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Department Approval l REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date.- 4-21-2008 Item No..- 13.b City Manager Approval Item Description.- Policy, procedure and ordinance changes necessary to implement enhancements to Roseville's Code Enforcement program. 1 1.0 BACKGROUND: 2 1.1 Based on the City Council discussion on April 14th regarding code enforcement, staff is looking 3 for the City Council to review a revised ordinance regarding administrative tickets and fines and 4 consider its adoption, to authorize staff to hire an seasonal intern, acknowledge the procedural changes to the code enforcement activities that were discussed previously and consider 6 modifying the prosecuting attorney's contract to remove the language requiring City Council "7 approval to issue a court citation W- 11 9 2.1 At the April 14, 2008 City Council meeting, Council reviewed information provided by staff I regarding improving and enhancing code enforcement activities within the City of Roseville. "I'll Staff brought forward informational materials, procedure and policy changes, and a draft 12 ordinance to be considered by the City Council. After discussion, the City Council tabled action 13 on the matter and instructed staff to amend the proposed ordinance to address concerns raised 14 by the City Council and to have a dialogue with the Roseville HRA regarding their possible I involvement with code enforcement activities. 16 2.2 Temporary 'Yeasonal Code Enforcement Intern. As discussed previously, the seasonal intern will be used to assist in code enforcement activities in the busy summer months as well as staff the neighborhood enhancement effort being proposed for this summer. The total costs of the 19 intern and the neighborhood enhancement program is estimated to be $,15,060.00. Z::); 2.3 Staff believes that it is imperative to hire a season intern for 5 months to improve the code 2 1 enforcement of the city. The intern will assist with code complaints as they come in and 22 undertake proactive outreach with the neighborhood enhancement program. 23 2.4 If the City Council does not want to fund the position through the fines collected for code 24 enforcement violations as discussed on April 14th, staff suggests two options for consideration. 25 a) Fund the total amount ($15,060.00) through the budgeted dollars put into the 2008 26 City Budget to implement the results of the Imagine Roseville 2025 process. As code 27 enforcement was deemed as a high priority from the IR 2025 process, staff believes the 28 use of the funds from the 2008 budget is warranted. Page I of 3