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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 03, 2008 Page 6 Councilmember Ihlan offered her support for the proposed motion, with the un- derstanding that additional financial analysis is needed. Councilmember Roe offered his support for the project, unless bids came in unre- alistically high. Roe moved, Pust seconded, approval and ratification of both previous Council ac- tions authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement with Karges- Faulconbridge, Inc. (KFI) for master plan study services as outlined at a cost of $24,800, plus reimbursable travel and production expenses; and for the design and construction management services at a revised cost of $112,800 (based on "best value" contracting approaches), plus reimbursable travel and production expenses to install a "full" geothermal system in the Roseville Skating Center Arena as out- lined in the staff report dated March 3, 2008. . Roll Call Ayes: Roe; Pust; Ihlan; and Klausing. Nays: None. 9. General Ordinances a. Consider Adoption of Rental Registration Ordinance Community Development Director Patrick Trudgeon presented a draft ordinance for enactment requiring the registration with the City of rental properties having one to four units. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the history of the Housing and Redevelopment Author- ity's (HRA's) creation of a Citizen Advisory Group in May of 2006 for the spe- cific purpose of reviewing a draft rental licensing ordinance to study issues asso- ciated with rental properties and to make recommendations to the HRA on how to address areas of concern. Mr. Trudgeon noted that, following their meetings the Advisory Group's consensus was that there was a lack of accurate data on rental properties in the community; lack of staff authority to enter properties suspected of overcrowding; protracted processes for resolving complaints; substantive park- ing issues; and concerns regarding implication of a proposed Property Mainte- nance Ordinance. Mr. Trudgeon clarified that the proposed ordinance was a registration ordinance, not a license ordinance, for the purpose of information gathering; and noted tech- nical revisions made to the previously-presented draft ordinance, following Coun- cil discussion, and work by the City Attorney and staff to remove language re- garding interior inspections and code enforcement matters. Mr. Trudgeon re- viewed some of those technical revisions, such as penalty provisions, revocation