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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 17, 2007 Page 20 11. j. Review of Roseville Housing and Redevelopment Authority's (HRA) Strategic Plan HRA Chair Bill Majerus, Commissioners Dean Maschka and Jean Kelsey, and former Interim Community Development Director Mike Darrow were present to present the HRA Strategic Plan and a 2008 - 2012 Work Plan. Mr. Majerus detailed past accomplishments; and Commissioner Maschka re- viewed future priorities that would set a new direction for the HRA in sustainabil- ity, accountability; establish criteria for housing programs; for the overall achievement and goal to "provide a hand up and not a hand out." Former Interim Community Development Director Mike Darrow reviewed vari- ous considerations related to those specific goals of sustainability, (i.e., supporting green building techniques and alternative and recycled building materials, energy efficiencies, and stormwater management); accountability, with the HRA's com- mitment that all programs within the HRA will be well-managed and that the Roseville City Council will be kept abreast of the financial outlook for the HRA through monthly reports developed during each Board meeting to ensure that pro- grams are running well and are meeting the expectations set by the Board. Mr. Darrow further addressed housing program criteria, requiring strict standards so new funding requests could be reviewed against those standards, to be made available for review by the City Council and Roseville residents; and concluded with the HRA's main function to invest in the City of Roseville by creating addi- tional funds for redevelopment, housing stabilization and housing improvements. Various HRA programs were highlighted, including the annual Home and Garden Fair; multi-family housing rehabilitation; ownership rehabilitation; first-time homeowner programs; and neighborhood enhancement and redesign initiatives. Commissioner Kelsey addressed the purpose of and need for an HRA; recogniz- ing the City's aging housing stock with 51% of pre-1970 construction; and the need for sustaining those homes or redeveloping them, in addition to trends and needs for affordable multi-family housing, with anticipated work with landlords on multi-family unit improvements, based on the existing 7,372 units of multi- family housing. Mr. Darrow noted that the HRA is making a difference, and since its inception in 2002, had provided funding, services and support to over 10,000 people through loans, funding support of the Housing Resource Center, and the annual Home and Garden Fair. Councilmember Pust thanked the City Council for providing the HRA with the incentive to perform this strategic planning process; and recognized the leadership