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Mounds View City Council June 44, 2021 Regular Meeting Page 3 1 recommending the licenses be revoked at this time noting it would take months to move people 2 off of this property. 3 4 Mayor Mueller opened the revocation hearing at 7:25 p.m. 5 6 Hearing no input, Mayor Mueller closed the revocation hearing at 7:25 p.m. 7 8 Council Member Meehlhause stated it appears there has been no change or improvement to the 9 property since January. Housing/Code/Fire Inspector Schoeman reported this was an accurate 10 assessment of the property. 11 12 Council Member Meehlhause inquired if the City would have any financial responsibility in 13 relocating these residents. City Attorney Riggs advised this was a different situation than the 14 Skyline Motel property where the City purchased the property. He noted this was a licensing 15 matter. He discussed the rights these tenants had with the landlord. 16 17 Council Member Cermak indicated she cried when she saw the pictures of these properties. She 18 questioned how any landlord could allow their tenants to live like this. She supported the City 19 revoking these rental licenses. 20 21 Council Member Bergeron asked why one of the units was unoccupied. Housing/Code/Fire 22 Inspector Schoeman reported there was an electrical fire in this unit and this unit was 23 condemned. He explained the property owner tried to hire an unlicensed contractor to fix the 24 unit, but the City put this work to a stop. 25 26 Council Member Bergeron stated this property owner has callously disregarded the safety of the 27 tenants and he supported the rental licenses being revoked. 28 29 City Administrator Zikmund asked if this property owner owned any other rental properties in 30 Mounds View. Housing/Code/Fire Inspector Schoeman reported this property owner did not have 31 any other rental properties. 32 33 City Administrator Zikmund suggested the Council add a clause stating the City would not issue 34 any rental licenses for any other properties in Mounds View for this property owner until this site 35 was remedied. City Attorney Riggs reported this clause could be added to the Resolution. 36 37 MOTION/SECOND: Hull/Bergeron. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 9434, 38 Revocation of Rental License #2021-00202 (2075 Hillview Road) and #2021-0023 (2081 39 Hillview Road) as amended to ensure a rental license would not be issued to this property owner 40 due to the existing violations. 41 42 A roll call vote was taken. 43 44 Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 45