that
that
criteria
is
in
attachment.
9
of
the
RFP
that
you
have
as
well
as
in
the
criteria
in
the
RFP
document
itself
and
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
projects
are
scored
against
the
city's
goals
and
policies
to
reflect
the
degree
to
which
the
projects
are
meeting.
These
goals.
G
This
is
the
last
slide
before
I
conclude,
the
trust
fund
RFP
is
issued
on
an
annual
basis.
The
RFP
is
issued
in
May.
Proposals
are
due
in
early
July.
The
underwriting
scoring
and
evaluation
occurs
through
September,
with
staff
recommendations
made
to
this
committee
in
October
and
then
awards
made
by
City
Council
in
November.
G
The
RCA
before
you
today
has
highlighted
the
proposed
changes
to
the
RFP
for
the
2018
annual
round.
The
draft
RFP
has
been
out
for
public
comment
since
mid-march
and
we
did
receive
three
responses
from
part
one
from
Prospect,
Park
Association,
the
Landon
group
and
MCCD.
There
were
a
few
policy
issues
that
were
somewhat
consistent
raised
in
in
all
of
those
and
I'll
quickly
just
highlight
them,
since
they
were
consistent.
The
first
was
in
regards
to
the
maximum
award.
G
This
is
an
area
we
did
not
propose
a
change
to
for
2018,
but
we
definitely
share
a
concern
about
that.
I
think
we
will
definitely
consider
addressing
this
after
the
2019
budget
is
known
when
subsidies
were
also
suggested.
However,
this
is
not
actually
part
of
the
mission
for
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund,
as
rental
subsidies
are
discussed.
Probably
new
programming
and
new
staffing
will
likely
be
addressed
as
well.
There
was
also
concern
about
how
points
are
awarded
for
the
homeless
category,
requiring
compliance
with
the
Hennepin
County
coordinated
entry
system.
G
Since
mid-march,
when
this
draft
was
posted
for
public
comment,
staff
has
also
been
working
on
revisions
to
the
2019
QAP
for
tax
credits,
which
includes
new
language,
to
address
this
issue,
and
so
we
would
recommend
adding
that
language
to
be
consistent
and
then,
lastly,
there
were
some
technical
considerations
raised
and
while
staff
is
comfortable
with
the
RFP
and
its
technical
aspects,
I
will
note
that
any
outdated
information
links
or
content
clarification
is
always
updated
before
we
post
it
in
May.
Sometimes
those
things
are
updated
in
between
the
time
it's
posted
in
March
and
May.
G
H
G
D
Just
wondering
if
you
could
give
me
a
sense
of
where
tax
credit
pricing
is
that
right
now,
there's
been
a
lot
of
talk
about
the
tax
credit
pricing,
whether
or
not
there
would
be
tax
credits,
then,
now
that
we
know
that
we
are
going
to
have
federal
tax
credits
of
the
9%
and
4%
rate.
Where
is
the
pricing
sitting
at
right
now
for
a
project
that
was
seeking
to
sell
their
tax
credits?
Well,.
I
D
D
We
can't
make
up
the
difference
with
almost
half
of
our
households
cost
per
that
are
in
naturally
occurring
affordable
housing.
It's
like
telling
them
that
their
rate
ret
should
go
up
and
they're
already
cost
burden
to
solve.
Yet
another
problem,
and
so
I
just
want
to
be
able
to
understand
this
a
little
bit
better.
I
think
Councilmember
Schrader's
question
was
a
good
one
and
while
we
know
how
much
money
we
have
were
gap,
funder,
I'll
notice,
this,
the
the
feedback-
and
this
is
coming
from
people
who
build
not
necessarily
people
who
preserve
existing,
affordable
housing.
J
G
J
G
Just
informs
the
funding
store
source
or
the
points
or
the
priorities
the
city
has
again
in
areas
of
concentrated
minority
and
poverty
populations.
We
don't
encourage
new
construction
to
avoid
further
burdening
those
areas
we
like
to
see
the
new
construction
in
non
concentrated
areas.
However,
with
the
need
for
affordable
housing,
we
really
don't
see
projects
we
don't
like,
and
so
we
have
two
in
the
puzzle
of
putting
together
all
the
different
sources
just
make
sure
we're
not
putting
a
federal
source
on
a
use
or
a
project
in
a
location
that
cannot
be
utilized
and.
I
H
I
We
encourage
new,
affordable
housing
development
throughout
the
entire
city.
