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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />MAY 11, 1999 <br />LaValle suggested that the City pick the worst seven to ten properties, <br />concentrate enforcement on those properties. The Administrator felt this <br />raises concerns with consistent treatment of properties. The Administrator <br />outlined the CUP process which the Council approved for addressing the <br />individual properties and compliance issues. The Administrator reported <br />that there are property owners who want to comply with the code and are <br />making efforts to do so because they know the City is serious about its <br />enforcement efforts. The Administrator stated that staff would like to <br />work with those property owners and would issue citations to others who <br />are not making efforts to comply. <br />Fahey again suggested prioritizing the properties relative to compliance <br />issues and work from the worst offending property through the list. Fahey <br />did not feel the City had the resources to work with all the offending <br />properties at one time. <br />The Administrator indicated that there is currently a spirit of cooperation <br />in the park which he felt the City should take advantage of at this time. <br />There are property owners willing to work with the City. <br />Morelan felt there had to be some reasonableness and pointed out that it <br />was likely possible to find code violations on virtually every property in <br />the City. Morelan felt the worst violators should be targeted and definitely <br />those with junk cars. <br />Mursko stated that she began with the biggest problem in the Park, and <br />that is exterior storage. The City requires a CUP for exterior storage and <br />that has been a code requirement since the early 1980's. There are 35 <br />properties in Ryan Industrial Park and only 3 have CUP's for exterior <br />storage. All the rest have illegal exterior storage. <br />Fahey pointed out that when you drive through the Park you do not see the <br />absence of landscaping, but you do see the junk. Fahey felt the CUP's <br />should be processed to bring properties into compliance. The <br />Administrator pointed out that in processing these CUP's staff would like <br />direction from the Council on the pointed listed in Mursko's letter of April <br />29'". <br />LaValle felt that screened exterior storage areas were not as offensive to <br />him as junk cars. The Administrator asked about storage of barrels, <br />roofing materials, search lights, etc. and asked where the City would draw <br />the line. <br />PAGE 17 <br />