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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 21, 2011 Page 6 Mr. Trudgeon noted that all activities continued to operate under the HRA's Stra- tegic Plan, with the motto of "A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out." Mr. Trudgeon not- ed that the Strategic Plan was scheduled for an update in 2012. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed ongoing activities of the HRA or those achieved since the last quarterly update, including completion of the fourth year of the Neighborhood Enhancement Program (NEP) with the temporary code enforcement inspector Brian Coughlin continuing to see residents receiving the program very well; and violation rate of this second NEP cycle reduced from 8% to 4%. Mr. Trudgeon noted that all known rental properties were also inspected for exterior violations during the walkthrough. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed additional activities, including Roseville HRA hosting the second Roseville Realtor Day; provision of approximately ninety (90) residential energy audits; completion of the Green Remodeling Book; and finalizing the 2012 Living Smarter Fair to be held in February. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the 2011 Foreclosure Report, noting that it was trending higher in comparison to available data since 2008; with staff continuing to pro- vide resource information to Roseville residents at every opportunity. Noting a request by the HRA for staff to research the results to those foreclosures in Roseville during 2008, Mr. Trudgeon advised that of the forty-five (45) single- family foreclosed home in 2008; 93% were resold to another private party, while the remainder were retained by their original property owners. Mr. Trudgeon not- ed that 70% of those foreclosed homes had made some type of improvement that required a City permit (ranging from re-roofing and residing to new furnaces or decks); with the overall results that the homes had transitioned into new owner- ship. At the request of Mayor Roe related to Roseville Realtor Day, Ms. Kelsey re- sponded that Roseville partnered with the St. Paul Realtors Association for mar- keting, registration and tracking continuing education credits for realtors attend- ing; with City staff putting together the program outline and class syllabus; and advised that commercial realtors were invited, but only attended if the topics were of value to them, with none known to have attended this year. Mayor Roe suggested, given the City's recent attendance at the "New Normal" workshop and interest in development or redevelopment of commercial interests in the community, it may be prudent to find a way to incent commercial realtors' future involvement in the event. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Ms. Kelsey advised that the St. Paul Realtors Association scheduled the continuing education opportunities 2-3 times annually among various communities expressing an interest in participating. Ms.