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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 25, 2019 Page 9 ty issues. He noted when he was there, he noticed a lot of the doors were not functioning. He was also at the meeting and heard the comments of the tenants and thought it was really inexcusable that people would have to be living in those conditions. When you are a landlord you have responsibilities to take care of the units for themselves, the tenants who are living there, and to protect their property values. He was very glad the city is moving ahead with this. Councilmember Laliberte concurred with everything that has been said and re- flected back to when the Council put this licensing procedure in place, noting it was done in conjunction with property owners and talked through the details of what this would mean. She thought that the situation seen here is probably only a sampling of what has been going on for years. She was supportive of this and supportive of getting information on next steps that might be necessary if it is needed to be considered. Mayor Roe understood that the property owner is looking to make the improve- ments and repairs as quickly as possible and that is the notion of the thirty day stay or the ninety-day suspension versus the revocation. But as he analyzes it, his point of view is that the revocation is not to just facilitate the improvements. The goal is to make the improvements and make this place livable with decent housing for people, some of the most vulnerable people in the community. That is the number one objective as a city to make sure that it is protecting the vulnerable people. He noted, however, that revocation serves as a penalty for these condi- tions existing in the first place and for these conditions being as pervasive as they are and existing for as long as they have. Mayor Roe stated the complex passed inspection in May but it is clear that on further analysis and review, there are sig- nificant and very awful issues related to people being able to live in a decent place in this community. Even though infestations are not listed as life safety issues ac- cording to fire code, he would argue that it is a huge safety issue from the point of view of public health. It is something that no person should have to live in those conditions for any period of time and certainly no person should live in those conditions and then have those conditions come back. It is clear to him that G&G has a lot to do to get where the company needs to be as a property management company and owners of these facilities and providing housing for people in this community. He thought this revocation provided an opportunity to develop not only a plan for getting to into compliance but also an opportunity as well for city staff to pay extra close attention over the period of revocation to make sure staff understands where things are at and how things are going with the various actions that need to be taken and to make sure that compliance is being maintained over time. Mayor Roe acknowledged the city is and should be an important partner in this process, not only just to be informing people of what is meeting and not meeting code but the city has an opportunity to connect property managers with resources to perhaps provide more education to tenants. He was supportive of this motion