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HRA Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Page 3 b.Housing Multi-Family Round Table Discussion held on February 23, 2009 Staff advised that they would provide handouts of the discussion materials to commissioners by separate cover. Chair Maschka provided a summary of those representative agencies and groups attending to provide multi-family housing perspectives; the purpose of the meeting to determine if there was a problem and if so, where problems existed; Chair Maschka asked that legal counsel attend the next HRA meeting to provide a legal perspective on various issues; and asked that staff look at other communities and their initiatives and solutions; various groups and their specific difficulties in obtaining housing in Roseville; cultures viewing police officers as a threat and their lack of interest in contacting police officers for assistance if they feel threatened by others; and potentials for unintended consequences in resolving one issue and creating another. Discussion included the need to understand the problems; code enforcement impacts; impacts to families only finding certain types of housing in which to live; community demographics and cultures; police activity at some buildings and their considerable use of resources; status of rental inspection data; defining how many people in one household and the need to revisit the existing ordinance, based on cultures with extended families as one unit; and the need to make decisions from a cultural context as well as taking other issues into consideration. Further discussion included the positive aspects of having a coordinated effort and many perspectives at the same discussion table and the need for additional discussions of this group; need to consider multi-family as well as single-family housing issues at the HRA level; drafting a work program (Chair Maschka and staff) for full consideration and discussion at the HRA level; further development of a housing study to obtain the missing data and status of the current Request for Proposals (RFP’s) for that study and how to focus that study for the most benefit; and considering multi-family units of four (4) units and above. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the rental registration to-date; availability of one (1) year’s data that will be presented to the HRA at their next meeting, followed by presentation to the City Council in the near future, followed by another year worth of data for a more accurate picture and better trending; difficulty in yet determining compliance; information sharing and coordination with owners and getting past their initial anger with this registration requirement; further coordination between staff and rental unit owners to achieve registration compliance; and anticipated challenges for future enforcement. Mr. Trudgeon noted that the information now available is better than what was available originally; however, he noted that it was still inconclusive. Mr. Trudgeon noted the need to plot out rental areas on a map to see if there were trends or cohesive areas; and the many rental owners living outside of Roseville. c.Board and Staff Reports Housing Coordinator Jeanne Kelsey distributed the DRAFT of a new HRA brochure. Discussion included the current newsletter information related to the HRA and future options newsletter content and/or e-mail information for those requesting HRA information. d.Stimulus Package Update Ms. Kelsey distributed summary information on current and anticipated housing funds and grant programs related to the stimulus package; lack of programs that Roseville for which Roseville would be eligible; and staff’s intent to continue monitoring all potential options and programs. Councilmember Pust advised that the City Council was continuing to investigate and pursue any potential funding opportunities.