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Staff Report To: Mike Morrison From: John Malenick, Fire Chief Date: Oct. 19, 2007 rte: Ordinance Changes, Emergency Operations Plan, International Fire Code Property Maintenance Code: After the May 2007 Work session, staff was directed to explore and propose possible changes to current city ordinances as they pertain to property maintenance. Of particular concern was how the current code addressed rental property fees and inspections. To this end, staff began researching and planning new ordinances. Proposed for your review is the addition of a new section to the City Codes (sec.1336). This new section will adopt the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) as an enforceable document as it pertains to St. Anthony rental property. Within this section are amendments to the IPMC to reflect past St. Anthony practice and the licensing procedures for all rental property. In addition, staff is recommending the creation of a Department of Property Maintenance under the direction of the Fire Department. As in the past, the Fire Department would continue enforcing the housing ordinance with the addition of conducting annual rental property inspections. To accomplish this would require one additional part time Deputy Code Official. (See budget attachment) Funding for this new department could be achieved through a restructuring of rental property licensing. Our current license fees for rental property are by far the lowest in the metropolitan area. An adjustment even to the low end of the scale would more than adequately fund the activity and payroll of the new department. (Fee structure attachment) Emergency Operations Plan: For the past several months, the North Suburban Emergency Management Group of Hennepin County has been working to consolidate many individual city emergency plans into one regional plan. Our intention is for all the political jurisdictions in the North Suburban Emergency Management Group (Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Champlin, Crystal, Robbinsdale, New Hope, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Medicine Lake, Osseo, Dayton, Rogers, Hassen Township, Golden Valley, St Anthony) to function under the same emergency operations plan. Each jurisdiction continues to maintain autonomy and their own emergency management program; however they are all affiliated under the same emergency plan. The combined plan is now complete and ready for the review and approval of each jurisdiction. • Page 1