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<br />City of Centerville <br />July 24, 2002 <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers suggested having a Staff person send a letter that <br />states all of the violations and indicate that the resident needs to respond to the City, The <br />property does not have to be completely cleaned up by the next meeting, but she must <br />respond to the City by the next Council meeting or the City will proceed with the <br />administrative search warrant. <br /> <br />Council Member Nelson said she feels the City has already done all of these things. She <br />then said this has been going on for years and this is driving the neighbors crazy because <br />of the smell and the rodents and one neighbor has had to spend thousands of dollars to <br />keep her own property safe and she would be angry if she lived near this because it seems <br />that Council continues to do nothing. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated she was willing to give it two more weeks <br />and then said she wants the letter to social services to be sent right away. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers withdrew her motion and Council Member Nelson <br />withdrew her second. <br /> <br />City Attorney Hoeft clarified that the City Administrator would be contacting Anoka <br />County and the property owner to outline the issues and Council will determine at the <br />next meeting whether to proceed with the administrative search warrant. <br /> <br />Council Member Nelson asked for information as to what is in the file. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilharber suggested that someone go get the file because there was a court <br />proceeding when he was the Mayor but he does not remember the outcome. <br /> <br />City Attorney Hoeft indicated he remembered that the property went through the process <br />but said he did not remember the outcome. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers asked City Attorney Hoeft to look up at his office <br />what had happened. <br /> <br />Staffretrieved the file from the office and City Attorney Hoeft reviewed it. <br /> <br />City Attorney Hoeft indicated that this goes back to 1984 when the then City Attorney <br />drafted a letter about it. He also indicated there was a building permit in October of 1999 <br />for a roof and notices were sent out and $4,400 assessed to the property for clean up and <br />repair due to substandard conditions with faulty weather protection and an unsanitary <br />premises. He further indicated it appears there was no conclusion as the matter continues <br />from year to year. <br /> <br />Council Member Nelson said she thinks that is how it happened as incidents came up it <br />was taken care of but there was not a process to produce a final outcome. <br /> <br />Page 15 of22 <br />