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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 15,2015 Page 23 Commissioner Wall expressed his interest in looking carefully at the HRA's budget allocation, noting the small part the current budget had for commercial and/or industrial redevelopment. Commissioner Wall expressed his goal to utilize more of those dollars to foster head of household jobs and bringing the City's tax base into balance to take some of the burden off residential taxpayers, while providing benefit to businesses and maintaining a good place in which to do busi- ness. Mayor Roe noted the key purpose in redevelopment was to increase the overall value of the community's residential and commercial properties, allowing the ability to pay for desired amenities and spreading that burden. Councilmember Laliberte asked the HRA to look at available funds and how to reallocate them (e.g. commercial versus housing) and expressed her openness to hearing the willingness of the HRA to consider doing things differently. Coun- cilmember Laliberte expressed appreciation for this meeting; and from her obser- vations in watching HRA meetings, recognized their frustration, rightly so, in the lack of clarity in where the HRA wanted to go and where the City Council wanted the HRA to go. Councilmember Laliberte also encouraged the HRA to return af- ter their strategic planning session to report their results to the City Council. Councilmember Laliberte also appreciated Commissioner Wall's observations about the bad reputation of developers with the City of Roseville based on their past experience. However, Councilmember Laliberte also noted potential misper- ceptions of housing developers who may consider the City as fully developed and having moved on, and the possibility that they may have also had a negative expe- rience. Councilmember Laliberte asked the HRA to address those issues and clear up those perceptions. Ms. Raye noted her review of the City Council's past meeting as they continued to flesh out their strategic planning document; noting it would prove helpful to the HRA. Mayor Roe noted it remained a work-in-progress, especially those strategic initia- tives. Councilmember Etten expressed his appreciation for comments about the HRA meeting more often; and his interest in the strategic planning process with Ms. Raye and within regular HRA meetings, to define a process when more infor- mation was needed or the process would require additional time to flesh out, as it related to the HRA's priority sheet. From his personal perspective, Councilmem- ber Etten expressed his highest priorities were SE Roseville and redevelopment; and offered his support in working with the HRA and City Council in achieving addressing and potentially resolving these important issues.