07-320City of St. Pau1
RESOLUTION RATIFYING ASSESSMENT
AMENDED 4/04/07
Assessment No. SEE BELOW
Voting
Ward In the matter of the assessment of bene£its, cost and expenses £or
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J0701A1 (8315) Sun¢nary abatement (property clean-up) at 1154 Lawson on Sanuary 3,
2007.
J0701G1 (8318) Weekly garbage hauling services £rom December 28, 2006 to January
10, 2007.
r.nrD OVER BY COUNCIi, ON 03-21-07 TO 04-04-07.
A public hearing having been had upon the assessment for the above
improvement, and said assessment having been further 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 payable in One equal installments.
Yeas Nays Absent
Benanav �
Bostrom �
Harris �
Helgen �
Lantry %
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Adopted by Council: Date �/����
Adoption Certified by Council Secretary
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Apri14, 2007 City Council Action Minutes
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36. Resolution Ratifying Assessment — 47-324 — In the matter of the assessment of
benefits, cost, and expenses for summary abatement (property clean-up) at 1154
Lawson Avenue on 3anuary 3, 2007 [J0701A1] and providing weekly garbage
hauling services from December 28, 2006 to January 10, 2007 [J0701 G 1]. (GS
3038056) (Le� slative Hearing Officer recommends the following:
1154 Lawson Street (J0701A1) - delete the assessment; and
585 Thomas Avenue (J0701G1) - approve the assessment and spread the payments
over three (3) years.)
Adopted as amended (per the recommendation of the Legislative Hearing
Officer) Yeas — 6 Nays — 0
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Conpet Person & Phone:
Juan Oritt
266-8864
Must Be on Council Agendz
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Dowment Contact: Kim Robinson
Contact Phone: 266-8856
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At Council's request on 3-21-07 these items were laid over to 4=4-07, suwmary abatement (properiy clean-up) at I 154 Lawson on
January 3, 2007 and weekly garbage hauling from December 28, 2006 to January 10, 2007.
FileNo.'s 70701A1&70701GI
menaavons: Flpprove (n) or K
_ Planning Cammission
— CIB Committee - -
_-. Civil Service Cbmmission
1. Has this persorJfirm ever worked under a contrect for this department?
Yes No -- .
2. Has�this person/firm ever been a ciry emploqee? � ;- �-
Yes No
3. Does fhis person/firm possess a skfll rrot normally possessed by any
curtent city employee? �
Yes No
Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and aHach W green sheet
Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why): -
Property owners or renters create a health hazard at various times tluoughout the City of Saint Paul when their properry is not kept up. '
The Ciry is required by Ciry code to cleasap the pmperty attd charge the prQperty owner for the cost of the clean up. _ __ —
Advantages K Approved: �
Cost recovery programs to recover expenses fos sununary abatements, grass cutting, towing of abandoned velvcles, demolitions,
garbage hauling and boardings-up.
Disadvartages If Approved:
None
Disadvantages If Not Approved:
If Council does not approve these charges, general fund would be required to pay the assessment
TransacGon: �
Funding Source:
CastlRevenue Budgeted:
Activity Number:
Financiai i�ormation: ��� � � ����
{Expiain} 2 Property owners will be notified of the public hearing and chazges.
March 23, 2007 2:21 PM Page 1
City of St. Paul
Real Estate Division
Dept. o£ Technology & Management Serv.COUNCIL FILE rro. D? 3� O
REPORT OF COMPLETIOLZ OF
File No. SEE BELOW
Assessment No. SEE BELOW
Voting
Ward In the matter of.the assessment of benefits, cost and expenses for
JQ701A1 (8315) Summary abatement (property clean-up) at 1154 Lawson on January 3,
2007.
J0701G1 (8318) Weekly qarbage hauling services from December 28, 2006 to January
10, 2007.
LAID OVER SY COUNCIL ON 03-21-07 TO 04-04-07.
To the Council of the City of St. Faul
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
Charge To
Net Assessment
$258.Q0
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$ 50.00
$ 40.00
$34$.00
$348.00
Said Valuation and Assessment Engineer further reports that he has assessed and
levied the total amount as above ascertained, to-wit: the sum of $348.00 upon each
and every 1ot, 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 thereon as may b onsidered
proper. �
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March 6, 2007 Legislative Hearing Minutes
1154 Lawson Street (J0701A)
Page 5
Mr. Robinson stated that he did not have the file available for the hearing as the propezry owner
had not retumed the gold card.
