HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-RHAC-2014-09-17RENTAL HOUSING ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
September 17, 2014
Present:
Larry Beck, Carole Fisher, Monica Moll, Julie Paige, Sean Hllson and public
Guests:Robert Saracan, Gino Leonardi, Martin Love
We discussed the impact of EPMO on tenants and property owners.
1 - Changes to EPMO were made in 2000, eliminating a first warning and increasing
fines to an escalating range up to $300 for the third and subsequent violations.
2 - Two years ago the escalating fines no began at $25 with escalation to $300 and
property owners must inform tenants of fines passed to them by lease, must do so in
three weeks
3 - 50% of inspections leading to citations are from complaints, many coming from or
through Common Council
4 - There can be as many as 30 to 70 citations per day, with 2000 citations by Sept in
2014
Gino Leonardi described an initiative by the Building Division to crreate a program which
would allow citations and photos of alleged violations to be emailed to the property
owner or agent in order to stream line the response time to an allegation, and /or avoid
numerous daily citations for the same situation.
Further discussion included;
1 - Returning to a first warning before a fine is imposed
2 - Creating a single fee per violation ($25 to $50 was discussed)
3 - Creating a range for the Court to assess, based on the severity of the situation ( $0 -
$300 was suggested.)
Larry Beck, Chair RHAC