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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 17, 2014 Page 24 d. Discuss Metropolitan Council Housing and Redevelopment Authority Family Affordable Housing Program Staff present for this item included Community Development Director Paul Bilot- ta, Police Department Community Relations Coordinator Corey Yunke, and Po- lice Chief Rick Mathwig; with the issue detailed in the RCA dated November 17, 2014. Community Development Director Paul Bilotta Mr. Bilotta provided a status report and background of the Metropolitan Council Housing and Redevelopment Authority Family Affordable Housing Program, with fifteen homes currently in Roseville managed under that program (FAHP). At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Bilotta clarified that there were 150 such homes in the entire metropolitan area, and statistics he provided were metro-wide and not Roseville-specific. Mr. Bilotta referenced and presented information by graph and entitled, "Roseville Family Affordable Rental Housing Program — 2005- 2014;."And presented Charts outlining reasons for turnovers during those years. Of the fifteen homes in Roseville, Mr. Bilotta noted one particular property on Belmont Lane that had had continuing complaints by residents of that block, and numerous code compliance issues and many police calls. Since 2004, Mr. Bilotta noted that FAHP units in Roseville had turned over twenty-one units,based on the various reasons identified for those turnovers; and noted that 29% of those units turned over transferred to another FAHP property and were HRA forced moves due to changes in family composition. From the City's perspective, Mr. Bilotta reviewed code enforcement issues. Mr. Bilotta noted that of the fifteen units, the City had received no complaints on eight of those units; and of the remaining seven units, staff's research indicated a varie- ty of scattered complaints, from trash in the yard that attributed to a move out sit- uation, long grass, but nothing considered to be of a serious nature by staff. Mr. Bilotta advised that the unit in question on Belmont Lane had repeat code en- forcement instances. Mr. Bilotta advised that staffs preference was to work with residents on prevention versus complaints; and noted his impression that the staff of the Metropolitan Council was looking to be more proactive with their residents. Mr. Bilotta noted neighborhood members were in attendance at tonight's meet- ing. Mr. Bilotta advised that staff had a meeting scheduled tomorrow with representa- tives of the Metropolitan Council and several members of the City Council to dis- cuss ideas for the many issues with this property, with an attempted mediation process initiated about a month ago. Mr. Bilotta opined that part of the problem was with the neighborhood's attachment to each other and their concerns with what was occurring at the how (e.g. safety and welfare of children in the home); noting that this was a positive to have that supportive of a neighborhood available and the unit located in such an environment, while also creating frustration for the