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Housing & Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Roseville Excerpt of Minutes - Tuesday, January 17,2006, at 7:00 p.m. Public Hearing for Proposed City of Roseville Rental Licensing Ordinance (HF36} Chair Majerus opened the hearing by explaining the process and requested Executive Director Bennett to provide a brief history and verbal su�r�inary of the proposed ordinance. Permits Coordinator pon Munson and Codes Official Rick Talbot were also available to clarify data and answer questions. Ms. Bennett noted that studies completed by the HRA regarding this issue and coa�ments received in 2004,2005 as part of the neighborhood meetings. She explained the purpose of the ordinance and listed the most coit�mon issues. Ms. Bennett explained the land use code co�nplai��ts that are related to rental properties. She then explained the proposed ordinances and a checklist that will illustrate the types of issues that would be inspected. Ms. Bennett explained the exceptions to the ordinance and enforcement process. Mr. Talbot explained some of the types of code compliance issues he has encountered in the past two years. Member Millasovich asked if the rental violations are primarily from small 1-4 unit buildings Talbot explained that most complaints are from 1-4 unit buildings, noting that larger rental co�nplexes are professionally managed. Chair Maj erus asked for numbers of units that were not in compliance. Mr. Munson explained the extrapolation of the statistics throughout the community. There are a number of repeat property violations. Chair Majerus asked for details of#he check list of rental inspections (similar to HUD inspectio��s). Chair Majerus asked if the staff had reviewed the seasonal or phased in approach to inspection, perhaps by section. Chair Majerus invited the public to comment and asked that each person state their name and address for the record as well as complete the sign in sheet. Georgina Hall, 385 Transit Street, stated that she was a representative of the League of Women Voters and although the organization has no opinion on the ordinance they did hand out a list of 5 questions that they would like answered. Bennett noted that they questions and answers would be posted online. J�sm Krautbauer, 3033 Rice Street, explained that he has worked with Mr. Talbot on code violations relating to one of his rental properties and felt that there was no need for an ordinance to address compliance issues. Felt that the ordinance sends a message that the City does not want renters in Roseville. Maintaining grass and parking is not only a rental issue. He stated that 80% of the complaints are for owner-occupied units in the city. Renters have organizations to support them and make sure that landlords are providing them with safe housing. Competition keeps rental pro�erfy in good repair. Rental properties pay more taxes because they are non-homestead (not true anymore in Roseville n o homestead tax credits provided). Perhaps the problem is a decrease in ownership units in Roseville and asked why Roseville is getting more rental units. Do not over govern and create a tax burdett on rental properties. Landlords must post the owners naines already withiEl the unit. Mike Heffernan, 2244 Dale Street, disagreed that the City staff has note taken care of the problems. The numbers of complaints were mostly single family owner occupied properties. There :Il �L be budget short falls and Rick Talbot needs additional staff.