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Council Minutes of 11/15/94 easement from Great Northern Properties Company for an additional water main easement. Great Northern. Properties Company is responssbie for the constzuction expenses for the water mains within the easement. The committee had no objection and recommended approval. AUBIENCE PA~TICII' l±l Susan Walker, 5653 Dorothy Drive, lives across the street from a property that is not being kept up. She feels this pr~ezty is taking away from the value of her property. Mrs. Walker is happy to hear that Mr. Nam' and Mr. Limpert are working on an exterior maintenance code because she feels there is a need for such a program in order to make people comply with the standards of the community. Mr. Nashar commented that the city had intervened several times on this issue and just this week had issued another five-day notice to the resident. Beverly Schultz, 5674 Dorothy Drive, lives next door to the poorly maintained property and is concerned. Mrs. Schultz said the problem goes beyond lawn mowing. The structure is being left to go downhill. The gutters were falling down, but were r~aired yesterday probably as a result of the notice sent by the city. There are dead trees and branches in the yard. She sugge~ed that Council Members drive by and look at this property to see the extent of the violations. Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane, suggested that if the Architectural Review Board was part of the Charter then there could be enforcement of standards with regard to signage and murals. Mr. Gareau explained that the Charter allows for the estab ' t of zoning ordinances and within the city Zoning Code there is a provision for the establishment of an Architectural Review Board. The ARB membership consists of two architects, a landscape planner and people working in the building trades. The makeup of the board has worked well for fifteen years; however, he feels there is a need for standards which the board can apply to proposed projects. In referring back to the problem on Dorothy Drive, Mrs. Saringer said she too was anxious for the adoption of a home maintenance code. It had been her undezsttandhtg that the Housing Council was working on adoption of such a code. Mr. McKay replied that the Council had looked at one proposal, but it was considered too restrictive. The city just did not have enough inspectors to enforce the code and Building Co er Conway said he would investigate another proposal Mr. Gareau sugge~ed that the Finance Committee be contacted about this issue because the adoption of a home maintenance code would require the hiring of several inspectors. Mr. Nashar said he had discussed the possibility of adding another employee to the Building Department with Building Commissioner Conway. Mr. McKay noted that the Housing Council had cut down on the number of required inspections on home additions because of the lack of inspectors. He feels that home maintenance inspections would require more than two or three inspectors. Mr. Limpert felt that it was important to set up the standards for home '~`"`' maintenance and that Council Members and residents would be able to identify the 5