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REDA Meeting Minutes—Monday,May 13,2024 Page 3 Community Development Director Janice Gundlach provided a brief summary of this request as detailed in the staff report and attachments dated May 13,2024. Member Strahan explained her understanding that in the past,a lot of times when the City considers thirty percent AMI or something for the deeply affordable, that those do are best at succeeding if somebody does have supportive housing. She wondered if that would be an opportunity or would there be area for them, if all these other factors and the housing study were to happen where the City might be able to utilize that type of funding in that way. Ms. Gundlach explained there are very few developers who are equipped to work in the thirty percent AMI housing units and the developers that do it successfully are the non-profit developers that offer housing services on-site. Staff has spoken with a few of those developers over the years and they have not been interested in a project in Roseville for a variety of reasons. Also, a lot of times, these projects need project based Section 8 vouchers on top of affordable housing TIF. The language at the Legislature and the language in the sales tax talk about supportive services. There are organizations out there that offer supportive services that are not necessarily affiliated with a developer or project and if that legislation passes, staff thinks there is opportunity where the City could financially assist organizations for providing people housing in Roseville that is under the supportive services category. Member Etten referenced the part of that request around understanding what the State funds could be used for after this Legislative session. He wondered if the study would look at how to spend that money with other organizations in the area. Ms. Gundlach indicated she was not totally sure what that might be passed but indicated there are a couple of things. If that Legislation passes,it opens up more opportunities for the EDA to spend that sales tax money on administrative functions that provide help to people in supportive services. The other things is, there are a lot of people who are not necessarily homeless as they do not meet the definition because they have not been without a home for a certain period of time, or they are couch hopping. But, there might be other services that certain providers provide where maybe the City could offer assistance specifically to those who call Roseville their home. There are different data sources related to social services that are tangentially related to housing where the City might be able to offer direct financial assistance for those individuals or families who call Roseville their home. Member Groff indicated there are a lot of things that have changed since the last time this was studied by the EDA and he thought these updates were really needed. Member Schroeder concurred.