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99-575��tf tNA�. Council File # �'1G Green Sheet # 64018 Presented Referred To RESOLUTION CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA �� Committee Date 1 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul hereby certif'ies and approves the 3une 15, 1999 2 decision of the Legislative Hearing Officer on Property Code Enforcement Appeals for the following addresses: 3 Propert +�Appealed Appellant 4 1823 Portland Avenue. 1990 Mazshall Avenue. Roland Johnson 5 277 Wilder Street North. 1516 Grand Avenue. 6 1722 Grand Avenue, and 1563 Chazles Avenue 7 A vaziance has previously been granted on these addresses. No action needed. 8 9 1510 Rose Avenue East Andrew and Mary Hybben 10 Decision: Variance granted on the nonconforming doors with the following conditions: 1) the building must 11 otherwise be in compliance, 2) when the nonconfornung doors need to be replaced, they will be replaced with 12 confornung fire rated doors. 13 1600. 1610. 1620. 1630 Ford Parkwav Charles Garner for Johnson Properties. 14 Decision: Variance granted on the nonconfornring doors with the following conditions: 1) the building must 15 otherwise be in compliance, 2) when the nonconforming doors need to be replaced, they will be replaced with 16 conforming fire rated doors. 17 1607 Hewitt Avenue (Laid over from 6-1-99) Perry deStefano for Annette Anderson 18 (Appealing letter dated 4-27-99) 19 Decision: Appeal denied. The condemnation order has been lifted. 20 1607 Hewitt Avenue Perry deStefano for Annette Anderson 21 (Appealing letYer dated 6-2-99) 22 Decision: Appeal denied. The condetnnation order has been lifted. 23 1722 Universitv Avenue West; aka 474, 476. 478 Herschel Christine Wanake for Ries Management 24 Aecision: Laid over to the July 20, 1999, Property Code Enforcement Meeting. 25 689 Orleans Street Nancy Roussopoulos 26 Aecision: Laid over to the July 20, 1999, Property Code Enforcement Meeting. 27 909 Clark Street Machaela Maswell for Florence Slater 28 Decision: Laid over to the September 21, 1999, Property Code Enforcement Meeting. RESOLU'I'ION 64018, PROPERTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MEETING OF 6-15-99 Page 2 1 511 McKnight Road South V. Evelyn Riebe. �� 2 Decision: Variance granted for five yeazs with the following conditions: 1) the properiy will be connected to the 3 main sewer system when the main sewer system is installed closer to the property, 2) the existing system 4 continues to function properly. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Yeas Na s Absent Blakey ./ Coleman ,, Hanis � Benanav J Reiter � Bostrom ,/ Lantry J G �. 12 13 14 Adopted by 15 / 16 Adoption+C 17 By: � 18 Approved b 19 Date: � 20 By:_� Requested by Department of: By: Form Approved by City Attorney : Approved by Mayar for Submission to Council 2 City Council 266-8575 June 23, 1999 6-16-99 co� TOTAL # OF SIGNATURE PAC,ES GREEN SHEET oE..rt,�r ov�roR � �� No 64018 �� ❑ urrwnox�r ❑ arve�[xK ❑ wwuqivamuiccsnc ❑ nuwcu��mm.ccrc ❑wvoRl��l ❑ (CL1P ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNATURE) Approving the 6-15-99 decision of the Legislative Hearing Officers on Property Code Enforcement appeals for the following addresses: 1823 Portland Avenue, 1990 Marshall Avenue, 277 Wilder Street North, 1516 Grand Avenue, 1722 Grand Avenue, 1563 Charles Avenue, 1510 Rose Avenue East, 1600 Ford Parkway, 1610 Ford Parkway, 1620 Ford Parkway, 1630 Ford Parkway, 1607 Hewitt Avenue, 1722 University Avenue West, 689 Orleans Street, 909 Clark Street, and 511 McKnight Road South. PLANNING CAMMISSION CIB COMMITfEE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION IF ITAGES IF APPROVED RAGES IF NOTAPPROVED IOUNT OF TRANSACTION t SOURCE NFORMATION (IXPWN) Has tAis cersoNfi�m ever woAmd untler a conhaci tor this deP�ment'7 YES NO Has Mie persaNfirm ever been a ciry empbYce? YES NO Dces this persaNfirtn possess a sitill not nortnallYP� �' a�ry arten[ city emPloyee7 YES NO Is Nis persorYfifm a farpetetl veMOR VES NO COl94§�? F£S2��GS'3 lx��`?Wf JUN 16 1999 COST/REVENUE BUOGETED (GRCLE ON� ACTNITY Nt1MBER VES NO �9-s�s TO: St Paul Ciry Council FROM: Jason and Kimberly Schumann DATE: May 13, 1999 CC: Mike Harris, St Paul City Council Member It is unfortunate that we find ourselves needing to write to you to voice our concems regarding the residents of 1620 NIles Ave., St. Paul, a"scattered site" public housing properry. After repeated calls to the St. Paul Public Housing Agency and the St. Paul Public Health Office, we feel we need to involve you in ordet to bring a posifive change to this situation. Although the residents recenfly moved into this home, we