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EN HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: October 19, 2009 Item 1.B <br />TO: Honorable Mayor & City Council <br />FROM: James Lehnhoff, Community Development Director <br />Meagan Beekman, City Planner <br />SUBJECT: Administrative Fines <br />Requested Action <br />Clarify the City Council's goals and priorities for an administrative fine program, review the <br />current State Statutes regarding this issue, discuss strengths and weaknesses, ask questions, and <br />provide direction and priority on a course of action. <br />Intrnrl»etinn <br />In October 2008, the City Council directed staff to begin researching rental regulation and <br />administrative fining programs for the 2009 work plan. This project was primarily initiated due <br />to increasing concern over property maintenance issues, code enforcement issues, the conversion <br />of owner occupied housing to rental housing, and college student occupied rental housing. At <br />the time the City Council created a priority list of action items associated with what would <br />become known as the Community Enhancement Program. Throughout 2009, Staff updated the <br />abatement code, worked on updating the code enforcement policy for the City, amending the <br />City Code to clarify enforcement, and focusing on implementing a rental registration program. <br />In June of 2009, the City Council adopted a rental registration program that is currently <br />underway. <br />The purpose of this memo is to review a possible administrative fine program. At the end of <br />their 2009 session the State Legislature passed new statutes regarding the use of administrative <br />fines for traffic related offenses within a municipality. Those changes to State law have created <br />a renewed interest among many communities to examine their own administrative fine programs. <br />The City of Arden Hills is currently working with the other communities that contract for police <br />services with Ramsey County to review options for a traffic offense administrative fine program. <br />At this time Staff is asking the City Council to discuss and provide feedback on an administrative <br />fine program for violations of the Code other than those related to traffic offenses. <br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Work Session for October 19, 2009 <br />I Wetro-inet lardenhills lAdmin I Council Ugendas & Packet Information 12009110-19-09 Worksession l Packet Information 110-19-09 -Work Session <br />- Admin Fines. doc <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />