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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/08/2007 AGENDA MAPLEWOOD HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WEDNESDAY, August 8,2007 7:00 P.M. CITY HALL, CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 4. Approval of Agenda 5. Approval of Minutes: July 11,2007 6. Communications . Introduction of new member Rita Andreoli . Report on Code Enforcement (Michael Samuelson) 7. Unfinished Business . Proposed mission statement for the HRA 7. New Business . Administrative cost for a non-homestead registration program . Police Officer Stephen Heinz - Crime Free Multi-Housing Liaison . Open discussion about 2006 IPMC 8. Date of Next Meeting . September 12, 2007 9. Adjournment DRAFT MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 1830 COUNTY ROAD BEAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY, July 11, 2007 7:00 P.M. CITY HALL CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS I. CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Pearson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. II. ROLL CALL Commissioner Jeffrey James Chairperson Gary Pearson Commissioner Joy Tkachuck Vice-Chairperson/Secretary Beth Ulrich Present Present Present Present Staff Present: Dave Fisher, Building Official Tom Ekstrand, Senior Planner Michael Samuelson, Code Enforcement Officer Michael Johnson, Planner Intern III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of the HRA minutes for June 20, 2007. Commissioner Ulrich had an addition on page 4, in the 1st paragraph, at the end of the paragraph. It should include that Commissioner UI isb said that the Ramsev County Grant Guidelines and the MHFA link should be on th Commissioner the minutes. Commissioner Ayes - James, Pearson, Tkachuck, Ulrich The motion carri IV. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Ulrich moved to approve the agenda. Commissioner Tkachuck seconded. Ayes - James, Pearson, Tkachuck, Ulrich The motion carried. V. COMMUNICATIONS Code Enforcement (Michael Samuelson) Housing and Redevelopment Authority -2- Minutes of 07-11-07 Mr. Samuelson introduced himself. He has been working with the City of Maplewood since April 2nd. Mr. Samuelson reported the statistics on case loads since he has started. Mr. Samuelson summarized the city's procedures and processes for handling code enforcement complaints from residents. Mr. Samuelson went over the abatement process and procedure. The first abatement was done on July 10 and more are scheduled for the upcoming weeks. He handed out copies of forms and notices that are sent to residents and went over them. Commissioner Tkachuck asked if notices ever go out to commercial properties. Mr. Samuelson responded that currently the planning department and code enforcement are working together on commercial properties. A letter goes out to commercial properties, instead of a notice, when a complaint is made. Mr. Ekstrand said that the planners get involved in the on-going upkeep of the commercial properties. Mr. Samuelson then showed a copy of a general sweeps letter and went over it. The city doesn't have the manpower to do sweeps of neighborhoods yet but we have sent out a couple letters that notified a neighborhood of a general complaint. Mr. Samuelson reported that the City Council updated the city code to state that trash cans must be stored out of view, either on the side of the house/garage, inside the premise or at the rear of the house, and 10 feet off the property line. Commissioner Tkachuck asked where the information is at. Mr. Samuelson responded that the information can be downloaded off of the website www.cLmaplewood.mn.us code enforcement link. Commissioner Tkachuck asked what percentage of cases are citizen opened. Mr. Samuelson reported that citizen opened cases are in the 80% range, maybe higher. Eventually they will be tracked by who opened it. Now an online complaint form is on the website for people to fill out. Commissioner Tkachuck asked what the service level agreement is in getting out and addressing the complaint once a call has been received from a citizen. Mr. Samuelson reported that the ideal response time would be 3-5 working days to respond to a complaint. However, the type of case may change the response time, for example open trash takes precedence over long grass. Commissioner Tkachuck asked what happens when a property is foreclosed or abandoned and an abatement is done then how do we collect the charges for the abatement. Mr. Samuelson answered that the owner is billed and if bill payments are not received then it is assessed to the property tax. Typically, an informational hearing will be held, and information will be sent to the property owner via the Ramsey County records. Then, Ramsey County will put the charges on the next year's payable taxes. Chairperson Pearson said that it would be evident to a call to Ramsey County Tax Assessment office. Mr. Samuelson agreed that it would if it reached the assessment stage. Commissioner Ulrich asked if there is a grace period or circumstantial exception. Mr. Housing and Redevelopment Authority -3- Minutes of 07-11-07 Samuelson said that exceptions are granted and said that we will work with people who cooperate with us. VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Follow-up Information