NATS Rooming and Boarding House Meeting Notes

Courtesy The University Park Community Club
7 April 1999
(as taken by Eloy Apodaca while trying to be involved in the meeting at the same time.)

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A few brief notes on yesterday's meeting at the North Precinct Police Center:
    In attendance was another community member: Kent Wills
    Arrangements/transportation were discussed for the forthcoming Tacoma training session, Subj: Success Procedures in the implementation of enforcement in dealing with landlords.
    Of significance: An agreement was reached in format: previously it was agreed that all developed forms and procedures would be only "inhouse". Yesterday it was agreed that the basic form would be inhouse but the morgeneral brochure would be made available to the community. Consequently there will be a modification of the brochure so that the public may be able to use it.
    Another significant item: There is ongoing activity (especially Legal/aka Sidran) to develop law at the local and state level that will allow for faster enforcement of Codes. On the "inhouse" memo will now be attached wording that will deal with Occupancy in these rooming/boarding structures. I suggested that parking should be of major importance in dealing with these rentals. Our streets, front lawns, sidewalks are jammed with automobiles.
    I brought attention to the proposed project by the University Lutheran church: cessation of their day care program to be substituted by development of a homeless shelter. The residents on 16th avenue have long been unhappy with the church's prior homeless activities. The church apparently allows the homeless to shelter around the building but do not provide sanitary facilities.In turn the nearby residents suffer from these people using their yards, alleys, and garages. This was certainly a DCLU domain item. Michale Crooks, CSO, said she would personally look into it. I suggested she contact Brian Lange, chair person of our Land Use Committee. If you have any further details please contact Brian.
    The next meeting will be on April 21 at 1:30 same place. They will be reviewing the Tacoma training session of the day before. They also hope to make final decisions on the brochure.

If you have any further suggestions for the NATS group please let me know.
Eloy Apodaca

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