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Pat Trudgeon From: Pat Trudgeon Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 3:19 AM To: Subject: Twin Lakes Code Enforcement Date: 3/30/09 Item: 13 . d P��e 1 of2 Date: 3/23/09 Item: 13.d Twin Lakes Property Maintenance Code Enforcement Hello, I am Patrick Trudgeon, Roseville's Community Developrnent Director. Thank you for passing along your concerns regarding the state of the praperties in the Twin Lakes area. It is something that we are aware and monitor as we are able, but your �nput is valuable as we are not aut there all of the time. Le� me first state that City takes violations very seriously and warks wit�i alI property �wners to correc� the vialations. If a response to our requests �or code compliance are not adequate, the City has the ability to abate the pro6lem and/or issue a cita�ion and charge the offending property owner in court. City attention toward the maintenance and upkeep of the properties wifhin Twin Lakes has experienced a series of fits and starts within fhe past couple af years. Due to expected pending development, the buildings and properties were left in a vacant sta#e, which in turn has led to code violations over time. Being a unique redevelopment area within the City, it is important to provide some background on our efforts in Twin Lakes to hopefully provide context for the matter. In 2005-Ob, the City began eminent domain actions to acquire parcels �n Twin Lakes for the redevelopment project. As a. result of that action, businesses started moving out of the area and property owners cut-off utili�ies and moth-balled the buildings. Once that occurred, the City started noticing junk being dumped on the property and vandalism (including graffiti) occurring on the property In response; the City made inspections in the Spring of 2007 and sent aut letters to the property owners noting the violations and requesting compliance and clean-up of the property. At that sarne time, the Twin Lakes project was unraveling and lawsu�ts were t�reatened from the property owners (i.e. that they lost business due to city action). John Stark, the CI� Director at the tim.e inade a decision to hold aff on pro-active enforcement at that time until the futuxe of Twin Lakes becarne more clear. However, the City still responded fo dangerous and im�nediate problems on the site. Unfortunately, the Twin Lakes situa�ion did n.ot come any clearer in the next year and with the transition. in the leadership of the departmenf, fhere was not clear direction on the overall cleanup of the area. At the time I can aboarc�, 1VIcGough had proposed a multi-stary office campus on the PIK site. Prelimrnary approval was given lasi March and final approvals seemed irnminent, with construction starting in 2009. Unfortunately, that never occurred. Nevertheless, their were code enforcement efforts made during that time. Below is a iisting of what occurred. In 2007, we had 11 active code enforcement cases. A11 of the cases invol�ed multiple violations, but each one had tall grass violations {over S" high}. Other cases had junk and debris piles on the property. All grass and junk and debris violations were corrected. SeveraI af the cases also had buildings that were unsecured (i.e. open doorways and windows). These ite7ns were never satisfactority corrected. In 2008, the City opened 7 code enforce�ent cases. Similar �0 2007, several of the cases dealt with tall grass. Four of the cases involved improper snaw starage and unplowed trails, All of these cases were corrected. One case dealt with braken glass in a building, which tihe City abated. In 2009, thru February, we have had 3 code enforcement cases, all dealing with snow not being 3/17/2009