are already being exposed to a number of issues that aze depreciating the quality of life in our neighborhood. Coincidentally, this is the second time in less than a year that such major issues have been addressed with two separate renters, calling for immediate intervention. We are tired and frustrated with the negative experiences associated with this property and the programming that has allowed this to continue for years. Last June, my wife and I, newlyweds and fust time home buyers, were excited to move into our comfortable home at 1616 Niles Ave., a house that took four months to find after scouring several areas throughout the St. Paul market. We fell in love with Highland Pazk's charm, clean, safe and quiet neighborhoods, strong family values and family services. We felt this could be a neighborhood to stay in for life. Shortly after moving in, several neighbors informed us of problems they were having with the residents of 1620 Niles. Unbeknownst to us, a neighborhood pefition was created to voice concerns about this resident. After several months of experiencing these same concerns ourselves (excessive noise, pmperry neglect, wlgarities and child neglect) the residents moved out. It was peaceful then, until a new family moved in earlier this year. RecenUy we've been exposed to a number of pmblems surrounding the new renters which we feel need to be addressed as soon as possible in order to increase the quality of living in this neighborhood. To summarize our concerns, we can safely say that the residents of 1620 Niles display an overall lack of respect for their children, neighbors, and the property itself. Our initiai call to St. Paul Public Housmg took place on April 8, 1999 to relay some of these concems. After several more calls to a variety of city agencies, we still see the same negative things taking place, but now on an even more frequent and severe level. The major problems include: • Verbal abuse of the children including repeated wlgar and harsh language used direcdy towazds toddlers. • Disturbance of the peace including constant screaming, loud arguing, extreme wlgarness and caz honking and yelling in the street past midnight. • Property neglect including uncanned gazbage, scattered toys and trash on neighboring sidewalks and lawns, and dangerous and inappropriate objects scattered across the property including broken glass, shazp tools, boazds with rusted nails, tampons, contraceptive wrappers and weeks of garbage overflowing near the side entrance of the house. • Unsupervised children as young as two to three years old playing in the street and alley. �� _ S�5 L,ack of child discipline and leaving children as young as two to three yeazs old unattended for great amounts of time, leading to excessive fighting, screaming, crying and pounding and kicking the house doors all day long. Supervision of toddlers becomes the responsibility of cluldren not more than seven years old. Broken glass in lugh traffic areas such as sidewalks, in the yard and inches from the public alley. Shards of glass from bmken windows and light fixtures have not been picked up for more than three weeks. Unmowed lawn and weeds — where grass is able to grow. Coincidentally, most of this property has not had a lawn for years due to repeated wear and tear and neglect Most of these acts are all illegal based on the public nuisance laws for the city of St. Paul, including: • Hazards • Noise • Obscenity • Property Nuisance • Trash, Rubbish or Garbage • Curfews • Weeds and Tall Grass Not only are these acts violadng city ordinances, they obviously inflict a very dangerous and unhealthy environment for the children, visitors, the general public and the adults themselves. My wife and I planned to raise a family in our Highland Park home. Unless things change with this property, we feel that this is not a possibility. We could never raise a child next to sach a negative influence that penetrates our walls and our emotions. Cutrenfly we are considering a move due to the repeated deterioration of that properry over the last several years. It is unfortunate that so many homeowners in the area who spend thousands of dollars to improve their homes and this community are subjected to this self-defeating lifestyle. It is sad to see your hopes and dreams destroyed by the disrespectful actions of a neighbor. We have poured more than $25,000 into our home through remolding, decorating and landscaping just over the last 11 months, and now face leaving this all behind to be free fmm the degrading lifestyle next door. Their lifestyle seems impossible to change and is impossible not to be affected by when you live just feet away. Their