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CR 92-131 Truth In Housing Code Fees r ' 1 Y O' ~ \ .' . . ,,' ....... ,<S' . '" o ." ~ ' 4It June 10, 1992 P K \ Council Report No. 92-131 TRUTH IN HOUSING CODE FEES ProDosed Action. staff recommends the following motion: Move to approve resolution No. 92-48 establishinq fees for the Truth in Housinq Code. Approval of this motion will establish a fee of $30.00 per year for a Certified Evaluator Certificate and a filing fee of $15.00 for filing of a Truth in Housing Disclosure Report. Overview. The City council approved Ordinance No. 92-705 in February of 1992 establishing a truth in housing code for the City of Hopkins. The code allows the city to certify evaluators and collect fees to defray the associated administrative costs. The code further requires evaluators to file a Truth in Housing Disclosure Report 4It and allows the City to charge a filing fee. The code goes into effect on August 1st and the fees to be charged must be set by resolution of the City Council. The fees as proposed if adopted should generate approximately $2,800.00 per year to defray the city's administrative costs of the Truth in Housing Code program. Primary Issues to consider. . . 0 Are the proposed fees appropriate. Suooortina Information. o Resolution Number 92-48 o alternatives ~~~ Thomas Andet'son City Building Official 4It ~ i? . Primary Issues to consider. o Are the proposed fees appropriate. The city of Minneapolis which has a similar truth in housing code, has set its fees at $50.00 for certification of evaluators and $10.00 for filing the disclosure reports. Since Hopkins has no experience administrating a program of this type staff feels that fees based on Minneapolis, which has had several years of experience, is a good starting point. The fee for certification of evaluators is a cost that will be born by the evaluators., This fee is needed to cover the costs associated with verifying the information supplied by the evaluators and maintaining a list. The city of Hopkins will not be testing evaluators to determine competency like Minneapolis but will accept a Minneapolis certification as proof of competency. The administrative time necessary for certification therefor will be less in Hopkins and a reduced fee of $30.00 . seems justified. The work associated with filing the disclosure reports should be similar to those experienced in Minneapolis so a comparable fee is proposed. The city staff will need to review each document to insure the hazardous items are addressed and each sale has a corresponding report. Minneapolis is not requiring hazardous items be corrected so we are recommending a $5.00 increase over what Minneapolis charges. The filing fee should not be confused with the fee the evaluator charges the homeowner. The evaluations normally charge between $100.00 to $125.00 to do an evaluation. The filing fee is customarily include in his charge and-thereof directly passed on. Alternatives. 1. Approve the staffs recommendation. 2. Disapprove the staff recommendation and establish another more appropriate fee . -- --.-" ----- " & - . CITY OF HOPKINS HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 92-48 HOPKINS TRUTH IN HOUSING CODE FEES WHEREAS, The city of Hopkins has passed a Truth in Housing code and it is scheduled to go into effect August 1st 1992,and, WHEREAS, The Truth in Housing Code will have associated costs to the City for its implementation and enforcement, and, WHEREAS, The city code provides for certain fees to be established by resolution from time to time to offset the associated costs incurred by the city, and, , WHEREAS, The city staff has determined surrounding communities have establ~shed similar fees, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City council of the City of Hopkins hereby sets the truth in housing code fees as follows: Certified Evaluator certificates and renewals $30.00/year' . Truth in Housing Disclosure Report Filing Fee $15.00/report BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the effective date of these fees be upon the date of adoption, Adopted by the City Council of the city of Hopkins this 16th day of June, 1992. By Nelson W Berg, Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk .