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Public Hearing Mayor Ramsey called the public hearing to order at 7:10 p.m. Presentation Planning Manager Miller reviewed the staff report. Citizen Inuut Suzanne Anderson stated she had an interest in housing as well as being a landlord. She noted her concern was the common good and she believed this proposal was going in the wrong direction. She believed this was an opportunity to keep up the rental housing and it was a good ordinance for the City. Motion by Councilmember Elvig, seconded by Councilmember Look, to close the public hearing. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Ramsey, Councilmembers Elvig, Look, Dehen, McGlone, and Wise. Voting No: None. The public hearing was closed at 7:15 p.m. Council Business Mayor Ramsey called the regular City Council meeting back to order at 7:15 p.m. Councilmember Look understood Ms. Anderson's concerns, but the City could not tell a homeowner to keep the rental home up under this Ordinance. In his opinion, the Ordinance was a violation of the tenant's rights and he did not see the value in the Ordinance. He believed a lot of Ms. Anderson's concerns could be addressed by other City Ordinances. Mayor Ramsey stated in his opinion this Ordinance also violated the constitutional rights of a tenant and he supported repealing the Ordinance. Councilmember Dehen stated he .understood landlords and tenants had right, but he wanted to ensure the City was not getting into that aspect. He asked from a City perspective, what were they trying to accomplish. He believed if the City could save one person he believed this was responsible government. He was not in favor of repealing the Ordinance. He asked the Councilmembers who were going to vote in favor of this to wait until they could back stop this with some sort of a maintenance ordinance that would take care of some of the exterior problems. City Council /January 12, 2010 Page 6 of 13