lifestyle has caused us counfless hours of lost sleep, tears and turmoil over making these difficuit decisions. We feei public housing is an important and valuable program for many, if used the right way. As we understand, there have been some successful renters at this property in the past. We only want a"win-win" situation for everyone affected by this public housing location. We went out of our way to welcome them to the neighborhood the day they moved in and offered our assistance anytime they needed some help. The only response we received from them was an un-welcoming comment that stated, "You stay out of our business and we'll stay out of yours." Attached you will fmd a listing of all our acfions taken to date citing our concems at this property. Based on your recently passed housing inspecfion plan, we hope that this "chronic problem property" will be addressed and tumed into a positive home for our community. `� a�-S�� We are looking to you to make a difference in this neighborhood. We tum to you out of fear of approaching the residenu ourselves due to the language and actions we've witnessed involving their own family. We also tum to you for help since we feel we have e�chausted a variety of ineans to bring peace to tlus property. If we don't hear from you soon, we will follow-up with you to gain your feedUack about what can be done with this situation. Thank you for your time and concem. B egards�� Jason and Kimberly Schumann 1616 Niles Ave. St. Paul, MN 55116 (651)699-6018 �� .. ' � G��-�� Recorded Complainants Regarding 1620 Niles Ave., S� Paul UAZ� ACTION TAKEN Late Mazch - Early April Witnessed garbage problems including wrongfiil storage, overflowing cans and scattered trash on neighboring lawns. Noticed inappropriate materials such as tampons and contracepfive wrappers. Witnessed repeated yelling and swearing inside and outside the home. Apri18, 1999 Spoke with Crystal Shepard at St. Paul Public Housing regarding concerns about trash and distt�sbing language. May 1 and 2, 1999 Witnessed excessive screanung an yelling, broken glass, loud swearing, caz honking and yelling in the street past hours. Shazp lawn tools and boazds with rusty nauls located on sidewaik. Unsupervised and undisciglined children, both days, all day long. May 3, 1999 Discussion with Steve Rice at the Mayor's Housing Information Office on different options to address the problem. May 4, 1999 Spoke with St. Paul Public Housing regazding overall concerns. Referred to Crystal Shepazd. May 4, 199 Spoke with Crystal Shepard at St. Paul Public Housing regarding increased concerns including properiy hazazds, trash and disturbing behavior such as child neglect, wlgaz language and property neglect. Refeaed to Tina Gohl, site manager. May 5, 1999 Spoke with Tina Gohl, site manager, about overall concerns. May 5, 1999 Fa�ced complaint memo to Tina Gohl, David Williams, Crystal Shepard and Michelle Schmitker at Public Housing. "` �� -s�S '. .a _ -' 1 �� i J 1 / � � W M � � V a ` y O ' �c� � � � J � C � o � a � ' 4 -y vJ 1 '; m ^ ", - ` �l' , � "��/ I W � � � \S � �� v � � � • � � � �"' �=' � �P �� ?� � .fl� � � � � f� 8� a t t� a a �n r� ��tf tNA�. Council File # �'1G Green Sheet # 64018 Presented Referred To RESOLUTION CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA �� Committee Date 1 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul hereby certif'ies and approves the 3une 15, 1999 2 decision of the Legislative Hearing Officer on Property Code Enforcement Appeals for the following addresses: 3 Propert +�Appealed Appellant 4 1823 Portland Avenue. 1990 Mazshall Avenue. Roland Johnson 5 277 Wilder Street North. 1516 Grand Avenue. 6 1722 Grand Avenue, and 1563 Chazles Avenue 7 A vaziance has previously been granted on these addresses. No action needed. 8 9 1510 Rose Avenue East Andrew and Mary Hybben 10 Decision: Variance granted on the nonconforming doors with the following conditions: 1) the building must 11 otherwise be in compliance, 2) when the nonconfornung doors need to be replaced, they will be replaced with 12 confornung fire rated doors. 13 1600. 1610. 1620. 1630 Ford Parkwav Charles Garner for Johnson Properties. 14 Decision: Variance granted on the nonconfornring doors with the following conditions: 1) the building must 15 otherwise be in compliance, 2) when the nonconforming doors need to be replaced, they will be replaced with 16 conforming fire rated doors. 17 1607 Hewitt Avenue (Laid over from 6-1-99) Perry deStefano for Annette Anderson 18 (Appealing letter dated 4-27-99) 19 Decision: Appeal denied. The condemnation order has been lifted. 20 1607 Hewitt Avenue Perry deStefano for Annette Anderson 21 (Appealing letYer dated 6-2-99) 22 Decision: Appeal denied. The condetnnation order has been lifted. 23 1722 Universitv Avenue West; aka 474, 476. 478 Herschel Christine Wanake for Ries Management 24 Aecision: Laid over to the July 20, 1999, Property Code Enforcement Meeting. 25 689 Orleans Street Nancy Roussopoulos 26 Aecision: Laid over to the July 20, 1999, Property Code Enforcement Meeting. 27 909 Clark Street Machaela Maswell for Florence Slater 28 Decision: Laid over to the September 21, 1999, Property Code Enforcement Meeting. RESOLU'I'ION 64018, PROPERTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MEETING OF 6-15-99 Page 2 1 511 McKnight Road South V. Evelyn Riebe. �� 2 Decision: Variance granted for five yeazs with the following conditions: 1) the properiy will be connected to the 3 main sewer system when the main sewer system is installed closer to the property, 2) the existing system 4 continues to function properly. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Yeas Na s Absent Blakey ./ Coleman ,, Hanis � Benanav J Reiter � Bostrom ,/ Lantry J G �. 12 13 14 Adopted by 15 / 16 Adoption+C 17 By: � 18 Approved b 19 Date: � 20 By:_� Requested by Department of: By: Form Approved by City Attorney : Approved by Mayar for Submission to Council 2 City Council 266-8575 June 23, 1999 6-16-99 co� TOTAL # OF SIGNATURE PAC,ES GREEN SHEET oE..rt,�r ov�roR � �� No 64018 �� ❑ urrwnox�r ❑ arve�[xK ❑ wwuqivamuiccsnc ❑ nuwcu��mm.ccrc ❑wvoRl��l ❑ (CL1P ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNATURE) Approving the 6-15-99 decision of the Legislative Hearing Officers on Property Code Enforcement appeals for the following addresses: 1823 Portland Avenue, 1990 Marshall Avenue, 277 Wilder Street North, 1516 Grand Avenue, 1722 Grand Avenue, 1563 Charles Avenue, 1510 Rose Avenue East, 1600 Ford Parkway, 1610 Ford Parkway, 1620 Ford Parkway, 1630 Ford Parkway, 1607 Hewitt Avenue, 1722 University Avenue West, 689 Orleans Street, 909 Clark Street, and 511 McKnight Road South. PLANNING CAMMISSION CIB COMMITfEE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION IF ITAGES IF APPROVED RAGES IF NOTAPPROVED IOUNT OF TRANSACTION t SOURCE NFORMATION (IXPWN) Has tAis cersoNfi�m ever woAmd untler a conhaci tor this deP�ment'7 YES NO Has Mie persaNfirm ever been a ciry empbYce? YES NO Dces this persaNfirtn possess a sitill not nortnallYP� �' a�ry arten[ city emPloyee7 YES NO Is Nis persorYfifm a farpetetl veMOR VES NO COl94§�? F£S2��GS'3 lx��`?Wf JUN 16 1999 COST/REVENUE BUOGETED (GRCLE ON� ACTNITY Nt1MBER VES NO �9-s�s TO: St Paul Ciry Council FROM: Jason and Kimberly Schumann DATE: May 13, 1999 CC: Mike Harris, St Paul City Council Member It is unfortunate that we find ourselves needing to write to you to voice our concems regarding the residents of 1620 NIles Ave., St. Paul, a"scattered site" public housing properry. After repeated calls to the St. Paul Public Housing Agency and the St. Paul Public Health Office, we feel we need to involve you in ordet to bring a posifive change to this situation. Although the residents recenfly moved into this home, we are already being exposed to a number of issues that aze depreciating the quality of life in our neighborhood. Coincidentally, this is the second time in less than a year that such major issues have been addressed with two separate renters, calling for immediate intervention. We are tired and frustrated with the negative experiences associated with this property and the programming that has allowed this to continue for years. Last June, my wife and I, newlyweds and fust time home buyers, were excited to move into our comfortable home at 1616 Niles Ave., a house that took four months to find after scouring several areas throughout the St. Paul market. We fell in love with Highland Pazk's charm, clean, safe and quiet neighborhoods, strong family values and family services. We felt this could be a neighborhood to stay in for life. Shortly after moving in, several neighbors informed us of problems they were having with the residents of 1620 Niles. Unbeknownst to us, a neighborhood pefition was created to voice concerns about this resident. After several months of experiencing these same concerns ourselves (excessive noise, pmperry neglect, wlgarities and child neglect) the residents moved out. It was peaceful then, until a new family moved in earlier this year. RecenUy we've been exposed to a number of pmblems surrounding the new renters which we feel need to be addressed as soon as possible in order to increase the quality of living in this neighborhood. To summarize our concerns, we can safely say that the residents of 1620 Niles display an overall lack of