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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 HRA Meeting Minutes — Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Page 3 Block Grants (CDBG), with most of those funds used for single-family, senior cirizen homeowners. Further discussion included differences in funding available through Ramsey County as opposed to Hennepin County, with Ramsey County ineligible for CDBG funding, based on income and population levels; Green remodeling Program and leveraging with other agencies to achieve sustainable building and energy efficiencies. Ms. Larson expounded on the various components in the Green Remodeling Prog�i�at�;�tilizing sustainable building materials, reducing material waste, water conseivarion, an��otecting the site; provision by the City and agencies with technical advice, a home a, � ysis, matching utility rebates, low interest loans, with funding provided through the Hou ' ab Fund, the Miiiiiesota Housing Finance Agency (NIIIFA) and the Miiiiiesota Po��' ion 1 Agency (MPCA). Ms. Larson noted problems in initiating the pilot progr -•��`�� innesot��w star, a certified green remodeling program due to the cumbersome and co ex nature i` �; ' g certificarion by residents, and the current re-evaluarion of that p�s�m. Additional discussion included Green Communiries Prpgran balance ideals and economic realities (i.e., door, windc�:;, and the most cost-efficient methods to save energy); �tc "' ��"` �� 1 financial incenrive and evidence of immediate econo management and reducrion; implementarion by St. Loui Challenge as a City iniriarive with a goal to sign up participarion; smart metering oprions; and the City of St. Louis (4) Housing Improvement Assessmen�;� 'ects to-date housing markets and participation by r ,.;�,��sq��at h gh the MHFA; need to r heater replacement as se programs that provided a key elements of energy use, of��e Minnesota Energy �:� `"",�esidents for behavioral ��'s experience with the four �sed on previous and current Ms. Kelsey advised the HRA that Co '1 �ber Pus�f had alerted the City Council that the HRA would be making recommendarion em in the future related to a policy for any future HIA implementarion, since the law had be�n ea�tended through 2013. Further discussi " "� ed sale histoi��s� in HIA's; First Time Homebuyer Program participation a�t� Co �ty Acrion P�rtnership of Suburban Hennepin County used by St. Louis Parl�� `�ureclosur '� �nt�c��n: �nd financial counseling and resource educarion with homeow `�ci�� `�"ovided in Roseville by Lutheran Brotherhood by Lutheran Social Servic �� " rdination with utility providers for awareness of delinquent urility payments as a pr to p�tenrial foreclosure situations, by providing counseling before the Additiona� cussic�i included comparison of foreclosures between St. Louis Park and Roseville �vi:« similar staristics (less than 10/month); tracking through Sheriff's Sales; and establishm�t' of a Task Force in St. Louis Park represenring all Cit7 Departments to identify properties ff�iat are vacant foreclosures, and those foreclosures not turning over quickly, ongoin dvertising in city publicarions and website to provide assistance to residents; use of �� sing Resource Center for the City of Roseville as an education and assistance resource; �� fhe role of the HRA in magiiifying the availability of those programs. Further discussion included comparisons in foreclosures in condominiums and/or townhomes compared to single-family detached homes, with little difference indicated; population of St. Louis Park at approximately 44,000 compared to Roseville; and whether any less cumbersome programs were available beyond an HIA for townhome association maintenance assistance. Ms. Larson noted that the City of Brooklyn Park provided a housing maintenance and inspecrions program, outside state statue and managed separately that may prove minimally less cumbersome.