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<br />Councilmember Look asked if this is still complaint based. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Miller stated that it is and the City does not have a policy of <br />taking sections of the City and canvassing them for code violations. <br /> <br />Councilmember Look stated that he thinks that is important for people at home to know. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig stated that he wants this to be written in a very easily understood format <br />so people know exactly what the steps are. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Miller stated that section 5.20 deals with abatement, but <br />Councilmember Look's question was also on non-abatable issues. She stated that is much more <br />clearly defmed with the new language. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig reiterated that it has to be clearly identified as to what the next steps are in <br />the process. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Miller stated that the initial letter spells out very clearly what <br />the steps are, whom they need to contact, and what they need to do. <br /> <br />Motion by Councilmember Look and seconded by Councilmember Elvig to adopt Ordinance <br />#08-32 amending Chapter 5.20 of the City Code, the City's regulations for enforcement. <br /> <br />A roll call vote was performed by the Recording Secretary. <br /> <br />Councilmember Look: <br />Councilmember Olson: <br />Councilmember Jeffrey: <br />Councilmember Strommen: <br />Councilmember Elvig : <br />Councilmember Dehen: <br />Mayor Gamec: <br /> <br />aye <br />aye <br />absent <br />aye <br />aye <br />aye <br />aye <br /> <br />Motion carried. <br /> <br />Case #10: <br /> <br />Approve Purchase Agreement and Loan Agreement for the Purchase of <br />Property Located in the Highway 10 Corridor (Holiday Stationstores, Inc. <br />Parcel) <br /> <br />City Attorney Goodrich noted that this is the abandoned Holiday Station and this would be a <br />RALF purchase with funds provided by the Met Council. He noted that Jodi Ruehle of The <br />Tinklenberg Group discussed this at the earlier work session. He explained the RALF funding <br />process. He stated that the acquisition price is $860,000 or $9.87/sq. ft. He stated that there are <br />some possible environmental issues on the site, so there is testing going on and he wants to make <br />sure MnDOT agrees to this. He noted that there is an additional amount of $68,350 for <br />administrative costs of acquiring this property. <br /> <br />City Council! December 9, 2008 <br />Page 14 of17 <br /> <br />P46 <br />