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3. Minutes HRA Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, July 21, 2015 Page 2 1 amenities as development continues in Roseville to keep visitors in Roseville rather than going 2 to other communities and/or new developments outside Roseville. 3 4 Ms. Wearn thanked the HRA for the recently-completed hotel/motel study; and ongoing 5 interest of the RVA in addressing problem motels in the community, and their willingness to 6 help in any way and affirmed commitment to work with the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office 7 on future education and/or enforcement efforts. 8 9 At the request of Member Wall, Ms. Wearn confirmed that the RVA had participated and 10 provided input for the hotel/motel study, including providing past inspection reports and best 11 practices as resources for students conducting the study. 12 13 HRA Executive Director Kelsey provided a status report on the study results, reporting that 14 Community Development and Police Department internal staff had met to discuss next steps to 15 collect more detailed information on code violations and type, as well as safety and other 16 building concerns. Ms. Kelsey noted the institutional knowledge Ms. Wearn brought to that 17 discussion; and advised that depending on the results of the HRA’s strategic plan going 18 forward, staff would make recommendations for budgeting and moving forward, in 19 consultation with Ms. Wearn, for future considerations. 20 21 At the request of Member Wall, Ms. Kelsey reported that since Attorney Dave Course from the 22 County Attorney’s Office was involved, that office was able to provide more involvement in 23 regulating motels versus citywide enforcement, especially when some of those owners are 24 involved in more than one City and providing a broader picture than one municipality alone. 25 26 Chair Maschka and Member Wall opined the need was finding an ability to regulate licensing 27 if and when at all possible. 28 29 Ms. Kelsey referenced the City’s rental registration licensing program, opining that she saw 30 that as a potential first step for research for this process, depending on how fines or violations 31 worked and following-up with other agencies that already inspect buildings (e.g. State Fire 32 Marshal or Ramsey County Health Department). 33 34 Member Wall referenced a current Supreme Court case he’d provided to colleagues, 35 expressing concern about impacts on HRA efforts without a warrant. Member Wall 36 recognized that the Roseville Police Department was working on a voluntary basis with 37 hotel/motel operators. 38 39 Ms. Wearn left an annual report of the RVA and Chair Maschka thanked her for her attendance 40 and update. 41 42 6.Consent Agenda 43 HRA Executive Director Kelsey briefly reviewed Consent Agenda items; as detailed in specific staff 44 reports and attachments dated July 21, 2015. 45 46 a.Acceptance of Housing Resource Center (HRC) Monthly Reports for June 2015 47 Ms. Kelsey advised that the HRC’s monthly report needed to be revised in its next iteration to 48 provide more detailed public (not private) information on the Roseville Home Improvement 49 Loan Program to show the actual number processed and/or those pending. 50 51 Approval of Transfer of Funds for Administrative and Staff Service Fees and Financial b. 52 Fees for April, May and June 2015 53 As detailed in the staff report dated July 21, 2015, staff recommended approval of the second 54 quarter (April, May and June 2015) transfer of funds as budgeted. 55