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qASFAbhE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 02 -27 -12 Item No.: 10 . c Department Approval City Manager A proval 7, Item Description: Receive Annual Reports for Community Development's Land Use Code Enforcement and Neighborhood Enhancement Program Activities in 2011 1 BACKGROUND 2 • The Community Development Department is responsible for enforcement of the public nuisance 3 provisions of the City Code. It accomplishes this through two separate programs: Land Use Code 4 Enforcement and the Neighborhood Enhancement Program. 5 • Land Use Enforcement primarily addresses City Code public nuisance violations reported to staff by 6 the public, such as: junk/debris, outside storage, long grass, junk vehicles, building maintenance, 7 noise, etc: 8 o Land Use Enforcement's 2011 Year End Report is attached. 9 • The Neighborhood Enhancement Program is a more proactive type program that initiates 10 neighborhood inspections (from the street) for similar public nuisance type violations in an attempt 11 to identify and resolve public nuisances before they become large enough to negatively impact 12 neighborhoods and property values: 13 o This program is funded by Roseville's Housing Redevelopment Authority. 14 o The Neighborhood Enhancement Program's 2011 Year End report is attached. 15 • Council has requested a specific report on the status of Abatement and Court Citation cases initiated. 16 o The 2011 Abatement and Court Citation Cases Status Report is attached. 17 POLICY OBJECTIVE 18 • Property maintenance through City abatement activities is a key tool to preserving high - quality 19 residential neighborhoods. Both Imagine Roseville 2025 and the City's 2030 Comprehensive Plan 20 support property maintenance as a means by which to achieve neighborhood stability. The Housing 21 section of Imagine Roseville suggests that the City "implement programs to ensure safe and well - 22 maintained properties." In addition, the Land Use chapter (Chapter 3) and the Housing and 23 Neighborhoods chapter (Chapter 6) of the Comprehensive Plan support the City's efforts to maintain 24 livability of the City's residential neighborhoods with specific policies related to property 25 maintenance and code compliance. Policy 6.1 of Chapter 3 states that the City should promote 26 maintenance and reinvestment in housing and Policy 2.6 of Chapter 6 guides the City to use code - 27 compliance activities as one method to prevent neighborhood decline. 28 REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION 29 • Receive the Reports Prepared by: Don Munson, Codes Coordinator Attachments: A: Land Use Enforcement's 2011 Year End Report B: Neighborhood Enhancement Program's 2011 Year End Report C: 2011 Abatement and Court Citation Cases Status Report D: Abatement Billing in 2011 E. PowerPoint Presentation