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WHEREAS, Neighborhood Housing & Property Improvement has requested the City Council to
hold public hearings to consider the advisability and necessity of ordering the repair or wrecking and
removal of a one-story, wood frame dweling with a wood frame utility shed located on property
hereina8er referred to as the "Subject Property" and commonly lrnown as 260 Morton Street West .
This property is legally described as follows, to wit:
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Lot 14, Block 17, Dawson's Addifion to St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
WHEREAS, based upon the recards in the Ramsey County Recorder's Office and information
obtained by Neighborhood Housing & Property Improvement on or before March 14, 2006 , the
following are the now lrnown interested or responsible parties for the Subj ect Property: Jennifer S
Jessen. PO Box 7352, St Paul, MN 55107-0352; Town and Counhy Credit Coxp., 2010 Main Plaza,
Suite 800, Irvine, CA 92614; Prime Mortgage Corporation, 435 Ford Road, Suite 120, Minneapolis, MN
55426
WHEREAS, Neighborhood Housing & Property Improvement has served in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter 45 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code an order identified as an"Order to Abate
Nuisance Building(s)" dated June 13, 2006; and
WI3EREAS, this order informed the then known interested or responsible parties that the
shucture located on the Subject Property is a nuisance building(s) pursuant to Chapter 45; and
WHEREAS, this order informed the interested or responsible parties that they must repair or
demolish the structure located on the Subject Property by July 13, 2006 ; and
WHEREAS, the enforcement officer has posted a placard on the Subj ect Property declaring this
building(s) to constitute a nuisance condition; subject to demolition; and
WHEREAS, this nuisance condition has not been corrected and Neighborhood Housing &
Property Improvement requested that the City Clerk schedule public hearings before the Legislative
Hearing Officer of the City Council and the Saint Paul City Council; and
WHEREAS, the interested and responsible parties have been served notice in accordance with
the provisions of Chapter 45 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code, of the time, date, place and purpose of
the public hearings; and
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WHEREAS, a hearing was held before the Legislative Hearing Officer of the Saint Paul City
Council on Tuesday, September 5, 2006 to heaz testimony and evidence, and after receiving
tesrimony and evidence, made the recommendation to approve the request to order the interested or
responsible parties to make the Subject Property safe and not detrimental to the public peace, health,
safety and welfare and remove its blighting influence on the community by rehabilitating this
structure in accordance with all applicable codes and ordinances, or in the altemative by demolishing
and removing the structure in accordance with all applicabie codes and ordinances. The rehabilitation
or demolirion of the structure to be completed within fifteen (15) days after the date of the Councii
Hearing; and
WHEREAS, a hearing was held before the Saint Paul City Council on Wednesday,
September 20, 2006 and the testimony and evidence including the action taken by the Legislative
Hearing Officer was considered by the Council; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, that based upon the testimony and evidence presented at the above
referenced public hearings, the Saint Paul City Council hereby adopts the following Findings and
Order conceming the Subject Property at 260 Morton Street West :
That the Subject Property comprises a nuisance condition as defined in Saint Paul
Legislative Code, Chapter 45.
2. That the costs of demolition and removal of this building(s) is esrimated to exceed
three thousand dollazs ($3,000.00).
That there now exists and has existed multiple Aousing or Building code violations at
the Subject Property.
4. That an Order to Abate Nuisance Building(s) was sent to the then known responsible
parties to conect the deficiencies or to demolish and remove the buiiding(s).
5. That the deficiencies causing this nuisance condition have not been corrected.
6. That Neighborhood Housing & Property Improvement has posted a placard on the
Subject Properiy which declares it to be a nuisance condition subject to demolition.
7. That this buiiding has been routinely monitored by Neighborhood Housing & Property
Improvement, Vacant/Nuisance Buildings.
8. That the known interested parties and owners are as previously stated in this resolution
and that the notification requirements of Chapter 45 have been fulfilled.
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The Saint Paul City Council hereby makes the following order:
The above referenced interested or responsible parties shall make the Subj ect Property safe
and not detrimentai to the public peace, health, safety and welfare and remove its blighting
influence on the community by rehabilitating this structure and correcting all deficiencies as
prescribed in the above referenced Order to Abate Nuisance Building(s) in accardance with all
applicable codes and ardinances, or in the altemative by demolishing and removing the
structure in accordance with all applicable codes and ordinances. The rehabilitation or
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demolition and removal of the structure must be completed within fifteen (15) days after the
date of the Council Hearing.
If the above corrective action is not completed within this period of time Neighborhood
Housing & Property Improvement is hereby authorized to take whatever steps aze necessary to
demolish and remove this shucture, fill the site and charge the costs incurred against the
Subject Property pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 45 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code.
