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Housing & Redevelopment Authority Roseville City Hall Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Minutes – Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. 1.Call to Order Chair Maschka called to order the regular meeting of the Housing & Redevelopment Authority (HRA) in and for the City of Roseville at 6:00 p.m. Chair Maschka noted that there was a not a quorum present, so opened with a presentation by Steve Bubul, Roseville HRA Attorney. 1.Presentations a.Multi-Family Discussion – Steve Bubul, RHRA Attorney Executive Director Patrick Trudgeon introduced Mr. Steve Bubul of Kennedy & Graven. Mr. Bubul thanked the HRA for retaining them as counsel; and provided an overview of the role of the HRA and its involvement in multi-family housing, specific to the City of Roseville, as detailed in a memorandum from the Kennedy & Graven office dated April 15, 2009. Mr. Bubul discussed two (2) concepts: those of a regulatory nature dictated by the City Council; and the HRA taking direct action on multi-family properties. Various topics discussed by Mr. Bubul included specific regulatory actions of a City Council including rental license ordinance; tenant remedies actions; nuisance ordinance. Mr. Bubul reviewed several options for the HRA’s direct involvement for eminent domain with the HRA acquiring and later reselling the building or operating it as housing for low- or moderate-income tenants; and allowing that would meet the authority of the HRA in providing affordable housing options and in preventing or removing blighted properties; and specific bonding authority for General Obligation Bonds for such projects. Discussion among members, staff and Mr. Bubul included tracking the number and type of police calls as they related to rental and provisional licensing (i.e., City of New Brighton); additional information on inspection fees/unit; problems with current limited access to multi- tenant buildings to determine serious issues that may be present, as evidenced with several buildings in the community to-date; if there were unintended consequences (i.e., tenants being reticent to call the Police Department with landlord concerns); and positive responses if problem landlords determine that the rental licensing and compliance is too cumbersome and their ultimate decision to sell the property and eliminate the initial problem. Further discussion included the City of New Brighton example with a six (6) month provisional license for problem properties for compliance; a majority of problems being resolved by landlords; resolution of tenant disputes; nuisance ordinances used as an alternate or supplement for creating an incentive for landlords or resulting assessment, basically for capital items rather than crime-related issues; and civil actions to remedy tenant issues (i.e., City of Brooklyn Park example) Members asked that staff have the Police Department at a meeting in the near future for further discussion of crime-free multi-housing, with August suggested for this presentation. Additional discussion was held with Mr. Bubul on rationale in issuing General Obligation versus Revenue Bonds; availability of Tax Increment Financing (TIF); recognizing that each or any of those options would be at the discretion of the City Council.