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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 17, 2012 Page 17 Mayor Roe publically acknowledged that that the report was excellent, and that the intern had done a fantastic job. In the report, Mayor Roe noted that there was a dis- cussion on what happens to tenants if a multi-family property license was revoked, and his concern that people don't lose their homes. While unaware of the answer, Mayor Roe questioned if there was a way under a license suspension or revocation for transition management by the City or an independent contractor for a process to keep tenants in their homes while remedies are taken, or at least to transition them without an abrupt change. Mayor Roe opined that a tenant shouldn't be penalized for something an owner does or doesn't do; and questioned if there was a way to in- spect and/or license on a unit basis rather than a building basis from the point of view that the building may only have a few bad units with the remainder of the building fine. Mayor Roe questioned if the landlord should be punished for the building or just the units;however,he recognized that it made it more difficult to do on a unit basis. From the rental study group experience in 2006, Mayor Roe noted the advantage in having landlords and tenants involved in the process of developing policy, as well as potentially having a local owner group serving as the rental licensing board to provide education incentives and one step in the disciplinary peer review process. Mayor Roe suggested that having fellow property owners tell you to "get your act together" was one concept or idea to consider as opposed to government staff doing so. Mayor Roe noted another option could be "point of sale" or rental inspection as an option, and while supporting that, he cautioned that care was needed to avoid the costs for such a program being put on tenants, since many are already faced with af- fordability issues. Mayor Roe advised that it would be his intent to avoid having a building move to the affordable rent situation based on its poor condition. Councilmember Johnson, based on past experience as a renter, noted the premises inventory document signed before paying a rental deposit, basically serving as an inspection of the entire property for pre-existing conditions so you were not penal- ized when you left. Councilmember Johnson questioned the advantages of having rental properties do this to protect tenants and as a resource for consideration from which to build an investigation or inspection. Councilmember Johnson opined that this served as a good protection for occupants; and reiterated that there were only a handful of properties of concern. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Ms. Kelsey clarified that only one Ro- seville multi-family building was of less than five (5) units. Councilmember McGehee questioned if there was a need to tie those problem buildings needing immediate repair into the current abatement program.