Legislative Hearings

15 West Kellogg Blvd. City of Saint Paul Saint Paul, MN 55102 Meeting Minutes - Action Only Legislative Hearings Marcia Moermond, Legislative Hearing Officer Mai Vang, Hearing Coordinator Jean Birkholz, Hearing Secretary legislativehearings@ci.stpaul.mn.us 651-266-8585 Tuesday, February 28, 2017 9:00 AM Room 330 City Hall & Court House 9:00 a.m. Hearings Remove/Repair Orders 1 RLH RR 17-4 Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 672 RIVOLI STREET within fifteen (15) days after the March 1, 2017, City Council Public Hearing. (Legislative Hearing on February 28, 2017) Sponsors: Brendmoen (No one appeared.) Steve Magner, Code Enforcement Manager: -this was heard originally on Feb 14, 2017; at that point, the representative from BP Homes was a contractor, Mr. Dimas Baltazar; he said that he plans to rehabilitate the house for the owner -we suggested that they go thru the standard process to obtain the recommendation for legislative approval; since, they have posted a $5000 performance deposit; a code compliance inspection report was done previously; they have also submitted a Work Plan, which has some details with numbers (attached); their total rehabilitation figure is $32,525; in a note, they indicated that BP Homes has set $40,000 to renovate the property; also, that they have those funds in a Chase Bank account -on the bottom of their Work Plan it says, "All Code Compliance issues will be resolved; time contingent upon inspection timing & unforeseen circumstances." I know what they mean by that but we were looking for something like, "We plan to be completed 120/180 days after the City Council Public Hearing." -I'm OK moving forward but we can give them no more than 180 days; if they can't meet that criteria, they will forfeit their performance deposit and will probably be subject to razing or removal by the city -based on the rest of this, I think that we're close enough to recommend 180 days Ms. Nhia Vang: -I'd like to add as a condition that they continue to maintain the property during this process -I will recommend granting 180 days Ms. Mai Vang: -when I spoke with Heather from BP Homes yesterday, she said that they are just waiting for the resolution to go through to start pulling permits City of Saint Paul Page 1 Legislative Hearings Meeting Minutes - Action Only February 28, 2017 Ms. Nhia Vang: Remove or rehabilitate the building within 180 days. Referred to the City Council due back on 3/1/2017 2 RLH RR 17-5 Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 418 SHERBURNE AVENUE within fifteen (15) days after the March 15, 2017, City Council Public Hearing. Sponsors: Thao Remove within 5 days with no option for repair. Referred to the City Council due back on 3/15/2017 Other 3 RLH OA 17-5 Making recommendation to Ramsey County on the application of Mary Kay Stokvis for repurchase of tax forfeited property at 1352 CASE AVENUE. Sponsors: Bostrom Allow for repurchase. Referred to the City Council due back on 3/15/2017 4 RLH OA 17-6 Making recommendation to Ramsey County on the application of Gregory and Megan Gordon Sutton for repurchase of tax forfeited property at 785 COOK AVENUE EAST. Sponsors: Bostrom Allow for repurchase. Referred to the City Council due back on 3/15/2017 11:30 a.m. Hearings Summary Abatement Orders 5 RLH SAO 17-11 Appeal of Randy S. Sellers to a Vehicle Abatement Order at 789 MARYLAND AVENUE EAST. Sponsors: Bostrom Appeal withdrawn. Owner now has current tabs. Withdrawn Orders To Vacate, Condemnations and Revocations City of Saint Paul Page 2 Legislative Hearings Meeting Minutes - Action Only February 28, 2017 6 RLH VO 17-2 Appeal of Bruce Magnuson to a Notice of Condemnation as Unfit for Human Habitation and Order to Vacate at 1271 SEMINARY AVENUE. Sponsors: Stark Layover for clean-out progress to be made, get loan approval for the repairs, and moving forward with the replacement of the water heater; getting sign-off on the mechanical & warm-air permits, more bids through selected contractors provided by HRA for the electrical issues and Mr. Magnuson continues to occupy the property and now allow occupancy by anyone other than self. Laid Over to the Legislative Hearings due back on 3/28/2017 1:30 p.m. Hearings Fire Certificates of Occupancy 7 RLH FCO 17-26 Appeal of Mike Taff to a Fire Inspection Correction Notice at 986 BEECH STREET. Sponsors: Prince DSI staff will withdraw Item #1 once inspector verify that the hinge on the window bars is openable; grant to June 1, 2017 for compliance of the lower unit front bedroom window by 1) removing all the glasses from the enclosed porch; 2) replacing the glasses with window screens for the enclosed porch; or 3) stop using the room as a bedroom. Referred to the City Council due back on 3/15/2017 8 RLH FCO 17-27 Appeal of Cheryl Mikel to a Correction Notice - Reinspection Complaint at 605 COMO AVENUE. Sponsors: Thao Mr. AJ Neis: In reviewing this file and speaking with Inspector Perucca, we noticed the order written is incorrect. As a result, DSI Fire Safety will be withdrawing the order being appealed and will be sending out a correction notice with the correct code violation/citation. Withdrawn 2:30 p.m. Hearings Vacant Building Registrations 9 RLH VBR 17-19 Appeal of Bill Bernier to a Vacant Building Registration Fee Warning Letter at 786 ORANGE AVENUE. Sponsors: Bostrom Laid Over to the Legislative Hearings due back on 3/7/2017 City of Saint Paul Page 3