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City of Roseville - HRA Minutes for January 17, 2006Page 3 of 6 Jim Badzinski, 385 Owasso Blvd, agrees with previous speakers and suggested paved parking requirements for all property owners. He expressed concern regarding proposed ordinance section 907.13 – three strikes or tenant violations. This holds the landlord responsible for tenant behavior which is difficult for a landlord to control. Arnie Albrecht, 362 N. McCarrons noted that the rental ordinance is a serious invasion of renter privacy. This does not require a search warrant and should not be done. Why is interior adequate for owners but not renters? Need more help with code compliance. The ordinance has unknown costs. What are the legal costs? Will a short fall be borne by the renter or by tax payers? It would take a fee of $300 per unit to support the program. Licensing is counter productive to affordable housing. Why is there an exemption for relatives? What is the appeal process – why appeal to the HRA when they are the manager of the program? Why are utilities billed to the landlord, is there a problem with the current process? The landlord will put a flat charge on the renter which will increase the rent. There will be no incentive to conserve water. The city needs to learn to enforce existing problems. Ron Bartz, 1499 Clarmer, lives adjacent to rental property with 7-8 renters in one home. Landlords and neighbors are separate issues. He expressed concerns about overcrowding within units – the landlords must be involved in the licensure and supports the ordinance. The City can not enforce overcrowding through the zoning code. Joel Weiss, 2720 Dale Street, asked if a car parked on the grass is a violation and if it is why police can’t enforce it. The proposed program is onerous because of a few bad cases. He noted that everyone should pay more taxes to address the issues as a whole rather than just address rental property. Mike Tracey, owns rental properties in Roseville and asked the HRA to look at the issue from a renter perspective. The landlord lease should control parking. Focus on the problem rather than groups of people. Brian Larson, 182 Skillman, asked for details of exemptions for owner occupied units. When there are problems with evicting the renters the landlords should not be penalized. This is a better ordinance than the first version. John Abler, duplex owner, asked for details of overnight parking on City streets. The solution is for a problem that does not exist. The ordinance needs more work. Concerned with section 907-03 and inspection process with 60 day delay. Should look at Anoka licensing program. Bob Murphy, 1667 Millwood, explained neighborhood sales and uncontrolled number of renters within single family dwellings, especially college students. The increase number of calls should be billed and sent to owners or increase the staff for compliance. Mitch Erickson, 1377 Forest Lane (Arden Hills), owns property in Roseville adjacent to Northwestern College with more than 4 people in the home. City does not need another ordinance but need another code compliance officer instead. Parking is an issue if 6-7 vehicles, code enforcement should ask what is going on. Robert Venters, 1974 Fairview Ave and representative of Roseville Human Rights Commission. Explained that HRB is studying how to do this without an antagonistic view. A checklist was prepared for renters and handed out. Wondered if other communities are having the same issues (yes) and if they include “testers” for discrimination. The regulation should allow for low income housing. John Kysylyzyn, 3083 Victoria, said rental licensing and housing maintenance and code compliance has been sent back to the HRA. His suggestions are to continue discussion, continue discussion regarding property maintenance code and overcrowding, look closely at enforcement standards and procedures and use sub-committees to study the issues and provide a more global solution to the issues and gather better data to support the issues with annual reporting of outcomes. There is no rush to solving this rather a goal should be established and the community should work toward that goal. The real issue seems to be solving the problems related to parking and overcrowding. Solutions may include background checks, removal of the problem tenants and determine what licensing cannot solve. Discussed the court citation process and suggest addressing violations in other ways. The HRA should also look at issues at medium density complexes. They have issues with parking as well. Noted that all cars should be able to be on a paved parking space--discussed his property. Dan Seberg, 3098 Fairview (duplex owner), explained that large complexes had few problems and that 33% of 1-4 unit property created the problem. Parking and overcrowding are primary problems. Is there an http://archive.ci.roseville.mn.us/council/hra/minutes/2006/hram060117.htm3/10/2008