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Rental Licensing/Registration Discussion Summary of minutes 6/5/2008 Meeting started at 6:00 PM. In attendance at the meeting were: . Karen Albert, resident / rental owner Beverly Aplikowski, resident / former mayor Elwood Caldwell, resident / Arden Hills Townhome Association Kristy Effinger, resident / Arden Manor Pamela Hanson, resident, / Arden Hills Townhome Association Bruce A. Kunkel, resident / Vice President for Campus Services, Bethel University Clay Larson, Planning Commission Chair and resident Mark Nagel, resident Sgt. Kevin Otto, Ramsey County Sheriff Rob Peifer, resident/ owner of Park shore Apartments Staff: Meagan Beekman, Planner I Noah Simon, Assistant City Administrator Amy Schmidt, City Attorney Dave Scherbel, Building Official Following introductions of attendees, Noah gave a summary of last meeting, and outlined the intent and objective of to day's meeting. Ms. Hanson made the announcement that the Arden Hills Townhouse It;sociation had amended their bylaws to include registering rental properties. Ms. Aplikowski stated that identifying owners of rental properties was important. The property owners can not always rely on the police department to address all of their . . nUIsance Issues. Sgt. Otto stated that the Sheriff s department does and will respond to nuisance calls. Mr. Scherbel stated that a driving force behind exploring a rental licensing program, was to help give staff another tool to address complaints the City was receiving about homes being converted to rentals for college students. He stated that two of the most frequent complaints dealt with parking and the number of occupants living in a home. Mr. Scherbel also stated that the City had adopted new regulations trying to address these complaints. One regulation that was adopted is that no more than four vehicles can be parked on a driveway in a residential area. The other regulation was that no more than four unrelated persons can live in a home.