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MEMORANDUM
Date: March 3, 2023
To: Mayor Arndt and City Councilmembers
Through: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Tyler Marr, Deputy City Manager
Caryn Champine, Director of Planning, Development, and Transportation
From: Marcy Yoder, Neighborhood Services Manager
Meaghan Overton, Housing Manager
Re: February 28, 2023 Work Session Summary – Scaled Options for Rental
Housing and Inspection Program
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At the February 28 Work Session, staff outlined potential scaled options for Council’s
consideration of a Rental Housing Program. Staff presented three options. Option 1 proposed
rental registration with an improved complaint-based inspection process. Option 2 proposed
rental registration with delayed proactive inspections. Option 3 proposed rental registration with
proactive inspections. The staff presentation was provided by Caryn Champine, Marcy Yoder,
and Meaghan Overton. Mayor Arndt was absent; all other Councilmembers were in
attendance.
Summary of Feedback
Council discussed the options proposed, with most Councilmembers expressing support for
Option 2, rental registration with delayed proactive inspections. Common themes in the
discussion included:
• Support for additional mediation of landlord-tenant disputes.
• A desire to work toward compliance and concern that landlords may need time to
complete some required work. Staff clarified that if a property owner is in communication
with staff and making progress toward compliance, extensions to the compliance
timeline are regularly granted.
• Support for a “ramp up” period between registration and proactive inspections to collect
data and conduct education and outreach activities.
• A concern about whether third party inspections would use the same habitability
standards as proposed. Staff confirmed that this is the intent of requesting copies of
third-party inspections.
• Continuing support for data collection, as well as software and database improvements.
• Emphasis on ensuring clear and predictable inspection of habitability standards, as well
as emphasis on creating a clear, realistic mitigation and compliance process.
Next Steps
DocuSign Envelope ID: 15BB7141-563D-45AA-94F5-D17EDB8FE901
• Staff will schedule Option 2 for a first reading at an upcoming Council hearing. In
conjunction, staff will also advance a request for an appropriation of approximately
$1,100,000 for first reading to cover start-up costs of the Rental Housing Program.
DocuSign Envelope ID: 15BB7141-563D-45AA-94F5-D17EDB8FE901