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Meeting date: July 24, 2006 p. 3 of 4 Burnsville Licensing Program Report Angie reported that someone from the Alliance attended the public meeting on the program and gave the following summary. (A prin tout of the PowerPoint slides could be made available.) All parties say that the program is a success. The City included judges as part of their education program prio r to implementation. 79% of the rental properties are in the city ’s STAR Program, an incentive program that includes no fees if properties qualify for participation. It also focuses on education/information regarding requirements. As of June, the City reported 72 “1 st strikes”, of these, only 5 became “2 nd strikes”. Single-family homeowners are positive about the program. Police are able to follow-up on complaints because they have the necessary tools. Policy help to collect data. The program is staff by 1.25 FTE. 2 people are from the police department and 1 person is from the Utility department. They, too, face the challenge of identi fying rental vs owner-occupied housing. Their next steps include: 1) improving data management; 2) auditing the STAR program; and 3) creating a STAR pr ogram for all properties. In follow-up discussion, the group no ted that program costs are paid for out of the City taxes. Also, there was a lot of education upfront. Jeanne suggested that it mi ght be worthwhile to do a comparative analysis between Burnsville and Roseville, looking at such fact ors as population, tax ba se, and age of housing stock. Annette asked Angie and Michelle how they, as multi-family property manager, would feel about being included in a licensing program . Neither anticipated opposition to a rental program among multi-family property owners, especi ally if Roseville has an inclusive process that includes multi-family property owners. Northwestern College Paul reported on recent college discussions on this issue. The college does not want to give student name s and addresses to the City. They have a policy not to shar e this informati on with the public. The college would send an informational lette r from the City to students with Roseville addresses. Although their data are quite good, there may be some inaccuracies. August would be a good month to send out such a letter. The college can easily step-up education efforts: o The college maintains an off-campus rental housing book in which property owners can advertise apartm ents, rooms, houses. This could be shared with the City and information sent to these property owners. o The Off-Campus Program can include materials about renting limitations. o The Parent Relations office maintains a we b site and information can be included on it. o The college will work with the City to follow-up on violations that involve their students. Many things c ould be done immediately. Additional group discussion items included the following ideas.