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Housing and Redevelopment Minutes Page 3 July 5,2016 Chair Toth asked if CMHP had looked at the small, older homes off Xenia in the area located along 6th Lane NW and across Highway 10 on Wand Avenue. Chair Toth asked if CMHP had looked at the small, older homes off Xenia in the area located along 6th Lane NW and across Highway 10 on Wand Avenue. He also asked about the area west of Upland which includes older houses located on the lake. Chuba was ok with expanding the current area to include the area in blue and utilizing it as a pilot program. Chair Toth suggested extending the current area to include Main Street up to the dam. Everything else is fairly new development. Ms. Eddy stated they can look at including those homes. Chair Toth asked if the other inquiries staff has received are in this area. Ms. Eddy stated the inquiries were mainly for roofing in the Trott Brook subdivision. Ms. Othoudt stated she had received an inquiry from the Deerfield area. Commissioner Eder noted that the Deerfield subdivisions are older than 20 years. Commissioner Burandt stated that the Coon Rapids program includes age of the home in their criteria and asked why the age of the home was not considered more seriously. Ms. Othoudt stated that the eligibility requirements already include a check box,confirming the home is older than 20 years. Chair Toth stated that if the 20-year age requirement was the only requirement, they could potentially have many homes all over the city that qualified. Commissioner Kuester asked what types of improvements home owners attending the meeting have expressed that they need. Ms. Eddy stated one expressed the need for a new septic system,and roof replacement in the Trott Brook Farms neighborhood. Discussion followed regarding the following: • Whether or not to expand the target area • Impacts of expanding the target area • Whether or not to revise the qualifying criteria • Option of expanding the target area in phases • How to deal with homes just outside the target area • Revising the criteria to require homes to be even older than the 20 years (30-40 years old) The consensus of the Commission was to expand the target area to include the proposed blue area,as well as the additional area proposed by Chair Toth. They concluded that they will continue to evaluate the success of the program yearly. Depending upon the success of the program,they could possibly include more homes in the target area. $100,000 budgeted per year,but does roll over. Chair Toth asked how much spent so far. Ms. Othoudt stated that $167,000 spent so far, but those loans are being paid back. Ms. Othoudt noted that they did receive payment in full one loan. Chair Toth stated that they can only spend what we have. Ms. Othoudt stated that the HRA could reallocate more funds to the program if they chose to. Othoudt stated that if the entire city was included, staff would be overwhelmed, as well