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<br /> <br /> STAFF REPORT <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />TO: Mayor Keis and Members of the City Council <br /> <br />FROM: Jessica Jagoe, Associate Planner <br /> <br />DATE: September 21, 2017 <br /> <br />RE: Buck Blacktop Update <br />As the Council will recall, Mr. Erdmanis in October 2016 had appealed staff’s position that the outdoor <br />storage that was occurring on the property at 32 S. Owasso Boulevard was in violation of the <br />grandfathering rights. City staff had noted the following items as violations: <br /> Outdoor storage area had expanded beyond the grandfathered square footage. <br /> Rental outdoor storage to non-tenants of the building (i.e. contractors and semi-trucks). <br />During these discussions, Mr. Erdmanis agreed to reduce the outdoor storage area to 135,000 square <br />feet and that he would discontinue the rental of outdoor storage. This would mean the removal of the <br />semi-trucks and any contractor equipment, trucks, and materials that were not part of a Buck Blacktop <br />project. The Council accepted the proposal and Mr. Erdmanis withdrew his appeal. In January 2017, <br />Mr. Erdmanis did submit a letter to the City as directed by the Council which outlined his plan for <br />reducing the outdoor storage area. <br />City staff met with Mr. Erdmanis on August 31, 2017 to conduct his inspection for the outdoor storage <br />license renewal. The license had expired on June 30, 2017, but city staff was having difficulties <br />scheduling an inspection sooner due to Mr. Erdmanis’s schedule. During the inspection, city staff <br />verified that the tree contractor still has trucks, trailers, and materials stored on the property. In <br />addition, the number of items that Mr. Erdmanis had agreed to remove from the property has not <br />occurred. Mr. Erdmanis has indicated that since submitting that letter to the City, he has been involved <br />in a Legislative action that needed his immediate attention and took precedence over any clean-up <br />efforts that he agreed to make. This was roughly six to seven months of his time that he was not <br />expecting to be taken away from Buck Blacktop business. With that matter resolved, Mr. Erdmanis is <br />trying to gain a balance between Buck Blacktop business that needs his attention and the code <br />enforcement items he agreed to correct. Mr. Erdmanis would like it noted that the tree contractor has <br />stopped paying him rent and so he has his own motivation for also wanting these items removed from <br />his property. He will be contacting his lawyer to start the process, but in his past dealings with this <br />business owner things have not been copacetic. Mr. Erdmanis is unsure how long this process will <br />take, but he does not expect it to go easily. Lastly, Mr. Erdmanis did identify for staff roughly four to <br />five pieces of equipment and a boat that he is actively trying to remove from the property through sale <br />or scrappers.