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<br /> <br />Councilmember Jacobsen stated he liked the direction CPY was heading and he fully supported the City <br />continuing to support this organization. He explained he was pleased by the partnership CPY had with JMA <br />and believed this was really promising. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dunsworth agreed. <br /> <br />Mayor Johnson stated she would like to see more businesses in the community being approached by CPY for <br />long-term financial support. Ms. Stewart reported JMA would be assisting CPY with this. <br /> <br />Ms. Stewart invited the Councilmembers to consider participating in the Girls Expo in the spring of 2020. <br /> <br />Councilmember Jacobsen suggested the Council discuss a policy that would allow for the City to place a link <br />with information about CPY on the City’s website, given the fact the City had a partnership with CPY. <br /> <br />Renter’s Ordinance Discussion <br />Lotter summarized the discussion the Council previously had regarding this topic. He explained the City had a <br />total of 52 rental properties with a total of 3,086 dwelling units. He indicated 71% of the rental units were <br />locally owned. He reviewed several renter ordinances with the Council and requested feedback. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dunsworth stated she would like the unit information broke down further to understand the <br />ownership for each apartment complex. <br /> <br />Councilmember Jacobsen questioned if the mobile home park should also be included in this data. Lotter <br />discussed the State laws in place that protected mobile home parks from displacement. He noted he could find <br />out if the manufactured home park was rental and what the monthly rates were. <br /> <br />Councilmember Allen commented on how rental rates in the metro area have increased and how this has <br />brought about attention from national buyers. Lotter indicated he could scrub the data further for the Council. <br />He asked if the Council was concerned with addressing a change in ownership for rental properties in New <br />Brighton and how this may displace residents. <br /> <br />Mayor Johnson stated this was a tough situation and discussed how such an Ordinance may impact the <br />property owners right to sell. She questioned if it was the City’s role to get involved in this type of regulation. <br /> <br />Councilmember Burg indicated she had the same concerns. She explained she was looking to buy a building <br />herself and reported she has had a hard time finding a building that was well-maintained. She believed the City <br />had regulations in place that protected tenants from having to live in poor conditions. She stated she also did <br />not want to penalize property owners for wanting to update and maintain their properties. <br /> <br />Mayor Johnson commented she wanted to protect her residents, but asked if it was the role of City government <br />to be this far over-reaching. She questioned if this should be a County or State role. <br /> <br />Councilmember Allen explained that there were cities that believed this issue was important enough to pass an <br />Ordinance. <br /> <br />Mayor Johnson understood this to be the case, but noted New Brighton did not have a lot in common with <br />Richfield. <br /> <br />Lotter asked if staff should find out more about the City of Hopkins rental program. He explained Hopkins <br />had a great deal of rental property that was doing well in the market. The Council supported seeing this data.