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City Council Minutes February 4, 2019 Page 3 As you are all likely aware, the city over many years has allowed ourselves and the previous owner of our home, the city has allowed them to build critical dwelling infrastructure on this property that's just a small strip of property adjacent to our house but now we're being told that these additions, critical additions like a septic tank, have to be removed because they fall in a small strip of land that was platted back in 1953 just over on the east side of our lot. That land has never been used by the city and we were told there are no plans to use it. So, this has gone on for a while. Just thought I'd come and kinda give my side of the story here a little bit. All attempts by us to reach some sort of agreement on this situation have failed, but we're still trying. We simply cannot understand why the city would kind of want to purposely wipe out the value of our home and property. No proposed solution today would prevent our home from basically losing all of its value. If we wish to relocate we wouldn't be able to sell our house. My wife and I are both in our 60s, we're getting close to retirement, just trying to preserve our home as we're very close to that. It just kind of seems unbelievable to us that this is even happening. We came to city hall last week, Wednesday, January 30, to work with a professional mediator to try and resolve the issue. We offered some ideas, tried to work towards a compromise, but representatives from the city have not moved at all. So, I'm coming before the Council just to make a quick statement. We feel it's again hard to believe that members of this Council would really approve of the treatment we have received from city staff. We don't really want this to end up in court. It's a big deal to us. It's a little piece of land but I hope we can somehow find a way to resolve this in a way that doesn't cause us to lose our home. Thank you. 6.1 Recognize "Mayor for the Day" Essay Winners Ms. Clement presented her staff report. Breanna Bode and Avery Lauder read their essays. Mayor Dietz presented Ms. Bode and Ms. Lauder with "Mayor for the Day" signs. 7. Public Hearings There were no public hearings. 8.1 Food Truck Ordinance Amendment Ms. Allard presented her staff report. Moved by Councilmember Christianson and seconded by Councihnember Wagner to adopt ordinance 19-04 amending Chapter 38 regarding Mobile Food Units. Motion carried 5-0. 8.2 Discuss Work Session Items Mt. Portner presented his staff report. POCEAEOOY