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City Manager's Recommendations Regarding City Use of the Proceeds from the Aroma Project and the Amount of are HRA Tax Levy Pointe project on the Arona site would open the Council to criticism i, The underlying purpose of TIF districts is to help pay for costs associated with development within that district. That's one reason TIF districts have boundaries. Though it is apparently legal to spend this TIF increment outside the Arona TIF district under the state laws that existed when the Arona TIF District was created, state TIF laws and TIF policies have changed since then. current TIF laws heavily restrict the use of TIF proceeds outside the TIF district that generates this money. To spend the Arona TIF pro - ceeds outside the Arona district for purposes unrelated to the Applewood Pointe project would, in nay opinion, create public and legislative criti- cism of loo seville's TIF program. We don't need more criticism of the city's use of TIF. Therefore, I rec- ommend using Arona TIF proceeds to cover the City's portion of the Arona development costs. Arona Workforce Dousing. Importantly, if there is sufficient TIF incre- ment remaining after all City development costs are paid, then I recom- mend the remaining Arona TIF increment be used to assist in creating workforce housing at the Arena site. The HRA is taping measures to ensure that the Arona project meets and exceeds City expectations. The HRA has approved the purchase and de- velopment of five single family domes in Arona. The -IRA's goal is to tar- get first -time home buyers who are core service providers within our community - to begin with, police officers, firefighters, and school teach- ers. Under this HRA program, and with the City's financial support, these persons who work in Roseville who deliver critically important services to our community -- but who otherwise would not be able to afford Roseville housing -- could buy a home at Arona. That will increase the young fam- ily population in our aging pity. That will enhance our ability to provide these core community services. That will improve our environment, as persons who work in Roseville could now live in Roseville. Diving where they work also improves resident productivity and efficiency. Moreover, upon sale of these Arona homes the proceeds would cycle back to the HRA to support even more Roseville workforce housing. And so on and so on. K