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A Type license 3 years. o 30 B Type license 2 years. o 31 C Type license 1 year. o 32 D Type license every 6 months. o 33 3.908.04: Delete wording from licensing type Diagram 1 that requires applicants to attend 34 quarterly meetings: 35 It has been determined that mandatory quarterly meetings will not be productive for a 36 number of reasons. New and meaningful information will not occur that often, the 37 meeting schedule would be burdensome to the applicant, and, creating and organizing 38 quarterly meetings would be a time consuming task for staff. Staff does intend to provide 39 informational meetings for the benefit of applicants as the need arises. 40 4.908.04: Add wording to licensing type Diagram 1 that renewal of licenses and payment of fees 41 also occurs at license renewal: 42 This wording addition merely clarifies that the renewal of licenses and the payment of 43 license fees occurs per license type Diagram 1, as was the original intent. 44 5.908.04. Diagram 1 & G: These revisions allow all rental properties, regardless of license type, 45 the ability to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the City when correction of 46 violations is not possible by the license renewal date: 47 Presently only C and D type licenses are allowed to enter into Memorandums of 48 Understanding with the City. This revision would allow both A and B licensed properties 49 As currently written, A and B licensed properties could 50 actually experience more hardship than C and D licensed properties. 51 Presently the ordinance states that a property must be in full compliance before a license 52 can be issued (no uncorrected violations). Sometimes this is not possible: 53 Inspections are conducted from 30-60 days prior to renewal. This means only o 54 about 30 days are allowed for properties to correct violations. This is a timing 55 problem as; weather can delay completing repairs, often subcontractors cannot 56 complete the estimating/bidding/repair process in 30 days, and/or, some repairs 57 are extensive involving work & expense that must be spread over months or even 58 years. 59 With an MOU, the property owner agrees to correct the violations according to a o 60 set schedule. If the property does not maintain this schedule, the property is 61 brought before Council with a staff recommendation that the property be re- 62 assigned a D type license (with re-inspections and payment of fees every 6 63 months) until the property is again in compliance. 64 Staff anticipates many of the items in a MOU would be similar and therefore will o 65 ask Council to approve general guidelines regarding acceptable times for 66 67 require dozens of Council hearings that are repetitive. Of course, any applicant 68 that disagreed with a proposed MOU always has the ability to bring that issue to 69 the Council in an appeal. 70 their o 71 renewal date cannot be licensed, and therefore, they would have to be brought 72 before City Council at a public hearing. This could involve numerous Council 73 meetings, it would require additional staff time and expense, and, additional 74 expense would be incurred by property owners. Offering all properties the ability 75 to enter into MOU allows the rental license program to function much more 76 smoothly, effectively, and, still accomplish the goals of the program. 77 Page 2 of 4