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HRA Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Page 6 1 Chair Maschka opined that any investment is good. 2 3 Member Etten opined that, even if the private market didn’t support reinvestment in some 4 areas and homes, just by highlighting the HRA’s intent to incentivize certain rehabilitation and 5 investment in Roseville housing stock may drive interest in the community. Member Etten 6 further opined that it was important for the City to say it was important to reinvest in housing 7 stock in the community, which may serve to create its own market. Member Etten agreed with 8 Chair Maschka that any investment was good for the City and a neighborhood; and continued 9 to improve the value of homes citywide. 10 11 Member Masche reviewed the displayed map, noting areas of replacement and reinvestment in 12 maintenance from building permit data; and opined that many of the housing areas shown were 13 in need of many maintenance items (e.g. roofs, furnace, etc.) and unless the HRA raised the 14 loan program income limit, he was not sure how anything other than maintenance items could 15 be addressed (e.g. home additions, siding, etc.). Member Masche opined that his priority 16 would be to fill that gap for those homeowners that may have applied to the private market 17 place for a loan in the past but had been denied funding; and now that they had survived the 18 economic crisis, could be welcomed by the HRA into a loan program. Whether the loan 19 program continued as a revolving loan program or not, Member Masche opined that he would 20 support it continuing to revolve and not morph into some other program. Member Masche 21 opined that in looking at the aging community and its housing stock that was where 22 reinvestment was needed to avoid further deterioration of that housing stock. 23 24 Ms. Kelsey suggested that she and Mr. Koepp look at 1951 and older homes and overlay 25 building permit data to see where the holes are and see if that is program criteria to address. 26 Ms. Kelsey noted that with energy audits, they were typically only done every three years, not 27 on an annual basis. Ms. Kelsey suggested providing that information based on valuation and 28 then overlaying other data; at which time additional discussion could occur. 29 30 Update on Rental Licensing a. 31 Code Enforcement Officer Don Munson provided a bench handout, attached hereto and made a 32 part hereof, providing an update on the City’s Rental License Program as of November 18, 33 2014. Mr. Munson recognized the outstanding work being done by mostly two staff people in 34 administering that program. 35 36 Discussion included building types as it related to code; the re-inspection process and timing; 37 and additional compliance issues and reporting, as well as quarterly meetings with property 38 owners and staff for those buildings rated lower, with the goal to get all buildings into Type A 39 or Type B categories. 40 41 Chair Maschka observed that the program in reality appeared to be reaching the goals of the 42 ordinance, and as designed. Chair Maschka asked Mr. Munson if his experience to-date found 43 anything missing or needing to be done differently. 44 45 Mr. Munson advised that there may be a few minor tweaks needed after initial rollout, but 46 overall it was working well and being received well. Mr. Munson noted that one inequity may 47 be that if you have a small building or fewer units, you may have an advantage and likely 48 receive a higher score due to outside and common area violations getting diluted down based 49 on more units. Mr. Munson advised that staff would be recommending, in the future, a way to 50 make that more equitable. However, for the most part, Mr. Munson advised that it was a well- 51 designed ordinance. 52 53 Specific to safety issues (e.g. multiple fire and/or carbon monoxide detectors), Mr. Munson 54 reviewed the inspection process and how those more significant safety issues were handled 55 considering the limited staff available and how those items were followed-up on.