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Housing & Redevelopment Authority 1 Roseville City Hall Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive 2 Minutes – Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. 3 4 5 1.Call to Order 6 Chair Dean Maschka called to order the regular meeting of the Housing & Redevelopment Authority 7 (HRA) in and for the City of Roseville at approximately 6:00 p.m. 8 9 2. Roll Call 10 11 Present: Chair Dean Maschka; Members Vicki Lee; Bill Majerus; Jason Etten; Susan Elkins; 12 and William Masche 13 14 Excused: Kelly Quam 15 16 Staff Present: Acting HRA Executive Director Jeanne Kelsey 17 18 Adopt 2014 By-laws a. 19 Acting Director Kelsey reviewed HRA Attorney-recommended revisions to existing by-laws 20 and as requested by Mayor Roe on page 1, Section 2.2, Lines 28-33 regarding limiting terms of 21 HRA members to be more consistent with terms of members on City Council Advisory 22 Commissions. Ms. Kelsey noted that the Mayor still had the discretion to extend terms for 23 HRA Board members. Ms. Kelsey advised that the only other recommended change was on 24 Page 3, Section 4.2, Line 109 related to specifying regular meetings of the HRA will be held 25 on the third Tuesday of each month, not previously specified. 26 27 Member Etten expressed his preference to have the by-laws limit service for two consecutive 28 terms versus three, since three terms would be much longer than a typical citizen advisory 29 commission; and a shorter term would allow engagement of more people in the community 30 and more turnover on the board. Member Etten noted that the Mayor still made the 31 appointment and, at his discretion, could extend an appointment; however, he opined that 32 having the term open-ended was not healthy for the community or the organization itself. 33 34 Chair Maschka observed that turnover on the HRA has been frequent to-date. 35 36 Member Majerus opined that, since service on the HRA for the community was based on the 37 recommendation and appointment of the sitting mayor, he would prefer to leave it at that 38 person’s prerogative, no matter how long the term was. 39 40 At the request of Member Masche, Ms. Kelsey clarified that there was no term limit listed in 41 previous by-laws. 42 43 Chair Maschka noted that a future mayor, at their discretion, could terminate the entire HRA, 44 similar to political appointments revised for the Metropolitan Council; opining that such a 45 situation could become a political issue, if the HRA was involved in projects or work that was 46 controversial or politically-charged. Chair Maschka cautioned the need for the body to have 47 the freedom to exhibit leadership for the long-term viability and health of the community 48 versus political risks that may be inherent in projects undertaken by the HRA. 49 50 Member Lee noted that, even with three terms, the body would still serve at will through 51 appointment by the mayor. 52 53 Chair Maschka agreed, noting that the Mayor did not need to reappoint a serving member, 54 making term limits an actuality every five years; with terms needing to expire at different 55 times to keep continuity and institutional knowledge available for the benefit of the HRA and