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HRA Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, June 16, 2015 Page 7 1 term issues; with staff spreading the word about money available from the HRA to fix some of 2 those issues sooner rather than later. 3 4 d.Sidewalk on Larpenteur 5 Mr. Bilotta reported that, as part of staff’s review of potential sites for community gardens, 6 connection of the pathway along Larpenteur Avenue had come up. As a result of those efforts, 7 Mr. Bilotta advised that Ramsey County had provided $150,000 toward that project from 8 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) grant monies; with Ramsey County’s Public 9 Works Department providing some dollars as well, resulting in the ability to connect that 10 pathway anticipated as a 2016 project. 11 12 e.ECHO Project Update 13 Mr. Bilotta provided an update on the ECHO Project, with monies provided from the Family 14 Housing Fund, the Roseville HRA, and the Metropolitan Council, allowing a bigger endeavor 15 and encouraging additional parties to participate. Mr. Bilotta noted this all resulted in the 16 initial $10,000 invested by the HRA. 17 18 Announcements 19 At the request of Chair Maschka, Member Wall reported on the upcoming Rotary Club’s Taste 20 of Roseville event with over seventy vendors scheduled to participate; and use of this year’s 21 proceeds for a start-up technology program for Roseville elementary schools. With the 22 Roseville Library, Central Park rain garden as examples, Member Wall noted that all of the 23 proceeds remained in the community. 24 25 Mr. Bilotta reminded members of the special meeting scheduled for June 30, 2015 to initiate 26 strategic planning discussions; and asked that members get their feedback to HRA Executive 27 Director Jeanne Kelsey for forwarding them to facilitator Barbara Raye before the meeting. 28 29 At the request of Member Majerus, Mr. Bilotta confirmed that staff would mail individual 30 feedback to the body prior to the meeting. 31 32 11. Adjournment 33 The meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:06 p.m. 34 35 Special Meeting: June 305, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. 36 Next Regular Meeting: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.