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Roseville Human Rights Commission <br />Meeting Minutes -- January OS, 2008 <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />'2 City Manager Malinen cautioned #he HRC to eliminate any connotations that they had concerns <br />93 with the Police Department, instead focus on creating a positive and cooperative relationship as a <br />94 result of the training. <br />95 <br />96 <br />97 <br />98 <br />99 <br />iao <br />101 <br />102 <br />Commissioner McKenzie concurred, noting this would be a learning experience and an exercise <br />in self-improvement. Commissioner McKenzie suggested a lunch rneeting with area Policc <br />Chiefs to review ideas and present what the HRC hoped to accornplish, rather than being too <br />aggressive. <br />Further discussion was scheduled for ihe March meeting. <br />103 Housing Ordinance <br />104 Commissioner Venters distrihuted draft language, prepared frorn a California model and edited <br />105 wiih Commissioner McKenzie, of a proposed City ordinance that would prohibit a landlord from <br />106 seeking irnrnigration status on current or potential tenanis. Commissioner Venters sought <br />107 comment from the HRC prior to presenting the draft to the City Attomey for review and <br />108 <br />109 <br />110 <br />111 <br />112 <br />113 <br />,� <br />.i5 <br />116 <br />117 <br />118 <br />119 <br />120 <br />comment. <br />Commissioner McGehee also distributed a draft shc'd prepared. <br />Discussion included the potential leadership of the City af Roseville in considering such an <br />ordinance along with possible publicity; discussion at a state level in seeking support for such an <br />ordinance; incentives for enforcement; protection intents for landlords; existence of complaints <br />or perceived violations to-date; related problems, sometimes due io language issues; and <br />rationale for Commissioner McGehee's administrative f ne amounts. <br />City Manager Malinen sought cla.rification from the HRC on the problem they were attempting <br />to correct and whether it was a real, perceived or potential problem in Roseville. <br />121 Commissioner Venters, while noting he was unaware of any complaints, referenced discussions <br />122 held during the Imagine Roseville 2025 com,munity visioning process and attempts to engage <br />123 different citizens and to make Roseville a more welcoming place. Cornmissioner Venters said <br />124 the ordinance could serve as a substantive step for the City Council and could indicate what <br />125 Roseville stood for. <br />126 <br />127 Commissioner MeGehee said that if an ordinance was in place there needed to be consequences <br />128 for violating the ordinance thus her inclusion of administrative fines. <br />129 <br />130 Discussion included status of rental registrations and/or licensing in the City; community <br />131 resistance to a rental licensure program; code enforcement for rental property; cycling of <br />132 deteriorating properties and overall impacts to the community; and language of the ordinance <br />133 ilself and potential redundancies. <br />134 <br />135 Commissioner McGehee spoke in support of eliminating the initial paragaph from <br />'�6 Commissioner Venters' draft ordinance to eliminate redundancy. <br />ll <br />