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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 16, 2013 Page 13 Agenda; requesting any further suggestions be provided by individual Coun- cilmembers at their earliest convenience to staff for the subcommittee. Recess Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 8:07 p.m. and reconvened at approximately 8:15 p.m. 14. Business Items—Presentations/Discussions a. Discuss Rental Licensing Ordinance Mayor Roe clarified that there would be no action by the City Council tonight on this item, and intended only as a policy discussion for the Multi-family Rental Li- cense Chapter 908 to City Code, currently under consideration. Mayor Roe fur- ther advised that, while the City Council would accept limited public comment at tonight's meeting, a formal public comment opportunity would be scheduled and duly noticed in the future as the process moved forward. Mayor Roe introduced Acting HRA Executive Director Jeanne Kelsey and Codes Enforcement Coordinator Don Munson for tonight's presentation. As detailed in the RCA dated September 16, 2013, and related attachments, Ms. Kelsey provided a brief history of rental licensing since initial 2006 findings and a public hearing process held in 2008 with the subsequent recommendation that the City pursue a rental registration program for 1-4 unit rental properties only versus licensing at that point. Based on ongoing calls and complaints from social work- ers and others concerned with the health and safety of tenants, Ms. Kelsey advised that the present situation dictated the need for further recourse to address those concerns. Ms. Kelsey noted that a grant had been awarded to the City and additional re- search conducted, with the Roseville Housing & Redevelopment Authority (HRA) and their due diligence providing for a recommendation that an incentive- based rental licensing program be implemented to reward good multi-family property owners and encourage others to improve and maintain safe and healthy multi-family rental units in Roseville. Ms. Kelsey advised that throughout the process of the HRA, substantial and fre- quent public testimony had been sought and provided, and various meetings with multi-family property owners and their associations, resulting in various modifi- cations and revisions in the original draft of an ordinance, as detailed in lines 14— 30 of the RCA. Throughout the process, Ms. Kelsey advised that the City Attor- ney had been in consultation with staff in drafting the ordinance; resulting in the draft ordinance presented tonight (Attachment A) and Implementation Plan (At- tachment C). Ms. Kelsey advised that the only remaining component still pending was related to a Crime-Free Multi-Housing Program (Attachment D). Ms. Kelsey noted that the recommended implementation program was based on first-year in-