from Previous Meeting . Other Cities Property Maintenance Code or Rental Housing Maintenance Ordinances o Mr. Fisher went over various codes other cities use. Most cities have changed the chapter 1 for the administrative section ofthe International Property Maintenance Code because it doesn't match exactly what is done in Minnesota for state statute, and because of weather differences from other states. Chairperson Pearson said that the main task would be getting all the buildings registered with a person with strong authority to represent owners not local to the twin city area who can act when there is a problem. Part of the problem with rental properties is that the manager on-site may not have authority to make decisions. Chairperson Pearson said that many of the people's concerns are police calls to apartments, but the statutes don't allow a landlord to use the number of police calls as a means to remove a resident. There are certain ways you can use the no trespassing laws to affect the resident. Chairperson Pearson said it would require a specific adoption of a code. It would take a lot of staff time in order to go through all of the information and determine a particular code that would be proposed. Mr. Fisher agreed. Chairperson Pearson said that he likes the Woodbury STAR approach but recognizes that it would be heavy on staff time to manage that program. Mr. Fisher said that the city of Saint Paul has a new program that is a point system, which the landlords seem to like. Mr. Samuelson said that it is modeled after a program by the City of Minneapolis. It includes rental properties being given a point system based upon negative aspects of that housing. Mr. Samuelson said that he can get copies of the program in Minneapolis and St. Paul. These programs have an inspector that periodically inspects the rental properties to assign points. Chairperson Pearson said that one aspect of STAR program is the positive aspect of the fee schedule giving a break to those properly owners who maintain their properties and fees applied to those who do not. The HRA board decided to discuss the Woodbury STAR program at this point. Mr. Johnson, the planning intern, introduced himself and thanked everyone in Maplewood for giving him such a good experience. Mr. Johnson went over the program and explained the different levels of categories. Chairperson Pearson asked if their program is specifically non-homestead properties or if it covers any structure that is not homesteaded (single-family home, duplex, four-plex) as well. Mr. Johnson replied that they only include non- homesteaded properties, but they plan to expand it. Housing and Redevelopment Authority -4- Minutes of 07-11-07 Chairperson Pearson asked how the program handles the properties that do not participate in the program other than they pay the maximum fees. Mr. Johnson said that he does not have that specific information but assumes that they just pay the fee with no other penalties. Mr. Samuelson pointed out that $12 per rental unit is a fairly common fee to be charged and Mr. Johnson agreed that he found that in his research. Mr. Johnson added that the owner does get rewarded if they reach the A level; the owner will receive a plaque that can be displayed on the building and the city pays for it. Commissioner James asked how many people manage this program. Mr. Johnson responded that the City of Woodbury employs an investigative aid and 2 police officers that take care of all of the paperwork and track all of the calls and what they are for. The police officers are full time and perform other police officer duties as well as tend to this program and the investigative aid is full time as well. Mr. Samuelson added that this program is part of the crime prevention program. Chairperson Pearson asked Mr. Johnson if he had an opportunity to sit in on any of the management assisted resident crime prevention meetings. Mr. Johnson responded that he did not go there as all of the research was done from the office. Mr. Johnson added that it is fairly obvious that the crime rates in those rental properties are on a steady decline from when they adopted the program to now. Chairperson Pearson asked Mr. Fisher if the staff would go forward with developing a proposal from some of the materials given. Mr. Fisher responded that the staff is asking for direction from the HRA board. If the board chooses to work with the STAR program, then other departments would need to be involved (the police department, fire marshal, and apartment complexes and their management) in the process. Chairperson Pearson said that he would like some input from multi-housing on what areas they feel would get the best participation. Commissioner Ulrich said that if we want to replace an existing code, that should be done first. Then move on to possibly the licensing portion of program, which would get people involved, then develop the crime prevention piece, which would give the discount. Mr. Fisher agreed that path would be the best way to address this. The ordinance should be updated first to clarify the ordinance. Depending on which direction is taken, there may be a staffing issue. If registration is done, then that might require clerical staff. If inspections are needed, then an inspector might need to be hired, and fees to cover that cost would