Councilmember Bowie moved to close the public hearing. Approved 6-0.
Bowie moved to lay over for two weeks.
Laid over to August 6, 2025
6 -
Yea:
Councilmember Yang, Councilmember Kim, Councilmember Bowie,
Councilmember Jost, Councilmember Johnson and Councilmember
Privratsky
0
Nay:
1 - Councilmember Noecker
Absent:
LEGISLATIVE HEARING DISCUSSION ITEM
Making finding on the appealed of Michael E. Corcoran to a nuisance
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abatement ordered for 1478 AMES AVENUE in Council File RLH SAO 24-51.
(Public hearing closed and laid over from July 23, 2025)
Public hearing closed and laid over for two weeks.
Michael Corcoran, property owner, appeared in person.
Marcia Moermond, Legislative Hearing Officer: I am asking Council to grant two
additional weeks for work to be done. Actually, I just realized the owner is here so I will
let him make that ask.
The City issued orders on this a year ago. There was an order on the yard being a
mess, and there was also an order on vehicles being improperly parked. There was
also an order on the shed. There are other problems related to the roof and the
construction of the deck. A building permit was pulled for work, and the last inspection
was in November 2024, so no progress since then. On screen are photos from August
20, 2024. Wood, trap, vehicles, and other things are all pictured. My recommendation
to Council in August of last year, which was adopted, was that 1/3 of the work needed
to be completed by November 1, 2024. The deadline for the next 1/3 was April 1, 2025.
The final deadline was July 1, 2025, giving a total of 11 months. The first two deadlines
were met, according to the inspector. This past Monday, though, on screen you can
still see pallets, scrap wood, scrap metal, and vehicles improperly being there. The
deadline addressing the vehicles was today, though you can extend it. The vehicles are
almost all on unapproved surfaces. Some appear inoperable or are lacking tabs. The
photos from Monday show that the last 1/3 is not taken care of, and I am asking that
the City be allowed to execute a cleanup of the property.
Michael Corcoran: I didn't realize Moermond was going to give me two more weeks. I
really did have a mess. I wanted to thank her and Lisa (Martin) for their good work. I
ended up with a lot of building materials trying to learn how to do things myself. I'm
peeling away at it and can't believe what I had, but it's hard.
Councilmember Kim: It sounds like you're amenable to Moermond's recommendation.
Councilmember Yang moved to close the public hearing. Approved 6-0.
Yang: I support Yang's recommendation of laying this over for two weeks.
Public hearing closed and laid over to August 6, 2025