Heritage Park

Presentation for UrbS 3500

April 14, 2008
 Heritage Park:
Outline
 Background/History
 Development plan
 Planning Issues & Lessons learned
 Evaluating Success

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Background/History

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 Bryant Av
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Penn Av.

Emerson
Location Plymouth Av.

Near
Northside
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Glenwood Av.

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Parade Area
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Kenwood
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Park
Location

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Pre-construction conditions
 Barracks-style
public housing
 Disconnection from
surrounding
community by
disrupted street
grid, superblock
 Unsuccessful
community
 Concentration of
race/poverty
 Poor soil conditions
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Pre-construction Conditions
Pre-construction conditions

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 Natural History of
Site

 Ancient buried river valley

 Filled in over time with organic
material, silt and sand
 Early Minneapolis years,
Bassett Creek ran through site

DCAUL

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 Hollman v Cisneros
 The Hollman v Cisneros law suit was filed on
July 29, 1992
 Parties to the Hollman Law Suit:
Plaintiffs: Defendants:
Public Housing Residents MPHA
(Represented by Legal Aid) City of Minneapolis
NAACP MCDA
Metropolitan Council
US Dept of HUD

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 Hollman v Cisneros
 Since all the parties to the lawsuit found
some common ground with the central
tenets of the lawsuit, it was agreed to
negotiate a settlement rather than litigate
the matter for years in court.
 A settlement was reached in early 1995
and the Fourth District Federal Court
approved the Hollman Consent Decree on
April 20, 1995.

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 Hollman v Cisneros
Consent Decree
 Required multiple projects
 A. Demolition of public housing and
relocation of 770 households
 B. Replacement of Public Housing

 C. Creation of affordable housing

clearinghouse
 D. Issuance of 900 new Section 8 certificates

 E. Redevelop the site as a mixed income

community

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 Hollman v Cisneros
Consent Decree
 Objectives of Redevelopment
 Connected Community
 Van White Memorial Drive
 Connections to neighborhoods

 Rental and ownership housing

 Mixed income community

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 Project A: Demolition &
Relocation
 770 units were demolished
 514 families were relocated or secured other
housing
16% Purchased Homes
32% Received Section 8 Rent Assistance
41% Received other Public Housing Assistance
4% Moved to Market Rate Rental
7% Moved to other Housing Conditions

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 Project B: Replacement of
Public Housing—770 Units
 Metropolitan Housing Opportunities
Program (MHOP)—Suburban
Replacement units
(490 units)
 Citywide Housing Opportunities
Program (CHOP)—Minneapolis
scattered site replacement program in
non-concentrated areas (80 units)
 Heritage Park—Near Northside
Redevelopment (200 units)
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Northeast Minneapolis
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Northeast Minneapolis
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South Minneapolis
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South Minneapolis
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Minnetonka Mills
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PurgatoryUrbSCreek - Eden Prairie
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Evergreen Point
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Silver Lake Commons - Mounds View
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Monifa Owens and her children in their new home in suburban Woodbury they
moved into this spring -- one of 305 completed suburban replacement units.

“Oh, I love my new home! It’s beautiful and it has more space
that we really need and it’s right around the corner from where I
work. It’s a dream come true for my family.”
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Development Plan
(Project E)

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Near Northside Master
Plan
 Approved by the
Mpls City Council
in 2000
 Approved by all
lawsuit parties
 Governed the
subsequent
development of
Heritage Park

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Near Northside Master
Plan
 Followed
developer
selection and
had heavy
involvement
of developer
 Had
EXTENSIVE
public input
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 Plan Features
 North-south connector
(Van White Memorial Blvd)
 Connections to
surrounding neighborhoods
 Walking/bike trails
 Stormwater/open space
features
 Public art
 Relationship to neighboring
institutions

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 Van White Memorial
Blvd.
 Three mile boulevard runs from Plymouth Avenue to
Dunwoody Boulevard
 Grand Opening occurred in June 2005
 Timeline for Completion
-North of Olson Memorial Highway—Completed
-South of Olson Memorial Hwy to Glenwood
(Including the new South Park)—2006
-Remaining Segment (including the bridge)—2008-
2009

