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---Original Message---- <br />From: Hermes, Ann & Mike (inailko: J <br />Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 4:02 PM <br />Subject: HRA <br />Dear Mayor and Council members: <br />As you all know, I have been a licensed realtorfor over twenty years, focusing primarily in listing and selling <br />Roseville homes. <br />I am very concerned that no one is watching what is happeningwith our Roseville housing stock. The over all <br />condition of our neighborhoods is starting to slowly decline. Many of Roseville's homes are considered obsolete <br />Examples; no garages, single car garages, one bath, and very small bedrooms. <br />Neighborhoods where many small families and noisy kids playing in yards no longer exist. Except for the very new <br />neighborhoodsthat are all priced in the upper brackets, Roseville is quietlygetting old, maybe dying. <br />While appreciation of the cities homes seem to be increasing, if you look across the board all homes in the metro <br />area have gone up in value as well, even those areas that are crime ridden or in decay. <br />Local realtors and investors are purchasing a lot of our city's single family homes, and while they do fix them up a <br />bit, overall they dojust enough to makethe home renterfriendly. <br />This truly does defeat the objective of bringing in young families to keep Roseville rejuvenated. <br />It seems to me that the handwriting is on the wall the Roseville City Council does not want an HRA for a myriad of <br />reasons. My question to you then is, with all you have to do, are you going to be able to effectivelytake on the role <br />of the HRA? <br />I ask this because someone has to keep a watch on Roseville'saging housing stock. <br />It seems to me that a group of concerned Roseville citizens made up of a developer, a realtor, a home inspector, a <br />retiree, a school board member and business man, a public housing employee, and a mom is the perfect group to <br />oversee this important and time consumingwork. <br />I believe the members of the HRA, to a person, are respectful of your positions. We are a Concemed group that <br />works togetherwell for the bettermentof the city of Roseville. I heartilyconcurwith Chairman Majerus' �mail dated <br />12/2/2004. <br />If not us, then you? <br />Roseville needs a fully funded and functioning HRA. I am asking that you fund the half levy for the HRA. <br />Sincerely, <br />����#�� <br />