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COUNCIL MINUTES September 10, 2007 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : September 10, 2007 6 TIME STARTED : 6:35 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 8:50 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, O'Donnell, Reinert, 9 Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; City Attorney, William Hawkins; 13 Community Development Director, Michael Grochala; Director of Public Safety, Dave Pecchia (part); 14 Director of Administration, Dan Tesch (part) City Engineer, Jim Studenski; Senior Planner, Jeff 15 Smyser; and City Clerk, Julie Bartell 16 17 PUBLIC COMMENT 18 19 J. J. Parker, 2384 65th Street, representing a group of neighbors of Clearwater Creek asked for city 20 assistance with a vacant, hazardous property at 2395 65th Street. The property is dilapidated, unsafe 21 and has become a public safety issue. The property was returned to a mortgage company on a 22 foreclosure and there are realtors attempting to market it. The neighbors would like for the property •23 to be condemned and demolished. 24 25 At council direction, the city attorney and community development director met with the group to 26 devise a plan to expedite the hazardous building process and get the building secured as soon as 27 possible. 28 29 Sue Johnson, 2377 65th Street, added that a stop work order posted on the property at one time has 30 been removed. 31 32 SETTING THE AGENDA 33 34 The agenda was approved as amended to move Items 1D and lE to New Business. 35 36 CONSENT AGENDA 37 38 Council Member Stoltz moved to approve the Consent Agenda, as amended. Council Member 39 O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 40 41 ITEM ACTION 42 43 Consideration of Expenditures: S44 45 September 10, 2007 (Check No. 81001 — 1