It's
not
just
that.
We
only
do
new
construction
outside
of
those
areas.
It's
just
that
certain
funding
sources
like
the
highly
competitive
9%
tax
credit
program,
incent
new
construction
outside
of
those
areas,
but
we
use
other
city
funding
programs,
most
specifically
housing
revenue
bonds
to
do
new
construction
and
throughout
the
entire
area.
G
A
G
G
Ability
I
mean
the
affordability.
Is
we
like
to
see
projects
on
your
incentive
at
50
percent
or
below,
am
I
in
non
concentrated
areas
and
then
to
encourage
mixed
income?
The
affordability
requirement
is
60
percent
or
below
AMI
and
concentrated
areas,
and
then
the
points
reflect
that
so
the
points
are
awarded
based
on
preserving
units
or
rehabbing
or
stabilizing
units
in
concentrated
areas,
and
points
are
worded
based
on
new
construction
in
non
concentrated
areas.
Don't
want
to
mix
them
up.
A
G
I
Yes
and
the
way,
if,
if
you
wanted
to
look
at
the
RFP
on
page
919,
it's
really
the
economic
integration
area
that
I
think
that
council
is
asking
questions
about
right
now,
how
the
public
pointing
works
and
that's
where
there's
kind
of
the
differentiation
between
the
concentrated
areas
and
the
non
concentrated
areas,
the
50%
AMI
and
the
60%
ami.
It's
it's
immaterial,
whether
it's
a
new
construction
program
project
or
a
preservation,
rehab
project
in
those
areas.
It's
it's.
I
It
just
shows
a
kind
of
an
inverse
relationship
to
the
extent
that
what
we're
trying
to
incent
is
in
areas
of
concentrated
poverty
or
trying
to
make
it
possible
to
integrate
start
integrating
market
rate
developments
into
those
areas.
Areas
where
the
market
is
not
functioning
on
its
own
right
now.
So
we're
trying
to
help
allow
for
higher
income
integration
in
those
areas
and.
H
A
I
think
that
that's
a
point
that
I
wanted
to
just
be
able
to
highlight
right
now,
because
we're
hitting
this
pivot
point
when
now
I
think
people
are
getting
concerned
about,
are
we
having
unintentional
consequences
of
creating
displacement
and
actually
gentrifying
or
people
because
of
this
strategy,
and
so
I
think
we're
all?
Hopefully,
all
or
many
of
us
are
nervous
about
it
and
we're
trying
to
reevaluate?
A
Well,
is
this
really
the
right
approach,
and
why
wouldn't
you
get
a
whole
bunch
of
points
if
you
were
going
to
have
30
cent
affordable
in
a
concentrated
area
as
well
or
whatever
so
I
know
the
council,
member
Cano,
probably
wasn't
done
and
I
kind
of
interrupted
with
trying
to
put
an
edge
on
this?
Did
you
have
another
question
you
wanted
it
to
make
yeah.
J
So
I'm
I'm
I
feel
a
little
frustrated
right
now,
because
we
have
an
affordable
housing
project
that
has
been
trying
to
get
established
on
the
corner
of
Lake
and
Bloomington,
with
the
city's
denial
of
affordable
housing
support
for
it.
The
project
can't
move
forward,
and
this
is
an
area
of
the
city
where
Latino
families
are
being
displaced,
they're
being
kicked
out
of
their
apartments,
they're
they're
being
pushed
out
through
a
lot
of
different
mechanisms,
and
so
I'm
like
not
feeling
comfortable
with
this
proposal
right
now.
J
A
That
might
be
so
I
think
if
we're
going
to
make
a
change,
you're
right
to
call
out
page
19,
I
think
it's
under
e
economic
integration
up
to
ten
points,
that's
somewhere
where
committee
members
or
council
members
could
look
for
possibly
changing
it.
Did
you
want
to
respond
to
that
I
know.
Councilmember
Goodman
also
wants
to
make
a
comment.
Why
don't
you
go
ahead?
Councilmember,
okay,.
I
Can
I
please
respond
to
council
member
kind
of
those
comments,
cuts
Americano.
There
is
no
area
of
the
city
that
the
city
doesn't
support
the
development
or
preservation
of
affordable
housing
that
we
have
different
funding
programs
that
are
available
to
support
new
construction
throughout
the
city.
I
Refer
you
to
the
map?
Okay,
hopefully
just
brought
up
again
now
that
shows
where
the
affordable,
housing,
trust
fund
projects
have
been
developed.
