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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 4, 2024 Page 4 Mr. Trudgeon indicated he misspoke and did not mean the City would need any extra person to do this. He meant to say that since the City did not have a person to do this, it will be a collective action from staff While this will take a lot of work to initiate, especially educate the first time around, staff is already spending that time right now because of the problems. The sense is that the actual license and application will be managed by the administration department, the fire department will do the inspections, the community development department will do the community development inspections, and the police department will manage calls and conditions. This will be a team effort and staff will meet on a regular basis, especially in the beginning to sort out the particular issues at each hotel and talk through them as well as involving the City Attorney as the conditions are reviewed. Councilmember Schroeder asked if Mr. Trudgeon felt the City had enough resources, at least to start with. Mr.Trudgeon believed the City had enough resources and the ongoing maintenance of this whole process will need to be seen to determine how much time it will take. He did think right out of the gate the City should make sure the standard is set and if the City can get the expectations out there, like any other program, there will be some busy times of the year. Hopefully it will not be too burdensome,but time will tell. Councilmember Schroeder indicated there was talk about the motel/hotel holding the license but there was also the interested party piece. She wondered if the interested party would apply for the license or would the owner apply for the license and if the interested party did something wrong, could that cause the license to be suspended even though the interested party is not the one that applied for the license. She noted she was a little confused about that. Mr. Trudgeon explained the City is asking for the entity, the business, to apply for the license. The interested person could be the manager, someone who owns a part of the business, it could be the operator of the hotel, or could be the actual owner. If any one of those persons has a particular violation,the City can hold that license holder, being the business, accountable for actions. The license is really with the business and the owner. City Attorney Tierney explained it is more about who is going to run the place. A corporation is a faceless name. What the City needs to know, as a licensing authority, is who is going to operate the business and are they a good operator. The City wants to know who the important people are in the corporation, business, so the City can make sure that whoever operates the business is suitable to operate the business.