respect for their children, neighbors, and the property itself. Our initiai call to St. Paul Public Housmg took place on April 8, 1999 to relay some of these concems. After several more calls to a variety of city agencies, we still see the same negative things taking place, but now on an even more frequent and severe level. The major problems include: • Verbal abuse of the children including repeated wlgar and harsh language used direcdy towazds toddlers. • Disturbance of the peace including constant screaming, loud arguing, extreme wlgarness and caz honking and yelling in the street past midnight. • Property neglect including uncanned gazbage, scattered toys and trash on neighboring sidewalks and lawns, and dangerous and inappropriate objects scattered across the property including broken glass, shazp tools, boazds with rusted nails, tampons, contraceptive wrappers and weeks of garbage overflowing near the side entrance of the house. • Unsupervised children as young as two to three years old playing in the street and alley. �� _ S�5 L,ack of child discipline and leaving children as young as two to three yeazs old unattended for great amounts of time, leading to excessive fighting, screaming, crying and pounding and kicking the house doors all day long. Supervision of toddlers becomes the responsibility of cluldren not more than seven years old. Broken glass in lugh traffic areas such as sidewalks, in the yard and inches from the public alley. Shards of glass from bmken windows and light fixtures have not been picked up for more than three weeks. Unmowed lawn and weeds — where grass is able to grow. Coincidentally, most of this property has not had a lawn for years due to repeated wear and tear and neglect Most of these acts are all illegal based on the public nuisance laws for the city of St. Paul, including: • Hazards • Noise • Obscenity • Property Nuisance • Trash, Rubbish or Garbage • Curfews • Weeds and Tall Grass Not only are these acts violadng city ordinances, they obviously inflict a very dangerous and unhealthy environment for the children, visitors, the general public and the adults themselves. My wife and I planned to raise a family in our Highland Park home. Unless things change with this property, we feel that this is not a possibility. We could never raise a child next to sach a negative influence that penetrates our walls and our emotions. Cutrenfly we are considering a move due to the repeated deterioration of that properry over the last several years. It is unfortunate that so many homeowners in the area who spend thousands of dollars to improve their homes and this community are subjected to this self-defeating lifestyle. It is sad to see your hopes and dreams destroyed by the disrespectful actions of a neighbor. We have poured more than $25,000 into our home through remolding, decorating and landscaping just over the last 11 months, and now face leaving this all behind to be free fmm the degrading lifestyle next door. Their lifestyle seems impossible to change and is impossible not to be affected by when you live just feet away. Their lifestyle has caused us counfless hours of lost sleep, tears and turmoil over making these difficuit decisions. We feei public housing is an important and valuable program for many, if used the right way. As we understand, there have been some successful renters at this property in the past. We only want a"win-win" situation for everyone affected by this public housing location. We went out of our way to welcome them to the neighborhood the day they moved in and offered our assistance anytime they needed some help. The only response we received from them was an un-welcoming comment that stated, "You stay out of our business and we'll stay out of yours." Attached you will fmd a listing of all our acfions taken to date citing our concems at this property. Based on your recently passed housing inspecfion plan, we hope that this "chronic problem property" will be addressed and tumed into a positive home for our community. `� a�-S�� We are looking to you to make a difference in this neighborhood. We tum to you out of fear of approaching the residenu ourselves due to the language and actions we've witnessed involving their own family. We also tum to you for help since we feel we have e�chausted a variety of ineans to bring peace to tlus property. If we don't hear from you soon, we will follow-up with you to gain your feedUack about what can be done with this situation. Thank you for your time and concem. B egards�� Jason and Kimberly Schumann 1616 Niles Ave. St. Paul, MN 55116 (651)699-6018 �� .. ' � G��-�� Recorded Complainants Regarding 1620 Niles Ave., S� Paul