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<br />DRAFT <br /> <br />MINUTES OF UNIVERSITY CITY COUNCIL <br />STUDY SESSION <br />August 20, 2007 <br /> <br /> <br />The Council Study Session, held in the Chambers of the City Hall, on Monday, August 20, <br />2007, was called to order by Mayor Adams at 8:30 p.m. In addition to Mayor Adams, the <br />following members of the Council were present: <br /> Mr. Robert Wagner <br /> Mr. Arthur Sharpe, Jr. <br /> Ms. Stefany Brot <br /> Mr. Michael Glickert <br /> Ms. Lynn Ricci <br /> Mr. Byron Price <br />Also present were City Manager Ms. Julie Feier and the Director of Community <br />Development, Lehman Walker. <br /> <br />The Study Session agenda was planned to review for the Council the Code Enforcement <br />Task Force’s recommendations. The Task Force members were Deborah Arbogast, Bart <br />Beyers, Barak A. Corbett, Mondi Ghasedi, Ron Heise, Gloria Nickerson, Tucker Bodman, <br />Loretta Bryant, Nova Felton, Elsie Glickert, David Neiers, Bob Shallenberger, and John <br />Solodar. The purpose of the Task Force was to assist the City of University City with the <br />objective of continuing to improve services to the residents of University City in the area of <br />code enforcement. <br /> <br />Mr. Walker explained that his staff utilizes occupancy permits as one of the tools to <br />enforce the City’s property maintenance and building code standards. He said that the <br />City of University City issued 8977 permit applications: (Building Division) building, <br />electrical, mechanical, plumbing, water heater, pool enclosure, (Housing Division) <br />residential occupancy, commercial occupancy and vacant building. The Community <br />Development Department scheduled 20,421 inspections in FY 2007 for: (Building <br />Division) footing, foundation, framing, rough, ground rough, final, service request, <br />complaints, (Housing Division) residential occupancy, mandatory exteriors, re-inspections, <br />service requests, complaints, and commercial occupancy. Mr. Walker then covered the <br />problem areas within the Community Development department: <br />1. Unanswered telephones <br /> New telephone system and new staff members addressed the problem. <br />2. Impolite clerical staff <br /> New staff and customer service training was implemented. <br />3. Inconsistency of inspections <br /> Inspectors are required to use check lists now. <br />4. Items added during re-inspection <br /> Staff is required to inspect items from the original check list only. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />D-2-a <br />September 4, 2007 <br /> <br />