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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,December 03,2012 Page 19 Councilmember McGehee noted a significant increase in general expenditures in the proposed budget for attorney and secretary/staff fees, and requested a fur- ther explanation of those increases. HRA Executive Director Patrick Trudgeon advised that those additional fees in general staff expenditures were for increased hours for the Housing Program Manager position from twenty-nine (29) hours to thirty-nine (39) hours; and re- allotment of increased secretarial support for the HRA, not any new hires. Mr. Trudgeon noted that the increase in HRA attorney fees were in anticipation of upcoming property purchases and drafting of development agreements. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Trudgeon noted the allotment for an updated housing study in 2013, with the previous study dated 2009, and with the redevelopment of the Dale Street property and other pending projects, the HRA thought it important to update that study and confirm community housing needs. At the request of Mayor Roe for the other area of significant increase from the 2012 to 2013 budget for economic development, Mr. Trudgeon advised that this was an entirely new expenditure as part of the HRA's strategic plan to empha- size the "R"or redevelopment aspect of the HRA function. While not having an exact breakdown of anticipated expenditures at this time, Mr. Trudgeon sug- gested that the bulk of the $30,000 allotment would be for a study to craft an economic development for the City of Roseville. Mr. Trudgeon advised that this research by experts in the field would help the City create strategies and provide seed money to encourage desired businesses to locate in Roseville, thus improving its tax base, a goal shared by the City Council and HRA. Mr. Trudg- eon further noted that a direct marketing of existing businesses by the City, a long-identified need, was planned to determine specific areas of need and how the City could best assist its existing business community. Mayor Roe concurred that the goal for improving the City's tax base was a long-time community need. For the benefit of the listening audience, Mayor Roe reviewed the specific areas of proposed increase in the HRA Levy: $40,000 for economic development ef- forts; $70,000 to $75,000 for increased staffing costs; and $200,000 related to a housing replacement program. Mayor Roe asked that Mr. Trudgeon provide a brief description of the latter item. Mr. Trudgeon advised that, as properties came on the market that were deemed dilapidated of needing major repairs, this fund would allow the City to take ad- vantage of that and purchase the properties for demolition and then resell the vacant lot to the private market for redevelopment. Mr. Trudgeon noted that the