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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 November 14, 1984 Members Present: Philip Cohen, Chair; Sharon Garber, Marilyn Spensley, Josey Warren, Gertrude Ulrich Members Absent: Joan Archer, Edmund Bowler, Lyn Burton, Thomas Duffy, Wanda Schumacher Staff: Nancy Reeves, Phil KatzunE Jan Hogan, Laurie Garfield, Marlis Dreier, Kris Richardson, Ruth Koebnik, Ricardo Gonzalo, Guy Peterson, Kathleen Mulligan Also Present: Dolores Hastings - CMAL, Women"s Shelters Representatives and others Chair Cohen called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. The 2• was approved. because a quorum was not present, the minutes of :!r 24, 1984 will be approved at a later meeting. Procedures of Implementing the Preference for Persons Displaced Jan Hogan reviewed her memo oTNovember 1, 1984, and explained selection preference. Staff is proposing to increase the number of set -aside certificates from 11 to 20 per month. This would include two 3-bedroom certificates and 18 certificates of other size. Set -aside certificates for shelters would be separate from those for other displaced persons. Hogar•, said it is expected that this change in administrative procedures will hel; to alleviate the current imbalance in the number of certificates shelters receive each month. Representatives from women's ^helters addressee the committee and spoke in favor of the proposed change. The proposal does not require committee action (it is an administrative change); however, the committee supported the revision. Chair Cohen thanked the shelter advocates for attending the meeting. Proposed Revision to the Housing Guide hapter Guy Peterson wrapped up the discussion of the proposed revisions to the housing guide witn thr Hcusing Legislative Recommendations. (The Metropolitan Council is NO'T proposing a bill; thin is a concept of what the Council should support.) The revision proposals included housing taxation, preservation of existing housing, special housing needs, revision of the local housing revenue bond law, landlord/tenant relations and consumer protection, and local government initiatives. Considerable discussion .followed. Chair Cohen Suggested that it should be noted when taxation regulations shifted in an effort to hold d-in tax on single family units. 1. In response to the special needs of group homes, Ulrich said that group home parking is a real problem.