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I I. CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM 1 DATE: October IS, 1996 I TO: Mayor and City Council I FROM: Kevin Ringwald, Community Development Director ~ SUBJECT: Resolution #96-59, 1900 Edgewater Avenue I Request I The Staff requests that the City Council approve Resolution #96-59 (Exhibit A). Resolution #96-59 would authorize the Staff to extend an offer to purchase 1900 Edgewater Avenue for an amount not to exceed $17,300.00. Ifthe offer is not accepted by the property owner within ten I (10) days of receipt of the offer, then the Staff would be authorized to proceed with the condemnation of the building on 1900 Edgewater Avenue. I Background The home at 1900 Edgewater A venue was severely damaged by a fire at 1: 11 a.m. on September 15,1993. The City issued a building permit (#4852) on October 5,1993 to Lindstrom's Ie Construction to repair the fire damage on behalf of the owners Dan and Kathy Verdom (Exhibit B). The estimated cost of the repairs by the contractor was $60,000. The estimated value of the repairs by the Building Inspector was $62,736.28. The contractor commenced the necessary 1 repairs of the structure, but was requested to stop work on the project by the owner. The owner of the property secured the building and no further work to the structure was completed. I Subsequent to this work, the integrity of the structure has degraded to the point that the Building Inspector determined that the structure was a "Dangerous Building" as defined by the Uniform 1 Code For The Abatement Of Dangerous Buildings as incorporated into the City Code in Section 6-18. The Building Inspector gave notice to the property owner to abate the Dangerous Building at 1900 Edgewater Avenue on January 9,1996 (Exhibit C). The owner ofthe property Kathy I Verdom was in process of being divorced from her husband and could not spend the insurance proceeds on the structure due to the pending divorce settlement (Exhibit D). The Staff informed Ms. Verdom (a.k.a. Kathy Skweres) that the City would not pursue completion of the required I improvements until after the divorce settlement which was expected in February of 1996. The Building Inspector issued another notice to abate the Dangerous Building at 1900 Edgewater Avenue on June 17, 1996 (Exhibit E). The n0tice provided the required 30 day appeal period I (expired on July 17, 1996). The Staff commenced the criminal portion of this issue after the expiration of the appeal period from the June 17, 1996 notice. The Staff received a letter from Ms. Verdom on August 7, 1996 requesting an appeal of the notice (Exhibit F). I ,. I