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HRA Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, February 18, 2014 Page 2 1 look by the City at their corner of the world, specifically land use and regional 2 connectivity/transportation issues that the HRA was aware of. 3 4 Acting Chair Majerus opined that this brought a sense of urgency to the HRA in being made 5 aware of this data. 6 7 Oath of Office for Jason Etten 8 Acting Chair Bill Majerus administered the Oath of Office to newly-appointed Member and 9 City Council representative Jason Etten and welcomed him to the HRA Board. Member Etten 10 is replacing former Member and City Council representative Bob Willmus. 11 12 3.Approval of Minutes 13 Due to the lack of quorum of members present at the January 29, 2014 meeting, approval of the meeting 14 minutes were deferred to the April 2014 meeting. 15 16 4. Announcements, Agenda Adjustments, Recognitions, Correspondence, and Comments 17 18 5.Community/Citizen Comments 19 No one appeared to speak at this time. 20 21 Action Item - Resolution of Adopted Bylaws for 2014 22 Acting Director Kelsey briefly reviewed proposed revisions for the annual review of the HRA By- 23 Laws, per State Statute 469.011 and at the recommendation of the HRA Attorney. Items for HRA 24 consideration included a review of the By-laws revisions and recommended amendments; review of 25 2014 meeting dates and any amendments; discussion of the nomination of officers; and adoption of by- 26 laws by resolution. 27 28 Motion: Member Elkins moved, seconded by Member Masche (for the purpose of discussion) to 29 adopt Resolution No. 53 entitled, “Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the Housing and 30 Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Roseville, MN, Adopting By-Laws for 2014.” 31 32 At the request of Member Masche, Ms. Kelsey addressed questions raised at the January 2014 meeting 33 regarding term limits and modifications made to the draft by-laws at the recommendation of the HRA 34 Attorney consistent with other area HRA Boards; as detailed in the staff report dated February 18, 2014, 35 and Draft By-Laws (Attachment A.). As noted, discussion was based on the Mayor’s request to change 36 the number of term limits on the HRA Board to two (2) terms rather than three (3) terms as proposed in 37 those draft by-laws. Ms. Kelsey advised that the rationale in this request was to bring the HRA’s 38 service in line with other Citizen Advisory Commissions (CAC’s) to the City Council. As the Mayor 39 appoints and reappoints HRA Board members, with ratification by the City Council, in accordance with 40 State Statute, Ms. Kelsey noted that they could choose not to follow the HRA’s by-laws even if adopted 41 by the HRA. 42 43 At the request of Member Masche, Ms. Kelsey clarified that the purpose was to establish more 44 consistent term limits was to aid staff in advising the Mayor and City Council on operations of CAC’s 45 and the HRA. At the request of Member Masche, Ms. Kelsey noted that the CAC’s didn’t have their 46 own spending and levy authority, along with the HRA having separate programs from those of the City 47 based on its statutory authority, making the HRA somewhat different from them. When she had visited 48 with other communities in 2012 before development of the HRA’s strategic plan, Ms. Kelsey advised 49 that she found some of their HRA’s to have term limits and some not. Ms. Kelsey suggested that the 50 HRA could avoid any discussion of term limits and allow that section of the by-laws to remain blank, 51 with the information then proceeding to the City Council to make that determination for the next 52 available appointment to the HRA. 53 54 Member Masche stated that he had given this some thought, and from his personal perspective being in 55 his second term with no intention to seek another appointment, he could see no reason to install a term