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HRA Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Page 8 1 release addendum the value of screening tenants as a good management tool, and advised that 2 the Association offered crime-free training that was currently utilized by some of those rental 3 communities. 4 5 At the request of Member Pust, Ms. Peilen advised that the majority of their membership in 6 Roseville was by larger property owners, estimated at eight (8) properties. When reviewing 7 the map included in tonight’s meeting packet showing the locations of rental properties 8 throughout Roseville, Member Pust noted the ratio of those rentals with those involved in the 9 Association, and suggested more aggressive marketing of rental property owners and available 10 benefits may be indicated for the Association in partnership with the HRA. 11 12 Mr. Trudgeon noted that tonight’s panel presentation and discussion had provided a lot of 13 information for everyone to absorb, and suggested that as the information is digested 14 individually, it become the springboard for future discussions at a future meeting. Mr. 15 Trudgeon expressed the interest of staff in hearing input and feedback from individual 16 Members of the HRA before, during or after the meeting. 17 18 Chair Maschka questioned Ms. Peilen on the success rate of cities in inner-ring suburbs in 19 improving older buildings. Chair Maschka also questioned any rehabilitation programs that 20 had been successful. 21 22 Ms. Peilen advised that an older housing stock was consistent among communities, and while 23 many may have been construction as state-of the art, were now older and held few of the 24 amenities being sought by many renters, thus limiting the rents they could command and 25 attracting a specific renter demographic. However, if well-managed, Ms. Peilen advised that 26 those older buildings could prove successful. Ms. Peilen advised that the availability of 27 rehabilitation programs varied from property to property, and were often based on how well 28 they were currently maintained, and were mostly related to energy savings at this time. 29 30 Chair Maschka thanked the panel for their interesting and helpful presentation and subsequent 31 discussion; and expressed his concurrence with Chief Mathwig’s concept of the need for a 32 moral adjustment for some individuals as a solution to the problem. 33 34 c.Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) intern for the spring 35 Housing Manager Kelsey advised Members that the City’s HRA had again been successful in 36 being awarded a CURA grant, with the intent for this grant cycle to research beset practices for 37 registration/licensing of apartment buildings with five or more units. Ms. Kelsey introduced 38 Ms. Savannah Hacket, last year’s intern, who was present in tonight’s audience. Ms. Kelsey 39 advised that last year’s report by Ms. Hacket had been finalized in November of 2011, and 40 would be formally presented to the HRA in February of 2012. Ms. Kelsey advised that the 41 only cost to the HRA was for Ms. Hacket’s services would be office space and mileage. 42 43 Member Pust welcomed Ms. Hacket back to working with the HRA again this year. Member 44 Pust asked that the study be broad enough to not just focus on rental licensing, but on tools and 45 best practices available from other communities as her time allowed. 46 47 Ms. Kelsey clarified that she had broadened the scope of the program description to include 48 best practices in addition to registration. 49 50 Motion: Member Pust moved, seconded by Member Lee to accept the paid intern from 51 CURA for the spring of 2012, with the RHRA to provide office equipment and reimburse 52 the intern for mileage. 53 54 Ayes: 7 55 Nays: 0