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• <br />• <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item 7 <br />Date: Council Work Session, July 2, 2007 <br />To: City Council <br />From: David J. Pecchia, Chief of Police <br />Re: <br />City of Lino Lakes Crime Free Housing Code and Lino <br />Lakes Police Department Safer Tenants and Rental (STAR) <br />Program <br />Background <br />The City of Lino Lakes is committed to proactively addressing <br />crime. Preventing problems is always more effective than trying <br />to deal with them after they occur. Police records in neighboring <br />communities show that rental - housing properties have had higher <br />crime rates than owner - occupied homes. Rental properties place <br />larger numbers of people into more dense areas, thereby <br />increasing crime opportunities. It is found that adequate <br />protection of public health, safety and general welfare will <br />improve in those rental developments that are certified under the <br />Safer Tenants And Rentals program. <br />The purpose of this program is to protect, preserve and promote <br />the public health, safety and general welfare of The City of Lino <br />Lakes, and to prevent crime in the City and to provide for the <br />administration and enforcement of the STAR program. <br />STAR CERTIFICATION LEVELS <br />In order to be certified under any level of the STAR program, the <br />criteria listed under that level must be met. <br />Level "C" rated criteria <br />- Statewide (Minnesota) Criminal History check of all <br />applicants covering at least the last seven years. The <br />checks must be completed "in- person" or by utilizing the <br />most recent update of the state criminal history files. <br />Statewide Criminal History checks from the applicant's <br />previous state of residence if the applicant is moving <br />directly from the previous state. <br />