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HRA Meeting Minutes Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Page 7 1 Regarding criminal background check information on all renters, Mr. Schlueter questioned 2 what was done with that information, and if and when the information could prohibit someone 3 renting, or if it depended on the type of infraction. 4 5 Again, Ms. Kelsey clarified that this should be part of the upcoming rental licensing portion of 6 7 8 No one else appeared to speak at this time. 9 10 Motion: Member Lee moved, seconded by Member Elkins, to authorize the Request for 11 Proposals for the Dale Street Fire Station Redevelopment dated August 14, 2013 12 (Attachment A); - 13 14 15 Ayes: 6 16 Nays: 0 17 Motion carried. 18 19 c. Rental Licensing Ordinance and Implementation Plan 20 In her summary comments, Ms. Kelsey reviewed the process for ordinance adoption through 21 the City Council. Ms. Kelsey advised that the HRA had simply taken the lead at this stage of 22 the process, modeling the proposed Roseville Multi-Family Rental Housing Licensing 23 Ordinance currently used by other communities (e.g., Cities of Hopkins and Brooklyn Center) 24 for recommendation to the City Council. As detailed in the staff report dated August 13, 2013, 25 Ms. Kelsey noted that a tiered system was proposed; and highlighted those revisions made as 26 directed by the HRA in previous discussions and incorporating testimonial of rental property 27 owners during that process. 28 29 Ms. Kelsey advised that once the City Council received the recommendation from the HRA 30 preferably at an upcoming City Council Worksession currently projected for mid-September, 31 the process would continue with additional discussions and a formal Public Hearing for 32 additional public comment anticipated in October of 2013, depending on discussion at the City 33 Council Worksession. 34 35 Chair Maschka noted that, since the Ordinance would not be implemented until 2015, it would 36 allow property owners to incorporated fees into their annual operating budgets as applicable. 37 38 Ms. Kelsey clarified that the proposed timeframe would provide sufficient notice time to 39 property owners and for fee collection by year-end 2014 for 2015 implementation. 40 41 42 Ms. Kelsey advised that the initial cost of the additional staff should be covered by licensing 43 revenue for the first year; and after that baseline was established that determined the number 44 and frequency of inspections based on the classification tier of buildings, any budget shortfalls 45 would come from the Community Development Department budget, with that budget 46 supported 10)% by inspection and building permit fees. 47 48 Public Comment 49 Lisa Peilen, Director of Municipal Affairs with the Minnesota Multi-Family Housing 50 Association 51 On behalf of its members, Ms. Peilen thanked Ms. Kelsey and the HRA for working with the 52 Association and 53 gratefulness for being willing to revise those fees. Ms. Peilen opined that this brought 54 remaining issues down to only a few things needing further tweaking in the proposed 55