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property is inspected and it was approved, that property would not have another inspection unless there was a complaint. He noted that the City does not have the staff to do inspections. Annette Phillips, 3084 Shorewood Lane. She is a member of CAG. The city does not have sufficient data to identify rental property. Other communities have strict license agreements and the rental registration program is a minimal program to correctly collect the data so that the problem can be sufficiently addressed. Education is a good component of the CAG recommendations which addresses owners and renters collectively. The CAG did consider rental property as a business and they should be held to higher standards. Jim Olson – 2930 Labore Road, Little Canada. He is a member of the CAG as a non-resident landlord. A year ago the council had an ordinance to regulate property very heavily. He objected to that as many landlords did. The committee sat for 6 meetings, 2 hours per night with significant input from all stakeholders. Just asking to register your property and giving the staff tools to go after the problem properties is a good approach. It has been a whole year that this has been in review. The City does not need more regulations but better regulations. This is a good program. With no further comments from the public, Chair Majerus closed the public hearing. Chair Majerus thanked all the members of the CAG for their time and effort. Chair Majerus believes that the HRA should be part of the rental housing issue and there is a need to review all facets of housing with the City Council. Member Maschka noted that resident Kysylyczyn’s suggestion to weave all four of the methods of enforcement into the process should be considered. Member Maschka, supports everything in the CAG report but would like to add the component that there be further review regarding the proper enforcement method in dealing with violators. Feels this is a good start in dealing with the rental issues. Member Kelsey would like to see additional discussion with the City Council regarding the enforcement issues. Member Maschka wondered if there is a line item in the HRA budget to help with abatement. (Yes, $100,000 in 2007 budget). Member Maschka would also like to make sure that the parking issue is addressed by another group such as planning commission or transportation commission. Motion: Member Maschka moved, seconded by Member Elkins, to adopt and approve the Citizen Advisory Group recommendations on rental housing in Roseville and forward to the Roseville City Council for consideration of final adoption the following: a.Revision to the enforcement process with the review of a policy regarding use of mediation, eminent domain, abatement and court citation, and b.revision to the annual fee resolution, and c.adoption of a rental housing registration ordinance, and d.Concurrence with the HRA to include budget resources for implementation of the CAG recommendations as part of the 2007 recommended HRA levy, and e.Planning or Transportation Commission to review the parking issues in the community. Ayes: 4 Nays: 0 Motion carried. 7