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FLAHERTY HOOD P.A. <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> To: Mayor Adams and members of the Pequot Lakes City Council <br /> From: Robert T. Scott and Christopher M. Hood, <br /> City Attorneys, City of Pequot Lakes VIA EMAIL <br /> Date: April 26, 2017 <br /> Re: CITY COUNCIL HEARING TO CONSIDER ORDERING ABATEMENT <br /> of City Ordinance Violations at 31116 Ash Street,Pequot Lakes,MN 56472 <br /> The following memorandum briefly addresses the process we recommend the City Council of <br /> the City of Pequot Lakes (City) follow in considering whether to declare the conditions at the <br /> property owned by John R. and Barbara J. Derksen at 31116 Ash Street(Property) in the City to <br /> be a public nuisance and violations of City Ordinances at a special meeting to be held on May 2, <br /> 2017 at 6:00 p.m. <br /> The property owner has allowed garbage,junk, construction materials,brush/branches, <br /> furniture, abandoned vehicles,tires and other debris to accumulate in plain sight on the <br /> Property, and despite repeated written notifications and requests by City staff and the City <br /> Attorney, such debris has not been removed. The following background documents,which <br /> include quotations from the applicable city ordinances, are appended hereto for the City <br /> Council's reference and consideration in advance of the special meeting: <br /> • Appendix A: Zoning Specialist letter to John R. and Barbara J. Derksen, dated June <br /> 5, 2014 <br /> • Appendix B: Zoning Specialist letter to John R. and Barbara J. Derksen, dated July <br /> 3,2014 <br /> • Appendix C: City Attorney letter to John R. and Barbara J.Derksen, dated August <br /> 11, 2014 <br /> • Appendix D: Zoning Specialist letter to John R. and Barbara J. Derksen, dated April <br /> 14, 2015 <br /> • Appendix E: Zoning Specialist letter to John R. and Barbara J. Derksen, dated April <br /> 28, 2016 <br /> • Appendix F: Zoning Specialist letter to John R. and Barbara J. Derksen, dated May <br /> 10, 2016 <br /> • Appendix G: Zoning Specialist letter to John R. and Barbara J. Derksen, dated June <br /> 21,2016 <br /> • Appendix H: Zoning Specialist letter to John R. and Barbara J. Derksen, dated <br /> February 21, 2017 <br /> • Appendix I: Zoning Specialist letter to John R. and Barbara J. Derksen, dated March <br /> 28,2017 <br />