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Agenda Item 3. HRA Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Page 15 1 2 Ms. Kelsey advised that when undertaking the rental registration/licensing, that work was done 3 by interns who in turn met with the City Attorney to find other existing ordinances in the state 4 or elsewhere that could then be brought to him for clarification to determine if a chosen model 5 was eligible for adoption in Roseville. Ms. Kelsey advised that largest unknown at this time – 6 and something the City Attorney may not be aware of – was who currently regulates 7 motels/hotels and what ordinances are already in effect. Ms. Kelsey advised that this 8 information was not available in the study to-date, and some information not conclusive. 9 However, if the HRA chose to put this off for now and consult with the City Attorney first, she 10 expressed staff’s willingness to pursue that option. If the HRA Board chose to continue the 11 intern route, Ms. Kelsey advised the Board that it was not intended to pursue it this year at all; 12 and the only reason she was bringing it up to at this time was due to school term timing for 13 hiring an intern accordingly. Ms. Kelsey noted there was no reason this could not wait until 14 2016 if that was the Board’s preference. 15 16 Member Wall recognized that rationale was valid regarding school term timing. 17 18 Chair Maschka stated that he had no problem with that timeframe; opining that this was 19 another area that the HRA could be creative in and research issues to take an idea and make it 20 better. 21 22 Member Wall noted that the City Council had created a small task force several years ago that 23 consulted on this issue with the city attorney serving at that time, and they had been negative 24 about what the City could actually do to impose these enforcement steps on motels/hotels to 25 get them up to a higher service level, even though there management and operations impacted 26 the overall reputation of the community. Member Wall noted that, when the Hamline study 27 came up that had been discussed by the HRA, but information from the City Attorney had 28 never come forward providing his view on the study. Member Wall opined that this bridge 29 needed to be crossed before putting an intern on the project, which could serve to direct the 30 intern’s efforts. 31 32 Member Lee concurred. 33 34 Chair Maschka directed staff to hold off on hiring an intern until 2016; and to consult with the 35 City Attorney as noted and report back to the Board. 36 37 Member Kelsey offered to have the City Attorney address the Board at a regular meeting; 38 however she cautioned that the City Attorney did not report to the HRA, but the City Council 39 and from that perspective, and wanted to make sure that was clear, with the City Attorney 40 under no contractual agreement with the HRA, which would be a step needing clarified before 41 proceeding. 42 43 Motion: Member Majerus moved, seconded by Member Etten to TABLE hiring of an 44 intern to complete the study regarding regulations for hotels/motels in Roseville until the 45 above-referenced issues are addressed, 46 47 Ayes: 6 48 Nays: 0 49 Motion carried. 50 51 10.Information Reports and Other Business (Reports by Staff and Board Members) 52 Ms. Kelsey briefly reviewed updated reports and highlighted significant issues as noted below. 53 54 a.Land Use Report 55