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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JULY 8,1998 <br />community. Dave also explained that the Neighborhood Crime Watch program has been <br />• assigned to an officer. <br />• <br />• <br />POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL HIRING UPDATE, DAVE PECCHIA <br />A police officer position and the two (2) CSO positions are vacant. Dave is placing ads in <br />the weekend newspapers to fill these positions. <br />TAX FORFEIT PROPERTIES, MARILYN ANDERSON <br />Marilyn explained that each year, properties where taxes are delinquent more than three <br />(3) years are offered for sale at a public auction. This year the County has notified the <br />City of several parcels that are tax delinquent and has provided an opportunity for the <br />City to obtain title to any of the parcels for public use. The parcels include: <br />1. Lot 14, Arthur E. Thom Acres - Located north of Rehbein Bus Garage, <br />appears to be a buildable. (Staff is recommending that the <br />City obtain title to this property because there is a sanitary <br />sewer force main running the length of the lot. In addition, <br />the lot may be used in the future for other City utility <br />extensions.) <br />2. Outlots in Birch Wood Acres - These lots are used for ponding and trails. <br />Staff is recommending that the City obtain title to the <br />outlots so that ponds and trails can be maintained. (The <br />City already has easements on the outlots for trails and <br />ponding.) <br />3. Lot 6, Block 5, Forest Glen - Located on 79th Avenue, this lot appears to <br />be a buildable lot. <br />4. Outlots in Rehbein's Peltier View - County Ditch #72 runs through both outlots. <br />These outlots are also used for ponding. Staff is <br />recommending that the City obtain title so that the ponds <br />can be maintained by the City. <br />5. Triangle Lot on Peltier Lake - Originally, this lot was to be used as access <br />to Peltier Lake for all of the residents in Rehbein's Peltier <br />View. Now that the lot is tax forfeit, the DNR will not <br />allow the lot to return to private ownership again. <br />6. Triangle Lot on Main Street - This lot was created when Anoka County <br />redesigned the curves on Main Street near the I -35W <br />bridge. The landowner behind the lot uses the lot as access <br />PAGE 7 <br />