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07-1064City of St. Paul COUNCIL FILE, 0 D�� DlX � RESOLLPTIOt3 RATIFYING ASSESSMENT By ,�j` AMF NDED 11/07/2007 File No. SEE BELOW (ppZ Assessment No. SEE BELOW Voting Ward In the matter of the assessment of benefits, cost and expenses for J0712A1 (8410) Summary abatement (property clean-up) at 1885 Maryland Ave E on July 16, 2007. LAID OVER TO 10-16-07 LEG $EAR AND 11-07-07 PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing having been had upon the assessment for the above improvement, and said assessment having been £urther considered by the Council, and having been considered finally satisfactory, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the said assessment be and the same is hereby in all respects ratified. RESOLVED E'URTHER, That the said assessment be and it is hereby determined to be papa3�}�e--'rrr deleted. Yeas Nays Absent Benanav y / Bostxom � Harxis �/ Helgen � Lantry ✓ Montgomery � Thune ✓ � � � Adopted by Council: Date j` /��/���� Adoption Certified by Council Secretary By: Approved '� y Date �� (3 (� By: ���-� Y City of St. Paul Real Estate Division File No. SEE BELOW Dept. o£ Technology 5 Management Sero.COUNCIL FILE NO. v J' /� �`7 REPORT OF OF Assessment No. SEE BELOW Voting Ward In the matter of the assessment of benefits, cost and expenses for J0712A1 (5410) Summary abatement (property clean-up) at 1885 Maryland Ave E on July 16, 2007. 7,AID OVER TO 10-16-07 LEG HEAR AND 11-07-07 PUBLIC HEARING To the Council o£ the City of St. Paul The Valuation and Assessment Engineer hereby reports to the Council the following as a statement of the expenditures necessarily incurred for and in connection with the making of the above improvement, viz: Total costs Parks Admin Fee Charge-COde Enforcement Real Estate Service Charge TOTAL EXPENDITURES Gharge To Net Assessment $686.00 $ $ 50.00 $ 20.00 $756.00 i' $756.00 Said Valuation and Assessment Engineer further reports that he has assessed and levied the total amount as above ascertained, to-wit: the sum of $756.00 upon each and every lot, part or parcel of land deemed benefitted by the said improvement, and in the case of each lot, part or parcel of land in accordance with the benefits conferred thereon; that the said assessment has been completed, and that hereto attached, identified by the signature of the said Valuation and Assessment Engineer, and made a part hereof, is the said assessment as completed by him, and which is herewith submitted to the Council for such action the ap be considered proper. �� Dated � � g '�(�� � ua se r � Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet � L-1�. � 1� - 1D--11�-D� �.�.-�'�- - I � j/-D /1/,, � Depar6nenf7office/councit: Date inftiated: v�� l�/ lX � . Pw -�bli�Wa�� o��T-0� Green Sheet NO: 3044836 CoMact Person 8 Phone: Juan Ortiz 26Cr8864 ' Must Be on Cou�cif Aqen � Assign Num6er For Routing Order 1 ancil Ma Ericksou 2 i Clerk Doe. 7ype: OTHER (DOESNT FIT ANY C E-Document Required: Y Dxument Confact: Kim Robinson ConWct Phone: 2668856 Total # of Signature Pages _(Clip All Locations for Signature) At Council's request this item was laid over to 10-I6-09 leg heaz and 11-07-07 public hearing, snmmary abatement (properiy clean-up) at 1885 Maryland Ave E on July 16, 2007. File No. J0712A1 Planning Commission CIB Cammittee Civii Service Commission t, F{as this persoNfirm ever worked under a conhad for this deparimeM? Yes No 2. Has this person/firm ever been a city employee? Yes No 3. Does tl�is personlfirm possess a skill not normally possessed by any curreM city empfoyee? Yes No Explain all yes answers on seQarate sheet antl aHach to green shBet fnitiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why): Property owners or reniers create a health hazazd at vazious times throughout the City of 5aint Paul when their property is not kept up. The City is required by City code to clean up the property and charge the properiy owner for the cost of the c(ean up. Advantages If Approved: , Cost recovery programs to recover expenses for summary abatements, grass cutting, towing of abandoned vehicles, demolitions, gazbage hauling and boazdings-up. Disadvanpges HApproved: None DisadvaMages If Not Approved: If Council does not approve these charges, general fund would be required to pay the assessment. � �m� nrrmun[ or Transaction: $�56.00 Funding Snurce: CosURevenue Budgeted: Aetivity Number: Financial Information: (Explain) 1 property owner will be notified of the public hearing and charges. 