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Resident raises permit and code concerns; city manager says staff and attorney have been responding
Summary
A resident told the council he sent detailed emails citing specific city code sections and received no reply; the city manager read a statement explaining open forum is not for debate, that staff has engaged with the resident and the city attorney is preparing final ordinance interpretations.
During open forum at the Nov. 3 Blaine City Council meeting, resident Bruce Mathai said he had emailed council in October with statutory citations and complained that he had not received responses from council or counsel. Mathai read portions of the city code he said were relevant to a permit matter and urged the police chief and counsel to follow up.
Mathai said he had provided the council counsel copies of specific…
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