Betty Langland, property owner, stated she did not know what this assessment was for. She had
contacted the inspector, Rich Singerhouse, and he indicated to her that he was unaware of an
assessment against the property. She stated that this was a vacant building that they had
purchased in the suminer of 2006. The property had been un-kept and had a lot of overgrown
foliage that they had to remove to even begin to do the work on the house. She was aware that a
letter from tbe City bad been posted on the door of the house some time ago and she had her son
obtain a dumpster and clean up the property. She stated she was also aware that there was a lot
of trash in the alley.
Ms. Moermond stated she would receive a report from the inspector and would make a
recommendation once she had obtained a11 of the necessary information. Someone from the
office would then contact her with the decision on her appeal.
585 Thomas Avenue (J0701G)
Mr. Robinson stated orders were issued on November 28, 2006 to provide proof of garbage
hauling services with a compliance date of December 4. The properiy owner failed to comply
and a work order was sent to Parks to provide a trash container and provide hauling service.
Parks left the container and a letter posted at the property on January 2 and 3anuary 10, 2007.
Gracie Green, property owner, appeazed with her father, Jack Allen. Ms. Green stated that she
had garbage hauling service through BFI, however, she became behind in her payments and they
discontinued her hauling service. She claimed that she had purchased two garbage containers
and now had hauling service with I,ogan.
Mr. Robinson reviewed the file and stated that on December 14, 2006, the property owner had
called and claimed she had hauling service with Logan. The inspector contacted Logan and they
denied that they were providing service at this address. As of today's date, the City was still
providing garbage hauling service at this property.
Mr. Allen stated that he had a friend who works for Logan and he picked up the garbage. Ms.
Moermond quesiioned whether he had any receipts. Mr. Allen stated that he did not as he paid
his friend in cash. He said he will talk to his friend and ask that he let them ]rnow at Logan that
they are picking up trash atthis address.
Mr. Robinson stated that he would contact Logan again to confirm whether they are providing
hauling services to this address.
Ms. Moermond stated if Mr. Robinson could confirm that Logan was providing hauling services,
she would recommend reducing the assessment from $120 to a total of $60.
March 27, 2007 Legislative Hearing Minutes
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Laid over Summary Abatements:
J0701 G Providing weekly garbage hauling service from December 28, 2006 to January
10, 2007;
J0701A Property cleanups from December 28, 2006 to January 10, 2007;
1154 Lawson Street (J0701A)
This matter was laid over to the March 27 Legislative Hearing and Apri14 Public Hearing
Ms. Sheffer stated that she had spoken with the inspector, Hazold Robinson, and accarding to the
file, this was a billing enor as no work had been done at this property. Therefore, the assessment
should be deleted.
Ms. Moermond recommended deleting the assessment.
585 Thomas Avenue (J0701G)
This matter was laid over to the March 27 Legislative Hearing and Apri14 Public Hearing
Mr. Betz stated that according to the file, as of today's date, the City was still providing garbage
hauling service at this properry. The amount of this assessment was $120 and he was unsure of
the cost of the future assessments.
Ms. Moermond stated that at the previous hearing, Ms. Green contended that Logan was
providing trash hauling service, however, she could not confirm this with any receipts.
Gracie Green, property owner, stated that she now had BFI providing trash hauling service,
however, she did not have proof to show that she had a contract with them.
Mr. Betz stated that when the property was inspected in December, 2006, a trash container was
dropped off by the City and on re-inspection the only container that was present was the
container from the Ciry. When the property was inspected in Febraary, 2007, there were two
new containers present in addition to the container from the City. The two new containers did
not have any names or phone numbers to verify who the garbage hauler was so that they could
contact them to verify service. In looking at the record, the City had been providing garbage
hauling services since December 5, 2006
Ms. Moermond stated that it appeared there had been approximately 15 weeks of garbage service
which the City had provided. Since Ms. Green could not verify that she had garbage service, she
did not have a choice but to approve the assessments. She suggested Ms. Green contact her
councilmember to discuss this issue and to attend the Council Public Hearing on Apri14 and
plead her case to the Council. Ms. Moermond recommended approving the assessment and
spread the payments over three (3) years
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