UAZ� ACTION TAKEN Late Mazch - Early April Witnessed garbage problems including wrongfiil storage, overflowing cans and scattered trash on neighboring lawns. Noticed inappropriate materials such as tampons and contracepfive wrappers. Witnessed repeated yelling and swearing inside and outside the home. Apri18, 1999 Spoke with Crystal Shepard at St. Paul Public Housing regarding concerns about trash and distt�sbing language. May 1 and 2, 1999 Witnessed excessive screanung an yelling, broken glass, loud swearing, caz honking and yelling in the street past hours. Shazp lawn tools and boazds with rusty nauls located on sidewaik. Unsupervised and undisciglined children, both days, all day long. May 3, 1999 Discussion with Steve Rice at the Mayor's Housing Information Office on different options to address the problem. May 4, 1999 Spoke with St. Paul Public Housing regazding overall concerns. Referred to Crystal Shepazd. May 4, 199 Spoke with Crystal Shepard at St. Paul Public Housing regarding increased concerns including properiy hazazds, trash and disturbing behavior such as child neglect, wlgaz language and property neglect. Refeaed to Tina Gohl, site manager. May 5, 1999 Spoke with Tina Gohl, site manager, about overall concerns. May 5, 1999 Fa�ced complaint memo to Tina Gohl, David Williams, Crystal Shepard and Michelle Schmitker at Public Housing. "` �� -s�S '. .a _ -' 1 �� i J 1 / � � W M � � V a ` y O ' �c� � � � J � C � o � a � ' 4 -y vJ 1 '; m ^ ", - ` �l' , � "��/ I W � � � \S � �� v � � � • � � � �"' �=' � �P �� ?� � .fl� � � � � f� 8� a t t� a a �n r� ��tf tNA�. Council File # �'1G Green Sheet # 64018 Presented Referred To RESOLUTION CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA �� Committee Date 1 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul hereby certif'ies and approves the 3une 15, 1999 2 decision of the Legislative Hearing Officer on Property Code Enforcement Appeals for the following addresses: 3 Propert +�Appealed Appellant 4 1823 Portland Avenue. 1990 Mazshall Avenue. Roland Johnson 5 277 Wilder Street North. 1516 Grand Avenue. 6 1722 Grand Avenue, and 1563 Chazles Avenue 7 A vaziance has previously been granted on these addresses. No action needed. 8 9 1510 Rose Avenue East Andrew and Mary Hybben 10 Decision: Variance granted on the nonconforming doors with the following conditions: 1) the building must 11 otherwise be in compliance, 2) when the nonconfornung doors need to be replaced, they will be replaced with 12 confornung fire rated doors. 13 1600. 1610. 1620. 1630 Ford Parkwav Charles Garner for Johnson Properties. 14 Decision: Variance granted on the nonconfornring doors with the following conditions: 1) the building must 15 otherwise be in compliance, 2) when the nonconforming doors need to be replaced, they will be replaced with 16 conforming fire rated doors. 17 1607 Hewitt Avenue (Laid over from 6-1-99) Perry deStefano for Annette Anderson 18 (Appealing letter dated 4-27-99) 19 Decision: Appeal denied. The condemnation order has been lifted. 20 1607 Hewitt Avenue Perry deStefano for Annette Anderson 21 (Appealing letYer dated 6-2-99) 22 Decision: Appeal denied. The condetnnation order has been lifted. 23 1722 Universitv Avenue West; aka 474, 476. 478 Herschel Christine Wanake for Ries Management 24 Aecision: Laid over to the July 20, 1999, Property Code Enforcement Meeting. 25 689 Orleans Street Nancy Roussopoulos 26 Aecision: Laid over to the July 20, 1999, Property Code Enforcement Meeting. 27 909 Clark Street Machaela Maswell for Florence Slater 28 Decision: Laid over to the September 21, 1999, Property Code Enforcement Meeting. RESOLU'I'ION 64018, PROPERTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MEETING OF 6-15-99 Page 2 1 511 McKnight Road South V. Evelyn Riebe. �� 2 Decision: Variance granted for five yeazs with the following conditions: 1) the properiy will be connected to the 3 main sewer system when the main sewer system is installed closer to the property, 2) the existing system 4 continues to function properly. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Yeas Na s Absent Blakey ./ Coleman ,, Hanis � Benanav J Reiter � Bostrom ,/ Lantry J G �. 