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Wildlife Preserve No.2. He does not know whether there is an issue of civil concerns with the covenants on the development, or whether there is something the City can do to assist with this. The Police Department has stopped out and taken photos on numerous occasions. Police Chief Way reported the Police Department was at the property of concern on February 10th. There were seven vehicles in the driveway with three showing expired tabs. All of the vehicles were parked legally on the driveway; one unlicensed vehicle is allowed. The property owners were sent a letter on February 13th regarding the ordinance and getting into compliance, which must be done within 30 days. As far as allowing or not allowing people to park as many vehicles as they want in their driveways, the City ordinance does not cover that. If a business is being run out of the home, that can be dealt with. The neighbors have said these vehicles have not moved in sometime, which is different than what the homeowners said. If the Council would like to look at the number of vehicles allowed at a residence this could be done through the ordinance. There are covenants in this neighborhood that covers this as far as it being a civil matter, which is nothing the City deals with. The problem that happens with a lot of these covenants is that the associations often are no longer active to enforce violations. The Police Department has started a file on this property, as well as several other properties in the City. This topic could be discussed further at a worksession if the Council would like. Councilmember Elvig noted the Council has discussed taking over some of these rulings and wants to assure people they are looking at the clean up of some of these sites. They are trying to speed up the process by moving the judge and jury to the Council to address these complaints. Interested residents could attend the worksession when this is discussed in April. Police Chief Way indicated this topic is scheduled for the April3rd worksession. Upcoming Events Mayor Gamec announced the Ramsey Rotary's first annual wine tasting event is scheduled for Thursday, March 15th at Northfork. Tickets are available at Coborn's or individuals can contact the Rotary Club or Interim City Administrator Heidi Nelson or Administrative Intern Tim Gladhill at City Hall. Councilmember Strommen announced the next Ramsey3 forum will be a session on innovative zoning. It is scheduled for March 29th at 7:00 p.m. in the Alexander Ramsey Room of the Municipal Center. APPROVE AGENDA Mayor Gamec noted the addition of Case No.7: Special Events Permit Councilmember Elvig requested Consent Agenda Item No. 10: Adopt Five- Year Strategic Goals be moved to the regular agenda as Case No.8. Motion by Councilmember Strommen, seconded by Councilmember Jeffrey, to approve the agenda as amended. City Council / February 27, 2007 Page 5 of21