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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 16, 2010 Page 6 13. Business Items - Presentations/Discussions a. Discuss Repeat Nuisance Calls Ordinance Community Development Director Patrick Trudgeon provided a summary of the draft ordinance proposed cooperatively by the City's Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA), and its Community Development and Police Departments, as detailed in Attachment A of the RCA dated August 16, 2010. Mr. Trudgeon advised that, while this was not an overall solution, it would be an additional tool to address and enforce some problem areas in the community. Mr. Trudgeon sought feedback from the City Council on the draft language, noting that the ordinance would be brought forward for consideration and potential ac- tion at a future date. Police Chief Rick Mathwig was present and concurred with Mr. Trudgeon's summary and the need to address underlying issues.. Community Relations Coordinator Sarah Mahmud and Administrative Analyst Karen Rubey were also present. City Attorney Bartholdi provided several additional comments related to staff's introductory materials related to clarifying fees assessed to both owner(s) and oc- cupant(s) -Section 511.02; and his recommendation for additional language on Line 60 to clearly state that fees could be imposed for ["both "J; and suggested that, should that circumstance arise, the City Council consider whether to cap maximum amounts or per person maximums, stipulating that the full fee be as- sessed for the owner and occupant as well. City Attorney Bartholdi further sug- gested additional language for references to City Code, Section 314.052 (City Fee Schedule Table addition after line 164), that the third column indicate: "$250 plus the cost of enforcement response (which shall be determined by multiplying the staff hourly rate times 1.9 times the number of hours expended in making the call, for all employees involved in responding to the violation), the total of which fee shall not exceed $2,000 per call" indicate that this include ["all individuals in- volved in processing the fine through the city,J not just officers responding to the call. Mr. Trudgeon and Chief Mathwig concurred with City Attorney Bartholdi's rec- ommended language revisions. Councilmember Ihlan suggested another possible exception to consider in addi- tion to domestic calls, would be other harassment situations at a property where residents needed to repeatedly call police, such as hate-based crimes, third party or neighbor disputes, or situations where the caller felt endangered.