housing until the move into their new housing.
Assumpta Sirri asked for approval without an extension.
Councilmember Jalali asked for the origin of the situation.
Moermond provided additional details.
Councilmember Noecker spoke in favor of the extension to prevent the tenants
becoming temporarily unhoused.
Council President Brendmoen echoed the sentiments of Noecker.
Councilmember Prince asked for clarification on the number of days of the extension.
Brendmoen confirmed that the extension would be until the close of business on July
31, 2022.
Jalali moved approval.
Adopted as amended (extend to July 31, 2022)
5 -
0
Yea:
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember
Noecker, Councilmember Prince and Councilmember Jalali
Nay:
2 - Councilmember Thao and Councilmember Yang
Absent:
Third Making finding on the appealed substantial abatement ordered for 864
MARION STREET in Council File RLH RR 21-41.
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Moermond: You saw this property in December 2019 as a remove/repair item. You
referred it back to legislative hearings and it came before you in August 2020 as a
work plan with financing. At the 6 month mark, the condition had not been abated with
only 20% of the work done. We went through a series of conditions to grant another 6
months, and the conditions were met. In November of 2020, the conditions were not
met and the council voted to remove the property. The conditions were later met on
Friday of that same week and so I came back to the council to ask for the item to be
reconsidered and grant 180 days, which you did. Since then we are still at 20%
completion. There are few finances available for rehabilitation. The original financing
seems to have fallen through. There was talk of catch-up rent payments from the
eviction moratorium being able to bring in $20,000, but the rehabilitation cost is much
more than that. At this point, that might be spending good money after bad. While Mr.
Schilling is a nice man to work with, I don't see a path forward for rehabilitation. My
recommendation is to make a finding that the nuisance conditions has not been
abated and authorize the Department of Safety and Inspections to abate the nuisance
after 15 days have expired.
Council President Brendmoen: Just to clarify, this is the fourth time we have seen this
property?
Moermond: Yes
Schilling: This has all been a difficult process due to health concerns I have had. That
combined with the pandemic was a big part of why nothing got done. The original
financing was the real breakdown. The financier was going to mail a check for a
$20,000 loan. Two weeks later there was a $10,000 check to the general contractor
but nothing to me. Still, between the $20,000 in rent back payment and $100,000 in