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staffing option is the leanest option and does not currently include funding for consultants. As part of 34 the priority setting discussion onJune21(minutes included with your packet), Community 35 Development Staff outlined the initiatives below as requiring additional staff or consultant support: 36 37 Business Concierge (15) –Proactive -2016 Medium Priority 38 Marketing strategy (19) –Proactive -2016 Medium Priority 39 Execute pro-active marketing strategy (17) –Proactive 40 Support partner-sponsored job fairs and/or opportunities to expose students to careers with 41 Roseville employers (17) -Proactive 42 Integrate deeply into business retention, expansion and attraction (16) -Proactive 43 The existing staff structureunder this optionwould not have the capacity to take on these priorities, 44 assuming they remain priorities in 2017. 45 46 Option 1, Existing Staffing Structure,is as follows: 47 48 Community Development Director(Paid fromComm. Dev. Fund)Senior Office Assistant paid .5 EDA 49 50 51 Housing & Ec. Dev. Program Manager GIS Technician (Paid From Comm. Dev. Fund) 52 53 54 55 Economic Development Intern(s) 56 57 $172,000 The total cost to continue this staffing structure is: 58 59 60 Option 2 –Consultant Support and Realignment of Staff 61 Staffing Option 2 emphasizesbusiness retention, recruitment, acquisition, and marketing efforts asthe 62 responsibility of the Housing and Economic Development team.In Option 2, $50,000 would be 63 dedicated for consultant assistance on policies, projects, marketing, or on-call support for greater 64 proactive economic development. As the REDA continues to lay a foundation to support more 65 proactive economic developmentin 2017, having funds available for consultants with varying 66 specialties would be desirable. As part of the priority setting discussion in June, Community 67 Development Staff outlined initiatives that wouldrequireadditional staff or consultant support(listed in 68 Option 1). A consultant may be used to help target these initiatives assuming the REDA maintains these 69 as priorities in 2017. 70 71 In addition to a consultant, Option 2 reclassifies the GIS Technician to better support economic 72 development coordination. Currently the GIS technician serves the City of Roseville four days each 73 week, and spends one day serving the City of North St. Paul. The additional day would allow for greater 74 coordination, research into programs, and project/contract management. The Senior Office Assistant 75 would no longer be paid half time out of the EDA. The Senior Office Assistant currently serves the 76 Community Development Department as a whole as needs arise(including the EDA on an occasional 77 basis), therefore shifting the position to be supported fully out of the Community Development Fund 78 seemsmore appropriate. Conversely, the GIS Technician has largely supported housing and economic 79 development projects, including working with environmental consultants in coordinating environmental 80 information on properties in the Twin Lakes Area. This staffing option would fund an Economic 81 Page 2of 5