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HRA Special Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Page 15 1 wetlands, fruit tree groves, or community gardens; and coordinate development of housing with 2 preservation of those assets in mind as well, including whether or not recreational space was applicable 3 for those areas. 4 5 Lisa McCormick 6 Having recently had a conversation with a developer and recognizing the need for housing stock to 7 address aging-in-place as well as younger families, Ms. McCormick noted that the HRA loan program 8 had come up; and emphasized her appreciation that the program remained on the HRA’s priority list. 9 Ms. McCormick suggested the HRA explore the parameters of other programs, similar to revisions 10 recently made in the housing improvement loan program; including various grant opportunities 11 available county- or state-wide that addressed and coordinated the HRA priorities as identified. Ms. 12 McCormick brought up community engagement, agreeing that a lot of people didn’t know who the 13 HRA was. While she was interested in the HRA and its activities, Ms. McCormick opined that she 14 didn’t find the meeting content very interesting; and suggested that the body revisit its outreach efforts 15 beyond cable televising meetings. In reviewing the draft list or priorities, Ms. McCormick noted the 16 lack of citizen involvement was quite telling for her as a missing element from HRA goals. Ms. 17 McCormick suggested the HRA look at neighborhood programs, opining the HRA could do so much 18 with that to attract young people to the community, which she found a key goal. In her conversations 19 with area realtors, Ms. McCormick stated that she had been told that Roseville’s reputation among them 20 was that the City didn’t listen to its residents; and opined that such a perception could be very powerful. 21 Even before projects come available for the HRA, Ms. McCormick encouraged their invitation to 22 residents for their input, including suggestions for loan program updates, ideas and ways to garner 23 interest from the public for the HRA. Ms. McCormick opined that the HRA would be amazed as the 24 number of contributions they would receive; and since she found community engagement very 25 underutilized, but with the HRA playing a really important role in the community, it could provide an 26 even more valuable asset to expand upon. 27 28 7.Overall Strategy by Category – What is the mix (% of time/resources) we think is best in this 29 plan? 30 Ms. Raye asked each member what percentage of focus they wanted to pursue in their portfolio that 31 could serve as guidelines as they worked on the next step at a future meeting that would suggest which 32 buckets should be goals in the next plan and those needing to remain status quo or be narrowed. At the 33 request of Member Etten, Ms. Raye clarified that this involved the HRA’s overall portfolio, including 34 time and resources including staff time, but not necessarily board time. 35 Member Bricks & Mortar Programs Information Studies Education Services General Support Member Majerus 40% 50% 10% Member Elkins 30% 50% 20% Member Lee 40% 40% 20% Chair Maschka 40% 30% 30% Member Wall 70% 20% 10% Member Etten 40% 40% 20% 36 37 Member Etten clarified that he considered bricks and mortar to be new and require considerable staff 38 resources; while he considered the remaining items part of the HRA’s ongoing efforts. 39 40 Ms. Raye noted her lack of surprise with the percentages of Member Wall; however, she asked other 41 individual members for their reactions compared to their averages of 30% to 40%; and whether Member 42 Wall had any interest in reallocating his percentages. 43 44 Member Wall responded that he strongly supported his 70% allotment for bricks and mortar; as for him 45 personally it came down to looking at the City’s tax base and how to increase that base to allow the City