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Ayes: 4 <br />Nays: 0 <br />Motion carried. <br />7.Public Hearing <br />a. <br />Public Hearing Regarding HRA Citizen Advisory Group Recommendations on <br />Rental Housing in Roseville (HF36) <br />Chair Majerus opened the public hearing and asked that facilitator of the Citizen Advisory Group, <br />Barbara Raye, present information regarding the process and their recommendations. <br />Mr. Raye provided a summary of the process and purpose of the Group. In addition, she <br />summarized the recommendations as follows: <br />Recommendation #1 <br /> — Strengthen the administrative ticket tool attached to existing <br />ordinances by: a) creating and escalating fine structure and b) working with Ramsey <br />County tax collection to add unpaid administrative tickets as an assessment on the <br />property tax. <br />Recommendation #2 <br /> — City Council take action to allow code enforcement staff to <br />initiate a court citation process without a public hearing by the City Council, with the <br />understanding that there would be safeguards in place to prevent abuse of the process. <br />Recommendation #3 <br /> — The City to implement a mandatory Rental Registration <br />Program. The program would contain the following characteristics: <br />a.It will apply to property owners who rent buildings with 4 units or less. (This <br />includes: fourplexes, triplexes, duplexes, and single-family houses.) <br />b.The program applies to property owners who have unrelated where the <br />boarders <br />intention is that people share costs for rent and other expenses, such as college <br />students sharing a 4 bedroom house even if the house is owned by one student or <br />his/her parent. Single family houses where people are temporary within <br />boarders <br />the same living unit as the owner are not included. <br />c.The registration form will include: <br />i.Name <br />ii.Address of property owner <br />iii.Name and address of local contact if property owner lives out-of-state all <br />or part of the time <br />iv.Number of bedrooms (to be cross-referenced against property tax records) <br />v.Number of baths (to be cross-referenced against property tax records) <br />d.Registration is required when the program is initiated or with change in <br />ownership. <br />e.The registration fee will be nominal. (approximately $25) <br />f.Fees generated from initial implementation will be used to inform property <br />owners and promote the program, create a database that is compatible with other <br />databases used for reporting, data entry, creating an on-line registration and <br />payment page on the City’s website <br />2 <br /> <br />