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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1992 1. Hammes Walk -Through The City Council and Building Official met at the Hammes Property at 9:00 a.m. to walk-thru the property and determine the compliance with the council directive that they (Hammes) clean-up their property. Councilman Hunt: I saw progress, but not the kind of progress the council was looking for. At the current pace, they will not finish by the end of the year. Councilman Johnson: They have made some progress, but there are hundreds of tires that need to be disposed of. They stated they have cleaned steady the last two weeks with a crew of four. I'm particularly dismayed with nothing done with the movilas and semi -trucks loaded with stuff. It indicates to me that shortly before the Council is to go out for a walk-thru they do a little clean-up. At the present rate, it's going to be a long process. I personally feel its time to take action and put our city attorney to work and get it done. Mayor Johnson: I am happy to see some of the stuff is cleaned up around the house. I agree the City has to do something now. Jim, I think we should pick out area by area, probably start with the movilas and get that cleaned up by a certain time. I would like to suggest we have someone determine which items have historic or mining value, and the rest has to go. Councilman Mottaz: I'm disappointed with the progress. I see this as a staff problem and not a city council problem, because the staff hasn't exhausted all the means available to them. I think Jim could survey the property and isolate certain areas, site the code violation, and set a deadline. If they have not complied by the deadline set, then the Attorney sends them an order. This should be done in some kind of an organized fashion so the Hammes know what to concentrate on. If we work with them and clean up certain areas one at a time, I think we would see some progress. Councilman Williams. The motion that was passed by the Council was there was suppose to be significant progress made by this date. I don't feel significant progress has been made. The Attorney has laid out our options, and I think we should proceed with those options. We tried this step approach last year and it didn't get us anywhere.