Minutes - Council Work Session - 05/29/2012

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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 Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Also Present: Mayor Bob Ramsey Councilmember Randy Backous Councilmember David Elvig Councilmember Colin McGlone Councilmember Sarah Strommen Councilmember Jason Tossey Councilmember Jeffrey Wise City Administrator Kurtis Ulrich Finance Director Diana Lund Public Works Director Brian Olson City Engineer Tim Himmer Street Supervisor Grant Riemer Fire Chief Dean Kapler Police Chief Jim Way Senior Planner Tim Gladhill Human Resources Representative Colleen Lasher City Attorney William Goodrich 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Ramsey called the City Council Work Session to order at 7:23 p.m. 2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 2.02: Review Policies and Procedures related to the City's Code Enforcement and Abatement Processes City Attorney Goodrich stated there has been some concerns voiced about how the City handles nuisances and that process. We are concerned with nuisance properties which become blighted. Sections of the City Code define nuisances and we attempt to address them. He read from a section of the Code and talked about outside storage, junk, noise, safety, etc., noting there are a lot of categories of nuisances and they are handled in a number of ways. He talked about the abatement process and read what the Code says and how the City Administrator gets into the process for inspections, etc., and referred to that section of the Code. He talked about giving notice, asking the property owner to take care of the problem and if it's not taken care of, what the City can do about it. He explained the process for dealing with premise violations. With City Council Work Session / May 29, 2012 Page 1 of 12