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City of BURNSVILLE 100 Civic Center Parkway Burnsville, MN 55337 -3817 STAFJ'? Safer Tenant act Rental TIPSHEET FOR MEETING STAR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS Getting involved with the City of Burnsville STAR program is easy! Just choose your level of participation — Level C, Level B or Level A — and fill out the free application. Here is a description of what is expected from property owners and what resources the City of Burnsville will bring forward under each level. STAR Program — Level C Many property owners are already utilizing these strategies, however, if not they are fairly straight- forward and should be easy to implement. D A crime free lease addendum is a powerful tool to assist property owners in dealing with troublesome tenants. The addendum, signed at the same time as the lease document, stipulates that any instance that a tenant breaks a law while on site would allow the lease to be broken. Basically, the addendum provides the property owner a legal method to break a lease with a tenant who breaks the law. A copy of the crime free lease addendum can be found at www.burnsville.org, and can be sent upon request. O Rental criteria regarding persons with criminal backgrounds is your own policy on what types of criminal backgrounds you choose to allow onto your property, and those you would screen out. D Third party background check procedures for tenants should describe the level to which the background is checked, where it is conducted, etc. A letter from your background check company outlining the services they will provide would suffice. (A list of background check companies is available from the licensing office — see contact information below.) D Third party background check procedures for employees /managers can be treated similar to background checks for tenants. However, it is important to remember that the Kari Koskinen law (MN Statute 2004, 299C.68) applies to property managers — state law requires that every property manager must be background checked. While the law does not specifically mention other property employees, it is a good idea to apply the same procedures for all employees. O Allowing the City of Burnsville to be involved in evictions means that the City will support you in the eviction of a trouble tenant — this may include building documentation, or testifying in court on behalf on the property owner and community. O Allowing the City of Burnsville to enforce traffic laws upon my property is most likely to be an issue in the case of non - licensed vehicles, etc. 7