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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PEQUOT LAKES CITY COUNCIL <br />TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 <br />PEQUOT LAKES CITY HALL <br />Members Present: Mayor Adams, Council Members Pederson, Sjoblad, and <br />Gardner <br />Members Absent: Council Member Akerson <br />Staff Present: Sandra Peine, City Clerk; Robert Scott, City Attorney; Dawn <br />Bittner, Zoning Administrator <br />Call Meetinq to Order <br />Mayor Adams called the special meeting of the Pequot Lakes City Council <br />to order at 6:00 p.m. <br />1.1. Pledqe of Alleqiance <br />Mayor Adams led with the Pledge of Allegiance. <br />2. Consider Aqenda <br />There were no changes to the agenda. <br />3. Hearin to Consider Orderin Abatement of Cit Ordinance Violation <br />Mayor Adams opened the hearing. Mayor Adams reviewed the process for <br />the hearing. <br />Attorney Robert Scott explained that the purpose of the meeting was to <br />consider declaring conditions existing on Mr. Dahl's property located at <br />3952 County Road 17, Pequot Lakes, MN to be a public nuisance. He <br />explained that this a quasi-judicial function and that the Council will review <br />evidence presented by City staff and hear from the property owner. The <br />Council will be asked by staff to pass a resolution making findings of fact <br />and conclusions and making an order that this property does constitute a <br />public nuisance and authorizing legal counsel to take legal action <br />necessary to abate the nuisance, assess the cost to the property owner, <br />and to proceed with prosecution. <br />Presentation of Evidence by Dawn Bittner, Zoning Administrator. Property <br />values near Mr. Dahl have been reduced, resulting in a loss in revenue for <br />the City. Dawn Bittner distributed recent pictures of the property. At the <br />