In the event the building is to be demolished and removed by the City of Saint Paul, all
personal property or fixtures of any ldnd which interfere with the demolition and removal
shall be removed from the property by the responsible parties by the end of this tune period.
If all personal property is not removed, it shall be considered to be abandoned and the City of
Saint Paul shall remove and dispose of such property as provided by law.
It is fixrther ordered, that a copy of this resolution be mailed to the owners and interested
parties in accordance with Chapter 45 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code.
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City Council to pass this resolution which will order the owners(s) to remove or repair the referenced building(s). Ifthe owner fails to
comply with the resolution, the Neighborhood Housing & Properry Improvement is ordered to remove the building. The subject
property is located at 260 Morton Street West.
mations: MPra✓e (A) or Rqect (R):
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Personal Service Contrects Must Mswer the Following �uestions:
1. Has this perswJfirm ever waked under a contract for this d�artmeM?
Yes No
2. Has this person/firtn ever been a cily anployee?
Yes No
3. Does this personHirm possess a skiil not nortnally possessed by any
curtent city employee?
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Inkiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity ryVho, What, When, Where, Why):
This building(s) is a nuisance building(s) as defined in Chapter 45 and a vacant building as defined in Chapter 43 of the Saint Paul
Legislative Code. The owners, interested parties and responsible parties known to the Enforcement Officer were given an order to
repair or remove the building at 260 Morton Street West by July 13, 2006, and have failed to comply with those orders.
AdvaMages If Approved:
The City will eliminate a nuisance.
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Disadvanta5tes If Approved: P: di'
The City will spend funds to wreck and remove ttus building(s). These costs will be assessed to
assessment against the property tases.
DisadvaMages If Not Approved:
A nuisance condition will remain unabated in the City. This building(s) will continue to blight the community.
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Richard Lippert, Manager ofCode Enforcement
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'�' Christopher B. Coleman, Mayor
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Saint Paul, MN 5� 106
August 4, 2006
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
Council President and
Members of the City Council
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Tel: (651) 266-1900
Fax: (651) 266-1926
Neighborhood Housing & Property Improvement , Vacant/Nuisance Buildings Enforcement
Division has requested the City Council schedule public hearings to consider a resolution
ordering the repair or removal of the nuisance building(s) located at 260 Morton Street West:
The City Council has scheduled the date of these hearings as follows:
Legislative Hearing - Tuesday, September 5, 2006
City Council Hearing — Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The owners and responsible parties of record are:
Name and Last Known Address
Jennifer S Jessen
PO Box 7352
St Paul, MN 55107-0352
Town and Country Credit Corp.
2010 Main Plaza, Suite 800
Irvine, CA 92614
Prime Mortgage Corporation
435 Ford Road, Suite 120
Minneapolis, MN 55426
The legal description of this property is:
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Lot 14, Block 17, Dawson's Addition to St. Paul, Ramsey County,
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Neighborhood Housin� & Property Improvement has declared this buildin�(s) to constitute a
'huisance" as defined by Legislative Code, Chapter 45. Neighborhood Housin� & Property
Improvement has issued an order to the then laiown responsible parties to eliminate this nuisance
condition by correcting the deficiencies or by razing and removing this building(s).
Inasmuch as this Order to Abate has not been complied with the nuisance condition
remains unabated, the community continues to suffer the blighting influence of this
property. It is the recommendation of the Neighborhood Housing & Property
Improvement that the City Council pass a resoluYlon ordering the responsible parties to
either repair, or demolish and remove this building in a timely manner, and failing that,
authorize the Neighborhood Housing & Property Improvement to proceed to demolition
and removai, and to assess the costs incurred against the real estate as a special
assessment to be collected in the same manner as taxes.
Sincerely,
Steve Magner
Steve Magner
Vacant Buildings Supervisor
Neighborhood Housing & Property Improvement
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Judy Hanson, City Attorneys Office
MaryErickson, Assistant Secretary to the Council
Laurie Kaplan, PED-Housing Division
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3. Resolution ordering the owner to remove or repair the building(s) at 537 Mount
Curve Blvd. If the owner fails to comply with the resolution, NHPI is ordered to
remove the building. (Laid over from August 15, 2006)
Mr. Ma�er stated the vacant building fees had been paid and the registrarion form had been
received, the code compliance inspection had been done and the $5,000 performance bond had
been posted on August 31, 2006.
Shawn Bartsh, attorney representing the owner, John Goodman, staxed she had faYed the
financial information to Mr. Magner on August 18. Mr. Magner stated he had not received that
information. She provided documentation for the record. Ms. Bartsh outlined the list of repairs
and said it was Mr. Goodman's intention to have his brother, Daniel Goodman, as the project
manager to overlook hiring contractors to make the necessary repairs. She requested six months
to make the necessary repairs.
