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HRA Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Page 4 1 Member Masche noted one ongoing and consistent problem with outside storage of garbage 2 and refuse containers throughout the City; and asked that staff remind residents of City Code 3 requirements. 4 5 For the benefit of the listening audience, Mr. Munson reiterated City Code requirements that 6 containers were to be kept out of view (e.g. stored inside or fenced in) with the exception of 7 the actual pick-up day. Mr. Munson concurred that this continued to be a significant and 8 overwhelming problem throughout the community. However, Mr. Munson advised that there 9 were few resources of time or funds for staff to effectively follow-up enforcement of that 10 current policy other than an initial letter recognizing the violation and asking for compliance. 11 Mr. Munson encouraged that the current policy be revised to allow more enforcement options 12 for staff as applicable. 13 14 Mr. Trudgeon noted that this was a recurring struggle for staff to find sufficient resources to 15 follow-up on some of the more minor code violations throughout the City; and offered staff’s 16 interest in hearing of creative options for their resolution or finding additional staff and/or 17 financial resources to tackle those issues. 18 19 Chair Maschka thanked Mr. Munson for the informational presentation; and asked that the 20 HRA Board’s appreciation be forwarded to Mr. Coughlin and the rest of the department’s staff. 21 22 c.Report on Intergenerational Housing – Staff 23 Ms. Kelsey summarized the final report as detailed in the agenda packet’s written materials 24 and entitled “Intergenerational Community as Intervention: A study Conducted for the City of 25 Roseville Housing and Redevelopment Authority” and dated November of 2011. Ms. Kelsey 26 noted that the study had been conducted by Ms. Silvana Esposito Hackett, a Master of Public 27 Policy Candidate at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; and 28 supported by a grant through Neighborhood Partnerships for Community Research, a program 29 of the U of MN’s Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA). 30 31 Ms. Kelsey reviewed the history of the study based on a strategic plan over three (3) years to 32 investigate and support multi-general housing from a U of MN presentation several years ago 33 and development of an Illinois model to resolve the issue. Ms. Kelsey reviewed issues often 34 unknown related to area homelessness; children in foster care; and associated costs for long- 35 term care of children who were homeless and needing stability through housing initiatives to 36 provide opportunities in their lives. 37 38 Ms. Kelsey noted that, initially, social welfare needs in Roseville, and not one social service 39 provider in the State had data to allow for better understanding of the issues or whether those 40 issues existed in Roseville and the immediate area. Ms. Kelsey advised that the study was 41 conducted for north suburban Ramsey County as well as Roseville proper to determine if 42 poverty was an issue; and any disconnects for children and families from their homeless status, 43 many of those situations related to recent economic downturns. Ms. Kelsey noted federal 44 funding of area school districts; existence of only one (1) shelter currently serving the entire 45 north suburban Ramsey County, with a thirty (30) day limited stay, creating many transitions 46 for children in and out of those situations, need for alternative housing when those limits were 47 met; and the impacts that instability and fluctuation had on their school progress and ability to 48 concentrate on learning. 49 50 Ms. Kelsey highlighted areas of the study results, including needs assessments; data from area 51 social service providers; poverty and income statistics; positive reputation of the Roseville area 52 school systems in families seeking to enroll their children in Roseville; and sharing of the 53 study results with other agencies in Ramsey County and the State of MN, including the MN 54 Housing Finance Authority for their family housing fund initiatives. 55