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Nay:
Amending the financing and spending plans in the Fire Department for
$21,060 for the reimbursement from the Minnesota Firefighter Initiative for the
contract for Critical Incident Stress Consultants.
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Councilmember Balenger moved approval.
Adopted
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Yea:
Councilmember Brendmoen, Councilmember Tolbert, Councilmember
Noecker, Councilmember Prince, Councilmember Jalali, Councilmember
Yang and Councilmember Balenger
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Nay:
LEGISLATIVE HEARING DISCUSSION ITEMS
Ordering the razing and removal of the structures at 1011 BURNS AVENUE
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within fifteen (15) days after the December 7, 2022, City Council Public
Hearing.
$5,000 performance deposit must be posted and an application for a code compliance
inspection must be filed by the close of business on Monday, December 12, 2022.
Legislative hearing will take place on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 to review next
steps.
Also in attendance: Victoria Cree, property owner (lives in Minneapolis)
Marcia Moermond, Legislative Hearing Officer: This is an order to remove the property.
The legislative hearing for this item was a no-show, but two days ago the property
owner contacted us saying she wanted to rehabilitate the property. My recommendation
is that if you decide to let her do so, that a $5,000 performance deposit be posted and
an application for a code compliance inspection be filed by the close of business on
Monday. I can have a legislative hearing on this item Tuesday morning to review if
those requirements have been met and discuss how to proceed with the property
owner, and then return this issue to the City Council at a later date.
Council President Brendmoen: How long has this been vacant?
Moermond: It has been a registered vacant since September of 2018. There have
been 25 abatement orders since that time, including: garbage cleanup, boarding and
securing, tall grass and weeds, tree removal. Estimated cost to clean up is at least
$100,000. This would also be expensive to remove, though, since it is positioned at the
top of a hill with significant retaining walls, with costs estimated above $60,000. This
will be a lot of money either way but has also been costing taxpayers during this time,
and is considered a neighborhood nuisance.
Cree: I'm currently residing in a temporary place in Minneapolis. I have two houses and
two young kids, and I've struggling with my own stuff these last four years. I do want to
sell this property and just be done with it.
Brendmoen: Is your request to take the extension of time offered by Moermond so you
can rehabilitate the property?
Cree: Yes.