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MEMO To: Director of Public Works/Community Development Clerk -Administrator Mayor and City Council �► FROM: Public Works Foreman/Buildinq Inspector DATE: July 3, 1986 SUB,)F.CT: FIRE INSPECTION PROGRAM The City Council, on June 24, 1985, adopted Resolution No. 394 which amended Chapter 63, Fire Code, by creating a subdivision which created a Fire Inspector. The subdivision was prompted by the Fire Department's direction of providing more frequent and thorough fire inspections for the three cities it serves. The City of Mounds View was faced with either providing additional monies to the File Department Budget and/or providing their own Fire inspector position to carry out a reasonable program of fire inspections. In order to save the City the expenditure for fire inspection services from the Fire Department, we decided to create our own program to hopefully meet their needs. Therefore, in October of 1985 memos were written laying o„t a rare inspection program for the City for the ending year 1985 and 1986. The schedule turned out to be too ambitious with regard to existing staff due to a number of other City projects and other items which could all be labeled under tho headina of "shortage of manpower". To date, the liquor establishments of the City have been inspected a minimum of two times, and some of them three or four times with work orders being completed. Also, staff has just about completed establishing new occupant loads for the liquor establishments and those will he posted by the end of the month. Two churches have been inspected and appriximately 250 housing units have also been inspected. This memo is intended to put into perspective our short comings from previous memos of expectations and to make something more workahle for the future. Staff has met with Fire Chief Faqerstrom and he, by his own admission, understands our manpower shortage and thought that our plans were too ambitious to start with. In this meeting, the discussion included the cities of Blaine and Spring Lake Park, of which he also serves. In the case of Spring Lake Park, no inspections ar• being done whatsoever by the Fire Department or the Spring Lake Park City staff as no funds were allocated by the Fire Department or given by the City of Spring Lake Park. The City of Blaine presently has a combination Zoning Code Enforcer and Fire Inspector. Thie person is working joirtly with the Blaine Community Development Department and Fire Department to conduct inspections in both thnse areas. With regard to the City of Mounds View, our discussion evolved around either the need for additional Mounds View staff to conduct Fire Inspections as laid out and/or changing the program or possibly releasing the inspection program hack to the Fire Department.