06-14-06 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA Pursuant to due call and notice Chereof a workshop meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 14th day of June, 2006 in the Conference Room of the City Center located at 5] 5 Little Canada Road in said City. JUNE 14, 2006 Mayor Bill Blesener 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 Council Member Council Member Council Member Council Member Mr. Bill Blesener Ms. Barb Allan Mr. John Keis Mr. Jim LaValle Mr. Rick Montour ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator Resident Mr. Cam Oyen City Clerk Ms. Kathy Glanzer Mr. Joel R. Hanson Sheriff s Department Lt. John St. Germain Provinces Mr. Mike Cunningham MULTI- Mayor Blesener indicated that the purpose of tonight's meeting is to FAMILY review Che police activity at a number of the City's multi-family HOUSING housing complexes and Co develop a plan for addressing this continuing ISSUES problem. Blesener noted that a large percentage of the City's Budget goes toward police protection, and those costs are based to a certain degree on call activity. Blesener noted that other cities have addressed this same issue by enacting licensing requirements and regulations as well as housing codes. The City Administrator reviewed a summary of the serious calls at the City's multi-family complexes that have more than four units. He noted that the highest call activity is occurring at Antler, Montreal Com•ts, Quebec, Provinces, and Sleepy Hollow. The Administrator indicated that one of the factors that has been an issue is the instability with the management at some of these complexes. He reported that just when the City and management are able to start addressing the issues of concern, the manager leaves and the City has to start over with a new on-site manager.