Agenda - Council - 03/13/2012 - Special

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Furthermore, although the City knew of the on -going criminal proceeding, the Council did not act on Kiefer's specific procedural objections. 39. The Ramsey City Counsel affirmed the actions of the City and the special assessment. 40. Kiefer then appealed the special assessment to this Court and prevailed in Anoka County District Court. 41. Specifically, on and about October 25, 2007, the City of Ramsey as part of a wrongful abatement of Defendant's Ramsey property transferred and dumped Defendant's personal property from Defendants Ramsey Property to his Isanti County property: including a small building and its contents, which included an engine stand, an engine, a transmission bell housing and an automatic transmission for an engine, three vehicles (licensed and operational 1964 Volkswagen bus, a licensed and operation 1970 Chevrolet recreational vehicle and an unlicensed but operational 1984 Dodge Colt Vista) and a tractor (used for snow plowing), wood items, metal items, two operational motorcycles (1968 Honda and Kawasaki 500), equipment, six operational lawn mowers, barbecue grill and smoker unit, two operational snowmobiles, several shovels and rakes, operational wood chipper, four operational bicycles and one operational tricycle, a snow sled used by Kiefer's granddaughter, three rain barrels and several tarps. 42. The Anoka County District Court on June 17, 2011 in the Court's Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order for Judgment held that the abatement violated law: 33. The Court finds that the September 13, 2007 notice from the City to Appellant lack the required specificity described in Ramsey City Code Section 5.12.03, subd. 4(b)... 34. The Court finds that many items of Appellant's personal property taken from the Property and transported to Princeton were not covered by the City's September 13, 2007 notice... 1 0