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• FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES _g_ February 23, 2005 Consideration of an ordinance re ardin cleanup of clandestine dru labs (continued) Administrator Worthington said that may also by why there is the 48 hour time limit in this section of the ordinance. It is something she can research and bring back to the Council. Council member Lindstrom asked what would happen if three days went by. What could the City not do? What would happen then? Administrator Worthington said that on a technicality the City might be tripped up, but the way the ordinance is structured under Section 8-S.OS.c., it says the temporary declaration expires after the City inspects the site. She doesn't know what law enforcement's power is with regard to that temporary declaration. That is something she can find out. Administrator Worthington said the 48 hour time period could be lengthened. There may be a legal reason it is 48 hours that she is not aware of and she will check into that. She said she wanted to reassure the community that no illegal drug labs or clandestine drug labs have been found in the City, but passage of this ordinance is necessary to protect the City's interests if one is ever found. Council member Lindstrom said he is comfortable with leaving the time period as is. Council member Lamb said there is nothing in the ordinance that states how long the inspection • has to take. All it says is that within 48 hours the City has to inspect, but it seems to him that it wouldn't be unreasonable if the inspection itself took several days, depending upon the extent of whatever has been dumped and identification of the chemicals. Council member Kuettel said she is more concerned about doing things in a timely manner. She is not afraid of the 48 hours. This is the metro area and it is not as though the City has to fly someone in from Anchorage. We live in a 24/7 world. Council member Kuettel said that Section 8-5.07 (1) (a), needed to be corrected to read: a copy of the declaration of public health nuisance and Do Not Enter-Unsafe to Occupy Order. Mayor Gehrz said that Section 8-5 (3), second sentence, needed to be corrected to read: The City must also mail a copy of the permanent declaration of public health nuisance and a copy of this section to the following parties at their last known addresses: Mayor Gehrz said that in the event something like this would happen in an apartment building where tenants in other units would need to be evacuated for a period of time, for their own health and safety, if they didn't have family members or a place where they could go there are agencies that can assist them, because it could be very expensive for a family to locate another place to live. Administrator Worthington said the Red Cross and Salvation Army have both provided those kinds of services to people displaced by clandestine lab activity. Civilly, there would be some recourse with the property owner, in addition to their rights as tenants. This ordinance does not • address tenant's rights, but the City would coordinate those activities with those service providers and bring them in to help people in these situations. 8