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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL APRIL 24, 2024 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-4-49 — APPROVING A MINOR SUBDIVISION OF 3010 VANDERBIE STREET, PARCEL ID NUMBER: 05-29-22-21-0019 The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by T. Miller. Ayes (5). Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. CONSENT AGENDA T. Miller introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOL UTION NO. 2024-4-50 APPRO VING THE CONSENT A GENDA WHICH CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING: • Approval of the Vouchers • Accept 1 St Quarter 2024 Financial Report The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Gutierrez. Ayes (5). Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. STAFF REPORTS ORDINANCE 896, ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE The Community Development Director provided background information, noting that this request has previously been considered by the Council but had been deemed unnecessary. She explained that as rental housing and inspections have become more frequent, staff has deemed that adoption of this language would be helpful for enforcement to ensure spaces are safe and inhabitable. She reviewed the benefits of adopting the code language. The Code Enforcement Officer/Rental Housing Coordinator explained that this portion of code would keep homes safe and looking good. He provided an example of when this code would have been helpful for the City to have when dealing with a specific property. He stated that instead, the vacant home sat with open doors for 3.5 weeks which led to undesired activity. Mayor Fischer asked if adoption of this language would come with new and additional standards. The Code Enforcement Officer/Rental Housing Coordinator replied that these would not be new and additional requirements, noting that it more expands upon the existing building code standards for maintenance and nuisance enforcement purposes. The City Administrator referenced two previous nuisance issues the City had to deal with and without this code, the City was struggling to find the proper tool to deal with those situations in a timely manner. He stated that although the City has had rental housing licenses since 2009, there were not rental housing inspections until the Code Enforcement/Rental Housing Coordinator was brought on board. He explained that staff is now seeing the issues that need to be addressed. The Code Enforcement Officer/Rental Housing Coordinator provided more examples where this language would be helpful in dealing with the quality of workmanship for repairs to the rental homes. 5