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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 07/13/2020 Item No.: 7.e Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Consider Reinstatement of Multifamily Rental Licensing for 1740 Marion Street/The Brittanys Apartments owned by G & G Management 1 B ACKGROUND 2 G &G Management owns the Marion Street/The Brittanys Apartments, a group of 12 separate multi- 3 family rental buildings located on Larpenteur Ave, Woodbridge Court, and Marion Street. 4 5 On November 25, 2019 Roseville City Council revoked all twelve of the multi-family rental licenses 6 for Marion Street/The Brittanys Apartments, based on numerous fire, life-safety and building code 7 violations. Below is a summary of the life-safety issues and the overall summary of fact provided to 8 Council as part of the staff recommended license revocation. 9 10 Within the extraordinarily large amount of code violations, staff highlighted for the Council four life- 11 safety issues that needed immediate attention. These critical items were: 12 13 Lack of working smoke alarms in the units 14 Lack of working carbon monoxide detectors in the units and buildings 15 Egress doors that are not properly functioning and compliant with code 16 Multiple electrical hazards 17 18 Based on the totality of the evidence and testimony presented by staff, the Council determined to 19 revoke G & G Management’s licenses at the property upon the following factual basis: 20 21 1)The large amount of complaints from tenants of the Marion Street/The Brittanys Apartments 22 regarding unsanitary and unsafe conditions, which were not proactively addressed by G&G 23 Management LLC despite requests from the tenants. 24 2)The breadth and perniciousness of the code violations found in every building and unit of 25 Marion Street/The Brittanys Apartments that was inspected. 26 3)The complete infestation of bedbugs, cockroaches, and other vermin in the Marion Street/The 27 Brittanys Apartments buildings and units. 28 4)Given the scope of the corrections needed at the Marion Street/The Brittanys Apartments, no 29 other tenants should be added to the units so that proper and practical focus can be put towards 30 correcting the unsanitary and unsafe conditions for the existing tenants. 31 5)The lack of effective property management and the lack of any financial investment over the 32 years into the Marion Street/The Brittanys Apartments by G&G Management LLC has led to 33 the current code violations. 34 35 Page 1 of 4