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Regular City Cvuncil Meeting Monday, September 14, 2015 Page 21 Councilmember Etten stated he was not yet sure of which direction do move. If it was a question of the levy, one reason staff asked for a shift. Councilmember Et- ten asked if one option would be to leave the current Roseville HRA levy while exercising HRA powers within the PA. City Manager Trudgeon advised a response would get into a later discussion to- night on preliminary levies for the City and Roseville HRA. Mr. Trudgeon ad- vised that, if the City Council went ahead with the HRA levy tonight, which needed to be decided before September 15tt1, that was one thing. However, if the City Council decided to dissolve the Roseville HRA and move in another direc- tion, he would need to research statutes to determine whether or not the City could still access those funds. As options, if the City Council considered the Ro- seville HRA levy tonight and wanted to preserve those funds, Mr. Trudgeon sug- gested they could allocate the HRA levy in the General Fund, or have no HRA levy at all. However, if the City Council chose to go in another direction, Mr. Trudgeon advised that he could not guarantee they could still access those funds without further research and guidance from state statutes. Councilmember Willmus noted that Councilmember Etten raised a very good point in the necessity of recognizing that the Roseville HRA has a substantial cash reserve at this time, and therefore could continue any operational expenses caus- ing him no concern with that aspect. Mr. Bilotta noted the easiest way to accoinplish things would be if the Roseville HRA amended their by-laws to continue on with their existing funds going toward CIP, with a change in meinbership of the HRA to elected membership (e.g. the City Council). Councilmember Etten questioned if such a transfer of the City's current HRA functions to City Council membership allowed the City to use its PA, HRA or other authority however it chose to do so. Mr. Bilotta agreed with that synopsis. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, City Manager Trudgeon clarified that the HRA was not required to have seven members, only a minimum of five mem- bers; with Mr. Bilotta noting that in many communities, the HRA was made up of only the City Council. Mayor Roe stated that his initial thoughts before tonight's discussion and research materials provided by staff in the RCA was that since the City Council already had PA powers, it keep both the Roseville HRA as it exists and City PA powers and simply shift focus around. However, after hearing the complexities of that model, Mayor Roe questioned if that was such a good idea. Mayor Roe expressed his desire to keep the housing expertise of the current Roseville HRA and some-