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Stay of Council File 10-1185, An Order to Remove or Repair the Buildings at 578 THOMAS AVENUE.
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WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council adopted Council File #10-1185 on December 15, 2010 an Order to Remove or Repair the building at 578 Thomas Avenue within thirty (30) days; and
WHEREAS, in the City Council's deliberation on this matter, Councilmembers indicated their willingness to reconsider the issue, should a viable plan for rehabilitation of the buildings at 578 Thomas Avenue be found acceptable by both the vacant building's program manager and the legislative hearing officer in the 30-day time period the owner was granted to remove the building; and
WHEREAS, in the enuing 30-day time period, Nghi Huynh, Property Manager for property owner, Kien Le, completed a plan for the rehabilitation of 578 Thomas Avenue, which provided that all of the following conditions were met:
1. post a $5,000 perfomance deposit;
2. provide financial documentation demonstrating adequate funds will be available for the repairs;
3. secure a code compliance inspections report which would provided specific information of the necessary repairs to make this property minimally code compliant;
4. provide a work plan with timelines in accordance with the Code Compliance Inspection Report; and
5. provide a signed contract agreement between the seller and buyer for the completion of the project;
WHEREAS, compliance with these conditions was carefully reviewed in the legislative hearing process by both the legislative hearing officer and the vacant building program manager and found to be acceptable; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council grants a 180 stay in the implementation of Council File #10-1185; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the stay in the implementation of Council Fles # 10-1185 shall be revoked after 180 days, at which time a code compliance certificate shall have been issued, or the Department of Safety and Inspections shall be empowered to...
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