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Over the last year, the City has deferred rental inspections due to public health concerns relating to COVID-19. While looking into restarting the rental inspection program, the City also began to review the program as a whole, including ordinances and processes, with a few goals in mind:
Utilizing the rental program as a platform to build upon the City's current outreach efforts to meet citywide renter engagement and participation goals.
Presentation to Council on 7/20/2021 (PDF)
Below are the draft documents for the program for public review.
Below is the tentative timeline for the process.
Process | Timeline |
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Staff begin initial meetings to develop goals and process | Late February/March |
Internal process review | April |
High-level community engagement (Hopkins Apartment Managers Association, Multicultural Advisory Committee, rental owners and community at-large) | May |
Staff review of engagement and finalization of draft revisions | May/June |
Multicultural Advisory Committee input/review | June 10 |
Community review and input on draft revisions | June 14-June 28 |
Staff review of feedback and revisions of the draft | June 28-July 9 |
Council review | July 20 |
Final staff revisions based on input received from council | July 21 - 29 |
Council first reading | August 2 |
Council second reading | August 17 |