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<br /> , - <br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> -e MEMORANDUM <br /> DATE: December 13, 1996 <br /> TO: Mayor and City Council /.-_~ <br /> - Brian Fritsinger, City Administrat@ <br /> - FROM: <br /> SUBJECT: 1900 Edgewater Avenue, Resolution #96-71 <br /> - <br /> - Background <br /> - The City Council adopted Resolution #96-59 at its October 15, 1996 City Council meeting <br /> addressing the abatement of 1900 Edgewater A venue. This resolution authorized the negotiated <br /> - purchase and/or condemnation of 1900 Edgewater Avenue. <br /> Due to some technical problems in the preparation of the Purchase Agreement, the offer to <br /> - purchase the property was not delivered until November 26, 1996. The Purchase Agreement <br /> ~ gave the property owner until December 10, 1996 to accept the offer made by the City. <br /> The property owner did not respond to the offer. However, she has been in contact with staff. <br /> .e She contacted Mr. Kriesel on December 13, 1996 expressing an interest in pulling a Building <br /> Permit to continue her efforts at rehabilitating the building. Staff responded that because the <br /> building has been found to be dangerous and hazardous it will not issue a Building Permit at this <br /> I time, and that it intends to follow through with the abatement process. <br /> On December 12, 1996, I contacted the City Attorney to determine the status of the abatement <br /> I process and if there were any additional follow-up items the City needed to complete. Mr. Miller <br /> indicated that the previous resolution, drafted and recommended by the attorney, was not <br /> I sufficient to complete the abatement. He recommended the City adopt an additional resolution <br /> which specifically refers to Minnesota State Statute. <br /> I The attached resolution outlines the findings declaring the building a hazardous nuisance. The <br /> adoption of this resolution provides the property owner with an additional twenty (20) days to <br /> respond to the order. <br /> I If the property owner responds, the case will go to court. State Statute also requires a <br /> "reasonable period" be given to abate an order. The attorney has recommended forty-five (45) <br /> . days to take corrective action. Mr. Miller will be scheduling a court date when this notice is <br /> served to the property owner. With the holidays, he does not expect to be able to schedule a <br /> court date until later next month, thus the decision to recommend a forty-five (45) day reasonable <br /> . period. The City will seek summary enforcement from Ramsey County at the court date to <br /> expedite the process. <br /> .e <br /> I <br />