12 13 14 Adopted by 15 / 16 Adoption+C 17 By: � 18 Approved b 19 Date: � 20 By:_� Requested by Department of: By: Form Approved by City Attorney : Approved by Mayar for Submission to Council 2 City Council 266-8575 June 23, 1999 6-16-99 co� TOTAL # OF SIGNATURE PAC,ES GREEN SHEET oE..rt,�r ov�roR � �� No 64018 �� ❑ urrwnox�r ❑ arve�[xK ❑ wwuqivamuiccsnc ❑ nuwcu��mm.ccrc ❑wvoRl��l ❑ (CL1P ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNATURE) Approving the 6-15-99 decision of the Legislative Hearing Officers on Property Code Enforcement appeals for the following addresses: 1823 Portland Avenue, 1990 Marshall Avenue, 277 Wilder Street North, 1516 Grand Avenue, 1722 Grand Avenue, 1563 Charles Avenue, 1510 Rose Avenue East, 1600 Ford Parkway, 1610 Ford Parkway, 1620 Ford Parkway, 1630 Ford Parkway, 1607 Hewitt Avenue, 1722 University Avenue West, 689 Orleans Street, 909 Clark Street, and 511 McKnight Road South. PLANNING CAMMISSION CIB COMMITfEE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION IF ITAGES IF APPROVED RAGES IF NOTAPPROVED IOUNT OF TRANSACTION t SOURCE NFORMATION (IXPWN) Has tAis cersoNfi�m ever woAmd untler a conhaci tor this deP�ment'7 YES NO Has Mie persaNfirm ever been a ciry empbYce? YES NO Dces this persaNfirtn possess a sitill not nortnallYP� �' a�ry arten[ city emPloyee7 YES NO Is Nis persorYfifm a farpetetl veMOR VES NO COl94§�? F£S2��GS'3 lx��`?Wf JUN 16 1999 COST/REVENUE BUOGETED (GRCLE ON� ACTNITY Nt1MBER VES NO �9-s�s TO: St Paul Ciry Council FROM: Jason and Kimberly Schumann DATE: May 13, 1999 CC: Mike Harris, St Paul City Council Member It is unfortunate that we find ourselves needing to write to you to voice our concems regarding the residents of 1620 NIles Ave., St. Paul, a"scattered site" public housing properry. After repeated calls to the St. Paul Public Housing Agency and the St. Paul Public Health Office, we feel we need to involve you in ordet to bring a posifive change to this situation. Although the residents recenfly moved into this home, we are already being exposed to a number of issues that aze depreciating the quality of life in our neighborhood. Coincidentally, this is the second time in less than a year that such major issues have been addressed with two separate renters, calling for immediate intervention. We are tired and frustrated with the negative experiences associated with this property and the programming that has allowed this to continue for years. Last June, my wife and I, newlyweds and fust time home buyers, were excited to move into our comfortable home at 1616 Niles Ave., a house that took four months to find after scouring several areas throughout the St. Paul market. We fell in love with Highland Pazk's charm, clean, safe and quiet neighborhoods, strong family values and family services. We felt this could be a neighborhood to stay in for life. Shortly after moving in, several neighbors informed us of problems they were having with the residents of 1620 Niles. Unbeknownst to us, a neighborhood pefition was created to voice concerns about this resident. After several months of experiencing these same concerns ourselves (excessive noise, pmperry neglect, wlgarities and child neglect) the residents moved out. It was peaceful then, until a new family moved in earlier this year. RecenUy we've been exposed to a number of pmblems surrounding the new renters which we feel need to be addressed as soon as possible in order to increase the quality of living in this neighborhood. To summarize our concerns, we can safely say that the residents of 1620 Niles display an overall lack of respect for their children, neighbors, and the property itself. Our initiai call to St. Paul Public Housmg took place on April 8, 1999 to relay some of these concems. After several more calls to a variety of city agencies, we still see the same negative things taking place, but now on an even more frequent and severe level. The major problems include: • Verbal abuse of the children including repeated wlgar and harsh language used direcdy towazds toddlers. • Disturbance of the peace including constant screaming, loud arguing, extreme wlgarness and caz honking and yelling in the street past midnight. • Property neglect including uncanned gazbage, scattered toys and trash on neighboring sidewalks and lawns, and dangerous and inappropriate objects scattered across the property including broken glass, shazp tools, boazds with rusted nails, tampons, contraceptive wrappers and weeks of garbage overflowing near the side entrance of the house. • Unsupervised children as young as two to three years old playing in the street and alley. �� _ S�5 L,ack of child discipline and leaving children as young as two to three yeazs old unattended for great amounts of time, leading to excessive fighting, screaming, crying and pounding and kicking the house doors all day long. Supervision of toddlers becomes the responsibility of cluldren not more than seven years old. Broken glass in lugh traffic areas such as sidewalks, in the yard and inches from the public alley. Shards of glass from bmken windows and light fixtures have not been picked up for more than three weeks. Unmowed lawn