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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 10, 2012 Page 18 City Manager Malinen noted the bench handout provided, serving to address the ability to charge the cost of certain land use requests to developers; and thereby reduce the cost of legal services accrued by the City. Mr. Malinen noted those specific changes to the Standard Agreement for Professional Services addressed on pages 8 and 9 of Exhibit A to the contract. Mr. Malinen recommended ap- proval of a three (3) year agreement as detailed, with the firm of Erickson, Bell, Beckman& Quinn, P. A. for civil legal services to the City. McGehee moved, Johnson seconded, approval of the negotiated contract (At- tachment A) for civil legal services with the law firm of Erickson, Bell, Beck- man & Quinn, P. A. Roll Call Ayes: Pust; Johnson; Willmus; McGehee; and Roe. Nays: None. e. Community Development Department Request to Issue a Ramsey County Court Citation for Unresolved Violations of City Code at 1927 Rosedale Drive As previously noted,this item was removed from tonight's agenda. f. Community Development Department Request to Perform an Abatement for Unresolved Violations of City Code at 1432 Eldridge Avenue Permit Coordinator Don Munson provided a summary of unresolved code viola- tions at this owner-occupied, single-family detached home, currently owned and resided in by Rich Jewett. Mr. Munson advised that this violation had been ob- served during the most recent Neighborhood Enhancement Program (NEP); and consisted of a utility trailer permanently stored in a front yard driveway (viola- tion of City Code, Section 407.03.Q). Mr. Munson advised that Mr. Jewett had expressed his desire to appeal the ad- ministrative decision by staff to the City Council at tonight's meeting, and was in the audience. Mr. Munson noted that, under current City Code provisions, Mr. Jewett's options were to change to a smaller trailer that would fit inside the garage, or move the trailer. Councilmember Willmus advised, from his personal observation of the site, that this code violation didn't cause the same level of concern as that of the NEP in- spector; and suggested it may be prudent for the City Council to consider revis- ing its current code on some of these items. If initiated by a concerned neigh- bor, or impacting property sales in the neighborhood, Councilmember Willmus opined that then he could possibly consider it a more serious violation. Howev- er, since this was actually a rather small trailer, and it had no commercial appli- cation, the City Council may need to revisit its existing code as it applied to these types of minor violations.