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