Agenda - Council - 01/28/1986 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I i I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I C¢.ur~ci] discussior,: Motion carried/failed. Voting yes: Abstair, ing: Absent: Vot ing no: -and-- Motior, by and seconded by to instruct City Staff to prepare a resolutior, to amer, d the 1986 budget such that $16,000 is trar~sfered from the General Fur, d Unallocated Budget to the General Fund Newsletter Budget. Cour~cil discussior~: Motior, carried/failed. AbstaiF, ir, g: Voting yes: Voting no: Absent: CASE #15: ECON MARKETING/WELSH ZONING COMPLAINT AND ISSUE: Enclosure (D2-k) contains a letter dated January 3, 1986 from the president of Econ Marketing. You will note that Mr. Alsdorf is very upset with how he perceives the City handled his zoning complaint dealir~g with Welsh Auto Body and Mr. Steven Welsh. Some background ir~formatior, or, this for you is as follows: As you know, both of these businesses ~re located in the City's business district on the south side of Highway #10 NW. Eoon Marketing constructed a new facility at their site in 1984 and 1985. Mr. Welsh then moved in and commenced somewhat of ar~ auto body repair business and brought in numerous junk cars and auto parts, etc. Auto repair is a permitted use in this district. His yard then became visually unpleasant and Econ Market- ir, g called the City complaining about this problem. We in turn con- tacted Mr. Welsh or, numerous ocassions to clean up the site and tried to get him ir, to dc, a site plan, tried to get him to build a building, etc., none of which worked. On September 19, 1985, we commenced a lawsuit agair,st Mr. Welsh which was scheduled to go to court in mid- December. Mr. Welsh then came in again and said he would do certain things so we continued the hearing to January 15, 1986. Two days before that, he contacted the City Attorney and was very angry and said he had sold his property, and that he was going to get even with the City. Since Welsh sold his property and will be leaving by March I, 1986, the City Attorney continued the court date to March 2, 1986. Ecor, Marketing wanted us to pursue the prosecution even though Welsh is leaving. I believe the City's interest is to get the property in cor~formance with the City Code - not to prosecute in order to punish. All parties are now upset at the City and the City Attorney. Perhaps this is a good result. Council Action: Your action will be to discuss with Staff and the City Attorney and determine if this was properly or improperly handled and direct any differer, t policy as you deem appropriate.