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City Council Regular Meeting— 08/23/04 DRAFT Minutes - Page 11 6. Appearance of Boulevards Appearance of Councilmember Kough sought Council consensus in enforcing Boulevards private property owners to be responsible to maintain boulevards adjacent to their properties; and further questioned whether property owners anticipated that someone else was responsible for that maintenance. Councilmember Kough noted recent efforts to beautify the community, and the many areas that detracted from those beautification efforts. Discussion ensued regarding property line definitions, variations and easements; ownership of boulevard and ditch property; complaint-driven nature of maintenance and mowing; existing nuisance ordinance provisions and enforcement; commercial versus residential properties; cooperation among private and public owners in maintaining aesthetics within the community; safety factors to consider in implementing additional enforcement measures; and the City Attorney's listing of provisions already in place in the City's Nuisance Ordinance 407.02c. Councilmember Schroeder noted that he maintains the public property adjoining his property to enhance his property's aesthetics. Mayor Klausing concurred, and noted that many property owners followed that logic. Klausing moved, Kough seconded, directing staff to study and report back to the City Council application and procedure to implement and maintain enforcement of existing city ordinance and code, or additional provisions necessary, related to boulevard maintenance in the City of Roseville; and further directed staff to survey other communities as to their enforcement procedures; and directed City Attorney Anderson to provide an opinion as to the legality and/or constitutionality of local requirements for enforcement on those properties owned by superior units of government (i.e., County, State or Federal entities). Roll Call Ayes: Ihlan, Schroeder, Maschka, Kough and Klausing. Nays: None.