And/Or
are
under
development
throughout
the
city,
and
you
can
see
that
there's
a
wide
range
of
projects
that
are
done
throughout
all
areas.
The
cell,
though
we
certainly
strive
to
continue
to
diversify
those
locations,
so.
J
I
appreciate
the
clarification
and
I
want
to
articulate
that
what
my
concern
is
based
on
the
prioritization
of
those
granted
projects,
because
we
can't
obviously
support
all
of
the
projects
in
all
of
them
up
parts
of
the
city
that
wants
support.
So
it
comes
down
to
the
competitive
process
based
on
the
scoring
and
some
of
the
other
things
that
you
talked
about.
J
So
this
this
map
is,
is
a
nice
illustration
of
how
we
have
focused
some
of
our
resources
to
help
those
in
need,
and
what
I
want
to
make
sure
we're
doing
is
that
we
continue
that
support
instead
of
try
to
I
guess
that
dilute
that
support
for
areas
of
the
city.
That
may
not
see
the
greatest
need
and
also
won't
feel
as
much
pressure
when
you
introduce.
J
More
wealth
into
a
neighborhood
that
traditionally
hasn't
had
that
much
wealth
and
then
would
therefore
have
a
negative
effect
on
the
most
vulnerable
populations
that
live
in
that
in
that
area
or
district.
So
so
I'm
just
trying
to
make
sure
that
I
really
understand
the
implications
of
this
programs
decision,
because
two,
three
four
seven
ten
years
down
the
line,
this
decision
is
going
to
change
the
face
of
our
city
and
so
I'm.
Just
feeling
really.
J
Concerned
with
this
conversation
and
the
direction
of
it-
and
it's
not
a
personal
issue
with
you
or
either
of
you
standing
here,
it's
more
of
a
question
for
the
council
about
what
is
it
that
we're
saying
to
our
residents
through
this
decision,
so
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
the
intent
of
my
question.
Thank.
D
Most
of
you
know,
perhaps
newer
councilmembers,
don't
know
that.
There's
this
large
discussion
going
on
between
essentially
the
Myron
or
field
people
versus
the
ad
gets
people
and
we're
seeing
a
mirror
of
that
conversation
happening
right
here
in
the
city.
Do
you
have
more
affordable
housing
in
the
city
or
in
the
suburbs?
Does
it
go
traditionally
where
it
hasn't
been,
or
do
you
concentrate
it
where
it
is
and
the
city's
point
of
view
on
this
is
we
want
people
of
all
incomes
in
our
city,
so
for
us
more,
affordable
housing
is
better.
D
Now
you
see
it
breaking
out
in
this
conversation
that
we're
having
right
here
with
councilmember
Cano.
Do
we
want
more
affordable
housing
in
areas
of
unconcentrated
poverty
and
by
looking
at
this
map,
I
would
say:
yes,
we
do,
or
do
we
want
to
further
concentrate
the
poorest
of
poor
in
neighborhoods
that
are
already
the
poorest
of
poor
and
I.
Suppose,
council
members
who
have
a
more
direct
stake
and
that
could
have
a
more
should
speak
up
and
I,
hear
councilmember
canto
speaking
up,
but
I
want
to
remind
us
that
a
9%
tax
credit
project.
D
We
should
be
cheering
when
that
project
goes
to
a
neighborhood
like
Kenwood
or
Lowry
Hill,
and
we
should
be
questioning
if
that
project
goes
at
Lake
in
Hiawatha.
What
the
city
strategy
has
been
for
four
years
is
to
try
to
build
wealth
in
communities
that
are
very
poor
by
trying
to
help
build
the
market
and
have
housing.
That's
a
little
bit
more
expensive.
D
Broadway
is
a
good
thing,
not
a
bad
thing,
but
maybe
it
is
a
bad
thing
and
I
don't
know:
I
don't
represent
West
Broadway,
but
I
do
think.
If
we're
going
to
have
a
shift
in
this,
we
should
talk
about
it
right
now
now
I'm
in
trouble,
because
Andrea
is
getting
up,
but
I
mean
that
I
am
I'm,
basically
just
I'm
articulating
what
the
strategy
has
been
all
along.
D
The
question
is:
do
you
allow
West
Broadway
curve
to
happen
on
West
Broadway,
because
those
rents
are
at
60%
or
do
we
demands
rents
be
at
30%
and
those
projects
would
not
score
as
well
on
West
Broadway
as
they
would
in
Kenwood,
so
I
understand
where
councilman
wakana
was
coming
from,
but
I
would
say
that
projects
that
are
at
50
and
60
percent
of
the
metro,
ride,
median
income
and
non
impacted.
