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• • ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS NEWS 22, , LOCAL SECTION ` NORTH SUBURBAN EDITION ■ WWW.TWINCITIES.COM MINNEAPOLIS :•tl Overcrowding a concern; council to vote on zoning changes today ON PAGE 6B � data • eseFve B of • BY JUDITH YATES BORGER wealthier areas untouched. plans this winter, said Larry Soderholm, t;,Q ,g , 1 _ . ank .. • Pioneer Press Called a density bonus," the plan planning administrator for the city. Z;,: vlinnetlP0!1.;41)*Ft:sygg s that tt1a; would allow developers of housing that "Because our plans aren't citywide,we k`u`a"ffQrdable=housing'problem i#not Minneapolis is thinking about letting consists of five or more units to expand don't hear complaints as much," Soder '"4-:'00104 a;hou$ing'problem;bi t en ':- - developers build more homes on city lots the number by 20 percent if a fifth of the holm said. %rt90? `.P!91m�,,' ,x s f3, - as a way to increase the affordable-hous- original units are affordable.The proposal According to Soderholm, Minneapolis .t ing stock without spending public money. would apply anywhere in the city housing is slightly denser than St, Paul's, t ;zaa ,>- ' •u a t Although proponents of the idea pre- St. Paul's planning commission also is and neither is particularly dense when dict the change in the Minneapolis zoning looking at zoning changes, but the compared with cities such as San Francis- "It's not density I'm opposed to," Lilli- laws will pass when the City Council votes approach is different from Minneapolis'. co or Boston. gren said."It's where and how we place it, on it today, some residents oppose' it The St.Paul plan would create higher den- In Minneapolis, the proposed zoning and that we do it in a way that involves the becausethink it will lead to more sity in three specific districts where indus- hanges passed in committee 4-1, with community'' overcrow� in ,low income,, already trial use is shrinking. St. Paul Mayo ouncil Member Robert Lilligren dissent :' , AFFORDAit E-1-1'OUSIN AN,6B crar►4ped neighborhoods while leaving Randy Kelly is expected to look at those g. ,