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HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: December 21, 2009 Item 1.A <br />TO: Honorable Mayor & City Council <br />FROM: James Lehnhoff, Community Development Director <br />Meagan Beekman, City Planner <br />SUBJECT: Community Enhancement Program: Administrative Fine Program and <br />Special Charges for Excessive Use of City Services Program <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 />Review and consider a Special City Service Charges program in place of an administrative fines <br />program. <br />In trod» eti nn <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. In 2009, Staff has updated the <br />abatement code, worked on updating the code enforcement policy for the City, amended the City <br />Code to clarify enforcement, and implemented the rental registration program. <br />At the end of their 2009 session, the State Legislature passed new statutes regarding the use of <br />administrative fines for traffic related offenses within a municipality. Those changes to State <br />law have created a renewed interest among many communities to examine administrative fine <br />programs. Unfortunately, those statute amendments did not clarify or strengthen Statutes for <br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Work Session for December 21, 2009 <br />C: (Documents and Settings lbecky. brazys 1ocal Settings) Temporary Internet Files IOLKI 5FI12-21'-09 - Work Session - Admin Fines and <br />Excessive Consumption.doc <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />