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HRA Meeting <br />Minutes – Tuesday, March 31, 2015 <br />Page 4 <br />1 <br />Noting the efforts of HRA Executive Director Kelsey and other staff during this long process, Member <br />2 <br />Majerus questioned if there was any reimbursement to the HRA by the City to cover staff time. <br />3 <br />4 <br />Mr. Bilotta responded that staff time had not been included in the reimbursable costs, as neither he, Ms. <br />5 <br />Kelsey, City Manager Trudgeon, or other involved staff typically broke down their time in that degree <br />6 <br />of detail for reporting purposes. <br />7 <br />8 <br />Member Majerus asked that, going forward, such a discussion on the level of time spent should be <br />9 <br />reviewed by the HRA at their strategic planning meeting when defining where the HRA was moving as <br />10 <br />an organization. <br />11 <br />12 <br />8.Presentations <br />13 <br />None. <br />14 <br />15 <br />9.Action / Discussion Items <br />16 <br />17 <br />a.Purchase Agreement with the City of Roseville for the sale of 2325 Dale Street and 657, <br />18 <br />661, 667 and 675 Cope Avenue <br />19 <br />20 <br />Motion: Member Etten moved, seconded by Member Lee to adopt HRA Resolution No. <br />21 <br />61 entitled, “Resolution Approving the Conveyance of Certain Land to the City of <br />22 <br />Roseville;” accepting the City of Roseville’s offer to purchase the HRA-owned property <br />23 <br />within the Dale Street development (2325 Dale Street and 657, 661, 667 and 675 Cope <br />24 <br />Avenue); and authorizing the execution of a Purchase Agreement (Attachment A) and <br />25 <br />directing HRA staff and the HRA attorney to prepare any required documents necessary <br />26 <br />to close on the property (2325 Dale Street and 657, 661, 667 and 675 Cope Avenue) with <br />27 <br />the City of Roseville. <br />28 <br />29 <br />Ayes: 6 <br />30 <br />Nays: 0 <br />31 <br />Motion carried. <br />32 <br />33 <br />b.Authorize Hiring a Consultant to Assist with updating the Strategic Plan <br />34 <br />Mr. Bilotta briefly reviewed the requested action for a facilitator to serve and assist the HRA <br />35 <br />with their update of the 2012-2016 Strategic Plan as detailed in the staff report dated March <br />36 <br />31, 2015. Of the two contacts made by staff, Mr. Bilotta advised that staff recommended Ms. <br />37 <br />Barbara Raye of the Center for Policy, Planning and Performance with the cost of her services <br />38 <br />projected at $2,700. <br />39 <br />40 <br />At the request of Member Majerus, Mr. Bilotta advised that the City Council had used Craig <br />41 <br />Rapp as their facilitator for their strategic plan. By further request of Member Majerus, Mr. <br />42 <br />Bilotta advised that the City Council did not seek formal requests for proposals (RFP’s) due to <br />43 <br />the small amount of consultants for this type of contract, but instead the City Manager had <br />44 <br />researched qualified firms and interviewed several consultants, possibly with a Council <br />45 <br />representative, subsequently recommending Mr. Rapp to the full Council. <br />46 <br />47 <br />Member Majerus expressed concern in his recent observations for government bodies to shy <br />48 <br />away from a formal RFP and simply make a recommendation; and questioned if this provided <br />49 <br />full transparency for taxpayers. Member Majerus suggested an RFP to seek the best available <br />50 <br />for the money spent, and further suggested Mr. Rapp may be able to provide those services as <br />51 <br />a follow-up to the City Council’s efforts and at an even more reduced price as well as <br />52 <br />combining those efforts. <br />53 <br />54 <br />Chair Maschka advised that while he had no problem developing a formal RFP as the HRA <br />55 <br />determined their preferred focus for the strategic planning efforts, he expressed concern in <br /> <br />