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MaU—NDS VIEW <br />of Mounds View Staff R <br />Item No: 02b <br />Meeting Date: June 6, 2022 <br />Type of Business: WS <br />City Administrator Review: <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Jon Sevald, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: 2023-2025 Strategic Plan (Community Development) <br />Introduction: <br />The Strategic Plan includes a number of Goals involving the Community Development <br />Department. Additional discussion and clarification is needed from the City Council to refine a <br />work plan for Staff. Below, is staff's interpretation of the Council's Goals. If time is constrained, <br />focus should be on Goals A and C. Goals B and D can wait. <br />Vision: Housing & Code Enforcement & Mounds View Boulevard <br />Strategy/Problem: Address Absentee Landlords, Attract Affordable Housing Opportunities, <br />Aggressive Code Enforcement, Encourage land owners to maintain their <br />properties. <br />Goal A: Address Absentee Landlords, maintain incentive & rewards, code <br />enforcement with landlords and homeowners, Ensure land lords take care <br />of their properties. Force land lords and homeowners to upkeep and <br />maintain their properties. <br />Problem identified 1. Address Absentee Landlords. An "Absentee Landlord" is <br />interpreted to be a licensed rental property owner whose property <br />incurs more than three consecutive code violation notices (e.g. the <br />landlord is not responsive to the City's correction orders). Generally, <br />when code corrections are incomplete, the City issues three notices <br />with compounding fines ($150, $300, $450). The fourth notice is an <br />Administrative Citation (District Court). The City has issued 0 <br />Administrative Citations in 2022; 9 (2021); 15 (2020); and 22 (2019). <br />2. Maintain incentive & rewards. The City's Crime -Free Rental <br />Housing Program is voluntary. Participating landlords may receive a <br />20%, 33%, or 50% reduction in license fees. Rental License fees are <br />$100 + $25 p/unit. In 2021, there were 13 (7%) participating <br />landlords. <br />3. Code enforcement with landlords and homeowners. Ensure <br />landlords take care of their properties. Force landlords and <br />homeowners to upkeep and maintain their properties. <br />The following chart illustrates the source of housing/zoning <br />complaints. <br />The Mounds View Vision <br />A Thriving Desirable Community <br />