large. Mr. Fisher suggested that a schedule be put together to get this program going. Mr. James asked if any communities indicated the cost of running this program and whether or not they are able to self-fund. Mr. Johnson said that communities said that they are working in small steps to get their programs running. Some communities expressed cost as an issue, but if it is phased in slowly then it works Housing and Redevelopment Authority -5- Minutes of 07-11-07 well. Mr. Fisher said that it depends also on how often the inspections would be done. Mr. James asked if this is something that could be taken on by the Code Enforcement during the slow months of the year. Mr. Samuelson responded that even though Code Enforcement does slow down during the winter, there will be other tasks, such as updating the city code, which will take up this time. Mr. Samuelson then went over the different types of costs that might come with this type of program. Commissioner Ulrich asked if it would be feasible to start looking at a registration process at the same time as updating the code. The registration support would be heavier in the administrative support. Mr. Fisher responded that he does not know how much more can be given to current administrative staff here. The quantity of hours for these administrative tasks has not been calculated. Mr. Fisher will look into finding out how much the total cost would be. Chairperson Pearson said that the city code does need to be updated and registration needs to be done. Then a decision will need to be made on who should be the contact person when it comes to licensing and registration. Mr. Fisher said that a similar registration process is currently happening in registering all of the businesses in the City of Maplewood. This could be a possible resource for the rental housing registration. Mr. Fisher will look into that. Chairperson Pearson would like to have input from the police department, fire department, multi-housing and landlords. They could possibly attend a few meetings to express their views. Mr. Fisher advised that the City of Maplewood adopt the 2006 International Property Maintenance Code with amendments. We should also look at our ordinances versus that ordinance and see what the changes and differences are between the two, which will take staff time and eventually be brought to the Council as well. Mr. Fisher requested that an initial recommendation be made by the HRA board as to what step should be taken first. Before someone from the Minnesota Housing Association wants to come over to talk, they would like more direction of what you want them to talk about. Chairperson Pearson asked the board to decide what would be brought up for discussion at the next meeting. Commissioner Ulrich said she would like information on the cost to implement a registration and confirmed that it would take a couple of months for staff to review the current property maintenance code and 2006 International Property Maintenance Code. Mr. Fisher said that the current property maintenance codes are spread out through different chapters of the city code. The staff would like to compile all of the current property maintenance code and then compare those in the 2006 International Property Maintenance Code to get an accurate comparison. Housing and Redevelopment Authority -6- Minutes of 07-11-07 Commissioner Tkachuck agreed that she would also like to see an analysis of the cost and time of running the registration process. Chairperson Pearson asked if it would be possible to have a cost analysis available for the next meeting and a property maintenance code and 2006 International Property Maintenance Code comparison by the September meeting. Mr. Fisher said it would be possible to gather the cost analysis by the next meeting. Staffwill try to gather the information for the property maintenance code comparison by the September meeting but it may not be possible. Commissioner James asked who handled the Code Enforcement complaints before Mr. Samuelson was hired. Mr. Samuelson said that mostly it has been a combination of people, but primarily Butch Gervais, the current fire marshal, handled the complaints. Mr. Fisher added that Bob Wenger, who was a combination health officer, handled some of the work load as well. Mr. Ekstrand added that Mr. Wenger did most of the Code Enforcement matters. Commissioner Tkachuck asked how the city currently manages the success of the new Code Enforcement position. Mr. Fisher responded that Mr. Gervais had a spreadsheet that he kept his records on that tracked the compliance rate of cases. Mr. Samuelson said he will give a quarterly (April - June) report for the next meeting. Commissioner Tkachuck clarified that she is questioning if there is data to show that citizens are more satisfied since a Code Officer has been hired. Mr. Samuelson said that there is no data on that to his knowledge. Once a case has been closed, the complainant is usually happy but will not always communicate that comment to the city. There are surveys that can be given out to track that but that would require time for staff to sort through it. Chairperson Pearson added that it might be possible to give out a survey before the peak season and then afterwards to compare the two. . Data on Multi-Housing in Maplewood including the Police calls and Medical calls . Ramsey County Grant Guidelines on the City's Web o Chairperson Pearson said that the information on the Ramsey County Grant Guidelines are on the website. . Information from Minnesota Multi Housing Association (MHA) - Charge for Police Calls o Mr. Fisher said based on the information from Brooklyn Park, it is not possible. Charging would make people hesitant to call in an emergency. But there are re- inspection fees that are possible. Mr. Samuelson added that it is possible to have a fee for excessive police calls, which is where a property or resident may be charged for excessive police calls to that property, mainly used for commercial properties. This is generally done through the Police Department or through the licensing department. . HRA Vacancy o The position is still vacant and we are looking for people to apply. Housing and Redevelopment Authority -7- Minutes of 07-11-07 VII. NEW BUSINESS a. Rental Housing Licensing - Woodbury's Star Program 1) The discussion was held starting on the top of page 4 through page 6, paragraph 6. b. Comprehensive Plan - Goals and Mission for the HRA 1) Mr. Fisher went over the goals and mission for the HRA that are already stated in the packet of information. Commissioner Ulrich said the HRA could adopt the goals. Mr. Fisher said that it a possibility and would follow what the City Council has done in the past. Commissioner James said that those may not be necessarily applicable for the tasks before the board currently. He asked the board to define the purpose of the HRA in order to decide on the mission and goals for this board. Mr. Ekstrand said he would draft a mission statement to present to the board at the next meeting. c. Proposed Bylaws amendment 1) Mr. Ekstrand asked Ken Roberts to review the bylaws and make any obvious changes to the bylaws to bring them up to date. Mr. Ekstrand submitted the proposed changes to the board for review. Commissioner Ulrich moved to approve the amended bylaws. Commissioner James seconded the motion. Ayes- James Pearson Tkachuck Ulrich The motion carried. d. Maplewood Truth-in-Sale of Housing Ordinance 1) Chairperson Pearson stated that this was brought forward just as an informational item for the new members and a review. Chairperson Pearson added that anytime an open house is seen by a HRA board member, they should stop and check if the disclosure report is displayed. Commissioner Ulrich asked who would be the person to notify if an open house is discovered not displaying the disclosure report. Mr. Ekstrand said to call the main department number and someone will look into it. Chairperson Pearson added that it would be possible to contact the realtor that is the listing agent and let them know you were there and it wasn't displayed. The agent there is not always the listing agent. Housing and Redevelopment Authority -8- Minutes of 07-11-07 VIII. DATE OF NEXT MEETING Date of next HRA meeting is scheduled for August 8, 2007 Mr. Ekstrand asked who is able to attend the City Tour on July 30th at 5:30 pm. 3 of the board members will be able to attend and Commissioner Tkachuck is not sure at this time. IX. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 p.m. MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: Greg Copeland, City Manager; Dave Fisher Building Official Michael Samuelson, Code Enforcement Officer Code Enforcement Activity Report - April 2, 2007 to July 20, 2007 July 31, 2007 INTRODUCTION The City of Maplewood in its 2007 budget approved for the first time a full time position for a Code Enforcement Officer. These services were delivered to the community by city staff on a part time basis before this change. I began working in this position for the Inspections, Planning and Building Operations Department on Monday, April 2, 2007. The following is an overview of some of the results and several of the more unique code enforcement related activities I have been involved with during my first four months here. DISCUSSION Below is a summary of my day-to-day duties here as your Code Enforcement Officer. The time frame for this reporting period is from April 2 to July 20, 2007 (sixteen weeks/four months). Please note some of this information is an approximation of the numbers of cases and violations I have responded to and observed during the past four months. As we currently lack a true code enforcement database system, the precise tracking of my work is not possible at this time. . Total number of calls received to the city complaint line or directly to the Code Enforcement Officer: 370 + (average of 45 - 60 calls per week); . Total number of inspections conducted: 495 +; . Total number of cases opened: 260 + . Total number of cases closed: 122; . Average number of cases open during each week: 118 +1-; . Types of complaints/violations being seen in the community: - Exterior Storage 30 % (107 violations observed) - Unapproved Parking 18 % (64) - Lawn Maintenance 17 % (58) - Housing/Property Maintenance 16 % (57) - Junk Vehicle 7 % (23) - Trash and Garbage 5 % (19) - Trash container storage 4 % (14) - Other 3 % (9) Code Enforcement Officer activities for 4/2 to 4/30/07: . Received brief tours and training from staff that were at one time acting in the role of code enforcement for the City of Maplewood; . Developed a Standardized Code Enforcement Compliance Notice form; . Developed