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I-35W Housing Code and Enforcement Project Goal of the Proiect To assist the corridor cities in establishing a system that will ensure an ongoing and uniformly high standard of housing maintenance in the 1-35 W Corridor Coalition cities, to preserve housing livability and values, and to protect the local property tax base.. Scope of Services The project will carry on the work done in 1998 and 1999, which included inspection of a number of housing units in each of the cities, preparation of a report on housing conditions, identification of a model housing maintenance code that could adapt to the needs of all the cities, and a series of meetings with a group of inspectors to determine what steps they would recommend to their cities. The next phase of this project would include the following steps: I,AI.l 1. Assist cities as they go through the process of adopting the code. This may include helping ~~P'"'1 them with variations to the model code that they may need in order to secure adoption. It will . IA. .. _ QQo include helpin~ men. them to set up an adoption process, with appropriate citizen participation. ~~~Q ~~, ~ I 2. Work with a group from the cities to design a code enforcement process that they will find acceptable. While the enforcement process may not be implemented at one central source, if all participating cities are committed to a similar level of enforcement activities, this should be effective. 3. Work with a group of city representatives to determine if there are common housing rehabilitation programs or approaches that they might wish to put into operation. This could include establishment of a housing resource center, or an expansion of the Roseville center, or possibly a centralized operation to administer the various county, metropolitan, state and federal housing rehabilitation programs available to cities. Time Line It is anticipated that, because ofthe citizen involvement needed for code adoption and approval of an enforcement system, this project will be active in 2000 and 2001. If needed, the consultants can complete most of their work at the beginning of the process, during 2000, with city officials carrying on until the systems are in place. Cost of the Proiect The total cost of the project is estimated to be $ . This includes these three parts: 1. Code Adoption process and implementation. 15 hours per city, and 20 hours of general work, reports, and meetings. Total 125 hours.