1997-05-14 - CC Packet - (Admin.)

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MEMO Date: May 9, 1997 To: Citv Council From: Theresa Brenner Re: Barett property Bob Barett called me on Tuesday to say the family still wants the city to handle snow plowing of the driveway and mowing the grass until Mrs. Barett moves into the apartment. Because Mrs. Barett has chose not to retain her lifetime estate on the property, she would be living on city property. He said they would sign a wavier of liability to protect the city from being sued if Mrs. Barett was injured in a fall. They agree with everything else in the purchase offer. They would continue to maintain and insure the home. Greg Hellings said this could be handled in a separate agreement that states all the terms for Mrs. Barett to live on the property, including the wavier of liability. He will have a draft agreement ready by the council meeting for our review and discussion. The only change to the purchase offer would be to cross of item #4 on the addendum no. 1 and have both parties initial it. That indicates that she is not retaining a lifetime estate. I support these changes because it would be a temporary situation and because of the liability wavier. If the council is still not comfortable with this, another option may be to offer a token amount of money, perhaps $500, for the Baretts to hire these maintenance services. I am leaving for a short vacation (Arizona!) but will be back in time for the council meeting.