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<br /> . ,Housing the:poor in. Dakota County `s
<br /> `' s nits re a small percentage of the homes In most '
<br /> plan dew Cry Subsidtzad housing u a 9Ea an/ Townhouse •'Dakota County cities,despite sizable waiting lists for such units ' i !
<br /> won. Because the project cans have 13 more seats in the House
<br /> Continued from page 1B nice neighborhood just like they do. Clemson ' € 1'
<br /> Just because were not blessed with required a zoning change, it needed than last session, Pawlenty said, al- r; Waiting r
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<br /> they don't want those other people as much money doesn't mean we the votes of four council members. It though they do not control either -'housing '.subsidized ` 'as pct.of A.' ,subsidized ”;
<br /> for neighbors. should be shied away from. We try got only three: Mayor Tom Egan and chamber. • �-
<br /> just as hard as the people do who council members Sandra Masin and units t units total units housing ,.
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<br /> Hunter. A former member of the Eagan City City
<br /> That really burns Kelly Johnson. own their own houses." . , Council, Pawlenty said: "Eagan has -Apple Valley 1 ,. ' 12,902 .`., 1,297•• , y; ,• 2 3%, •, < ;;406 Om
<br /> "It's reallyupsetting for somebody Jessica Cook, the HRA's director of The entire council had approved the done more than its share in afford- •j Burnsville 21,124 854 4.0 441 in 3G
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<br /> ' -who tries really hard,"she said. property management, said the$90 a site in a preliminary vote in August.' able housing,particularly in compari- Eagan =.I .-
<br /> month the Johnsons would save if But when faced with a room full of son with other developing suburbs." t Farmington 2,350 183 7.8 72 y'. ,z,
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<br /> Hastin s:', . 5,865 353 >� 6 0 179 '
<br /> She and her husband, Marcell, both they lived in the townhouse project voters opposed to it Dec. 7, council g
<br /> in their mid-20s,are spending half of "is a big deal when you're marginally members Pat Awada and Theodore Ulfers ject is theifirstgdisagrees.
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<br /> Groove Heights .. 9,854 165`:. _ 6.7 , ;193 • k-i.rl n
<br /> hise $13,000 income as a cook on making it anyway.' Wachter voted
<br /> • ered in more than 10 years, he said, Mendota Heights 3,887 14 0.4 16 r:�+I
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<br /> Rahn Rd. in Eagan. That leaves Like the Johnsons, most of the faro- The
<br /> IR-Burnsville, that efired off Grovel11-leightslland BLakeville Inverhave South Paul � 8,396 � 593 - 7.1 124 _,) )+
<br /> about $540 in gross income and flies who would qualify for the town- k ' 8,853 , ,' 362 l 4 1 4. 370 ,? iA'
<br /> about $300 in public assistance pay- houses are in clerical,service or retail a letter to the two dissenters. He recently accepted new projects. West St. Paul
<br /> month to raise their two jobs. HRA officials said that North- warned.that they were playing
<br /> into "That's goodwhthroe e 1RA thought this Nita 'Subsidized housing includes units for the handicapped senior dtt,` `: 'r t,
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<br /> children,aged 2 and 5. In June, their west Airlines, the county's largest theal acitiesf legislatorsadoldero first-ring project or Eagan] because not much one and farnilteS , , , e �3 4; t tt ,�_ 1-r 1 ._
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<br /> $520 a month rent is to be raised to empployer,who reported Datta its my, has been done there lately," Ulfers ' Source.Metiopolian Council for total housing' units(Apel 193 estlrnate);,
<br /> $620. 1 900eslive in Dakota County, suburbs. said Dakota County dousing and Redevelopment Authority for subsidized ., yr %;{ u>,
<br /> 1,900 earn less than$30,000 a year. units(totals as•of-October)and waiting Ust(a of December) ,,,, r , ';> r vl i It t;
<br /> Marcell Johnson was discharged six That faction, led by Rep. Myron Or- ,W
<br /> months ago from the Navy after At Blue Cross Blue Shield, the coun- field, DFL-Minneapolis, has been ar- He said older Dakota County sub- •'
<br /> serving as a signalman aboard the ty's second-largest employer, one- guing for years that the spiral of ur- urbs such as West St. Paul and South
<br /> Star Tribune Graphic, i aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. Part third of the work force is paid less ban decay will continue if the devel- St. Paul have more subsidized hilus- there, Awada or Wachter.
<br /> then maybe elsewhere." motion would have to be made by`f,!
<br /> of his tour was spent in the Somalia than$24,000 a year. oping suburbs,soak up growth and ing partly because the buildings there
<br /> relief effort. public investment while shirking can be purchased by the HRA for less Butri eDakota
<br /> Bat gCoulia s y Commissioner
<br /> mmi sioMetropolitan Council staff,,People who live on Clemson Circle their share of the social costs. than in newer suburbs. . Paatrice
<br /> banishing said:
<br /> r peopleThisso notan Theheseeking titan Council HRA,
<br /> They met in gan seven from
<br /> ago, fd Wexford Way near the proposed
<br /> and when theyh returned go tck project insouth-central Eagan thIn two of legislationsions, callingall ng for sub- . Republican mayor of Burnsville sa d track and tas industrial hinking we done good."rea ncxt to a publicld y quiet on members,subject al,
<br /> Navy decided they wanted to go back the council that they worried thatsagethough the council pronounced in,,,,
<br /> because "it is a nice quiet suburb," outsiders from the central cities urbs•to lower financial and zoning about to take a seat in the Minnesota
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<br /> Kelly]over said.n "But it'sh changed would move in,s lower atheir aproperty bars to low-income•
<br /> IR Gov. Arne Carlson vetoed failing,to take one criticize subsidized hous ian ng tor a thet HRA, pothe inted outBoard's was the goiaison als ti s to er that
<br /> see low-income housin .,;
<br /> a lot ovr four years. The people values and Markrise crime rags. HRAwhile his city has. "That's a judg- Eagan council that decided in August distributed throughout the suburbs.I,,,.,
<br /> have changed." Director Ulfers replied that the bills.
<br /> 290 families now living in Eagan are ment they have to make,"he said. where the townhouse project should
<br /> go after reviewing 10 possible sites. Jim Salem. council's She is angry that people oppose the on subsidized housing waiting lists. Orfield said he will be back withf o ,„
<br /> Jif said the the has to chietruc:�•,,,
<br /> townhouse project with its rents of Also on the lists are 57 elderly another bill this month,but Eagan IR But Ice also said suburbs that want to
<br /> about $450 a month because "we're people. Rep. Tim Pawlenty said that it will avoid quotas for low-income housing On Dec.20,the City Council decided lure a more detailed policy on when,,.,
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<br /> to cause harm. We just are be a dead issue before it's even filed. "must take on the responsibility. ... to vote Tuesday to affirm or recon- it's appropriate to make comments'; ,
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<br /> trying to get by. We want to live in a But the people on Wexford and That's because Independent-Republi- • I think Eagan will find a way, if not cider its decision. A reconsideration on housing issues. , ,
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<br /> next three years. set up a repayment schedule for ered- the IJ.S. bankruptcy
<br /> hors, Vaught said the Chapter 43 plan will Last summer, a ��YS
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<br /> has decided to at least some of The first step attornc ,vtark Vaught, said ments to a court-appointed trustee, bankrupt tition be dismissed, • •
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