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June 4, 2020 Marion Street/The Brittanys G & G Management LLC ATTN: Nidhi Joshi & Ramesh Gupta 195 W Larpenteur AVE #19 Roseville, MN 55113 RE: Status of Rental License Revocation Dear Ms. Joshi & Mr. Gupta, On November 25, 2019 the Roseville City Council adopted Resolution 11653 (attached) revoking your multifamily rental license for housing units known at the Marion Street/The Brittanys apartments. This resolution included 10 conditions that must be met in order for an application to reinstate your multifamily rental license could be considered. The purpose of this letter is to outline inspections and correspondence that have occurred since the revocation and to summarize any outstanding code violations that staff is aware of. Following your rental license revocation, City staff agreed to conduct “progress inspections” or “educational inspections”, which were aimed to provide you greater understanding of the violations present at your property. This was offered because the violations list was so pervasive that it was impractical to provide a detailed list of every violation across every unit in every building of your property. The list of progress inspection dates and building/apartment unit numbers are attached. Many of these inspections noted violations, while some revealed progress towards compliance (or no violations). The most recent progress inspections occurred on April 27, 2020 and May 26, 2020, where violations to City Code were observed. Inspection reports from every progress inspection have been previously provided to you. It’s important to note that these progress inspections were offered to you, at your request, to gain a greater understanding of the corrections that were being requested by the City. These inspections are not, nor were ever intended to be used as a final means to reobtain your rental license. Rather, it is up to you to determine if you’ve corrected all outstanding violations, at which point you could apply for reinstatement of your rental license. Attached is the application required to seek reinstatement of your rental license. At this time, City staff would not recommend City Council approval of an application for license reinstatement for any of your buildings. In terms of known outstanding violations and/or unmet conditions of Resolution 11653, staff would bring your attention the following: Condition F required you to display a placard at each building providing notice of the rental license revocation, as well as displaying a placard on the door of each rental unit once it becomes vacant. City staff placarded the buildings on November 27, 2019. Placards were provided to you on November 27, 2019 to post individual vacant units, yet those have not been placarded in accordance with this condition. You continue to lack employment of a property manager and maintenance technician with appropriate credentials from the Minnesota Multifamily Housing Association, which is noted in condition G of the revocation resolution. While you’ve made attempts to offer “alternatives”, none of those alternatives amount to a commitment to employ experienced personnel who can ensure continued compliance with City Code standards for rental housing. Instead, you’ve only 2660 Civic Center Drive • Roseville, MN 55113 www.cityofroseville.com