If you're not familiar with Code Enforcement, it's a way of monitoring properties to make sure they're in compliance with ordinances, dealing with things like yard mowing, building quality, and safety.
But interactions between code enforcement and low-income residents have led to discussions about how to fine tune the process.
The first suggested change to make it before a committee this week is an effort to make the Administrative Hearing Board, the group that hears appeals to code enforcement citations, more reflective of the community and responsive to different concerns.
CivicLex's Adrian Bryant says one aim is simply to make the board and the process less intimidating.
"There are attendance issues. A lot of the people that are on that board have a lot of the same types of experience. It's not as user friendly as it could be," he says. "So council member {Shayla] Lynch is recommending not so much policy changes, but strategic changes in terms of trying to recruit people to serve on the board that have a lot of different professional experience."
The recommendations also include training board members on conflict mediation annually and developing an online case management system to allow more access for residents filing appeals.
More reform efforts are expected in the future.