Neighborhoods
are
good.
A
D
I
What
they
want
in
their
award?
There
is
one
point
of
clarification
to
make,
and
that
is
that
the
item
that
is
before
us
today
is
the
trust
fund
guidelines,
and
just
so
the
council
knows,
the
nine
percent
tax
credit
program
is
guided
by
a
qualified
allocation
plan,
but
we're
still
working
on
and
is
yet
to
still
come
before
the
council.
So
they
are
related
because
we
try
to
have
these
two
programs
aligned
to
the
graceless
that
possible.
But
there
is
another
program,
but.
A
We
should
probably
be
working
on
that
and
taking
hopefully
you'll.
Take
all
these
comments
into
consideration
and,
while
you're
thinking
over
your
recommendation
about
that.
But
I
think
that
is
a
good
point
where
we're
talking
about
the
affordable
housing,
trust
fund,
RFP
and
the
point
system
which
connects
to
this.
E
Mr.
chair,
if
I
may
the
other
another
point
of
clarification
since
there's
been
a
lot
of
reference
to
50
and
60
percent
of
the
area,
median
income
I
think
it's
really
important
to
point
out
that
the
map
that
is
before
you
with
all
of
the
dots
of
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund,
supported
projects-
yes
they're
required
to
have
most
of
them.
Are
the
vast
majority
have
income
and
meant
restrictions
at
50
percent
of
area
median
income.
E
But
there
are
additional
points,
no
matter
where
the
project
is
located,
whether
it's
in
a
concentrated
or
non
concentrated
area
for
projects
that
serve
extremely
low
income.
Households
holds
that
have
experienced
homelessness,
households
that
have
special
needs
and
households
that
serve
folks
at
or
below,
or
projects
that
serve
households
at
or
below
30%
of
median
income.
A
E
These
prop
or
large
families,
so
you
know
so
it's
not
always
that
the
rents
are
necessarily
in
these
projects
higher
than
rents
in
the
in
the
surrounding
area.
There
are.
These
dots
represent
a
range
of
different
projects
serving
a
range
of
different
incomes,
all
at
or
below,
50%
ami,
it's
in
very
few
cases.
They
go
up
to
60%
ami,
most
50
percent,
but
a
lot
of
them
serve
deeper
affordability
as
well
appreciate.
H
Honest
I
think
it's
that's
it's
an
important
point
to
just
be
thinking
that
this
is
just
one
tool
that
we
have
for
me.
This
is
about
Housing
Choice.
This
is
not,
as
should.
We
have
houses,
he
built
houses,
affordable
housing
here
or
there.
We
need
to
have
affordable
housing
in
every
single
part
of
the
city
available
to
all.
But
that
said,
is
this
the
best
tool
for
that?
You
know
that
when
you're
putting
together,
affordable
housing
deals,
this
is
just
one
part
of
it,
as
councilmember
Goodman
pointed
over
cap
financers.
H
So
what's
the
rest
of
the
picture
and
how
are
we
getting
to
the
rest
to
meet
the
needs
everywhere?
How
are
we
meeting
the
need
that
councilmember
Connell
pointed
out
that
we
need
to
make
sure
that
those
projects
are
funded
for
the
very
real
need
there,
as
well
as
making
affordable
housing
and
councilmember
Goodman
and
my
own
Ward
accessible
to
others?.
A
K
I
believe
Great
River
Landing
is
in
my
ward
and
while
it's
not
almost
brown
away,
it
does
have
9%
credits
and
so
I'm.
All
for
you
know,
I
think
that
we
need
to
be
stabilizing
folks,
stabilizing
families
right
most
folks
in
my
ward,
are
at
50
percent
median
income
or
lower
right
and
so
I
think
that
there
are
other
ways
in
which
we
can
approach.
K
You
know
different
wealth
building
strategies,
but
if
the
question
is
whether
or
not
we
should
be
building
the
current
the
kinds
of
housing
that
people
can
afford,
even
in
areas
like
Ward
5,
you
know
that
is
all
blue
and
yellow
on
these
maps.
I
think,
yes
and
I
think
that
that
you
know
that
for
the
most
part
that
is
been
that
has
been
that
has
been
happening
as
I
see,
projects
coming
down
the
pike
and
while
four
months
in
I
might
not
have
the
wherewithal
to
completely
rewrite.