Ms. Moermond stated a work plan with timelines for completion of each item needed to be
submitted. She also requested Daniel Goodman present a resume or a list of other projects he
had managed so she could determine whether he had the capability to oversee the repairs to the
properiy. Daniel Goodman stated he had previous experience working as an accountant for a
construction company. He had also undertaken projects on his own. He had talked to
approximately 14 contractors and architects to come up with a plan for repairing the house.
Ms. Bartsh requested one month to come up with a work plan for the list of the repairs as they
also wanted to include the planned addition to the plans. She requested an example of a wark
plan so they could have something to follow.
Mr. Magner stated that any proposed addition to the building was immaterial to the list of
deficiencies which needed to be corrected in accordance with the code compliance inspection
report. Any new construction would need to be pulled and approved under sepazate permits.
Ms. Moermond stated it was her intention to continue the Public Hearing from September 6 to
the September 20, 2006 Public Heazing.
�i 4. Resolution ordering the owner to remove or repair the building(s) at 260 Morton
�j Street West. If the owner fails to comply with the resolution, Neighborhood
Housing and Property Improvement (NIIPI) is ordered to remove the buiiding.
Mr. Magner stated the building was a one-story, wood frame dwelling, with a detached wood-
frame utility shed on a lot of 7,405 squaze feet. The building had been vacant since October 25,
2005 and the vacant building fees had not been paid for 2005 and 2006, a code compliance
inspection had been done and the $5,000 performance bond had not been posted. On May 31,
2006, an inspection of the building was done and a list of deficiencies which constitute a
nuisance condition was developed. An order to abate a nuisance building was posted on June 13,
2006 with a compliance date of July 13, 2006. To date, the owner had done nothing to abate this
nuisance. Ramsey County Taxation has estimated the mazket value of the land to be
approximately $58,400 and the building to be $66,200. Real estate taxes were current. Code
September 6, 2006 Legislative Hearing
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Enforcement estimates the cost to repair the building to be approximately $60,000 to $70,000
and the cost for demolition to be approxunately $6,000 to $7,000. There had also been two
summary abatements issued to this properry: remove improperly stored refuse and to secure the
building. Code Enforcement recommends the building be demolished within 15 days.
No one appeared; Ms. Moermond recommended fifteen (15) days to remove the building with no
option for repair.
�. Resolution ordering the owner to remove or repair the building(s) at 445 Hatch
Avenue. If the owner fails to comply with the resolution, NHPI is ordered to remove
the building.
Mr. Magner stated the building was a one-story, wood frame dwelling with a detached wood-
frame gazage on a lot of 6,534 squaze feet. The building had been vacant since March 10, 2006
and the vacant building fees had not been paid, a code compliance inspection had not been done
and the $5,000 performance bond had not been posted. On May 10, 2006, an inspection of the
building was done and a list of deficiencies which constitute a nuisance condition was
developed. An order to abate a nuisance building was posted on May 24, 2006 with a
compliance date of July 10, 2006. To date, the owner had done nothing to abate this nuisance.
Ramsey County Taxation has estimated the market value of the land to be approximately
$50,000 and the building to be $75,000. Real estate tases for 2005 were delinquent in the
amount of $1,051.89. Code Enforcement estimates the cost to repair the building to be
approximately $75,000 to $80,000 and the cost for demolition to be approximately $7,000 to
$8,000. There had also been four sunmiary abatements issued to this property: cut tall grass and
weeds, remove improperly stored refuse and to remove a vehicle. Code Enforcement
recommends the building be demolished within 15 days.
No one appeared; Ms. Moermond recommended fifteen (15) days to remove the building witt� no
option for repair.
6. Resolution ordering the owner to remove or repair the building(s) at 719 Frank
Street. If the owner fails to comply with the resolution, NHPI is ordered to remove
the building.
Mr. Magner stated the building was a two-story, wood frame, single-family dwelling with a
wood-frame shed on a lot of 4,356 squaze feet. The building had been vacant since September
19, 2005 and the vacant building fees had not been paid for 2005 and 2006, a code compliance
inspection had been done and the $5,000 performance bond had not been posted. On May 30,
2006, an inspection of the building was done and a list of deficiencies which constitute a
nuisance condition was developed. An order to abate a nuisance building was posted on June 7,
2006 with a compliance date of July 7, 2006. To date, the owner had done nothing to abate this
nuisance. Ramsey County Taxation has estimated the market value of the land to be
approximately $38,000 and the building to be $155,400. Real estate taa�es for 2005 are
delinquent in the amount of $1,876.83. Code Enforcement estimates the cost to repair the
building to be approximately $70,000 to $80,000 and the cost for demolition to be approximately
$10,000 to $11,000. There had also been nine summary abatements issued to this property: cut