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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 20, 2013 Page 26 Ayes: Willmus; Laliberte; McGehee; and Roe. Nays: None. By consensus, Councilmembers decided that no break was needed at this point, and they would remain at the dais rather than moving to the work table. c. Community Development Department Request to Perform an Abatement for Unresolved Violation of City Code at 949 Brooks Removed from tonight's agenda as previously noted. 14. Business Items—Presentations/Discussions a. Discuss Limited Processing and Production in the Regional Business District Removed from tonight's agenda as previously noted. b. Discuss Multi-Family Rental Housing Licensing Two bench handouts were provided for this discussion consisting of a City map identifying multiple dwelling units city-wide (Attachment C) and a comparison listing of other metropolitan cities with licensing and rental registration programs (Attachment D), HRA Housing Program Manager Jeanne Kelsey summarized the most current it- eration outlining a multi-family rental housing licensing program for the City of Roseville, as previously discussed at a joint meeting of the City Council and HRA in May of this year. With continual vetting by property owners through their membership in the Min- nesota Multi-Family Housing Association, Ms. Kelsey advised that their general concern was the initial cost for third party inspection of 100% of their units. While it was a given that this initial cost would be burdensome, Ms. Kelsey, noted that its goal was to provide a base for future compliance and inspections; and ad- vised that the HRA and staff continued to look at possible alternatives, with none being endorsed by the HRA at this time. Ms. Kelsey advised that the concern that there were few options to make it fair and equitable for all property owners unless inspections of 100% of the units was initially done. Ms. Kelsey advised that the estimated cost for all properties, if the City wished to absorb that cost, would be $138,250 for third-party inspections. Lisa Peilen, Director of Municipal Affairs with the Minnesota Multi-Family Housing Association Ms. Peilen reiterated her past appreciation for the HRA's outreach to their associ- ation and property owners/members throughout this process. Ms. Peilen noted that this ordinance was modeled after that of the City of Brooklyn Center. Ms. Peilen advised that their membership supported the tiered system, rewarding good properties and providing incentive to improve properties, with resources then fo-