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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 24, 2018 Page 8 c. Consider an Abatement Request for Unresolved City Code Violations Building Official Dave Englund briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the RCA and related attachments dated September 24, 2018. He explained this was a second offense within a year for the property owner at 578 Ryan Avenue West and the property owner was notified of a repeat nuisance. He stated in his opin- ion, it would be nice to do something different where he would recommend the abatement be approved; but deferred pending a staff visit to verify the property owner has made all of the corrections with a visit. Given the past history of the property, staff would also like to be able to retain the right to revisit the property monthly for the next six months and if these violations are noted, staff could im- plement the approved abatement action. Mayor Roe asked for an update on what is left to be done as of today's review. Mr. Englund stated each violation still exists,just to a lesser degree. He reviewed the violations with the Council. Mayor Roe asked if there was a representative of the property owner at the meet- ing that would like to address this item. No one came forward. Mayor Roe asked if there was anyone from the public who wanted to address this item. No one came forward. City Attorney Gaughan stated he talked to staff and the recommended motion for this item would be to approve abatement of the public nuisance violations subject to the property owner achieving Code Compliance in a timely manner. Staff would further be directed to make monthly proactive visits on this site to confirm Code Compliance over the next six months. If Code Compliance is not observed during that timeframe, the abatement process could be imposed. Mayor Roe asked if it would be appropriate for the motion to state: Approve the abatement if the compliance is not maintained during the period of six months. City Attorney Gaughan stated it could. McGehee moved, Etten seconded, to direct Community Development staff to ap- prove the abatement if compliance is not maintained during the period of six month with monthly site review. Council Discussion Councilmember McGehee thought this kind of activity was completely appropri- ate when the City has this kind of recurring occurrence over and over and a waste of staff time.