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City Couaal Minutes Febmary 11, 2008 Page 3 that he would hope that the Mayor and Council would at a minimum approve Option C but • would prefer Option B or Option A. Coundhnember Fazber stated that he was in support of the restricted trip counts but he frequents the development and has not witnessed much of a problem. He stated that he is open to increasing the counts. Councilmember Gumphrey referred the issue to Police Chief Beahen. Chief Beahen indicated that there have been no accidents associated with the intersection since the development opened. He noted that rush hour at the intersection is a problem but he does not feel that the traffic count increases that aze being discussed are significant enough to affect the traffic patterns. Councilmember Morin stated that he is willing to look at Option A as he believes the traffic counts will end up being self regulating because if the traffic is heavy people will leave. Council consensus was they aze in support of amending the traffic counts for the plat as outlined in Option A. The applicant will complete a formal application process. 6.4. Code Enforcement Update/Pla_ City Administrator Lori Johnson indicated that staff has been working on various components of code enforcement including meeting with prosecuting attorneys to work through court issues, reviewing ordinances and procedures for possible changes to improve the process and provide more enforcement tools, and by dedicating additional staff tone to • enforcement. Ms. Johnson explained that Senior Planner Sheila Cazmey has served as the staff lead in organizing the code enforcement program and in training Building Inspector Dave Hetrick on code enforcement. She explained that Mr. Hetrick spent part of the time in 2007 conducting building inspections and part of the time on code enforcement. Ms. Johnson indicated that this worked in 2007; however, now that the system is progressing and enforcement will be mote proactive, additional staff time is needed. She stated that the 2008 Building Department budget includes a code enforcement officer for approximately 1300 hours but due to the slow down in building activity, staff is proposing that Mt. Hetrick be placed in the code enforcement position full time effective April 1, 2008 in lieu of hiring an additional code enforcement officer. Senior Planner Sheila Carmey explained that staff is seeking authorization to research and update ordinances involving grass height, administrative citations, and dumpsters in residential districts in addition to a defined priority of ordinances to enforce. Ms. Cazmey outlined the current timeline fox handling code enforcement violations. GramGrarr Heivhd Ms. Carmey indicated that the City has adopted the International Properly Maintenance Code which requires the City to deride the length of grass they wish to enforce. She stated that last peaz the IPMC dictated the grass length at 10"; however, this year the code indicates the City must dictate the length they wish to enforce. She stated that 8" is an avezage among other dries. It was the Council consensus to enforce 8" maximum grass height. Mayor I{linzing asked why staff does not attempt to make personal contact with the • homeowner as she believes some of the violations may be simply due to ignorance of the codes. Mr. Hetrick indicated he would like to knock oa the door at some houses and inform