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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 23,2012 Page 16 At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Munson advised that the fence materials may be more appropriate for sale as scrap, but he questioned their via- bility for their use for fencing. James Cox Mr. Cox advised that over the last decade, he, his brother and/or his son had all lived in the home; and he opined that the fence was still usable and not simply scrap. Mr. Cox offered, once he presented his perspective, to move the fencing this weekend to a screened in porch or the garage on the property. Mr. Cox opined that it would have taken him less time to move the fence than to attend tonight's meeting; and alleged that he felt strongly that Mr. Munson was dis- criminating against his 24 year old son, the current resident. Mr. Cox advised that this was based on similar or worse code issues at adjacent properties that had not been addressed by Mr. Munson, and provided photo evidence of those issues. Mr. Cox advised that he had respect for his neighbors, and tried to keep the yard looking well; however, he reiterated that staff had a hidden agenda; and suggested that his photographic proof more than proved his allegations. Mayor Roe advised that, now that staff had been alerted to code issues at adja- cent properties, he anticipated that Mr. Munson would act on reviewing those properties that would result in a similar process to that for his property. How- ever, Mayor Roe advised that tonight's discussion was specific to his property; and further advised that if Mr. Cox wished to pursue allegations of discrimina- tion, that was an entirely different process as well and could be addressed at a time outside tonight's meeting. Mr. Cox advised that the complaint also cited leaves bagged on site; and pro- vided his rationale in not getting them to the compost site since it was not open at the time. Mr. Cox alleged that Mr. Munson had personally moved the fenc- ing and fence posts from their original and more safely stacked position. Mr. Cox suggested, with encouragement by his son, that he keep a spread sheet of code enforcement issues within the neighborhood to see how long it took for them to be addressed compared to the issues on his property; and suggested that this research would result in his ability to prove age discrimination. Mayor Roe briefly reviewed the City's code enforcement process, with most re- solved between staff and property owners, and few ending up before the City Council. Mr. Cox asked if it was permissible for him to move the fence within the screened porch as a resolution. Councilmember Willmus advised that he was recusing himself from this discussion,based on a business relationship with Mr. Cox, and left the bench during the discussion.