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most cases people are good about cleaning up. He cannot see charging someone $40 that is fairly cooperative and responds to the letter. They may not have realized that anything was wrong. Councilmember Elvig stated he received phone calls too. He thinks this is a good ordinance. As they learned with the cluster ordinance they can do their best job to anticipate every situation coming forward, but they are not done with this. It is a step in the right direction. The City has had a lot of problems with neighbors that have a lot of junk. They will have to walk slowly and answer questions as they come up. Councilmember Jeffrey stated he agrees if they are going to have a fee for the first time they need to put the ordinance in effect for a while and see how it plays. The fee could be put out for some time in the future to be noted, so that people know on January 1 of whatever year there will be a fee assessed for staff coming out to review a complaint. He pointed out that what might be a complaint to one person might not fit the ordinance and they would then be charging someone for something that does not fit under the ordinance. Motion by Councilmember Elvig, seconded by Councilmember Olson, to adopt Ordinance #07- 11 establishing an abatement program for code enforcement purposes in the City of Ramsey. A roll call vote was performed by the Recording Secretary: Mayor Gamec: aye Councilmember Dehen: aye Councilmember Elvig: aye Councilmember Jeffrey: aye Councilmember Look: aye Councilmember Olson: aye Councilmember Strommen: aye Motion carried. Case #3: Confirm Settlement Terms for Acquisition of Sparkle Pool Services, Inc.'s Property Located at 14105 Azurite Street City Attorney Goodrich reviewed that Council authorized eminent domain action to acquire the property located at 14220 Basalt Street in 2006 for economic development purposes. On June 5, 2007, Council met in closed session to further discuss this acquisition. The consensus of the Council at that time was to accept a negotiated purchase price of $315,000 pending no environmental issues. This negotiated amount includes relocation expenses. NT!, Inc. has reviewed the site and determined there are not recognized environmental conditions on the site. Included in the Council's packet is the Stipulation of Final Settlement signed by the property owner's attorney. Councilmember Look stated this is a nice way of saying that this is a forced sale through eminent domain. Case Nos. 3 and 4 skirt the eminent domain law, which has changed for good reason, and in Case No.4 the gentleman is trying to operate a small business. The City gets involved City Council / July 10, 2007 Page 8 of 24