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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday,January 14, 2019 <br /> Page 9 <br /> priorities and costs are great and the potential benefits to the City are great as <br /> well. <br /> Councilmember Groff stated looking at the Legislative priorities, there is a wide <br /> range, so he did not think the lobbyists were going to be able to pass them <br /> through. The lobbyists are going to have to find sponsors and make connections <br /> at the Capitol and throughout the State, especially for the OVAL and that project <br /> alone is going to take considerable work and time to get done. <br /> Councilmember Laliberte agreed and thought if the Council could have met more <br /> often at the end of the year, the Council could have gone through the process of <br /> getting various prices from various firms. But, she does entrust the City Manager <br /> to have queried neighboring communities to get a good recommendation. She <br /> thought the value that can be brought to the City is very important and some of <br /> these things are going to have to take a heavier lift and a longer process than oth- <br /> ers. She wished the City and Council had the capacity to be at the Capitol doing <br /> all of the work that needs to be done but this is not a full-time Council and the <br /> City Manager has been entrusted with a lot of other priorities, so she was support- <br /> ive of moving more quickly than not. <br /> Mayor Roe stated the City also has the exit clause that can be looked at and may- <br /> be the Council and Staff should look at this again half way through the process to <br /> see where the City is at and what the lobbyist thinks about the services the firm <br /> could provide. <br /> Roll Call <br /> Ayes: Etten, Laliberte, Groff and Roe. <br /> Nays: None. <br /> d. Consider a Community Development Department request to perform an <br /> abatement of unresolved violations of City Code at 2465 Dale Street <br /> Building Official Dave Englund briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the <br /> RCA and related attachments dated January 14, 2019. <br /> Mayor Roe asked if the out-of-state property owner expressed any concern about <br /> being billed for these abatement costs. <br /> Mr. Englund stated staff recommended to the owner to take care of it with the <br /> towing company. The towing company did require the owner to be onsite to sign <br /> for it and the owner could not get anyone to do it locally for them. The City tried <br /> to work with the owner to get this taken care of. The owner does believe it is a <br /> neighboring resident that has placed this on his property. <br /> Laliberte moved, Etten seconded, to direct Community Development Staff to <br /> abate the public nuisance violations at 2465 Dale Street by contracting with a <br />