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F FLAHERTY H000P.A. MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Adams and members of the Pequot Lakes City Council From: Robert T. Scott and Christopher M. Hood, City Attorneys, City of Pequot Lakes VIA EMAIL Date: June 2,2017 Re: CITY COUNCIL HEARINGS TO CONSIDER ORDERING ABATEMENT of City Ordinance Violations at 3952 County Road 17 and 31051 Pine Street, Pequot Lakes,MN 56472 The following memorandum briefly addresses the process we recommend the City Council of the City of Pequot Lakes (City) follow in considering whether to declare the conditions at the properties owned by Robert and Kimberly Swenson at 31051 Pine Street(Swenson Property) and Virgil Dahl at 3952 County Road 17 (Dahl Property) in the City to be a public nuisance and violations of City Ordinances at a special meeting to be held on June 6, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. The City Council will also be asked to consider making a hazardous building/hazardous property declaration(30892 South Heath Street) in this special meeting under a separate statutory procedure, and receive an update on the property at 30892 South Heath Street addressed by the City Council at a special meeting held on May 2, 2017. The Swenson Property has miscellaneous items accumulated in plain site along its south lot line, and deterioration of the dwelling, attached garage and accessory structure in violation of the City's Code of Ordinances and nuisance regulations. A letter from the City's Zoning Specialist to Robert and Kimberly Swenson, dated March 24, 2017, includes quotations from the applicable city ordinances, and is appended hereto (Appendix A-1) for the City Council's reference and consideration in advance of the special meeting. The property owners have made some improvements since receiving the notice of violations from City staff(removing the lean- to next to the garage,the small building behind the garage, and the abandoned truck), but code violations and nuisance conditions remain on the property. The Dahl Property has garbage,junk, construction materials, brush/branches, furniture, abandoned vehicles,tires and other debris to accumulate in plain sight on the Property, and despite repeated written notifications and requests by City staff and the City Attorney, such debris has not been removed. The following background documents, which include quotations from the applicable city ordinances, are appended hereto for the City Council's reference and consideration in advance of the special meeting: • Appendix B-l: Letter Agreement between Virgil Dahl and City dated July 7, 2016; • Appendix B-2: Zoning Specialist letter to Virgil Dahl, dated April 21,2017; and • Appendix B-3: City Administrator notes from site visits to Dahl Property.