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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 22, 2017 Page 13 Mayor Roe echoed appreciation to staff, and expressed thanks for the larger quad- rant maps identifying issues in more detail. Roll Call Ayes: Laliberte, McGehee, Willmus, Etten and Roe. Nays: None. e. Consider a Community Development Department Request to Perform an Abatement for Unresolved City Code Violations at 1890 Huron Avenue Codes Coordinator Dave Englund summarized this request and provided updated photos of the code violations as of today for this owner-occupied, single-family home at 1890 Huron Avenue, with the property owner of record shown as Linda Bangert. Mr. Englund reviewed current violations, originating from a resident complaint, including accumulation of debris (407.02.13); a shed in disrepair (407.02.J, K.2); and outside storage of household items (407.03.H). Mr. Englund estimated that the cost of abatement, encompassing repair of doors and bro- ken/missing windows on the shed and removal/disposal of debris and items stored outside at approximately $1,000.00. Mr. Englund reported that throughout correspondence efforts with the property owner and posting of the site, the property owner had not responded until this morning, when a voice mail was left stating that some corrections had been taken. Mr. Englund provided updated photos as of late today, with the homeowner re- questing additional time to make repairs. However, Mr. Englund also noted that this property in the past had several other abatement requests before the City Council; and therefore proposed that an abatement be authorized with a potential date of July 1, 2017 to allow the property owner to make corrections before then. McGehee moved, Etten seconded, directing Community Development staff to abate the public nuisance at 1890 Huron Avenue by hiring a general contractor to remove and dispose of the outside storage of items and repair the shed doors and repair/replace shed windows as necessary as referenced at this hearing if not completed by the property owner by July 1, 2017, and asking that staff speak to the property owner as to removal of the shed structure and for staff to assist in that effort if deemed appropriate; directing staff to bill the property owner for ac- tual and administrative costs; with the property owner billed for actual and admin- istrative costs; and if those charges are not paid, staff will recover costs as speci- fied in City Code, Section 407.07B. Roll Call Ayes: Laliberte, McGehee, Willmus, Etten and Roe. Nays: None. Recess Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 8:14 p.m., and reconvened at approximately 8:21 p.m.