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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 17, 2018 Page 20 is the City going to use permit fees to broaden the City-wide expansion. Mr. En- glund stated it would only be the permits that are not State Building Code related, which is where the City would allocate that inspector's time and only inspecting the Zoning Code Permits, signed permits that are not required to maintain a State Code. Councilmember Willmus stated with the success of the one-third rolling every 3 years, there is a high compliance rate. He did not see the benefit of going to a full City-wide inspection based on some of the numbers staff is throwing out to the Council. If the City knows where the properties are, then perhaps there is a dif- ferent tactic that can be taken. He did not know if the Council would be properly allocating resources to go citywide when the City knows it is a very small frac- tions of the properties the City is having issues with. Councilmember Etten concurred. He thought the success with using door hangers this year was fantastic. If this is creating enough efficiency, then maybe Code En- forcement should go to half of the City and then look at the proactive visit to look at the top ten to fifteen properties that are going to fit in an expanded time zone of recurring code violations. Otherwise, he would stick with a third of the City and get after the code violators. That would be his priority. Councilmember McGehee agreed and stated she liked the door hangers and felt the door hangers worked very well. Mayor Roe liked the idea of covering half the City each year because Code En- forcement is getting to all of the City within two years rather than three. He thought three years gets to be a pretty long time and he understood where it can become an issue. He did want to voice some support on extending the nuisance to three violations in a two-year period, which might coincide with covering the City in two years. Councilmember Laliberte stated she liked the idea of every other year doing a portion of the City so if staff can take the efficiencies that have been found and do half of the City one year and the other half the next year. She also agreed with Councilmember Etten in that Code Enforcement does need to be going back to the problem neighborhoods because it is a different approach. Mr. Englund stated what brings Code Enforcement back to a specific property. Mayor Roe thought the City needed to establish a policy that is not being seen as targeting individuals, but still is proactive. 3. Create Vacant Property Registry