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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 11, 2015 Page 2 that a sale of the home would be delayed due to the ongoing code enforcement is- sues at an adjacent home. Ms. Kennedy noted that she had made the City Attor- ney aware of this long-term situation with six vehicles parked in the adjacent home's driveway, a boat stored in the front yard, and numerous items stored in the back yard. At the request of Mayor Roe, City Attorney Gaughan responded that he had brought the issue to the attention of the City's code enforcement personnel for resolution. Ms. Kennedy noted that she had spoken with Brian Englund from the City, and had been advised that the adjacent property owner had been notified in accord- ance with the legal process for code violations and had until May 20, 2015 to take action prior to the City pursuing an abatement or citation process to resolve the violations. Ms. Kennedy asked for assistance in getting the immediate problem resolved, and opined that the situation should not be allowed to continue in this neighborhood of other well-kept properties. Ms. Kennedy advised that she had spoken to the owner of the property who admitted he does not live there but only used it for storage; and while he was nice and agreed to resolve the situation when asked by Ms. Kennedy, he had yet to do so. Ms. Kennedy also noted an apparently broken water main in front of the home she has for sale and asked the City's attention to this as well so it did not serve as a further detriment in selling the home. Ms. Kennedy, noting the current physical and emotional health of her sister, asked that City staff not communicate in any way with her sister or brother-in-law, but only directly to her as she has Power of Attorney for them, and should be the only point of contact. Ms. Kennedy provided her business card to each Councilmem- ber as well as City Manager Trudgeon and City Attorney Gaughan. Councilmember Willmus asked staff to provide an update to the City Council as this process continues. City Manager Trudgeon duly noted that request; and reviewed the detailed break- down of the process with the adjacent property owner to-date, confirming that the second violation notice had been sent out and the property owner had until May 20, 2015 to resolve the violations, following the normal process. Mr. Trudgeon advised that the next step, if violations remained unattended to, would be to pro- ceed with a request to the City Council for a Ramsey Court citation; and agreed the City Council would be advised of the process as it continued. In addressing Ms. Kennedy, Mayor Roe noted that usually when something is scheduled before the City Council for abatement or Ramsey County citation, it