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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday, May 6, 2019 <br /> Page 5 <br /> Councilmember Laliberte asked if Mr. Acree was also the owner when the cita- <br /> tion was put in place in 2016. <br /> Mr. Acree stated he was. <br /> Councilmember Laliberte asked if the citation was actually helpful to Mr. Acree <br /> to have due process to take care of it. <br /> Mr. Acree stated it was helpful, unfortunately he did acquire more stuff,but not in <br /> the sense that it is bad just a lot of it. <br /> Councilmember Etten thanked Mr. Acree for being at the meeting. He noted that <br /> according to staff there is a dumpster onsite. He questioned what the use would be <br /> intended for. <br /> Mr. Acree stated it will be to clean out some items. <br /> Councilmember Etten asked if Mr. Acree was presently living at this address. <br /> Mr. Acree indicated he was. <br /> Mayor Roe stated the property is currently listed by Ramsey County as non- <br /> homestead which is typically property that the owner is not living in. He told Mr. <br /> Acree that he might have an advantage on property taxes if he filed the property <br /> as homestead. <br /> Mr. Acree indicated that was not an issue with him, as he owned a number of dif- <br /> ferent properties. <br /> Mayor Roe offered an opportunity for public comment. <br /> Mr. Fred Dressler, 398 Oakcrest <br /> Mr. Dressler stated his backyard abuts Mr. Acree's backyard. When Mr. Acree <br /> first moved in, things were pretty open, people were not around very much, and <br /> he was concerned about children falling into the pool. He stated he was not sure <br /> how or when it happened, but the entire backyard was fenced with chain-link <br /> fence about six feet tall and not well anchored into the ground. Somewhere along <br /> the line there were complaints, so Mr. Acree put up a privacy fence which was six <br /> or seven feet tall and maybe a foot or two off the ground which was not well an- <br /> chored either. Over a period of time, Mr. Acree has leaned things along the fence <br /> and as a consequence, his three-and-a-half-foot fence is getting leaned on by his <br /> two other fences. At the present time, there is maybe an inch or two between <br /> them but sooner or later Mr. Acree's fence will knock over his fence. He indicat- <br />