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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 11,2011 Page 23 inspection of the property by staff on June 17, 2011 revealed that the corrections remained incomplete. Councilmember Johnson thanked Mr. Ethen for attending tonight's meeting; and expressed his curiosity in how much time he needed to finish the remaining work. Rob Ethen Mr. Ethen provided a bench handout dated July 11, 2011 from Mr. Ethen, at- tached hereto and made a part hereof, outlining background information and a timeline of events from his perspective to-date, and transcripts of voice mails from Mr. Munson; which he proceeded to read into the record. In his notes, Mr. );then opined that he did not receive the promised volunteer community assistance from staff as promised in February; and asked that therefore, the City Council not provide any specific timetable in order to allow him to find additional financial and manpower resources on his own. Councilmember Johnson noted that, on February 14, 2011, the City Council al- lowed Mr. Ethen the full 120 days to take care of the issues; and questioned what he had accomplished during that time. Apologizing for not having any pictures available for his presentation, Mr. Ethen opined that the exterior stairway was the primary issues; and everything else was being taken care of, with him currently scraping areas in preparation for repaint- ing. Councilmember Johnson questioned if Mr. Ethen had attempted to contact Mr. Munson, since he alleged that staff didn't follow-up with him; or questioned if he had let it slide. Councilmember Johnson opined that it was clear that Mr. Ethen had not met his commitment to the City Council in providing him the 120 days; and noted his observations with the remaining property issues, including the dan- gerous exterior stairway, as well as the painting required on the soffits and doors; and questioned whether the television was still sitting in the driveway. Mr. Ethen advise that the television had been set aside to make room for the ga- rage; and advised that the other work was in progress, but was delayed due to his lack of financial resources. Councilmember Johnson recognized Mr. Ethen's financial difficulties; however, he questioned if Mr. Ethen understood the property tax assessment, opining that it may be a more convenient solution for Mr. Ethen since he was having those fi- nancial difficulties. Mr. Ethen responded that he was attempting to accomplish the work with current resources.