a Self-Inspection Checklist for residents to use on their own to see how their property measures up to local standards and regulations; . Reviewed all appropriate city administrative, nuisance, housing zoning and environmental codes; and . Developed a informational handout for residents and property owners that covers several of the more common code enforcement concerns and regulations that affect residential properties, how to file a complaint, how to best dispose of problem materials and a list of contacts at the city for nuisance related concerns. Code Enforcement Officer activities for 5/1 to 5/7/07: . Posted property for trash and junk abatement at 17xx Howard Street North. Contacted representatives of the mortgage company that now owns this vacant, foreclosed property and got them to agree to clean up the site within the week; and, . Worked with residents on the 16xx block of Lakewood Drive North and the Maplewood Police Department regarding a problem resident (commercial vehicle storage, parking on the grass, boat and vehicle repair/painting, possible drug activity and over occupancy issues). Code Enforcement Officer activities for 5/8 to 5/14/07: . Closed the case for a trash house 17xx Howard Street North. The mortgage company fully cleaned up the site as of 5/11. As of mid-May 2007, I had four such vacant homes with either exterior storage or long grass complaints under investigation; . Responded to a call at 17xx Atlantic St from the St. Paul Police Department and the Minnesota Gang Strike Task Force. Officers were at this property with a search warrant for drugs and guns and they wanted code enforcement to inspect the property. Besides a lot of clutter inside of the home and outside on the lot, it was discovered that the residents had constructed an electric fence in the back yard to keep their dog from "escaping". Orders were issued to have this all removed within the week as well as the requirement to have their eight + cats and two dogs paired down to the limit allowed under city code (three in total).; . Continued to work with residents on the 16xx block of Lakewood Drive; and, . Began what will be what look to be involved and time consuming investigations into alleged park land intrusions at 25xx and 25xx Barclay Street and possible illegal dumping by up to five separate property owners along Nebraska Avenue and McKnight Road. Code Enforcement Officer activities for 5/15 to 5/21/07: . Continued to respond to an ever increasing number of vacant homes with either exterior storage or long grass complaints on them. The number of is now up to eight. Most are recent foreclosures and the representatives of the lending firms that hold the note for these homes have so far been receptive to my request to have the grass cut or to clean up the property; . Continued to work with residents on the 16xx block of Lakewood Drive North and Police Department regarding problem resident (commercial vehicle storage, parking on the grass, boat and vehicle repair/painting, possible drug activity and over occupancy issues; . Conducted a sweep along the 17xx block of City Heights Drive for parking on the grass and in the right of way, exterior storage and auto repair complaints. Five separate cases were opened during this run of inspections on one block alone; and, . Two separate referrals were made to Animal Control, Inc. this week for chicken complaints from concerned citizens. Code Enforcement Officer activities for 5/22 to 5/28/07: . I continued to respond to an ever increasing number of vacant homes with either exterior storage or long grass complaints on them. As of 5/28/07, I had ten separate such cases; . Conducted a sweep along the 26xx block of Margaret Street East for junk vehicles, housing and lawn conditions, exterior storage and auto repair complaints. Five nuisance cases were opened at this time and two other were opened in early 6/07 per the request of concerned neighbors; and, . Began to see a trend of multiple complaints being made by the same individuals. In one case one complainant gave us seven different addresses plus a full two block stretch of properties to review. The resources to do such extensive sweeps are limited as this is our busy time and citizens have been told such. Requested sweeps will be conducted as time permits and after specific complaints had been investigated. Code Enforcement Officer activities for 5/29 to 6/4/07: . Began working with council member Juenemann, MPD narcotics and patrol officers on a joint effort to help resolve neighborhood nuisance concerns regarding a property at 24xx Harvester Avenue East; . Investigated a home based auto painting operation at 17xx Agate Street East. I confronted the property owner who confirmed that he was repairing cars in his drive/garage and painting cars inside of a tarp covered shed in the driveway of his home. This shed had a fan in the side for "ventilation". He was given orders to immediately stop any such repair and/or painting activity and to remove this contraption within seven days; . Fines were issued again and an abatement notice was sent out to the property at 19xx English Street North for lack of trash service and the storage of garbage bags outside in the driveway of this owner occupied home. Another abatement letter was sent out to the home owner at 18xx Flandrau Street North