Edina Considers Affordable Housing on Fire Station Property
The Edina City Council reviewed three preliminary proposals to build affordable housing on city-owned land next to a new fire station, though no decisions were made at the March 15 work session.
The Edina Housing Foundation presented council members with three development concepts for an 8-acre property on West 76th Street that the city purchased for Fire Station 2. Since the fire station will occupy less than half the site, officials are exploring how to use the remaining land for affordable housing.
The three options vary significantly in density. The first would create five clusters of two-story townhomes with four units each. The second combines a four-story apartment building containing 45 to 50 units with three sets of four-unit townhomes. The third and most ambitious option features both three and four-story apartment buildings.
City officials said the project would help Edina meet two key goals: building approximately 1,800 affordable housing units by 2030, as outlined in the city's comprehensive plan, and reducing car travel while boosting public transit use under the climate action plan. Supporters noted the site's proximity to transit and employment centers makes it well-suited for housing development.
Council members offered feedback on the proposals but did not take any formal votes during the retreat-style work session. They requested additional information before moving forward with any specific plan.
Before development can proceed, the Edina Housing Foundation must formally request control of the property from the city. Officials have not yet determined what the land acquisition cost would be for the housing portion of the site. The foundation is working with LHB Architecture and Engineering on the project designs.
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“affordable housing is being considered for development adjacent to the new Fire Station 2 the city bought an 8 acre property on West 76th Street to build the new fire station which will take up less than half the site”
“housing on this site uh would help the city uh with achieving its comprehensive plan goal of uh providing approximately 1,800 units uh of affordable housing by 2030 um and also uh helping the city with meeting its climate action plan goals uh reducing VMT and increasing public transit ridership by providing more housing near near Transit and jobs”
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[Music] welcome to agenda Edina a program summarizing the actions taken at City Hall that affect you most I'm your host dorothia Marty affordable housing is being considered for development adjacent to the new Fire Station 2 the city bought an 8 acre property on West 76th Street to build the new fire station which will take up less than half the site one option the city is exploring is the development of housing to meet 's affordable housing goals so housing on this site uh would help the city uh with achieving its comprehensive plan goal of uh providing approximately 1,800 units uh of affordable housing by 2030 um and also uh helping the city with meeting its climate action plan goals uh reducing VMT and increasing public transit ridership by providing more housing near near Transit and jobs the Dina housing Foundation hired lhb architecture and engineering to create concepts for housing on the site the foundation and lhb presented three preliminary ideas to the city council at a work session earlier this month one option is five sets of 4unit twostory town homes another is a four-story apartment building with 45 to 50 units and three sets of 4unit two-story Town Homes the third option is most dense with both three and four-story apartment buildings on the site council members gave the foundation feedback on the proposals and asked for additional information to move forward with the project the foundation would need to request control of the site from the city the cost of the land if acquired by the foundation has not been determined
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