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Regular City Council Minutes - 8/11/03 Page 4 housing trends in the community, as well as state-wide; commuting vs. location; schools; first-time homebuyers; and the condition of existing housing stock. Councilmember Klausing sought correlation of the potential for artificial housing market projections; affordable housing; building up the City and School District's tax base; government's involvement housing from a philosophical standpoint; deteriorating housing stock in the community; and encouraged accomplishment of City and HRA goals by determining a cause/effect relationship. Councilmember Klausing, while opining that he was not a proponent of HRA' s, stated that he had concurred with the HRA's original vision statement and it's use as the basis for initial discussions; but opined his discomfort with the requested levy amount of $490,000 and encouraged a more conservative approach until the HRA had a year of operation to further refine their goals and objectives. Mayor Kysylyczyn opined that the Council couldn't choose to cut proposed funding across the board, without making a determination of which program would be eliminated or curtailed. Mayor Kysylyczyn further recognized the business community's support of the need for work-force housing near area businesses; and expressed his support of the HRA providing sound management direction, similar to a Townhome Association, and opined that the community's largest problem with dilapidated housing stock was in multi- family rentals, not single-family homes. Councilmember Klausing clarified his comments regarding the HRA Levy proposal, and cautioned that the Council needed to be consistent in its direction to staff in the "zero percent increase" for the 2004 Budget, which included HRA levied monies. Discussion continued, with Mayor Kysylyczyn opInIng that he needed more time to consider the various programs proposed by the HRA; and seeking further Council