2015-06-30 HRA_Special_Meeting_Minutes

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Housing & Redevelopment Authority 1 Roseville City Hall Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive 2 Special Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. 3 4 5 1.Call to Order and Roll Call 6 Chair Dean Maschka called to order a special strategic planning meeting of the Housing & 7 Redevelopment Authority (HRA) in and for the City of Roseville at approximately 5:30 p.m. 8 9 Present: Chair Dean Maschka; and Commissioners Susan Elkins, Jason Etten, Vicki Lee, Bill 10 Majerus, and Dan Wall 11 12 Excused: William Masche 13 14 Also Present: HRA Executive Director Jeanne Kelsey; Community Development Director Paul 15 Bilotta 16 17 2.Welcome and Overview of Agenda 18 Chair Maschka welcomed everyone and by consensus confirmed tonight’s agenda as presented. 19 20 Overview of Last Plan (Attachments A and C) 21 Chair Maschka initiated discussions by reviewing his priorities referenced in Attachments A and C; 22 including a review of the current format/staffing levels for the annual Living Smarter Home & Garden 23 Fair; housing issues; business retention; how to define affordable rental housing and the percentage to 24 be included in projects going forward; as well as senior rental housing; and how to respond to the recent 25 hotel/motel study. 26 27 Member Majerus noted the Home & Garden Fair had originally been a city-initiated event, which the 28 HRA had subsequently taken over. 29 30 What did we accomplish? Of our accomplishments, which do we feel best about? What didn’t we 31 get to? What do we carry over to the next plan? 32 Facilitator Barbara Raye suggested going around the table to receive input from individual members on 33 accomplishments since the 2014 strategic plan had been developed, and what needed to continue as a 34 strong initiative going forward. 35 36 Member Etten identified housing as a needed carryover item and how to encourage the right housing 37 stock, and how much the HRA should take on, as well as identifying those items to work on jointly with 38 the City Council. Member Etten noted one pending housing development by Sherman Associates yet to 39 be approved; and questioned if and how the HRA may desire to become more aggressive. Member 40 Etten noted his interest in encouraging market rate and affordable housing, not exclusively senior 41 affordable; and identifying which HRA tools are available and/or appropriate in pursuing that housing 42 stock. Member Etten noted specific sites identified around the City that may work well for HRA 43 involvement that may be included in this process. Member Etten suggested perhaps pursuing one 44 project per year or every other year if the consensus of the HRA has the appetite for that type of 45 involvement, and if so how to accomplish it using the expertise of staff and individual members of the 46 HRA. 47 48 At the request of Chair Maschka, Executive Director Jeanne Kelsey updated the HRA on the status of 49 the Sherman housing project, reporting that the HRA had contributed to the Sherman project through 50 allotting Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and supporting their application for 51 Livable Community (LCDA) and Metropolitan Council funding. Ms. Kelsey advised that staff 52 (Community Development Director Bilotta, City Manager Trudgeon, and herself) is meeting with the 53 City’s financial advisor Ehlers & Associates to define funding and ultimate tax increment financing 54 (TIF) underwriting requests. Ms. Kelsey advised that the intent was for staff to bring the information 55 forward in July to the City Council with that finalized TIF request. At the request of Chair Maschka,