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City Council Minutes — 0511 3/02 <br /> Page 5 <br /> Call, Ayes: Schroeder, Maschka, Klausing, Kough and <br /> Kysylyczyn. Nays: none. <br /> Be Report on Home Improvement Rebate Program; and Home Improvement <br /> Consider Accepting a Met Council grant to Purchase Program & <br /> Homes owned by Senior Citizens, Renovating them, Met Council Grant <br /> and Reselling them to First-time Home Buyer <br /> Families <br /> Bennett presented. She summarized the $400,000 in <br /> grants from the Met Council, Minnesota Fair Housing <br /> Agency, and Family Housing Fund. The purchases of <br /> private homes are voluntary and at fair market value. <br /> The program would be administered by the Greater <br /> Metropolitan Housing Corporation Housing <br /> Redevelopment Authority. She noted that the Housing <br /> Resource Center has relocated to Shoreview. <br /> Klausing asked how the funding pass-through agency is <br /> determined. He also asked what advantages this <br /> program creates for Roseville. <br /> Kough moved, Schroeder seconded, to accept the funds <br /> on behalf of the Coalition communities and in turn relay <br /> the funds to the HRC for distribution as outlined in the <br /> application. (The application has favorable <br /> recommendation by the Metropolitan Council Livable <br /> Communities Comrnittee. Metropolitan Council Board <br /> will consider the application for final approval in late <br /> May. If awarded, the City will be required to enter into a <br /> cooperative agreement with Metropolitan Council for the <br /> distribution to the HRC per the program outlined in the <br /> application.) Roll Call, Ayes: Schroeder, Maschka, <br /> Klausing, Kough and Kysylyczyn. Nays: none. <br /> C. Report about Potentially Establishing a Roseville Resolution 9994 <br /> Housing Resource Agency (HRA) — see also Agenda Establish Public <br /> Item VIII. B. Hearing <br /> Welsch overviewed this item. Bennett described Housing Resource <br /> Roseville's current housing stock- single-family homes, Agency <br /> apartments, condominiums and town homes. She <br /> explained the purposes and potential value of a HRA in <br /> improving housing stock. <br /> Maschka asked about the status of the city's Housing <br /> Fund. Maschka indicated concerns about another layer <br />