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flowing with garbage as well as other items that are strewn throughout the front and backyard <br /> that have yet to be mowed this entire year. One of the most disturbing things they did when <br /> they left was they left behind innocent pets to fend for themselves and if not for caring <br /> individuals in the neighborhood would have surly meet their fate of death of being hit by a car <br /> or from lack of food and water. The animals were returned to the property several times and <br /> for at least a week they had no choice but to use the inside of the house as a bathroom. Most <br /> recently we have learned that the property has no electricity, no running water or working <br /> septic system. The people squatting there have asked neighbors for buckets of water to flush <br /> the toilet. <br /> When we elected you to office, we believed that this type of behavior would not be tolerated <br /> by you. We believed you wanted Elk River to be a city for families and not a sanctuary for <br /> criminals. A place where your children could play in their yards without fear of a them finding <br /> crack pipes, watching drug deals, hearing vulgar language or gun shots, being attacked by a pit <br /> bull, or having a sex offender stalk them as they played. <br /> Why are the property owners Tom and Kathy Meyer and or the contract for deed holders Pacer <br /> and Savannah Larson not being held accountable? Is it not the city's responsibility to take <br /> action according to the ordinance that they have adopted?Why are you allowing people to be <br /> squatters at a known drug house where there is no electricity, no running water, and no <br /> working septic? Is this not an environmental hazard? We are requesting immediate action to <br /> clean up this hazard and to understand what the City's path forward is? <br /> Stop spending so much time and resources removing garage sale signs and start dealing with <br /> REAL issues like this. <br /> (06-10, 10-2-2006) <br /> (Minn. Stats. Ch. 1688) <br /> House Research Department Updated; July 2008 <br /> Minnesota's Public and Private Nuisance Laws Page 3 <br /> Unlawful activity involving controlled substances (drugs) <br /> Unlawful use of a dangerous weapon-2 <br />