Minutes - Council Work Session - 11/10/2008

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Monday, November 10, 2008, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Thomas Gamec Councilmember John Dehen (arrived at 5:44 p.m.) Councilmember David Elvig Councilmember David Jeffrey Councilmember Mary Jo Olson Councilmember Sarah Strommen Member Absent: Councilmember Matt Look Also Present: City Administrator Kurtis G. Ulrich Assistant City Administrator Heidi A. Nelson Community Development Director Amber Miller Police Chief James Way CALL TO ORDER Mayor Gamec called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:36 p.m. APPROVE AGENDA The agenda was approved as submitted. COUNCIL TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1) , Use of Abatement for Zoning/Building/Public Nuisance Violations Community Development Director Miller stated that the Council has discussed most of these issues before, but noted that this looks at the new abatement process and several items that do not fall under the abatement process. She stated that at a previous meeting the Council suggested that the City look at a graduated fee schedule for the fines, especially for repeat offenders. She reviewed some of the non-abatable violations. She stated that the chart included in the packet shows the current enforcement and the proposed method of enforcement and also provided the graduated fee schedule details for the first, second and third violation. She stated that these are issues that are currently in the code, but staff is working on updating the code to get more specificity. City Council Work Session / November 10, 2008 Page 1 of9