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identifying future housing needs and the types of housing options that will meet those needs. <br />Some Recent Histo»7 <br />In May of 1999,the Lake /\rea cities held a housing workshop, attended by Mayors and City <br />Council members of the Lake Area cities. This woikshop introduced the concepts of affordable, <br />workforce, and life-cycle housing, and generated significant discussion regarding the provision of a <br />broader range of iiousing options. Three outcomes in Orono that can be traced at least partially to <br />the housing workshop are as follows: <br />1. <br />2. <br />The re-guiding of two areas in the city to allow greater density to enable a broader range of <br />housing options. <br />The re/oning of a commercial parcel to enable the construction of the Orono WcH>ds senior <br />housing development. <br />A tour of townhou.se developinents to enable the City Council to sec the range of styles, <br />designs, layouts, and quality oftownhou.se developments in the area. The outcome of the <br />tour was that the Council preferred townhouse developments with the following <br />characteristics: <br />1. I wo to three units per building, to avoid an institutional character <br />2. Design and layout that a\oids tlie street view being dominated by garage doors. <br />3. Quality construction <br />Prourams for Sustaininu Affordability <br />Attached is a memo from Jennifer Chaput regarding programs used in other cities to prov ide long <br />tenn affordability of owner-occupied housing. Also attached is infoi.nation regarding the West <br />Hennepin AITordable Iiousing Land I'rust (WIIAHLT)and how a land trust can be used to provide <br />permanently affordable housing . <br />Outline of fopics and Questions <br />Attached is an outline of topics and questions that was used in planning the housing w orkshop. <br />I lousinu Data for Orono and Other Lake Area cities. <br />Wendy Uottenberg has worked with the City Assessor to prepare information regarding the number <br />of ht)using units that meet the Met Council’s definition of “affordable” in Orono, as well as in the <br />cities of Mound. Spring Park, and ShorevuKHl. fhey are also working to provide information <br />regarding the number of rental units, and the median sale price of homes, for Orono. Spring Park. <br />Mound, and Shorewood. The affordabilitv information obtained at this time is as follows: <br />Orono: 343 homes of 2930 total homes, or 11.7% <br />Spring Park: 96 homes of 277 total homes, or 35% <br />Mound: 1942 homes of 3532 total homes, or 55% <br />1