for lack of trash service and exterior storage of garbage along the side of their yard; and . Long grass and vacant house calls continue to "explode", as I took at least seven to ten such requests for service this week alone. Code Enforcement Officer activities for 6/5 to 6/11/07: . On 6/8/07 the Building Official and I inspected the interior of the home at 24xx Harvester Avenue East after a drug raid was conducted by the MPD Narcotics Investigators and the Twin Cities Gang Strike Task Force. Staff found serious conditions in the home that affected plumbing, electrical and Building Code violations. The home was posted later that afternoon as being unsafe for human habitation; . Properties at 19xx English Street North and 18xx Flandrau St N both were cleaned up and did not require any further action on the abatement notices that were sent out during the past week; and, . Long grass and vacant house calls continue to come in. I took at least eleven calls for such violations service during this last week alone. Code Enforcement Officer activities for 6/18 to 6/22/07: . Staff was on vacation and away from the office during this time period. Code Enforcement Officer activities for 6/25 to 7/20/07: . Eight properties (14xx and 14xx Belmont, 2x Century, 20xx Duluth, 23xx Hillwood, 2155 English, 10xx Lakewood and 24xx Matterhorn) received abatement notices during this period. Most violations were for long grass and many also included junk vehicle and exterior storage concerns that needed to be dealt with by the property owner of record. One property (26xx Hoyt) was abated for long grass and exterior storage of open trash during this same time period; and, . The problem property at 24xx Harvester Avenue East is once again being occupied and the owner has done considerable exterior clean up of the grounds. The interior building code related repairs have also been addressed and the power is now back on. While additional work (shed repair and exterior storage concerns) remain to be completed, the home is on its way to getting cleaned up. Photos of Recent Code Enforcement Cases Garbage and trash storage P:\HRAICE Officer Report.080107 i',. Connnercial vehicle Exterior storage/ brush and branches MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: City Manager Tom Ekstrand, Senior Planner HRA Mission Statement Draft August 2, 2007 INTRODUCTION At the July 11,2007 HRA meeting, the committee directed staff to prepare a draft mission statement for discussion at the next meeting. DISCUSSION Draft Mission Statement The mission of the Maplewood Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) is to advise and make recommendations to the Maplewood City Council on matters regarding housing policy, housing development, housing redevelopment and housing maintenance. The HRA's purpose is to promote and guide the city council and staff toward improving and retaining the housing stock in Maplewood so that it is safe, healthy, and meets the basic housing needs of the residents. The HRA is committed to working with the Maplewood City Council, advisory committees and Maplewood citizens to attain these goals. RECOMMENDATION Review the above draft mission statement and make direct staff to make changes as desired. p:HRA\mission statement draft 8 1 07 MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: Greg Copeland, City Manager David Fisher, Building Official Administrative Cost for Non-homestead & Multi-family Registration Program July 31, 2007 INTRODUCTION The Maplewood HRA has requested information about the administrative cost of a registration program for non-homestead and multi-family property. The purpose of this program would be to provide the city with owner and legal acting representative information for each rental property. The information will be useful for city staff to notify owner for emergencies and code violations. BACKGROUND At the July 11th meeting, the HRA inquired about the administrative costs of a registration program for all rental properties in the City of Maplewood. DISCUSSION I contacted the City of Roseville for information and comparison purposes. They have about 400 single family homes that need to be registered and the City of Roseville staff estimates it takes about one hour per registration. With a proposed charge of $25 for each registration Roseville would take in $10,000 from fees. The quantity of registrations would equate to approximately 400 hours in staff ti which is about Yo of a person me or $8,540. I also discussed licensing and/or registration with the City of Maplewood licensing staff. Staff said setting up the new program would take about one and one half hours per registration. The City IT Department gathered the number of non-homestead & multi- family properties from the Ramsey County GIS system. In checking the available data, the City IT Department determined that there are about 600 residential properties that were non-homesteaded in Maplewood. The anticipated staff time required to register the properties is 600 to 900 hours which is about 1/3 to almost 1/2 of a person. This translates to a cost of $12,820 to $19,230 for the City of Maplewood. RECOMMENDATION Review all the information provided and give staff direction as to the interest in establishing a registration program for non-homestead and multi-family properties in Maplewood.