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Agenda Item 3. HRA Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Page 9 1 Motion: Member Majerus moved, seconded by Member Etten to adopt the Roseville 2 HRA Strategic Plan for September 2015 through August 2019, guiding the Board’s 3 activities for the next four years. 4 5 Ayes: 6 6 Nays: 0 7 Motion carried. 8 9 b.Authorize Contribution and Participation in Smart Growth Workshops 10 Ms. Kelsey introduced Mr. Kramer who briefly spoke about the benefits of the Smart Growth 11 America (SGA) Workshop as detailed in the staff report dated August 18, 2015. 12 13 St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce (SPACC) President Matt Kramer 14 Member Majerus asked how many participating agencies or cities the SPACC anticipated. 15 16 While Ramsey County was inviting all seventeen cities within its boundaries, Mr. Kramer 17 stated that he expected a relatively small attendance of 10-15 for the Larpenteur Avenue 18 workshop, particularly those bordering the Larpenteur Avenue corridor. Mr. Kramer noted 19 that the Smart Growth group would be visiting the Larpenteur area the day before the 20 workshop so would be prepared with some specific ideas rather than just a wish list providing 21 support for higher uses and good development for that corridor. 22 23 Member Wall thanked Mr. Kramer for attending, and offered his support for this great project. 24 Member Wall opined that the requested contribution was a small investment even if Roseville 25 saw no immediate benefit or specific project come out of it; and if something developed on the 26 St. Paul or Maplewood site, it would still prove beneficial to Roseville in the long run. 27 Member Wall sought assurances from Mr. Kramer that the SPACC that the City of St. Paul 28 was now committed to actively pursue development along the Hamline Avenue to Rice Street 29 segment of Larpenteur Avenue. 30 31 Mr. Kramer advised that he could at least guarantee the interest of the City of St. Paul, and as 32 noted by Member Wall, one of the reasons to bring everyone to the same table sharing the 33 same boundaries was a goal of the SGA’s work. Regarding what the benefit may be for the 34 City of Roseville, Mr. Kramer opined that given the already disproportionate amount of 35 commercial/retail development on this side of the corridor, any investments made will benefit 36 Roseville, as well as the City of St. Paul. Mr. Kramer reiterate that the City of St. Paul is 37 committed to working on areas of interest and shared intersections for the benefit of both 38 communities, and were therefore more than willing to come together to participate in this 39 workshop, with strong relationships continuing to be built along those interests. 40 41 At the request of Chair Maschka, Mr. Kramer advised that there were other corridors sharing 42 jurisdictions that were now working collaboratively and cooperatively on such endeavors; and 43 opined that this one-day workshop by SGA would provide an in-depth review of what has 44 worked to-date and what has failed, especially with real estate deals, strip malls, and variables 45 involved. 46 47 Member Etten noted the concentration of this effort along Larpenteur, but not addressing Rice 48 Street or its intersection with Larpenteur Avenue, opining that something was bound to be 49 missed, and expressed hope that both corridors could be reviewed by the SGA from the 50 north/south as well as east/west perspectives. Member Etten noted the work of St. Paul 51 Councilmember Amy Brendmoenalong those efforts, and expressed further hope that city 52 friends in the Maplewood were already on board as well. 53 54 Ms. Kelsey advised that she had spoken to Mr. Weinhagen of the SPACC regarding alerting 55 him to the work being done by various neighborhood groups and agencies in Roseville in the