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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 — Monday, July 27, 2009 Page 5 document, and was simply aspirarional in nature; but that the budget itself needed to be determined on its own merits. Mr. Trudgeon advised that, by the HRA approving the strategic plan, it provided staff with ongoing indicators of the HRA's priorities, as well as providing opporiuniries for staff to pursue funding sources as they came up and continued monitoring. Mr. Trudgeon noted that the strategic plan was a four (4) year plan, and not limited to accomplishing all goals within one (1) year. Chair Maschka cautioned potential deterioration of the City's multi-family hou�g without beginning to finance this initiative, with problems currently being e�ierie� southeast corner of the community, and continuing to escalate in othex� ��le� Maschka opined that the need was obvious for some solution, and fur�lier o� ;; � funding still didn't get the City to a posirion to address situarions, wi�out further�� for public/private partnerships similar to the Har Mar Apartment �roj��t, and that s Member Masche with Ecumen. Chair Maschka noted that th� ��,A had achieved tl�at there was a definite need to pursue this issue; howevex,, iie further noted the n� HRA to bring the City Council into the picture acknowl��ging th��;� � eed and detern best to accomplish the funding, whether through levy ��nding � 'ty. Ayes: 7 Nays: 0 Motion carried. Chair Maschka opined that the in this economy. complexes iced in the es. Chair rhatinirial - ttie how questioned if it was realistic Member Pust suggested that last year's A budget was also realistic; however, suggested that the HRA seek limitations from the �,;�ty Council specific to budgetary increases to get a sense of how to present ��reliminary buc�g,e� ��`equest; whether at zero percent of at 3.9% as a ��., • cap; and leaned t. �� o percent incr��e. Ms. Kelse� �� ied the n��; .,�� e��A's Finance Subcommittee to meet to further refine the prelimin t re� ' t�te August 31, 2009 HRA regular meeting. Chair Maschka Member the City Council was prepared to consider anything other than a increase; noring the ramifications experienced from past acrions iy increases. suggested tl�at the City Council may have expectations of the HRA. Chair M a suggested that additional discussion should be driven on where the City Counci anted the HRA to go and how to fund projects effecrively to conrinue. Chair s'a provided comments based on his financial eapertise of the current economy and ral opinions and projections as to the neat 12 — 18 months and how economic recovery ay proceed. Chair Maschka further suggested that many of the goals outlined in the strategic plan could be iniriated without substanrial funds (i.e., energy efficiency, selling Roseville) and could be accomplished in a budget similar to that presented in 2009. However, Chair Maschka spoke in support of exploring available private/public/non-profit funding opportuniries for potential multi-family projects, even without intending to iniriate a funding situarion at this time. Member Pust suggested that the HRA agree that the goals of the strategic plan are approved, that the HRA "lay low" yet in 2010 unril more firm economic recoveries are indicated.