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Staff Report Community Development Update Page 4 Rental Dwelling Licenses and Inspections Rental Dwelling Licenses expire each year on September 30 , so another big task this quarter was the rental dwelling license renewals . Barb sent out renewal letters in August with the actual licenses expiring September 30 . There are about 200 active rental licenses in Mounds View. Barb is following up with the owners of about 20 buildings that have not yet renewed their rental licenses . Starting in May of this year and continuing through the summer, Jeremiah performed rental dwelling inspections . For those properties that did not pass the initial inspection , Barb has scheduled the reinspections and sent letters notifying the appropriate parties . Jeremiah will conduct the 70 reinspections (including common areas) during the month of November. Enforcing the single-family rental license ordinance continues to be somewhat of a struggle . Owners come and go ; they rent their properties and then they decide not to rent them . This licensing has been a large task for Barb . This includes the follow up with and the tracking of property owners who rent single-family homes . There are about 50 single-family homes that the owners are renting out but that status changes continually. Training Barb continues serving as Secretary I for the Minnesota Building Permit Technicians Association and attends their bi-monthly meetings/education . PermitWorks User Group meetings are suspended during the busy summer months but the once-a-month meetings will start up again in November. Barb also has worked on the mailings to property and business owners about grease traps , RPZ's and construction being done without permits , and licensing of contractors . She also tracks and follows-up on property- related administrative offenses . Staff issued five administrative offenses in the third quarter compared to six in the first quarter and 15 in the second quarter of 2009 . Barb is working with a high school student who normally works 1 . 5 hours per day assisting her with copying , scanning , mailings , etc. We have been working with Irondale High School and the Mounds View School District to employ PREP (Practical Readiness Education Program ) students during each school year. PREP serves students with cognitive development disabilities . Our student worker this year is Dylan and he works directly with a job coach , Mary, who provides support here on the jobsite . Dylan started working in our department in September and we hope that he will continue his stay with the City until the end of the school year. Kathi Osmonson provided the following update about the activities of the inspection department :