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METROPOLITAN COUNCIL HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Suite 300 Metro Square Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 Minutes of HRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING October 24, 1984 Members Present: Philip Cohen, Chair; Join Archer, Vice -Chair; Thomas Duff, Sharon Ga: r, Marilyn Spensley, Josey Warren, Gertrude Ulrich Members Ausent: Edmund Bowler, Lyn Burton, Wanda Schumacher, Staff: Phil Katzung, Marlis Drier, David Wilson, Wayne Nelson, Laurie Garfield, Jan Hogan, Guy Peterson Also Present: Dolores Hastings - CMAL Chair Cohen called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. The agenda was approved. Minutes were approved as submitted for the Advisory Committee meetings of August 8, 1984 and October 10, 1984. Housing Guide Chapter Revisions: Nelson started the discussion on the housing guide chapter revisions. He said he would like to see means of looking more broadly at ways to provide housing, since so many programs have been cut. Community Index Nelson explained the Community Index"s communities and regional goals for the desired proportion of housing type and costs. Nelson also listed exceptions and the significance of the index. He said the index provides the Council with a tool for the review evaluation process. Nelson said in the interest of clarity, the charts will be broken out according to county in the future, and also answered questions clarifying terminology in the narrative. Element Review Guideline Peterson presented the Housing Guide chapter on Element Review Guidelines and Housing Legislative Recommendations. Peterson said the authors were attempting to streamline and mane concise the material presented in the guide, and that the guidelines are the same for the central city as the rural area is revision from previous guidelines). The requirements for the rural communities are much less stringent. Peterson listed the four main components of the guidlines: a) data summary and analysis of the existing local housing situation; b projected numerical housing goals and objectives; c) housing policies, which for the first time includes "Neighborhood Strategies" - the description of "neighborhood" being left to each community, and d) housing implementation program.