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Mounds View City Council April 9, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 8 Council Member Mueller said that there have been issues since he moved to the City. She then 1 asked how many vehicles are in the yard and she is wondering why there are so many and if they 2 are being used for parts for others. 3 4 Mr. Courtney indicated that he has 7 and all of them run but they are not all licensed and insured. 5 6 Council Member Mueller asked if Mr. Courtney sees a solution to remove some of the clutter. 7 8 Mr. Courtney said that the solution would be to get rid of it but it is easier said than done. 9 10 Council Member Flaherty said that he feels for Mr. Courtney’s losses as he has recently dealt 11 with that. He then said that there has been 11 or 12 years of noncompliance with the City’s 12 Code. He further said that this is not because the City wants to be a bad guy but the neighbors 13 and the people that drive by the house are asking what is going on and why the rules are not 14 being followed. 15 16 Council Member Flaherty asked if Mr. Courtney understands what the abatement is and what 17 will happen. 18 19 Mr. Courtney said that he does understand. He then said that this is more an issue of being burnt 20 out and not able to deal with it and it may be good to wash it all clean and move on. 21 22 Mr. Courtney asked for a chance to make some improvement at the property. 23 24 Mayor Marty said that there is a long history with this property dating back to 1994. He then said 25 that there are 20 code violation cases opened, three court citations, and this has been chronic for 26 way too long. He further noted that the Staff report states that back in August of 2000 the 27 residents of Mounds View had identified code enforcement as a key component for maintaining 28 property values and eliminating blight. The City spent a lot of money on Focus 2000. 29 30 Mayor Marty said that, as Mayor, he gets calls sometimes weekly but at least every month from 31 residents on code compliance issues. He then said that he discussed this with Staff and it has 32 been an issue with the previous Councils. He further said that he would like to have Council 33 discuss adding a summer worker assigned to Code compliance. 34 35 36 MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Mueller. To Waive the Reading and Approve Resolution 7061, 37 Approving an Abatement of Nuisance Code Violations Associated with the Property Located at 38 5440 Jackson Drive. 39 40 Council Member Hull asked if 10 days would be enough time to get things done. 41 42 Mayor Marty indicated that notice was provided prior to this Council meeting. 43 44