[Music] welcome to agenda Edina a program summarizing the actions taken at City Hall that affect you most I'm your host dtha Marty to help meet the city's housing and sustainability goals the city council has approved a new type of housing in Idina accessory dwelling units or adus are now allowed under city code an Adu is a self-contained residential unit with its own living room kitchen and bathroom on the same parcel of land as a single family house an Adu can be located within attached to or detached from the main house adus are known by many other names including accessory Apartments backyard Cottages coach houses granny Flats guest houses and in-law suites among others adus have been identified in some of the city's guiding documents as a potential tool to further housing and sustainability goals the Planning Commission studied the issue for more than a year before recommending an ordinance that would allow them any Dina in terms of benefits adus provide tremendous list of benefits some include the ability to have multigenerational housing the ability to age in place and even semi-independent living situations so for example if you have an aging parent or if you have a child with disabilities and AD is a great option for that as for next steps we're looking forward to the implementation of the ordinance and building guidelines so that residents could take full advantage of this opportunity Edina is now one of more than 25 Twin Cities metro area communities allowing adus including Bloomington Hopkins minetonka Richfield and St Louis Park