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City Council Study Session Minutes March 13, 2001 . Page 10 l Councilmember Horst asked if this entire plan would be covered by the $4,500 fee. Mr. Prosser 2 indicated this would cover the preparation of the TIF plans. He stated all other services would be 3 billed out on an hourly basis. 4 Councilmember Horst stated he would not be willing to proceed with this item as the area is still 5 changing and redeveloping. 6 Mayor Cavanaugh indicated this proposal would mostly address the Stonehouse property and 7 Custom Liquidators property. 8 Morrison noted these two properties were selected because the services offered at each site are up 9 for redevelopment. He indicated there is not City staff available to address economic 10 development issues. Morrison stated he would be in favor of the Council proceeding with this 11 report. 12 g. City's Code Enforcement Policy. 13 Fire Chief Hewitt indicated Don Drush was also present to address the Council. Fire Chief 14 Hewitt noted his memo to the Council was a draft code enforcement policy for the City to 15 consider. He noted the fire department has been responsible for enforcing the City Code for 0 some time now. 17 Fire Chief Hewitt stated he felt the fire department was doing a fine job, but felt there was room 18 for improvement. He explained one concern at this time was training. Fire Chief Hewitt noted 19 there may also be difficulty with defining the role of the fire department on this issue and the 20 authority that should be taken by the members of the department. He indicated things must be 21 greater defined so that codes remain consistently defined and enforced. 22 Fire Chief Hewitt reviewed how the fire department would proceed with a complaint. He stated 23 the procedure would hopefully protect members of the department when out on calls. Fire Chief 24 Hewitt read through several recommendations to the Council and asked for their comments. 25 Councilmember Hodson questioned the role of the fire chief as the code enforcement officer and 26 if he was aware of other cities operating in a similar fashion. Fire Chief Hewitt indicated several 27 smaller cities operate in this fashion and other cities have there own code enforcement 28 departments. 29 Don Drush noted the City of Columbia Heights used to complete all housing code issues but 30 have backed down to only one person assisting in this matter. 31 Mayor Cavanaugh asked how many members of the fire department were trained to deal with code enforcement. Fire Chief Hewitt indicated seven members of the Fire Department were trained to deal with code enforcement at this time.