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HRA Meeting Minutes – Tuesday, February 18, 2014 Page 6 1 Member Etten noted that, while everyone loved green space, realistically people still drove 2 vehicles and needed parking space. 3 4 For the benefit of the public, Ms. Kelsey reiterated the neighborhood meeting scheduled 5 Thursday, February 20, 2014, at the King of Kings Lutheran Church. Ms. Kelsey asked 6 neighbors to alert others to the meeting, noting that notices had been sent to all those 7 previously notices during the CDI process, as well as those that would be included in the 8 notice requirement area for any rezoning consideration. Ms. Kelsey advised that there will be 9 public hearing before the Planning Commission: a text amendment to the City’s Zoning 10 Ordinance to address reduced setbacks for pocket neighborhoods; and amendment to the City’s 11 Comprehensive Plan; and other items before the Commission and the City Council. Ms. 12 Kelsey advised that those issues were tentatively scheduled for the Planning Commission’s 13 March 2014 meeting. Ms. Kelsey noted that this would be another opportunity for public 14 comment. 15 16 c. Code Enforcement/BEP Update for 2013 – Roseville Codes Coordinator Don Munson 17 Codes Coordinator Don Munson introduced Code Compliance Assistant David England; 18 noting that David and Jan Rosemeyer from their department were largely responsible for the 19 success of the Neighborhood Enhancement Program, and the most recent commercial and 20 multi-family residential code compliance programs. 21 22 Mr. Munson reviewed the 2013 enhancement program, focusing on the Business Property 23 Enhancement Program (BPEP) for commercial and multi-family residential properties, and 24 reviewed the background and purpose of the programs to inspect public areas, notify property 25 owners of nuisance conditions, and follow-up for correction of those violations. 26 27 Mr. Munson reviewed the specifics of the BPEP to maintain the appeal citywide of those 28 properties, and displayed a map of 2013 inspection areas and the five areas spread throughout 29 the community, with 537 individual properties inspected, including public buildings. Mr. 30 Munson noted that the most common issues found were: painting, graffiti, outside storage 31 issues; junk, debris, brush, and dilapidated conditions (property maintenance) and long grass. 32 Mr. Munson noted that other less prolific issues included inoperable vehicles and equipment. 33 34 Of those 537 inspections, Mr. Munson noted that the final recap indicated a finding of 62% or 35 335 of those properties having had violations for a total of 978 violations (average of three per 36 property), which had been considerably higher than the residential program and violations 37 found. Mr. Munson opined that those findings indicated the need for such an inspection 38 program as the City continues to age. Of those cases and types of nuisances found, Mr. 39 Munson advised that the highest number of violations involved outside storage, property 40 maintenance, and paint issues. 41 42 Mr. Munson displayed a map showing a breakdown of violation areas, and noted that 202 43 properties had no nuisance conditions at all; with 353 having violations, some involving 1 to 4 44 violations, and some even having 5 or more nuisance conditions, with 40 properties identified 45 with five or more violations. Of the total of 978 violations citywide, Mr. Munson advised that 46 806 of those violations had already been voluntarily corrects, a statistic that he found very 47 encouraging. Mr. Munson stated several times that staff had been very encouraged by the very 48 good response before, during and after the inspections from the business community. Of the 49 remaining 172 violations, Mr. Munson advised that most remained incomplete due to weather- 50 related issues; but that staff would follow-up on them when summer arrived. Mr. Munson 51 further noted that the compliance rate to correct the violations for all types of violations was 52 pretty well addressed, with not one particular type of business in the community resisting 53 making corrections. 54