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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA MAY 13, 2020 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a Workshop meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 13th day of May, 2020 in the Conference Room of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Mayor John Keis called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Keis, Council Members Fischer, Torkelson, McGraw & Montour ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator Chris Heineman, Parks & Rec/Community Services Manager Bryce Shearen, Finance Director Brenda Malinowski, Public Works Director Bill Dircks, City Clerk Heidi Heller In accordance with the requirements of Minn. Stat. Section 13D. 021, the City Administrator has determined that an in person meeting is not practical or prudent because of a health pandemic or an emergency declared under Chapter 12 of the Minnesota Statutes. Because of the health pandemic and emergency declaration, it has been determined that attendance at the regular meeting location by elected officials and members of the public is not feasible. Therefore, some or all of the City Council members may be participating by telephone or other electronic means. This meeting will be recorded in its entirety. Members of the public may monitor the meeting on the CTVNorth Suburbs website (live stream) or use the meeting linkprovided on the city website prior to the meeting. RENTAL HOUSING LICENSE PROGRAM UPDATE The City Clerk explained that since the February Council Workshop discussion about changes to the rental housing licensing program, staff has drafted the amendments to City Code Chapter 3200, and is proposing a few additional changes to the program. She stated that the rental license period for all properties will now be for one year and run from October 1 to September 30. She noted that staff initially planned that single-family, condos and duplex licenses would be for a three-year period, but have opted for all licenses to be annual. She explained that by having all licenses on the same schedule, staff does not have to keep track of which properties need a license each year, and an annual license would allow current infonnation to be collected every year. This timing is also more in line with the work load for the Code Enforcement/ Housing Inspector since code enforcement is busy during spring and summer, and the focus can then shift in the fall and winter to rental housing and conducting the license inspections. The City Clerk stated that the license period currently begins on July 1, but due to the COVID-19 situation, moving the license period to start three months later will also be helpfiil to the rental property owners.