07-825Suspension — 9/OS/07
Council File # 07-825
Green Sheet # 304367 6
RESOLUTION
OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Presented By
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council ordered the repair or removal of 1956 Feronia Avenue within
thirty days of the adoption of its resolurion under Council File #06-439; and
WHEREAS, the resolurion was adopted on May 3, 2006, and approved by the Mayor on May 9, 2006, but
the proper[y owners filed a Writ of Certiorari in the Court of Appeals, challenging the deternunarion to remove the
building; and
WHEREAS, the City agreed to stay the removal of the building pending the outcome of the appeal; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed the acrion of the City Council by unpublished
opinion dated July 27, 2007, allowing the City to proceed with removal; and
WHEREAS, progress has been made on the rehabilitarion of the struchue duriug the pendency of the
appeal, and there appears to be a reasonable likelihood that the building can be completed and occupied with an
addirional extension of time, and the owners believe that they can complete all necessary work by September 3Q
2007; and
WHEREAS, the City is willing to grant one additional extension of time to complete the rehabilitation of
the building at 1956 Feronia before proceeding with its removal under certain conditions guaranteed to insute its
tunely completion; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council hereby orders the Depariment of Safety and Inspections
(DSI) to arrange for an inspecrion of 1956 Feronia, to prepare a report of the remaining work wlilch must be done in
order to issue a Certificate of Occupancy for the building, and to give an estimate of a reasonable amount of time in
which the work can be completed; and be it
FURTFIER RESOLVED, that the Saint Pau1 City CouncIl hexeby stays the ordei to iemove under Council
File # 06-439 and grants an extension of the rime to complete repairs until the later of September 3Q 2007, or the
date determuied by DSI. A copy of the report by DSI shall be provided to the property owners, and to Eagle Valley
bank, the mortgage holder. The City shall have the right to consult with Eagle Valley bank to deternrine whether
funds remain available to cover the remainder of the work required to obtain the C of O.
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Approval of resolution requesting City Council stays the order to remove property at 1956 Feronia under C.F. #06-439 and grants an
extension of time to complete repairs until September 30, 2007, or the da[e determined by DSI.
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