To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: BRANDY FORBES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
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DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING SUPPLEMENTAL CODE ENFORCEMENT SERVICES
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
At the June 16, 2020 City Council meeting adopting the Redondo Beach municipal budget, the City Council requested that staff provide a report regarding the possibility of supplementing the current code enforcement services. This report addresses the history of staffing and procedures for code enforcement, the current code enforcement levels and budget constraints, and a comparison of supplemental code enforcement options, especially related to targeting leaf blower ordinance violations.
BACKGROUND
Code Enforcement Background on Process and Staffing
The approach of Code Enforcement in the City of Redondo Beach has always been to try to gain voluntary compliance through education and outreach. Working through cases for those in non-compliance, including gathering evidence, preparing reports, and providing testimony for administrative hearings and prosecution, is typically very time consuming. As a result, the Quality of Life demands of our community often times exceed the limits of the City's resources. That is why the department has historically focused on tactics that achieve voluntary compliance, and only pursue prosecution efforts on issues that arise from sustained complaints.
Historically, two Code Enforcement Officers worked under the Municipal Enforcement Division which included 6 full time and multiple part time Municipal Services Officers (MSOs) in the areas of parking enforcement and animal control, which were overseen by a Municipal Enforcement Manager in the Planning, Transit, and Municipal Enforcement Department. This structure offered Code Enforcement staff additional immediate resources in the field, as they were able to coordinate seamlessly with the various MSOs.
A restructuring of departments approximately 15 years ago resulted in the MSOs ...
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