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The one that is for $75Q there is a videotape of it. Ms. Eklund responded that she did not get the paperwork notifying them about the uutial problem for one ofthem. Ms. Moermond asked Mr. Betz about the cleanup situation in July. Mr. Betz responded tlus was a property clean up that was generated through the Vacant Building Prograzn. Orders were issued on July 6, 2007 to remove improperly stored refuse, scrap wood, metal, and miscellaneous debris throughout the yazd with a compliance date of July 12. It was re-inspected on July 12 and the work had not been done. A wark order was sent to the Parks Departsnent who cleaned up the property on July 13, 2007. Ms. Moermond asked who the notification was sent to in July. Mr. Betz responded that orders were mailed to Paula Eklund and William Lowe at 1460 or 1140 Scandia Trail North in Scandia. Ms. Moermond asked Ms. Eklund if she received the notice. Ms. Eklund responded she did receive the notice. The problem was that they had a wedding planned in Alaska during this time. She believed that they may not have received the notices until they returned. During this time, they had tenants renting the property. They called the Saint Paul Police Department for a welfare check for an eight year old who was alone in the home and it was filthy. The Eklunds had worked with the people to get their trash out of the house. They were in the process of evicting this woman and they had the police go to the property to evict her on July 3. Then, she got stickers on the doorway saying the property was condemned. They have spent $10,000 from the damage and four months of lost rent. Her husband took a day off of work, rented the largest U-Haul he could rent, filled it to the top, and still did not get everykhing out. Some of the stuff was probably left outside. The City may have cleaned up when they were in Alaska. At some point, the tenants came back as there were Bobcat tracks through the backyard. No one gave her an opportunity to clean the property. Ms. Moerxnond asked to view the videotape. Mr. Betz responded that there was no videotape. Ms. Moermond asked how many people were living there. Ms. Eklund responded there were four children: three teenagers, one autistic, and one child that was about seven or eight years of age. Ms. Moerxnond stated that it seemed things were okay for about five months. Mr. Lowe responded the tenants were there far two months before he told them that he was not going to allow this as the place was filthy. Ms. Eklund stated that when the tenant is paying the rent, things look good on a driveby, it is quiet, the sidewalks are shoveled, people are le$ alone. But when the rent stops getting paid and there are issues, that is when he starts to go over there. It was fine in January, February, and part of Mazch. Unbelalownst to them, they were loading the place up with trash. Ms. Moermond asked if they had trash service. Ms. Eklund responded that she did not lrnow that she was required to have it. She found that out afterwards. The City was picking up some of the garbage. They set up service to start that Monday and they were gone at that time. October 16, 2007 Le�slative Hearing Minutes ��� �Q �� Page 4 Ms. Meormond asked where this was a registered vacant building now. Ms. Eklund responded no. It never should have been registered vacant because it was never vacant. It was always maintained. They just had a bad tenant who trashed the house. They evicted her as quickly as possibie, through the police department, and all of a sudden they got a vacant building condemnation situation. They are $10,000 into this right now. It is now rented to a fasnily [hat went through a foreclosure. They did a background check on the previous tenant and checked the previous landlord. The woman had income, social security, disability, and previous landlord said she was good, which they now know was not mxe. Ms. Moermond asked again if there was a videotape. Mr. Betz responded there was not. Ms. Moermond recommended deleting khe assessment of $756 because there was no videotape. As for the other item which was $386, she would withhold her recommendation untii she sees the videotape. Based on the paperwork, it did appear that a cieanup did occur during that time period. A crew was dispatched and cleaned up trungs out of the exterior. She would need to see the videotape to confirm that. This matter had been ratified by the City Council at the September 5 Public Hearing. Ms. Eklund asked to see the videotape. Ms. Moermond responded that they could come here to look at it or arrangements could be made to view the videotape at the office. Ms. Moermond recommended that the assessment for J0712A be deleted. As for the item that has already been approved, that matter is laid over to the October 23 Legislative Hearing.