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City Council Study Session <br />Monday, Apri116,2007 <br />Page 10 <br />1 Bill lV�ajerus, Chair of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, <br />� was present and participated in discussions with the City Council and <br />� staff regarding the proposed reallocation of Community Development <br />� <br />time. <br />� <br />�� Mr. Stark reviewed potential impacts to the suggested amendment of <br />� the Community Development Department s�a�f allocation that would <br />� have the Community Development Director continue to serve as the <br />� primary department liaison to the City Council, in addition to becom- <br />1� ing the primary liaison to the HRA; and the City Planner becoming <br />11 the Planning and Development Manager and serving as the primary li- <br />1� aison to the Roseville Planning Commission (currently shared by the <br />13 Planner and Community Development Director); and the presiding of- <br />1� ficer for the Development Review Committee (DRC). <br />�� <br />�� Mr. Stark noted that additional analysis and discussion with the City's <br />I� Human Resources Director and City Manager would need to be com- <br />�� pleted prior to presenting and making recommendation to the City <br />19 Council on job description modification andlor creation; compensa- <br />�� tion for duty changes and allocation of HRA funds to compensate the <br />� 1 City for utilization of certain members of its staff. <br />�� <br />�� <br />�� <br />�� <br />2� <br />��� <br />�� <br />�� <br />�� <br />31 <br />3� <br />�� <br />�4 <br />3 �r <br />3f� <br />Discussion included the exemplary service to the HRA provided by <br />current contract employee Cathy Bennett as its Executive Director; <br />other alternatives to Mr. Stark serving in that position; staff analysis <br />of potential for increased costs and disadvantages to having Mr. Stark <br />serve in that position; and expertise for the HRA of Mr. Stark related <br />to housing issues. <br />Councilmember Ihlan expressed support of the idea of the HRA using <br />Mr. Stark's expertise; however reiterated her previously-expressed <br />concerns regarding logistics and funding of the HRA as a separate en- <br />tity, rather than under the control of the City Council; as well as ex- <br />pressing concerns regarding Mr. Stark' involvement with the Planning <br />Commission to provide continuity. <br />�� Councilmember Pust clarified that the intent would be that the staff <br />,`� � person would be a City employee, with the HRA allocating money to <br />;�� pay for their portion of the time spent on HRA activities. Cour�cil- <br />