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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 20, 2013 Page 28 the units and now hiring new staff, with a break-even cost comparison at this point. Councilmember Willmus thanked Ms. Kelsey for including City Council meeting minutes from the last discussion with the HRA, and asked that the HRA meeting minutes also be provided to the City Council for benefit of their discussion as well. At the request of Mayor Roe, Councilmember/HRA Member Willmus summa- rized those discussions, and property owners expressing concern with the fees as addressed by Ms. Peilen and Ms. Kelsey. Councilmember Willmus noted that he raised the option to continue exploring different types of licenses and fee struc- tures based on that license type, seeking further exploration. If the initial fee was handled upfront by the HRA, Councilmember McGehee questioned if there was a way to distribute that cost to property owners as part of the fee or through another option over time in order to recoup that initial cost by the HRA. Councilmember McGehee opined that it seemed to be important to ob- tain that initial inspection to set the base line; and spoke in support of the rest of the recommendations. However, as a rental property owner herself, Coun- cilmember McGehee shared the concerns of the initial impact of this program, and questioned if some type of accommodation, similar to that for unpaid utility bills and/or abatements, could be used for the City to absorb those upfront costs for the property owner. Councilmember Willmus noted his suggestion to the HRA for a fee structure based on classification of properties from Type A through Type D. Mayor Roe questioned how that classification could be achieved without the ini- tial inspection. Mayor Roe referenced Councilmember McGehee's comment about certifying unpaid inspection fees on property taxes; however, he encour- aged considering options for the City to be more proactive. One option presented by Mayor Roe included implementing it over a three year phase in where only a third of the units were inspected annually, and by the end of the three year period, they would all be classified, like a probationary classification until that inspection schedule was completed in its entirety. Ms. Kelsey responded by noting that if the City did annual licensing, the fees for property owners would be equitable, but if only inspected every three years, their status would remain an unknown until after that three year period was achieved. Mayor Roe suggested further consideration of a way to accomplish that. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Mr. Trudgeon clarified that the HRA's Neighborhood Enhancement Program (NEP) only provide for external in-