04-13-05 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTE+'S CITY COUNCIL APRIL 13, 2005 Parks Master Plan is in dire need of updating, and stated that he would prefer to see this work done sooner rather than later. LaValle felt that any RFP for planning services should also include park consultant services. The Council discussed the service provided by the present City Planner and instructed City staff to develop an issues list for discussion with the Planner. That list should include the scope of the update project and his ability to undertake this project and complete it in a timely fashion. The Council also asked that the City Administrator contact the Met Council to determine if a mandated update of the Comp Plan is forthcoming soon. It was the consensus of the Council that this action plan will be revisited once the Administrator obtained additional information from Met Council and the City Planner. The next action plan reviewed was "Investigate Multi-Housing Licensing Fee". Blesener noted that in reviewing recenC information on police calls, it appears that Montreal Courts accounts for 15% of all calls. The City Administrator indicated that the ownership Montreal Courts has recently changed, and it does not appear that adequate funds have been budgeted to address the problems at the complex. Therefore, amulti-housing licensing fee may be the only solution. The Administrator noted that research on licensing ordinances is currently being done. These ordinances will be evaluated and an options report presented to the Council aC a workshop meeting. LaValle suggested that a licensing fee should be based on the types of calls generated by a complex versus number of calls. He noted the example of a senior multi-family complex that generates medical calls versus police calls. The Administrator agreed, and noted that the City would not want to penalize multi-family housing complexes that are managed properly. It will be necessary, however, to review the legality of any fee structure Chat is developed. The Fire Chief indicated that it was his hope that this action plan also addressed more frequent fire inspections of the multi-family housing complexes. The Administrator indicated that he would discuss this issue with the Fire Marshal noting that it may be necessary to hire supplemental help to assist the Fire Marshal. The City Administrator suggested that he have the Fire Marshal attend the Council's Apri127~h Information Update Workshop to update the Council on the issue of fire inspections.