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Councilmember Specht agreed. Councilmember Musgrove commented that she agrees that The COR Master Plan should be reviewed but the multi -family housing policy has been discussed at length and a decision has been made by this Council. Mayor Kuzma commented that housing needs to be provided for all levels of residents and if businesses are desired, housing would need to be provided for the people that work there. He stated that when multi -family housing is constructed, it immediately fills up and therefore would like to leave the item on the plan until the discussion occurs with the Planning Commission. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill confirmed sufficient consensus to leave the item related to review of The COR Master Plan and removing the language related to the multi -family housing policy. He moved to the item related to a multi -family property management program and noted that staff would suggest moving that to the parking lot list because that type of program would be resource heavy. He stated that there has been a new code enforcement officer added to staff and therefore a review could be done after one year to determine what kind of progress has been made with the code enforcement officer and with the crime free housing program. Councilmember Riley commented that there might not be a good understanding of what this means. He stated that there are apartments within The COR and the City needs to make sure that they stay well maintained in terms of code enforcement, aesthetics and that they do not become a burden on public safety. He stated that he would like to address that proactively rather than reactively. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill agreed that it does make sense to stay ahead of that type of issue but noted that the City has high quality housing. He provided an example of a project that used rockface block that is eroding after ten years. Councilmember Musgrove asked if that project has an HOA. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill provided input on different ownership and maintenance capability for different housing projects within The COR. Councilmember Musgrove asked if this type of program would go above typical code enforcement. She commented that she does not want to put too much burden on the City to regulate those issues but also doesn't want something to get to a point where it negatively impacts The COR. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill explained that typical code enforcement is reactive whereas this type of program would be proactive. He stated that perhaps staff reaches out to make contacts in addition to enforcement, using an example of an annual meeting with multi -family property owners. Police Chief Katers provided additional details on the crime free multi -housing program. He stated that in his experience, the property owners that are more engaged and active tend to have less City Council Special Work Session / May 18, 2021 Page 7 of 19