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EXHIBIT A <br />CONSENT DECREE, <br />SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AGREEMENT, <br />WAIVER OF HEARING AND APPEAL <br />TIUS CONSENT DECREE & AGREEMEiv'T is made and entered into by and <br />between the City of Elk River, a Minnesota municipal corporation ("City'); and Joseph John <br />("Property Owner") and is effective as of the date of the last signature of the parties. <br />RECITALS <br />A. Joseph John is the fee owner of the following described real property, located in <br />the City of Elk River, Sherburn County, Minnesota ("Subject Property"), at 13690 1861' Avenue <br />NW, Elk River, Minnesota; legally described as the W 210 FT OF E 639 FT OF N 176 FT OF S <br />769 FT OF SE 1-4 OF NE 14; Parcel Identification Number: 75-131-1460. <br />B. Joseph John resides at the Subject Property. <br />C. The Property Owner was informed of various City Code violations on the Subject <br />Property including inoperable vehicles; property maintenance issues; parking on the grass; junk, <br />junk vehicles, debris and unlicensed vehicles; and outside storage of construction materials; all <br />of which is unsightly and does not comply with applicable laws or regulations. The City <br />considers these conditions to create a nuisance. <br />D. The City and Property Owner have attempted to work together since <br />approximately May of 2019 in order to remediate the nuisances found on the Subject Property. <br />City Staff spoke with Property Owner on numerous occasions since May of 2019 to the present. <br />During these conversations Property Owner promised to work towards remediation of problems <br />on the Subject Property. Over this period, Property Owner was not able to remediate the <br />problems on the Subject Property. <br />E. Between May 23, 2019 and April 12, 2021, several formal notices have been sent <br />by the City and its legal counsel to the Property Owner requesting him to remediate the <br />nuisances found on the Subject Property. Additionally, the Property Owner was served with a <br />criminal citation for the nuisances found on the Subject Property on June 26, 2020 and April 12, <br />2021. <br />F. To date, the conditions on the Subject Property have not been brought into <br />compliance. <br />G. The City now intends to begin civil litigation against the Subject Property and <br />Property Owner to remediate the nuisances on the Subject Property. <br />- 1 - <br />