and weeds — where grass is able to grow. Coincidentally, most of this property has not had a lawn for years due to repeated wear and tear and neglect Most of these acts are all illegal based on the public nuisance laws for the city of St. Paul, including: • Hazards • Noise • Obscenity • Property Nuisance • Trash, Rubbish or Garbage • Curfews • Weeds and Tall Grass Not only are these acts violadng city ordinances, they obviously inflict a very dangerous and unhealthy environment for the children, visitors, the general public and the adults themselves. My wife and I planned to raise a family in our Highland Park home. Unless things change with this property, we feel that this is not a possibility. We could never raise a child next to sach a negative influence that penetrates our walls and our emotions. Cutrenfly we are considering a move due to the repeated deterioration of that properry over the last several years. It is unfortunate that so many homeowners in the area who spend thousands of dollars to improve their homes and this community are subjected to this self-defeating lifestyle. It is sad to see your hopes and dreams destroyed by the disrespectful actions of a neighbor. We have poured more than $25,000 into our home through remolding, decorating and landscaping just over the last 11 months, and now face leaving this all behind to be free fmm the degrading lifestyle next door. Their lifestyle seems impossible to change and is impossible not to be affected by when you live just feet away. Their lifestyle has caused us counfless hours of lost sleep, tears and turmoil over making these difficuit decisions. We feei public housing is an important and valuable program for many, if used the right way. As we understand, there have been some successful renters at this property in the past. We only want a"win-win" situation for everyone affected by this public housing location. We went out of our way to welcome them to the neighborhood the day they moved in and offered our assistance anytime they needed some help. The only response we received from them was an un-welcoming comment that stated, "You stay out of our business and we'll stay out of yours." Attached you will fmd a listing of all our acfions taken to date citing our concems at this property. Based on your recently passed housing inspecfion plan, we hope that this "chronic problem property" will be addressed and tumed into a positive home for our community. `� a�-S�� We are looking to you to make a difference in this neighborhood. We tum to you out of fear of approaching the residenu ourselves due to the language and actions we've witnessed involving their own family. We also tum to you for help since we feel we have e�chausted a variety of ineans to bring peace to tlus property. If we don't hear from you soon, we will follow-up with you to gain your feedUack about what can be done with this situation. Thank you for your time and concem. B egards�� Jason and Kimberly Schumann 1616 Niles Ave. St. Paul, MN 55116 (651)699-6018 �� .. ' � G��-�� Recorded Complainants Regarding 1620 Niles Ave., S� Paul UAZ� ACTION TAKEN Late Mazch - Early April Witnessed garbage problems including wrongfiil storage, overflowing cans and scattered trash on neighboring lawns. Noticed inappropriate materials such as tampons and contracepfive wrappers. Witnessed repeated yelling and swearing inside and outside the home. Apri18, 1999 Spoke with Crystal Shepard at St. Paul Public Housing regarding concerns about trash and distt�sbing language. May 1 and 2, 1999 Witnessed excessive screanung an yelling, broken glass, loud swearing, caz honking and yelling in the street past hours. Shazp lawn tools and boazds with rusty nauls located on sidewaik. Unsupervised and undisciglined children, both days, all day long. May 3, 1999 Discussion with Steve Rice at the Mayor's Housing Information Office on different options to address the problem. May 4, 1999 Spoke with St. Paul Public Housing regazding overall concerns. Referred to Crystal Shepazd. May 4, 199 Spoke with Crystal Shepard at St. Paul Public Housing regarding increased concerns including properiy hazazds, trash and disturbing behavior such as child neglect, wlgaz language and property neglect. Refeaed to Tina Gohl, site manager. May 5, 1999 Spoke with Tina Gohl, site manager, about overall concerns. May 5, 1999 Fa�ced complaint memo to Tina Gohl, David Williams, Crystal Shepard and Michelle Schmitker at Public Housing. "` �� -s�S '. .a _ -' 1 �� i J 1 / � � W M � � V a ` y O ' �c� � � � J � C � o � a � ' 4 -y vJ 1 '; m ^ ", - ` �l' , � "��/ I W � � � \S � �� v � � � • � � � �"' �=' � �P �� ?� � .fl� � � � � f� 8� a t t� a a �n r