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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 implement the Order to Remove or Repair the building at 578 Thomas Avenue.