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REQUEST FOR HRA ACTION <br />1 <br />2 <br />Date: 08-03-15 <br />3 <br />Item No: 9b <br />4 <br />Staff Approval: Agenda Section: <br />5 <br /> Action Item <br />6 <br />7 <br />Item Description: Discuss Roseville Living Smarter Home and Garden Fair <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />Requested Action <br />121.0 <br />13Discuss options for 2016 Living Smarter Home & Garden Fair and provide direction <br />14regarding its future. <br />15 <br />Background <br />162.0 <br />17Beginning in 1996, the City of Roseville, the Roseville Area School District 623, and the <br />18Roseville Family Collaborative sponsored the Home and Garden Fair to provide a place <br />19where present and future homeowners could learn about the latest housing improvements <br />20and construction techniques from experts in the following areas: architecture, home <br />21remodeling, landscaping, gardening, materials suppliers, financial services, and housing <br />22inspections. Since its inception, the event has been held at the Fairview Community <br />23Center and is open to the public free of charge. The Home and Garden Fair was <br />24“rebranded” in 2009 as the Roseville “Living Smarter” Home and Garden Fair and <br />25focused on 3 core areas: Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Home Improvement, <br />26and Gardening for Healthy Living. <br />27 <br />28The RHRA has, at various times, discussed whether or not to continue the Living Smarter <br />29Home and Garden Fair. To facilitate the continuation of this discussion, staff is <br />30providing feedback from last year’s Fair, as well as information about the costs <br />31associated with the Fair as it is currently run (see Attachments A, B, and C). Staff also <br />32researched alternative ways to present the Fair and has included cost estimates for each of <br />33those alternatives. <br />34 <br />Current “Living Smarter” Home & Garden Fair Cost Summary <br />35 <br />36Attachment A shows the income and expenses of the Fair for the past few years. <br />37Additionally, a summary of the RHRA staff time and other departments’ staff time spent <br />38in planning, setting-up, and presenting the Fair is included below: <br />39HRA Executive Director: 260 hours (15% of overall time * 2080 hrs = 312 hrs) <br />40Oversee all aspects of the Fair <br />o <br />41HRA Admin Assistant: 624 hours (30% of overall time * 2080 hrs = 624 hrs) <br />42Manage day-to-day activities of the Fair <br />o <br />43Volunteer coordinator: 14 – 16 hours <br />44Recruitment, coordinating and directing of volunteers <br />o <br />45Recycling Coordinator – 16 hours <br />RHRA_ Discussion of Home and Garden Fair (8-03-15) - Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />