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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 6,2015 Page 12 port was simply to make sure G & G Management had received a "D" license, even though they were correcting violations for all units and making corrections even though tenants were not always cooperative. Regarding exterior building lights now working, Ms. Joshi reported that 90% are now working, leaving only two with electrical problems. Ms. Joshi noted that a light on the 221 building was not working, and questioned the rationale for this violation. However, Ms. Joshi opined that if you go through all twelve building reports, violations appeared to be copied and pasted from one report to another report, with the last four points exactly the same for all twelve buildings, even though not listed on the preliminary list of com- mon violations provided by staff. Mr. Gupta noted that, even though smoke detectors not located in all bedrooms were listed as a violation of City Code, in his call to the State, he was advised that the State did not require that, and this was apparently only an interpretation of that code by City staff in stating it as a requirement. Even though not agreeing with that violation, Mr. Gupta advised that they had completed 60% of the installations, and offered that whatever re- quirements the City outlined, they would comply with, whether it made sense to G & G Management or not, it was up to the City to decide. Ms. Joshi noted that these buildings were all older. Mr. Gupta concurred, opining that due to their age, they should have received grandfather status in the first place. Mr. Gupta noted that tenants often didn't report minor problems, and sometimes tenants also put extra beds for people in a living room; but often their manager didn't know and therefore, could not check out such a violation. Mr. Gupta advised that to-date, their firm had not said "no"to anything, whether required by staff, the Fire Marshal or Fire Inspector; and remained willing to do it, and would con- tinue to do so, with the exception of the outdoor work that could not have been accom- plished over the last six months since the last inspection. Mr. Gupta advised that they had hired a full-time employee to take care of all garage issues, and City staff had been shown last Friday of what was being done, and they had received an "OK from City staff for that work. Ms. Joshi stated it was their intent to fix everything outlined in the violations, and even though the list of violations listed the 1740 building roof as not good and they were not clear about the meaning of the violation, it had been their impression that if they fixed it, it would no longer count as a violation. Therefore, Ms. Joshi advised that they had the repairs made overnight by two guys who fixed it and then City staff inspected it and ap- proved it,but it was still listed on the violations in the inspection report. Ms. Joshi addressed the fryer vent being loose in the 221 building, which was fixed as soon as they got the note, but again it was still shown on the inspection report. While recognizing that staff was following a process, Ms. Joshi reiterated that it was their intent