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City of Roseville - Housing & Redevelopment Authority Meeting Minutes for July 20, 20...Page 3 of 7 for affordable conversion to increase home ownership or opportunities for current owners to “downsize” their housing stock. Member Kelsey suggested the HRA “plant the seed for opportunities”. Members Bean and Chair Majerus suggested “send messages”. Chair Majerus suggested stay at “30,000 feet”, above the fine detail. 2. Achieve a balance between families with school-aged children and seniors in multi-family housing and the appropriate distribution of acceptable units compatible with each unique lifestyle. Action 1: Develop a program to support the addition of playground equipment in densely populated apartment complex areas. Member Kelsey commented that current parks are aged. Chair Majerus commented that there are other areas of coordination as well as with Parks and Recreation such as multi-family association. Majerus wondered if you build them, will they (kids) come. Member Hermes commented that insurance costs could rise with play equipment. She believes that this would not be money well spent. Action 2: Encourage renovation that combines units to increase bedroom size. Member Kelsey commented that this would not be a good for the market to increase bedrooms per unit except when “affordable”. Action 3: Work more closely with the two school districts on annual school enrollment estimates for better planning to know how many children are coming into the school districts Member Kelsey commented that the HRA could target neighborhoods down in enrollment for first time home buyer programs. Chair Majerus wondered what it affordable. Member Bean commented that the HRA could also find areas with rental density for first time affordable ownership programs is high. 3. All types of Multi-Family Housing are important to the community and need to be preserved with a full spectrum of multi-family maintenance programs to increase the value, quality and livability of the multifamily housing stock. Action 1: Explore how other communities and HRAs have implemented a Housing Maintenance Code and Rental Licensing Program, to be considered as part of the 2006 Budget cycle. Action 2. Identify more thoroughly the multi family complexes with deferred maintenance issues and where renovation permits have not been issues in over 10 years. Target these complexes by hosting HRA meetings with the owners and managers. Discuss the issues and offer improvement incentive funds available by the HRA, County and State programs. Member Kelsey asked to get more information from City Codes staff on this issue. Action 3: Explore the establishment of a more formalized multi-family owner occupied housing improvement area program for townhomes and condominium complexes. These ownership multifamily housing complexes and their associations may not have sufficient fund balances to address large maintenance issues. The large increase in dues may be a significant financial burden on those with lower and/or fixed incomes. Contact the association presidents and managers to more fully understand the issues and costs of improvements with them to develop a program and procedures for application and approval. 4. More fully engage multi-family rental population to become fully vested in the community by using existing public services, through volunteerism, participation in after-school and athletic programs, recreation programs, voting and recycling programs. Action 1: Adopt a community pride statement and promotional package that can be presented to apartment owners for inclusion in their tenant information similar to the new resident packet. http://archive.ci.roseville.mn.us/council/hra/minutes/2004/hram040921.htm4/16/2010