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• Mounds View City Council Page Two Regular Meeting May 23 ,1994 Saarion announced that the interview panel' s recommendation for the Golf Course Superintendent position was Mr. Kurt Johnson. Saarion indicated that Mr. Johnson comes from the City of Brooklyn Center where he gathered his experience during his tenure with that City as Golf Course Superintendent. Saarion presented a summary of Mr. Johnson's experience with golf courses and then introduced Mr. Kurt Johnson. Saarion summarized what duties Mr. Johnson would be undertaking regarding the golf course. Mr. Johnson stated thanked staff for the warm welcome that he received and that next year Mounds View would have the best course in the state. Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, added that Mr. Johnson had already attended meetings regarding the golf course, walked the course, met with the Golf Course Architect and the MWCC. CONSENT AGENDA Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, read the Consent Agenda. Mayor Linke asked if there were any items the Council desired removed • from the Consent Agenda. There were no item's removed. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Wuori to Adopt the Consent Agenda as presented. VOTE: 4 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried RESIDENTS REQUESTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR James R. Dahl, 5302 St. Stephens Street, presented a complaint about the house at 5308 St. Stephens Street. Mr. Dahl stated that the house is basically uninhabitable. Dahl would like to know if anything is being done about this property or if anything can be done about the property. Dahl—statedthatthe---bu 1d-ing inspector—had—inspected the--property--and there were seventeen items that needed to be corrected and that there has been nothing done. Dahl indicated that this property is rental property. Dahl lives next door and stated that this lowers the property value of his home. Mayor Linke explained to Mr. Dahl that the City has to follow procedures with regards to rental properties. Linke went through the steps that had to be followed when dealing with rental property. Mayor Linke explained that the City had an inspector that inspects apartments, but Linke was not sure if houses fit into the normal rotation of rental inspections. Linke further explained that the City does not have enough bodies to take care of Code Enforcement problems. Linke noted that the City is hiring a Code Enforcement Officer that will handle problems such as these. This 0 was a recommendation of the Focus 2000 task force groups.