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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 06, 2010 Page 18 City Manager Malinen provided as a bench handout, attached hereto and made a part hereof, a substitute for "Attachment D" in the packet, providing a more de- tailed budget summary by program and department, as suggested by Council member Roe. Mr. Malinen noted that this included the breakdown of the Code Enforcement activities under tax supported portion of the Community Develop- ment Department budget. Roll Call Ayes: Johnson; Pust; Roe; and Klausing. Nays: Ihlan. Motion carried. c. Adopt the Final 2011 HRA Levy Mr. Miller advised that the request for the 2011 HRA Levy remained as presented and approved in the Preliminary Budget and Levy request. Councilmember Ihlan noted her e -mail request and staff's response to include the proposed HRA budget at tonight's meeting, attached hereto and made a part he- reof Councilmember Roe noted that staff had provided a further detail to him of 2010 budget versus actual spending through the 3rd quarter, and questioned why, in re- viewing the multi family rehabilitation funding, no funds appeared to be ex- pended in 2010, but yet the line item was carried over in 2011. At the request of Councilmember Roe, Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the intent of fund ing in the multi family rehabilitation program as a revolving loan fund for multi- family buildings, with the intended total funding of $300,000 built up over several years of incremental funding. Mr. Trudgeon anticipated that an average loan for a multi- family building would be within the parameter of $50,000, with the long- term goal for that fund to be self sufficient, similar to that of the single family home rehabilitation funding initiated in past years. Mr. Trudgeon noted the cur rent research by the HRA and staff to understand the needs in the community; and anticipated that once the program is marketed more effectively and the economy picks up, and when capital funds are more readily available for those owners; re- habilitation requests for multi family buildings could be quite extensive, and po- tentially tied to energy conservation,. Councilmember Ihlan questioned the Home and Garden Fair amounts for 2011 being similar to 2010, with the exception of an additional $14,000 for professional services and staff. Mr. Trudgeon advised that this was a reallocation of a position under the Profes- sional Services within Community Development budget in the past, rather than