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HRA Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Page 2 1 2 7.Public Hearings 3 4 8.Presentations 5 6 b.Housing Economics 7 City GIS Coordinator Joel Koepp of the Community Development Department presented 8 additional information from last month’s presentation by Community Development Director 9 Paul Bilotta. Presentation materials included Ramsey County Housing data and online base 10 maps: age of Roseville housing stock and apartment properties from 1980 – 2014; Roseville 11 demographics; and links and other websites to review nationwide data in comparison to that of 12 Roseville and other similar communities. Mr. Koepp reviewed the website: Esri.com/tapestry 13 and explained this nationwide database, generically distilling the data into 67 different market 14 segments identified by statistics and spanning the entire United States and providing more 15 detailed statistical analyses from various sources beyond just periodic census data. 16 17 In an interactive review of available data with the HRA, Mr. Koepp noted specific Roseville 18 information, including comparing home ownership with rentals and national trends; and 19 availability of more current information available than the 2010 census to provide a more 20 accurate snapshot of socio-economic data. 21 22 Mr. Koepp noted a census project called “OnTheMap,” providing current information on 23 where people work and computing analyses from that data and providing a profile analysis. 24 From that information, Mr. Koepp highlighted daily growth in Roseville during the day as the 25 City imported 31,681 people, with 14,030 employees living here and working outside 26 Roseville, and an estimated 1,704 living and working in Roseville. Mr. Koepp noted that this 27 supported previous interpretations that more people beyond just residents were utilizing city 28 services during the day. 29 30 Mr. Koepp also provided an on line Ramsey County map application entitled “MapRamsey,” 31 providing monthly foundational property data, including parcel data, aerial photography, 32 property revenue and valuation data, assessment data per property, and exterior and interior 33 data on physical structures on the property, as well as historical sales information on 34 properties. 35 36 Ms. Kelsey and Mr. Koepp reviewed building permit data, as previously requested by the 37 HRA, for the years 2009 – 2013 for single-family residents in Roseville, eliminating minor 38 fixed fee permits for low value items (e.g. water heaters); and included those larger items 39 requiring plan review and categorized by property and total valuation of those permits. Mr. 40 Koepp clarified that the data could represent multiple permits and various projects during that 41 time period, but should provide preliminary information on the number of properties and a 42 dollar amount of those improvements during the five year period. Staff reviewed the 43 valuations between $5,000 and $20,000; and cumulative percentage of total permits issues. 44 Ms. Kelsey suggested a more detailed review of this data may indicate where the HRA may 45 choose to increase their loan program depending on the percentage of permits it wished to 46 capture city-wide. Mr. Koepp noted that there was no easily identifiable trough showing a real 47 gap from any particular range, but there appeared to be activity in all building permit valuation 48 categories, but less so at the higher valued improvements. 49 50 At the request of Member Lee, Ms. Kelsey advised that most HRA loans are coming in under 51 the maximum amount available. 52 53 Member Lee questioned if an income cap whether it would increase the amount of loans 54 sought, or if it may not spur additional use due to the affordability of financing in the private 55 marketplace.