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. e e CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: December 13, 1996 TO: Mayor and City Council ~ Brian Fritsinger, City Administrat~ 1900 Edgewater Avenue, Resolution #96-71 FROM: SUBJECT: Back1:round The City Council adopted Resolution #96-59 at its October 15, 1996 City Council meeting addressing the abatement of 1900 Edgewater A venue. This resolution authorized the negotiated purchase and/or condemnation of 1900 Edgewater Avenue. Due to some technical problems in the preparation of the Purchase Agreement, the offer to purchase the property was not delivered until November 26, 1996. The Purchase Agreement gave the property owner until December 10, 1996 to accept the offer made by the City. The property owner did not respond to the offer. However, she has been in contact with staff. Shc contacted Mr. Kriesel on December 13, 1996 expressing an interest in pulling a Building Permit to continue her efforts at rehabilitating the building. Staff responded that because the building has been found to be dangerous and hazardous it will not issue a Building Permit at this time, and that it intends to follow through with the abatement process. On December 12,1996, r contacted the City Attorney to determine the status of the abatement process and ifthere were any additional follow-up items the City needed to complete. Mr. Miller indicated that the previous resolution, drafted and recommended by the attorney, was not sufficient to complete the abatement. He recommended the City adopt an additional resolution which specifically refers to Minnesota State Statute, The attached resolution outlines the findings declaring the building a hazardous nuisance. The adoption of this resolution provides the property owner with an additional twenty (20) days to respond to the order. rfthe property owner responds, the case will go to court. State Statute also requires a "reasonable period" be given to abate an order. The attorney has recommended forty-five (45) days to take corrective action, Mr. Miller will be scheduling a court date when this notice is served to the property owner. With the holidays, he does not expect to be able to schedule a court date until later next month, thus the decision to recommend a forty-five (45) day reasonable period. The City will seek summary enforcement from Ramsey County at the court date to expedite the process.