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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION Approval: D A T E: 05/O6/02 ITEM NO: vz z z. B. Agenda Section: CONSENT Ite1n Sescrivtion: Establish Hearin� Date for Pronertv Abatement 1.0 BACKGROUND 1.1 Periodically the Community Development staff reviews Code violations relating to property maintenance to determine whether there are properties in disrepair for extended periods. The staff spends time attempting to gain voluntary compliance during the year on these properties. Generally, they have not met the Code because the owner has been unable (physically or financially) or unwilling to comply with the Code. Property abatement is one remedy. It allows the City to order corrections and assess the property for the work. This process has been used in previous years to secure buildings from vandals and weather, clean up buildings, paint and/or restore siding, plug rodent holes, repair windows, and fix failing garage roofs and doors. 1.2 The staff attempts to work with property owners to bring the structure into compliance (and continues to encourage property owners to repair properties up to the time of a Council hearing). The hearing is an opportunity for the property owners to address the property repair issues, estimated costs of repair, and suggest alternatives to the abatement process. The process is attached. 1.3 The City goals within the comprehensive plan are to protect and improve property values (Goals 3, 4 and 5; page 6 and 7, Section 3) and to adhere to performance standards, which protect the integrity of commercial areas and neighborhoods (Policy 6, page 8, Section 3). 1.4 If a hearing date is approved, the property would be scheduled for an abatement hearing on June 10, 2002. The property owner will be given a 30-day notice of the proposed hearing. The property has been reviewed and an exterior inspection completed. An estimate of the cost of corrective actions has been prepared. 2.0 STAFF RECOMMENDATION 2.1 Staff recommends establishing a property abatement hearing for June 10, 2002. 3.0 SUGGESTED COUNCIL ACTION By resolution, establish June 10, 2002 as the hearing date for the property abatement case.