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Student Involvement in Landlord/Tenant Issues (NB)
The City Commission referred the issue of student involvement in landlord/tenant issues to the Community Development Committee.
Explanation
On July 10, 2006 this item was referred to the Community Development Committee. The Committee met on September 18, 2006 and explained that the University of Florida had agreed that: 1) UF Off-Campus Life would expand the Community Advocates program to specifically target neighborhoods in the University Context Area for student participants; 2) UF Off-Campus life would continue to follow up with students when there were concerns that warranted an educational discussion; and 3) UF Off-Campus Life would also track Party Patrol reports and follow up with letters to students who are repeat offenders, and send educational letters to those who receive two City code violation warnings and a citation in a 24-hour period.
Nora Kilroy, UF Off-Campus Director, and Rick Hanna, Captain of GPD, attended the Best Practices Conference, and stated that the City and the University work well together to educate students and support the community. Their findings were that the City and the University were well ahead of the curve nationally in dealing with quality of life issues. There was a suggestion that the City and University establish a series of councils that included universities, neighborhood representatives, and students. Landlords had expressed concerns about the landlord point system, fearing that it would place them in jeopardy of having their permits revoked.
Citizens asked that if any committees are formed in the future with the University and City that all landlords be informed of those meetings in order for the landlords to participate.
On December 12, 2006, there was no student representative from the University of Florida present. Ben Marcus, External Affairs Director for Santa Fe City Government attended the meeting. He shared some of his obser...
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