Agenda - Council - 03/13/2012 - Special

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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. 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... 35. The City removed a licensed 1964 Volkswagen bus, a licensed 1970 Chevrolet recreational vehicle, an unlicensed 1984 Dodge Colt Vista and 1950's tractor from the property. Appellant testified that they were all of these vehicles were operational. However, the City, in contravention of Ramsey City Code Section 5.08.02, did not give Appellant a chance to demonstrate that the vehicles were operational in their condition at the time of abatement... 37... The Court finds that the City acted with the intent to clean up Appellant's property of all items without providing a specific, detailed notice as to the conditions constituting a violation of the city code and corrective measures to come into compliance. The City's September 13, 2007 "blanket notice" was not sufficient under its own city code. See Attachment A which is a true and correct copy of the Anoka County District Court Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order for Judgment dated June 17, 2011. 2