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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 10, 2014 Page 9 At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Trudgeon noted staff's intent to bring this back to the City Council at their December 1, 2014 meeting, and in the inter- im suggested individual Councilmember guidance to staff an alternative ap- proaches. Councilmember Willmus expressed interest in receiving more information on Councilmember Laliberte's suggestion for students to perform the studies; as well as hearing from staff and results gleaned from staff at cities having worked with consultants on such a process. Councilmember Willmus sought that background information before this came back for action, with consensus of the council. Councilmember Laliberte also requested information from staff on how to involve experts that may live within Roseville, and suggested involvement of Volunteer Coordinator Kelly O'Brien to determine if she was already aware of some of those creative people who may work in the industry and already living in Rose- ville to see if they could have a role in this process. Mr. Bowman absolutely agreed, and noted that focus groups or questionnaires would provide that information, but noted that staff already had a laundry list of people in that field. Mayor Roe suggested talking to other colleges or entities beyond the Minneapolis College of Design to determine other options. HRA Activities and Accomplishments Vice Chair Vicki Lee highlighted some activities and accomplishments of the HRA since the last joint meeting with the City Council, as detailed in the RCA dated November 10, 2014. Of note, Ms. Lee updated the City Council on the status of the Dale Street Project, with the Greater Minnesota Housing Corporation (GMHC) still seeking to finalize financing, for underwriting a loan for the project. Dale Street Redevelopment At the request of Mayor Roe, HRA Executive Director Jeanne Kelsey addressed how this financing delay may affect the timing of the Dale Street Project, and re- viewed the current appraisal process being undertaken by Western Bank to deter- mine their involvement in the project. Ms. Kelsey advised that results would not be available until December, and if Western Bank chose not to be involved, this would require GMHC to seek another lender opportunity. If that were to happen, Ms. Kelsey advised that the HRA would need to have further discussion at their January 2015 meeting on the next steps or to determine if it was time for the HRA to go out for Requests for Proposals again for another developer to build a similar concept at the site.