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Lake Elmo City Council Minutes for July 7, 1987 Page 10 M/ Moe/ That the City Council strongly censor Steve DeLapp for the inappropriate action he has taken without any authority from the City Council. (Motion failed for the lack of a second). M/S/P Armstrong/Christ - To commend Steve DeLapp for the fine work that he has done for the City; that he goes above and beyond the call of duty, and he has done a fine job for the City. (Motion carried 4-1 <Moe> ) Graves stated that he felt it is good to inform our neighboring communities of proposals before the City of Lake Elmo, but has a concern that it is inappropriate (and whether Mr. DeLapp did or did not do this he does not know, and we will probably never know) for anybody to try and sell proposals that are in Lake Elmo to our neighboring communities. Graves feels we can use this issue as guidance in the future, and suggested that the City Administrator be used as a clearing house for this type of inter -community contact. Graves feels we should utilize the City Administrator - that is one of his functions, to act as coordinator of the day-to-day activities of the City. The City Attorney emphasized that if there is to be a lesson learned from this, it is that communications dealing with zoning matters - within the City or outside the City, should be in writing. Armstrong congratulated DeLapp for doing things right and for becomming very effective in the community. She feels he must be doing something right because he has become the subject of another smear tactic - the same type of smear tactic which was used against her husband by Mike Mazzara for an alledged illegal business on their farm, and also by Moe against Bruce Dunn for an allegedly not having a building permit. Trying to discredit people by scurrilous accusations, and threatening to go to the Newspaper with this if it wasn't brought up at the meeting tonight. I think we have said once and for all, this is not going to happen in this City. Dan Novak spoke as a friend of DeLapp's, as a former Planning Commission member and as a concerned citizen. Since DeLapp's appointment to the Planning Commission, he has been a significant contributor as a volunteer in the construction of the new city hall and the revision of the Comprehensive Plan. Novak added that his reaction to Moe's attempt to publically humiliate and intimidate a community volunteer and friend is unethical, unprofessional, inappropriate and unnecessary for a council meeting. He resents this attempt to publicly hang out our dirty laundry without first making an attempt to resolve this issue at the lowest level, and is personally embarrassed for the City for this (Moe's) conduct. The need for a code of conduct for the city was identified 6 to 8 months ago and Novak would like to see that code removed from the back burner and made a priority. This issue reeks of a political nature. Moe stated that when speaking with the Mayor on the telephone, he asked if this issue should be handled administratively or executively. Christ stated that Moe said he wanted to bring it up before the