04-14-80 Special MeetingSpecial Meeting
Of The
City Council
April 14, 1980
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a special meeting of the City Council
of the City of Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota was held at 7800 Golden
Valley Road in said City on April 14, 1980 at 7:20 P.M.
The following members were present: Anderson, Johnson, Mitchell, Stockman and
Thorsen, and City Manager, Jeff Sweet.
Order of the City to Reinertson & Associates Re Removal of Hazardous Buildings
MOVED by Anderson, seconded by Johnson and carried to approve an order declaring
the Reinertson & Associates, Incorporated Building at 5800 Duluth Street to be a
hazardous building as set forth in the form attached hereto and made a part hereof,
listed as Exhibit A.
Adjourn to April 15, 1980
MOVED by Johnson, seconded by Mitchell and carried to adjourn at 7:25 P.M. to
Tuesday, April 15, 1980, 9:00 P.M. to set a date for the sale of bonds for
Valley Square.
ATTEST:
SEC ETARY
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ROSEMARY THOkSEN, YAYOR
EXHIBIT "A"
ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE
CITY OF GOLDEN VALLEY, HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
TO: Reinertson & Associates, Incorporated,
a Minnesota Corporation
5800 Duluth Street
Golden Valley, Minnesota
Legal Desription: Tract A except that part thereof
embraced in the plat of Hipp's
Graceful Plaza Addition, Registered
Land Survey No. 331, Files of
Registrar of Titles, County of
Hennepin
FROM: CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF GOLDEN VALLEY,
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
You and each of you are hereby ordered pursuant to the
provisions of Minnesota Statutes 463.15 to 463.26, inclusive, to
take the following action with respect to the above described property,
upon which the City Council of the City of Golden Valley has determined
there exists a hazardous building within the meaning of the afore-
said Minnesota Statutes:
1. Remove the building/dwelling structure now located
upon the above described premises.
2. Fill to grade and cover any excavation remaining
after the removal hereinabove ordered in Paragraph 1.
3. Cut and seal the sanitary sewer line leading from the
premises to the municipal lateral sewer pipe at the
point of the connection of the house line with the
lateral in the City street right-of-way.
4. Cut and seal the water line leading from the premises
to the municipal lateral water line at the point of
connection of the house with the lateral in the
City street right-of-way.
5. Cut and seal the gas line, if any, leading from the
premises.
It is hereby further ordered by the City Council of the
City of Golden Valley that you shall have 30 days from the date of
service of this Order upon you within which to comply with the terms
of this Order and that you are hereby notified that a Motion for
Summary J-odgment and enforcement of this Order will be made to the
District Court of Hennepin County, State of Minnesota, if the action
ordered hereby is not taken prior to the aforesaid compliance date,
or unless an answer to this Order is served upon the City of Golden
Valley within twenty (20) days from the date of the service of this
Order upon you, in the manner of such Answer as is provided
in Minnesota Statutes 463.18.
The foregoing Order is based upon the finding by the City
(b) That the basement of said structure is partially
open and exposed with the result that children
and other persons are subject to the hazards of
falling into the same and in other respects being
injured thereby.
(c) That the building is a haven for rodents, constituting
the same menace to public health.
(d) That because of the aforesaid and other conditions
recited above, the building has depreciated to the
point where the cost of repairing the same would
exceed the reasonable value thereof and the
building should therefore be razed or removed.
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Council of the City of Golden
Valley that the
following grounds
exist therefor:
(a) That the
floor joists and
subflooring of said
building
have deteriorated
to the point where the
covering
over the dwelling
has become an extreme
hazard to
children and other
persons living in
the area.
(b) That the basement of said structure is partially
open and exposed with the result that children
and other persons are subject to the hazards of
falling into the same and in other respects being
injured thereby.
(c) That the building is a haven for rodents, constituting
the same menace to public health.
(d) That because of the aforesaid and other conditions
recited above, the building has depreciated to the
point where the cost of repairing the same would
exceed the reasonable value thereof and the
building should therefore be razed or removed.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, pursuant to action duly ordered by the
City Council of the City of Golden Valley on this 14th day of April,
1980, the Mayor and the City Clerk have hereunto set their hands
and the seal of the City of Golden Valley, Minnesota.
/s/Rosemary Thorsen
Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/John Murphy
City Clerk
(Corporate Seal)