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RESOLUTION
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5 WHEREAS, the property at 458 Maryland Avenue, being described as:
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9 with the property identification number 29-29-22-22-0001 was assessed an amount of $258.00 for property
10 cleanup; and
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12 WHEREAS, the Legislative Hearing Officer recommends deleting the assessment as the video tape of the
13 cleanup was unclear that the work had been done.
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15 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the amount of the assessment for this property be deleted, and
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17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the reduction of $258.00, plus any accrued interest, be funded by the
18 Exempt Assessment Fund. Council File #07-45 is hereby amended to reflect this change.
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WHEREAS, on January 17, 2007, the City Council of the City of Saint Paul adopted Council File #07-45,
said Resolution being the Ratification of Assessment for Property Cleanup from October 2 to October 16,
2006 (File No. J0615A, Assessment No. 8258); and
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Resolurion amending C.F. #07-45 deleting the assessment for proper[y cleanup from October 2 to October 16, 2006 at 458 Maryland
Avenue.
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J0615A Property cleanup from October 2 to October 16, 2006 for property at 458 Marvland
Avenue East.
This was approved by the City Council Council on January 17 and the Councilmember requested
it be referred back for another Legislative Hearing.
Mr. Betz stated orders were issued on September 26, 2006 to cut bushes and weed that had
grown over and onto the public sidewalk with a compliance date of October 4, 2006. The
property was re-inspected on October 9 and the work had not been done. A work order was sent
to the Parks Department who did the work on October 11, 2006. An assessment in the amount of
$258 was charged for the work done by Parks.
Kim Knutson, property owner, stated he was in Denver and received a call from his neighbor that
Parks was hacking at his bushes. He claimed the neighbor called him January and he did not
believe he should be responsible for this assessment. Mr. Betz stated that the orders in the file
clearly indicated that the work was done in October. Mr. Betz presented a video of the work that
was done by Parks.
Ms. Moermond stated she would recommend deleting the assessment since the video was unclear
that bushes had actually been trimmed by Pazks. She also stated that a separate resolution would
be prepared to delete this assessment.
Mr. Knutson questioned why the City was constantly visiting his property. Mr. Betz stated that
NHPI monitors tall grass and weeds along Maryland Avenue and this happened to be a field find.
He reviewed the previous orders in the file and stated that orders were consistently one year apart
to cut tall grass and weeds at his property. Mr. Knutson claimed that he had wild flowers in the
corner of his yard and could not understand why anyone would have a problem with wild
flowers. Ms. Moermond stated that from what she could see from the video, it did show that
there were some weeds growing in the cracks of the sidewalk. She suggested Mr. Knutson keep
his property and public right-of-way free from weeds so that he isn't consistently having the City
issue orders at his property.
The hearing adjourned at 11:15 a.m.
Submitted by:
Vicki Sheffer, Secretary
Legislative Hearing Officer