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 Connectedness
 Design home styles to fit into surrounding architecture
 Re-connect urban grid
– Re-establish public streets through superblock
– Add and improve pedestrian and bicycle connections

Before After

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 Stormwater Features
 Stormwater treatment functions as an aesthetic community
amenity
 Use cleansed stormwater for ponds within the open space system
 Re-use of historic materials in an interpretive manner

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Stormwater Features
 Emphasize movement
of water through site

– Series of filtration
basins in median
islands

– Surface overflow
 Rain storm becomes
an adventure

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 Limestone Weirs

r Sediment
rm wate Pond or
Sto Flow Grit Filtration Storm
Trench Pond
Splitter Chamber Basin Pipes
Forebay

Level
Spreader Drain tile
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 Amenity Ponds with
Cleansed Water

r Sediment
rm wate Pond or
Sto Flow Grit Filtration Storm
Trench Pond
Splitter Chamber Basin Pipes
Forebay

Level
Spreader Drain tile
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 Architecturally
treated Culverts
and Walls

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 Pond Outfall
with Public Art

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Culvert with Overlooks

Railing Insert

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 Pedestrian paths with
metal grate bridge
crossings

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 Plan Features--Housing
 Rental and Ownership
 Mixed income
 200 dwelling units public
housing
 200 du-s tax credit
(affordable) units
 400 market rate units
 Senior public housing

 Pattern book

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Housing—902 New Units
 Rental Housing—440 Units
- 200 Public Housing Units
- 90 Tax Credit Units (<60% MMI)
- 150 Market Rate Units
 Ownership Housing—360 Units
- 108 Affordable Units (<80% MMI)
- 252 Market Rate Units
 Senior Housing—102 Units
- 40 Assisted Living Units
- 62 Independent Living Units

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Rental Housing

Entrance—Old Unit

Entrance—New Unit
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Rental Housing

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 Ownership Housing
 Four Phases
 Phases 1 & 2 are under
construction
 Total units expected in
Phases 1 & 2 is 171
 End of 2005 Projections
- 49 completed units
- 30 under construction
 Completion of Phases 3
& 4 is 2009

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Examples of Ownership
Housing

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 Senior Housing
 102 Public Housing Units
- 62 Independent Living Units
- 40 Assisted Living
 Currently under construction
 Completion scheduled for
January 2006
 Occupancy commencing
February 2006

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Senior Housing

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Building Elevations

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Building Elevations

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Building Elevations

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Building Elevations

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 Timeline
 1999—McCormack Baron
selected as developer of
rental housing
 2000—Master Plan adopted
 2002—First rental units
opened
 2002—Heritage Housing, LLC
selected as developer of
ownership housing
 2009—Project completion

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 Housing
Constructi
on
Sequencin
g

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 Development Partners
 McCormack Baron & Associates in partnership
with Legacy Management & Development
Corporation—Master Developer
 Heritage Housing, LLC—Development Team
for Ownership Housing
- 12 builders
- 4 Affordable Builders
- 8 Market Rate Builders

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Planning Issues & Lessons
Learned

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 Planning process
 Consultant led
 Developer had primary relationship
with consultant team
 Extensive public involvement
 Strong urban design principles
reflected throughout

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 Plan Strengths and
 Strengths
Weaknesses
Strengths
 High value community
 Walk/ped connections
 Housing mix
 Stormwater features and
other amenities
 Weaknesses
 Connectedness
 Relationship to
surrounding community
 Cost to public sector
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 Planning Issues
 Connectedness
 8th Avenue connection
 Intersection with 7th Street
and Plymouth Avenue
 Relationship to
surrounding
neighborhoods
 Phase III & IV
Ownership/Centex
 Too much affordable
hsg?

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 Additional Lessons
Learned
 Financially
challenging
 Hard to keep
financial partners
engaged and
interested
 Cost of infrastructure

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 Plan Implementation
Challenges

Planning
? Implementation

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