REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: DOUGLAS T. SLOAN, City Attorney
City Attorney's Office, Code Enforcement
SUBJECT
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Progress of Code Enforcement, including ASET Quarterly report.
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RECOMMENDATION
Per Council Resolution, the City Attorney's Office is to provide an ASET quarterly report to include a Code Enforcement update.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Code Enforcement is extremely busy with demolitions of burned buildings, illegal dumping abatement, homeless encampments, and firing up inspections of mobilehome parks. With all the fires in vacant buildings, typically the burned building is unstable and dangerous, and needs to be taken down immediately to avoid being a serious health and safety threat. This responsibility has fallen to Code to remedy. SAT continues to provide excellent focused services in areas surrounding schools.
Mobilehome park inspectors have concentrated on canvassing all of the facilities in Fresno, and at first dealing with reactive complaints and inspections to address existing problems, followed by the routine ongoing inspections. The first priority has been to ensure there isn't another problem facility as we encountered in 2021.
The Eviction Protection Program has been successful in helping to keep tenants in their homes, or at least negotiate not having an eviction on their record that could hinder their ability to obtain housing in the future.
BACKGROUND
Despite the COVID-19 emergency presenting significant challenges for Code Enforcement employees, all teams continue to embrace new projects such as taking over enforcement in mobilehome parks, enforcing commercial vacant buildings, developing and launching the Eviction Protection Program (EPP), conducting motel inspections, assisting with homeless clean-ups, and working with the administration on developing a cannabis dispensary enforcement team. Inspectors continue to conduct interior inspections, both in person and virtual, and progress cases towards completion...
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