K
C
You
mr.
chair
I
thought
I'd
just
chime
in
I'm,
also
new
to
this
committee.
I
didn't
because
I'm,
a
Goodman
condo
served
on
a
last
term.
I
think
customer
Gordon
you
have
in
the
past
was
my
first
time
on
the
committee,
so
I'm
taking
some
time
to
just
learn
from
staff
about
the
different
funding
sources
and
how
the
tax
credits
work
and
how
our
criteria
have
been
used
over
time
and
the
results.
I
do
think
it's
hard
to
paint
with
a
broad
brush
like
how
scoring
criteria
translates
into
real-world
projects.
C
So,
for
example,
I
know,
councilmember
Warsaw
me
I
would
never
try
to
speak
for
him,
but
he
has
a
lot
of
units
in
his
board
as
a
percentage
of
the
total
housing
units
that
are
currently
public
housing
or
held
affordable
and
I.
Think
his
interest
is
in
part
in
looking
at
ways
to
support
market
rate
housing,
that's
of
lower
cost
for
people
who
are
no
longer
eligible
for
different
housing
units
that
have
criteria
where
people,
if
they're
kind
of
if
their
situation
changes
and
their
income
goes
up.
C
There
aren't
a
lot
of
lower
cost
market
rate
units.
In
the
same
community
and
people
are
having
to
leave,
for
example,
that's
like
a
very
nuanced
anecdotal
story
that
I
think
I've
heard
council
member
or
saw
me
share
from
his
particular
ward,
cuz
I'm
a
Gooden
and
I
share.
You
know
the
border
of
wards.
We're
currently,
you
know,
there's
not
much
left
of
my
ward
in
any
of
the
concentrated
areas
of
poverty
or
racially
diverse
census.
Tracts
that's
changed
even
in
the
last
four
years.
C
We're
losing
immigrant
families
and
folks
who've
lived
in
the
community
for
decades.
Kids
in
the
schools,
through
from
rising
rents
and
displacement,
I,
wouldn't
want
to
exclude
a
neighborhood
like
that
from
investment
of
affordable
housing,
where
it
is
so
desperately
needed.
There's
a
project
on
Hennepin
Avenue,
which
was
selected
I,
think
because
it's
a
transit
corridor,
because
it
has
a
ton
of
amenities
for
a
new
house
housing
projects
for
kids
coming
out
of
foster
call
care
called
Paris
that
I
know.
C
Councilmember
Goodman
has
been
working
with
the
community
on
and
it's
so
that
is
not
in
a
concentrated
area
of
poverty.
It
is
very
popular
in
the
community,
so
I
think
there
are
examples
of
really
good
projects
all
throughout
the
city
and
I
I
do
still
want
to
keep
I
think
these
questions
are
really
important
to
ask
and
I
know
you've
been
asking
them,
as
staff
I
know,
you're,
following
the
direction
that
you've
been
given
by
policy
makers,
including
myself,
who
voted.
You
know
in
my
first
term
many
times
on
the
criteria
that
you've
brought
forward.
C
So
I
just
wanted
to
thank
staff
for
just
carefully
considering
all
of
these
things
as
you're
weighing
this
I
want
to
learn
more
again
about
how
our
policy,
our
values
and
our
policy
directives
translate
into
something
like
scoring
criteria,
which
I
think
again
is
like
a
little
bit
hard
to
do.
But
I
know
that
the
scoring
criteria
are
part
of
how
you
select
projects
and
then
you're.
Also
looking
at
that
greater
context
about
what
population
is
being
served
here.
C
How
much
do
we
think
this
product
will
be
competitive
for
the
many
many
other
funding
sources
that
any
project
needs
when
we
give
it
its
first
funding
things
like
that,
and
so
I
appreciate
the
conversation.
I
think
I
agree
with
the
questions
that
are
being
asked
and
the
general
direction
that
you're
talking
about
I
also
feel
like
the
preservation
program.
That
again
is
very
new.
C
That
stopped
staff
brought
to
us
last
term
is
a
really
critical
piece
of
this
puzzle
of
looking
at
neighborhoods,
where
we're
trying
to
build
wealth
and
preserve
the
ability
of
our
existing
populations
stay
in
the
neighborhood
at
five
in
the
neighborhood
and-
and
so
you
know,
I
continue
to
be
really
supportive
of
making
sure
our
Noah
preservation
program
is
working
and
and
that
we're
linking
that
to
other
ways
of
helping
people
build
wealth
in
their
community.
So
that's
my
two
cents
thank.
L
I
pried
another
chair
I'm,
going
to
chime
in.
Thank
you
just
have
a
nice
balanced
conversation,
it's
been
a
good
conversation.
I
would
just
say
one
thing:
observation
Lee.
Having
worked
on
the
scoring
criteria,
you
know
some
of
the
mechanics
of
how
we
get
the
output
based
on
the
policy
objectives
that
we
have
that
it.
You
know
it's
been
a
long
iterative
process,
it's
not
been
just
sort
of
one
document,
that's
popped
out,
there's
been
adjustments
to
it
over
the
years
and
I
think
those
adjustments
will
continue.
L
You
know
I,
guess:
I'm
old-school,
liberal
I'd,
like
the
integrationist
notions
of
the
past
and
I
hope
that
that
still
has
validity,
but
it
doesn't
have
to
be
exclusive
and
I
guess.
My
last
point
is
we
just
need
to
produce
more
and
we
need
more
partnership
coming
to
the
table.
The
fact
that
we
say
Oh
where's
the
county
in
this.
L
K
K
I
have
several
projects
in
the
war
that
are
getting
affordable,
housing,
trust
fund
dollars
and
and
then
a
project
also
in
glenwood,
which
is
sort
of
like
notoriously
you
know,
folks
talk
about
it,
gentrifying
that
just
decided
that
it
was
going
to
go
from
being
50
percent,
affordable
to
a
100%
affordable
at
three
different
tiers,
and
so
I
haven't
you
know.
Maybe
it's
just
the
lack
of
experience,
but
I
haven't
seen
our
scoring
criteria.
Holding
up.
You
know,
affordable
units
getting
built
in
in
Ward
5,
so
yeah.
J
Whether
or
not
those
projects
in
in
those
areas
would
not
be
prioritized
over
projects
in
places
like
counseling
or
Goodman,
said
Kenwood
and
Lowry
I
believe
so
I
I,
don't
think
we
have
consensus
than
that.
I,
don't
think
we
have
clarity
on
that.
I
think
we're
dancing
around
the
issue
and
we're
trying
to
find
ways
to
make
people
feel
comfortable
with
a
very
gray
conversation
and
I'm
very
concerned
about
the
impact
that
this
is
going
to
have
on
communities
of
color
and
low-income
communities
and
future
years
to
come.
J
This
work
that's
being
presented
to
us
right
now
and
the
future
work
that
that
the
staff
mentioned
is
is
coming
down
the
pipeline,
so
I
feel
like.
We
need
to
find
a
way
to
kind
of
codify
that
that
policy
maker
consensus,
or
at
least
majority,
if
you're,
just
counting,
summon
votes
to
decide
whether
or
not
there
is
a
prioritized
sense
of
how
these
metrics
will
play
out
when
you
do
have
to
decide
between
projects
that
are
well
and
ready
to
move
forward
in
in
different
parts
of
the
area
when
we
don't
have
enough
resources.
J
Naturally,
if
there
is,
you
know
a
scenario
where
we
have
enough
money
for
everyone
and
there's
only
you
know,
for
example,
for
projects
and
two
of
them
happens
to
be
in
Lowry,
and
two
of
them
happen
to
be
in
North
Minneapolis
and
they
can
all
move
forward
awesome,
but
I'm
concerned
about
the
time
when
we
have
to
make
those
you
know.
Decisions
based
on
these
bright
lines
about
you
know
are
the
Latino
families
in
south
Minneapolis
who
can
barely
afford.
You
know
to
pay
their
bills.
J
Are
they
going
to
see
housing
options
and
choices
for
them
in
the
neighborhoods
that
they
currently
are?
Choosing
based
on
affordability,
culture,
welcoming
this
language,
things
that
are
the
positive
things
that
bind
these
you
know
so-called
low-income
neighborhoods
that
apparently
are
scaring
some
people,
so
I
think
we
need
to
figure
out
a
way
to
really
clearly
capture
that
direction
and
articulate
it
somehow,
because
I'm
not
feeling
comfortable
with
the
the
lack
of
sort
of
clarity
that
I'm
hearing
on
this
front
and
sort
of
dancing
around
the
issue
of
like.
J
Oh,
it's
good
or
no,
it's
better.
Oh,
it's
good.
No,
it's
bad!
