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been meeting and the review has broadened to include almost all of the City's Codes. He said the Committee's recommendations would be brought to the full Council in groups rather than all at once, with the first Report in about two months. Mayor Howard, member of the Committee, described the process and agreed the first Report would be in about two months. MEMO 7/7/98 In response to Council Member Bain's questions regarding the time it takes between a Code violation being reported to the time it gets resolved, Building and Inspections Manager LaTorra said it depended upon the issue, but most were handled within 30 days. He described the Department's work with ICMA, the City Managers Association, in studying parameters and indicators of performance and evaluation, and said that code enforcement was included in the study. Council Member Bain asked for a Report on the evaluation process, and expressed his support for making code enforcement a priority to resolve certain issues in a more timely manner. MEMO 7/7/98 Mayor Howard explained that many of the Codes the Committee was reviewing were being addressed only as a Public Safety issue. She said the committee and staff were beginning to look at the Codes differently and trying to incorporate another Council priority, aesthetics. She said that new tactic would address some Council concerns about code enforcement. MEMO 7/7/98 Vice Mayor Ruskin referred to Council Priority No.5, Code Enforcement and Clean Up, page 56, working with the County on Land Use Standards to Improve El Camino Real South of Woodside Road, and said that was a very welcome sight in the Budget. Vice Mayor Ruskin asked staff to also include the Neighborhood Associations in this area. He said that the neighbors were very eager to have the City take a leadership role to clean up the southern part of El Camino Real and Director Nelson agreed they should be very much involved. MEMO 7/7/98 Vice Mayor Ruskin said he concurred with Council Member Hartnett that meeting with the HHCC early on was a good idea, agreed that a focused analysis of Build-Out was appropriate, and agreed that setting aside money for fields in 1999/2000 was also appropriate, although taking money away from other projects would have to be carefully considered. Vice Mayor Ruskin said he seconded Council Member Bain's suggestions for tracking code enforcement and establishing reasonable expectations and guidelines. BUDGET STUDY SESSION MINUTE BOOK NO. 57 JULY 6,1998 MINUTES Page No. 050 PAGE 7