 For release: May 20, 2014
Contact: Carolyn Marinan, Public Affairs, 612-348-5969
News release
Public hearing for amendment
to the Shingle Creek Watershed Management Plan
The board will hold a public hearing before the Public
Works, Energy and Environment Committee on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at 1:30 p.m.
to receive comments on a minor plan amendment proposed by the Shingle Creek
Watershed Management Commission. The proposed amendment revises the Plymouth
Bass Lake Pond Project incorporating
pond maintenance and adding a lake water treatment system which will reduce
pollutants in Bass Lake. The estimated cost for the project is $840,000. The
hearing will be held in the Board Room, 24th floor of the Administration Tower,
Government Center, 300 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Information related to this public hearing is
on file with the Clerk of the County Board.
Affordable housing
and public service grants proposed
The board approved a 2014 Housing and Urban Development action plan that will authorize negotiation for federal entitlement awards for
the Community Development Block Grant program, the HOME Investment Partnerships program, and the Emergency Solutions Grant program totaling $4,099,409 from
July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2019.
Proposed activities are:
• Affordable rental housing - $1,123,359
• Single family home rehabilitation - $859,361
• Affordable homeownership - $679,966
• Ending homeless - $203,197
• Special needs housing - $615,229
• Family services - $129,187
• Senior services - $84,006
• Youth services - $62,810
• Neighborhood revitalization - $339,664
• Fair housing - $25,000
• Administration - $440,980
• Community housing development organization operations - $50,000
Together the grants would make 481 housing units affordable
and provide public services assistance to over 21,000 low income people.
Hennepin County
Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Strategic land
acquisition
The board approved the reallocation of 2012 and 2013 Transit
Oriented Development funds to an opportunity fund that will leverage an
estimated $10 million through partnership with the Twin Cities Community Land
Bank. The land bank will allow the Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment
Authority to purchase strategic sites in Hennepin County that are consistent
with Hennepin County goals.
Board approves affordable housing projects
The Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority
approved projects to be funded by the Affordable Housing Incentive Fund
(AHIF). This year $3.3 million will be committed to projects that work
with municipalities, other government and nonprofit agencies, private and
nonprofit developers and lenders to encourage development and preservation of
affordable housing. Since 2000, this program has committed more than $50
million and leveraged more than $1 billion in more than 5,500 affordable
housing units. Projects are selected through a competitive request for proposal
process. For more details see the news release.
2014 Transit Oriented
Development program
The board approved four Housing and Redevelopment Authority
projects that in partnership with Hennepin County cities will leverage a total
of $167 million in private and public funding to create 518 housing units,
204,500 square feet of commercial space, and 406 new and 307 retained jobs.
The 2014 Transit Oriented Development Program funds are
allocated to:
• Bloomington Central Station Apartment Project (City of
Bloomington) - $400,000 grant
• Broadway Flats (Broadway Flats, LLLP) - $300,000 cash flow loan
• Cedar Plaza (Cedar Cultural Center) - $125,000 grant
• MoZaic East (The Ackerberg Group) - $300,000 grant
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