So
I'm
I
just
would
not,
as
a
policymaker
I
can't
stand
fully
behind.
You
know
what
we're
discussing
today
in
the
form
that
it's
being
discussed
and
then
secondly,
I
just
I
have
more
of
like
a
technical
question,
I
guess
or
a
process
question.
J
How
has
the
community
weighed
in
on
or
approved
any
of
these
sort
of
discussions
or
plans,
because
I
think
it's
easy
for
us
to
sit
up
here
and
debate
social
theories
about
how
to
end
poverty
through
housing,
which
in
fact
I
don't
think,
is
possible.
I
think
we're
trying
to
address
issues
of
poverty
through
an
on
poverty
lens.
We
should
really
be
talking
about.
How
do
we
create
more
jobs?
I
Chair
Gordon,
councilmember,
Connell
I
think
that
as
a
department,
we
try
to
do
community
engagement
and
a
wide
variety
of
ways
and
that
we
are
there's
a
wide
variety
of
forms
that
committees
and
councils
and
task
force
that
exist
in
the
community.
I
think
that
we
were
working
to
do
better
at
engaging
in
the
community
and
new
in
different
ways
going
forward.
I
I
think
that
it
is
again
an
important
point
of
clarification
that
I'd,
like
to
emphasis
emphasized
that
we
spent
a
lot
of
time
talking
about
one
of
the
particular
scoring
criteria
pieces
today,
but
that
this
program
and
the
scoring
criteria
is
designed
to
try
to
address
a
wide
variety
of
different
City
goals
and
policies
and
where
the
project
is
located
is
one
part
of
its
scoring
criteria.
But
if
it's
it's
you
know,
proximity
to
transit
is
another
thing
or
it's
a
service
of
you
know,
homeless.
I
J
One
final
thought:
I
don't
mean
to
drive
us
on
forever.
I
appreciate
that
and
I
just
want
to.
Let
you
know
that
you
know
my
residents,
especially
the
ones
that
don't
have
the
privilege
to
speak
English
or
don't
have
the
privilege
to
only
have
one
one
job
would
say
every
decision
matters
and
every
single
bit
matters,
because
that's
eventually
how
we
structure
a
society
and
how
we
build
the
programs
and
and
I've
seen
how
those
little
details
make
a
huge
difference
in
City
Hall
when
we
make
decisions,
I
guess.
J
Lastly,
I
would
just
say
that
I
would
you
know:
do
we
have
some
kind
of
commission
that
looks
at
these
housing
policies
and
procedures
that
can
weigh
in
you
know
I'm
thinking
of
stat.
You
know
if
we
had
a
commission
full
of
folks
like
neeraj,
and
you
know
Jessica,
Lyman,
Lopez
and
folks
who
have
actually
studied
this
folks.
Oh
my
gosh
I'm,
sorry
I
did
not
mean
to
come
off
like
that
folks.
You
have
clearly
studied
this
I'm
sorry,
but
I'm
I
have
not
studied
this.
J
I
am
here
being
presented
with
his
information
and
I'm,
responding
to
a
base
on
my
residents
and
needs
and
expressions
around
the
lack
of
affordable
housing
options
in
the
places
where
they
currently
want
to
live,
and
so
the
there
is
a
lot
of
robust
conversations
by
researchers
and
scholars
and
community
development
think
tanks
that
are
looking
at
these
very
same
questions.
That
I
think
we
would
benefit
as
policymakers
and
better
representing
these
decisions
and
our
communities.
J
If
we
were
in
partnership
with
like
I
guess,
a
body
or
a
group
that
would
also
have
to
kind
of
review
and
vet.
These
ideas
in
the
same
way,
is
that
our
bicycle
transportation
plans
get
vetted
and
reviewed
by
the
bicycle
Commission
in
the
same
ways
that
are,
we
have
the
environmental
sustainability
group
who
also
looks
at
the
you
know
the
things
we're
doing
with
clean
energy
I
just
feel
like.
J
And
so
one
strategy
to
really
put
our
production
into
high
mode
would
be
to
continue
to
prioritize
the
areas
where
our
residents
are
suffering
the
most
in
terms
of
not
being
able
to
have
access
to
affordable
housing
options
and
choices
in
the
neighborhoods
that
they
want
to
stay
in
and
have
in
fact,
reclaimed
and
and
converted
to
places
of
their
own
their
own
home.
So
so,
thank
you
and
and
I
appreciate.
J
A
Thank
you
very
much.
