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City Council Minutes <br />June 3, 2014 <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />----------------------------- <br />Mayor Adams questioned whether Mr. Dahl had received the letter <br />regarding a notice of immediate corrective action from the Attorney sent in <br />February. Mr. Dahl indicated that he did receive the letter, that he talked to <br />Dawn Bittner and that he has taken care of all the stuff that was supposed <br />to be cleaned up. <br />Council Member Pederson stated that the City has records of the past <br />many years on this issue. He informed Mr. Dahl that Planning and Zoning <br />has worked with him many times during the past several years on this <br />issue. He informed Mr. Dahl that all of the stuff on the ground needs to be <br />gone. He further explained the need for the City to take action on this <br />issue due to the number of years that this situation has been on-going and <br />due to the number of complaints the City has received and continues to <br />receive. <br />Mayor Adams closed the public hearing. <br />Attorney Robert Scott reviewed the findings of fact and conclusions listed <br />in a resolution. He informed the Council that the findings have to be based <br />on the evidence. He recommended that because Mr. Dahl has testified <br />that he doesn't have the animals listed in the resolution that the Council <br />omit paragraph 2d XII under findings. He explained that the Resolution <br />gives the property owner until June 17th to come into compliance. If the <br />conditions are not met by the 17t", a court order to have property cleaned <br />up will be requested. He also suggested that if the property owner makes <br />a good faith effort and is nearly done with the clean-up by the 17th, the <br />City can make a judgment to extend the time for a couple of weeks. <br />Mayor Adams questioned Mr. Dahl as to whether the City would be <br />allowed to access his property to see that improvements have been made. <br />Mr. Dahl indicated that he would allow the City to access the property but <br />he did not want any pictures taken of the property. <br />Council Member Sjoblad informed Mr. Dahl that once this is cleaned up, <br />the City does not want it to start over again. <br />MAYOR ADAMS MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 14-10 FINDINGS, <br />CONCLUSIONS AND ORDER OF PEQUOT LAKES CITY COUNCIL <br />REGARDING ALLEGED CODE VIOLATIONS AND NUISANCE <br />CONDITIONS AT 3952 COUNTY ROAD 17, AND OMITTING ITEM 2D <br />(xii) REFERRING TO THE ANIMALS. COUNCIL MEMBER SJOBLAD <br />SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 4-0. <br />12. Adjournment <br />