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COMMUNITY HOUSING TASK FORCE MEETING
Minutes of
Thursday, January 8, 1997
Tigard City Hall
MEMBERS PRESENT: Sharon Fleming-Barret, Renita Guwel (for Sheila Greenlaw-
Fink), Andy Miller, Sally Parks, Councilor Ken Scheckla, Dedi Streich and Susan
Wilson.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Emily Cedarleaf and Cecilia Maciel.
ALSO PRESENT: Ron Bline, owner Walnut Court Apartments and David Scott,
Building Official, City of Tigard.
The meeting was convened at approximately 1:15 p.m.
I. SELF INTRODUCTIONS.-
Introductions
NTRODUCTIONS:Introductions were made.
II. APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 18, 1997, MEETING MINUTES
The minutes were approved.
111. WORK SESSION:
A. How should the housing program be funded?
Staff presented the following options to open the discussion:
"Automatic" Fine Structure (see attached options and chart of compliance
times/amounts). This concept generated much discussion regarding the
appropriate number of violation categories, appropriate and reasonable time to
comply with violations in the various categories and circumstances where
additional time beyond that presented by staff would legitimately be necessary to
achieve compliance (holidays, etc.) Clarification was given that the proposal
assesses fees based upon the number of units with violations (or if a common
area violation, how many units using the common area), not how many units are
on the property. This concept was supported by the Task Force. The issue of
lack of heat and other utilities being turned off due to a tenant's failure to pay the
bill should be treated differently than a case where the owner is failing to provide
the heat or utility. The Task Force supported that differentiation. Clarification
was recommended to indicate the "holes in floor or exterior walls" violation be
not for very small holes, but for holes which are hazardous and/or cannot keep
out the weather. The Task Force generally supported this clarification. A general
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concern was raised re: whether a violation not corrected within the specified time
would result in an automatic lien as well as an automatic fine. The Task Force
agreed that there should be an automatic fee, but not an automatic lien unless
the owner fails to pay the fine (with opportunity for hearing). As an alternative,
the Task Force agreed that there could be an automatic lien if there was
opportunity for lien release agreements to allow for refinancing and other
property transactions which would facilitate compliance but would be hampered
by a lien. General consensus was reached that there should be 2 or 3 violation
categories, however, final decision on the number of categories, what should be
included in each category and compliance time and fee amount was deferred
until the next meeting. Other funding/compliance options were not discussed due
to time and were deferred until the next meeting.
B. What implementation and program policies should be adopted?
Staffs proposed implementation and program policies were also deferred until
the next meeting. There was discussion that it may be appropriate for line
inspectors to have some discretion regarding compliance times and work plans,
etc., to effect compliance in reasonable circumstances, as opposed to strict
adherence to compliance times in all cases. The Task Force reached general
consensus that this would be an appropriate policy.
C. Other.
No other items were discussed.
IV. MEETING SCHEDULE CONFIRMATION:
The next meeting was confirmed for 2/5/98 (subsequently changed to 2/12/98), same
time and location. A meeting for 2/26/98 was tentatively scheduled. Future meetings
will be determined as necessary at the 2/12/98 meeting.
V. ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at approximately 3:15PM.
Respectfully submitted,
David Scott
Building Official
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