I
just
I'll
just
note
that
we
are
hopefully
going
to
be
setting
up
a
housing,
Advisory,
Committee
I
believe
we'll
get
a
recommendation
coming
up
at
our
next
meeting.
In
fact,
I'm
councilmember
bender
Thank.
C
You
mr.
chair,
you
know
I'd
like
to
move
approval
of
the
item
that
was
recommended
by
staff
as
I
review
the
criteria.
Again,
it's
hard
for
me
to
look
at
these
86
points
and
how
they're
distributed
and
know
from
my
level
of
experience
how
that
translates
into
real
projects
in
the
real
world,
and
that's
where
I
think
the
experience
of
our
staff
has
been
managing
this
program
for
many
years
is
very
helpful.
C
I
think
it's
hard
just
to
be
very
clear
where
I
stand
number
one
I
think
it's
very
hard
to
look
at
this
map
and
argue
that
the
city
of
Minneapolis
is
not
building
housing,
affordable,
housing
and
preserving
affordable
housing
in
areas
of
concentrated
property
because
it
clearly
is
and
number
two
I
would
not
support
at
this
time.
Any
change
to
criteria
that
would
make
it
harder
to
build
affordable
housing.
C
H
Don't
also
support
this
proposal.
I
think
that
there's
very
real
discussions
we
have
to
have
about
what
policies
are
going
to
get
to
the
issue
of
creating
affordable
housing
everywhere.
I
think
that
we're
talking
about
a
very
specific
how
we
use
the
affordable
housing,
trust
fund
and
I
think
we
need
to
as
we
go
forward,
make
sure
that
this
policy
is
filling
in
gaps
that
other
ones
aren't
having
and
that
there
isn't
a
stacking
against
certain
projects.
A
You
say
that
and
there's
a
motion
here:
I
just
suggests
that
maybe
what
we
want
to
do
is
also
look
at
our
unified
housing
policy.
Again,
once
again,
I
know
we
just
amended
in
sweet
seats
back
in
December,
but
this
might
be
a
place
to
start
thinking
about
that.
I
think
this
is
a
really
big
important
discussion.
A
If
we
couldn't
do
that
and
actually
there's
parts
of
my
ward,
where
people
were
saying
why
can't
we
ever
get
affordable
housing
built
here?
Why
can't
we
get
anymore,
built
and
I
think
that
was
the
idea
which
says
to
me.
Also,
though
we
didn't
have
an
act,
we
didn't
have
any
points
that
had
anything
to
do
with
economic
integration.
For
a
long
time,
I
mean
we
could
probably
take
that
section
out
and
we'd
still
find
people
scouring
wells
and
we'd
be
putting
in
housing
and
subsidizing,
affordable
housing
all
over
the
city
again.
A
So
it's
a
thing
that
we
can
talk
about.
It's
actually
just
a
difference
of
about
nine
or
ten
points
in
the
whole
scheme
of
things.
On
these
this
little.
So
we
picked
a
little
part
to
talk
about
and
I
think
we
picked
this
to
talk
about
it,
because
it
raises
this
much
bigger
issue
and
something
that
we
do
have
to
discuss.
I'm
willing
to
approve
this,
as
it
is
I'm
I,
guess,
I'm,
open
to
other
ideas
and
suggestions.
A
I
suspect
we
won't
have
any
amendments
necessarily
coming
up
before
the
council
meeting,
but
there's
an
area
that
people
could
look
at
and
think
about
if
they
wanted
to-
and
we
could
also
take
take
take
one
half
of
it
out
where
we
are
no
longer
giving
any
extra
incentive
points
for
the
more
expensive
it
just
makes
any
sense
housing
in
concentrated
areas.
If
that's
not
what
we're
concerned
about,
although
I
know,
there's
a
policy
rationale.
That's
the
basis
of
that
as
well,
but
this
has
been
actually
a
great
discussion.
A
I
appreciate
that
everybody
participated
and
stayed
for
the
whole
thing
and
you
might
just
have
to
come
back
councilmember
Cano.
More
often
you
added
a
lot
to
the
meeting.
I
appreciate
that
so
on
the
motion.
Seeing
no
other
questions
or
comments,
all
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
to
approve
the
affordable,
housing,
trust
and
request
for
proposals,
program,
policies
and
procedures
made
by
council
president
bender
say:
aye
any
opposed
any
abstentions.
That
motion
carries
then
thank
you
and
that's
the
last
item
on
our
agenda.
So
this
meeting
is
adjourned.