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Mayor and City Council April 25, 2007 Page 8 Exhibit A Valor Enterprises, Inc. Chronology of Recent Inspection Activity April 25, 2007 In January 16, 2007, the City of Little Canada (the "City ") "red tagged" the industrial property owned by Valor Enterprises, Inc. ( "Valor ") and located at 3165 — 3167 Spruce Street. Despite repeated requests from Valor for the exact basis for the red tag, the City failed to provide any basis for its action until Valor initiated court action. On February 8, 2007, the City finally issued three reports detailing the alleged code violation at the Property: electrical hazards, fire hazards and building code hazards. Those three reports assert a total of approximately 60 violations, although there is significant overlap between the three reports. At the same time, the City also issued an "Imminent Hazard" report. It was these alleged imminent hazards that the City eventually indicated supported its issuance of the red tag. Initially, the City was hesitant to allow Valor into the property to correct the alleged imminent hazards without onerous restrictions. The City eventually issued its corrective work order, requiring Valor correct the imminent hazards. The order lists five claimed "hazards ": 1) improper storage of flammable material, 2) improper installation of a "paint booth ", 3) improper means of egress (claiming debris blocked exits), 4) improper storage of combustibles, and 5) storage of automobile parts on the mezzanine level was unsafe. Based on the order, Valor entered the property to correct the imminent hazards. On March 8, 2007, the City inspected the property to determine if the alleged imminent hazards had been corrected. The property was inspected by deputy fire marshal James Lee, building code official Steve Westerhaus, and Jessica Jagoe. The fire marshal and building code official acknowledged that Valor had done a substantial amount of work and that the alleged violations in the imminent hazard report had been corrected. The red tag was removed. On April 24, 2007, the City conducted a follow -up inspection of the Property. Patrick Sweeney, Jessica Jagoe, James Lee (deputy fire marshal), Steve Westerhaus (building official), and Peter Tokle (electrical inspector) attend the inspection for the City. Lori Peterson and Mike Mergens were present on behalf of Valor. During the inspection Mr. Tokle noted outstanding electrical violations, all of which appear minor. At the time, he was informed the Valor had contracted with King Electric to begin remedying all code violations but they had not completed their work. Mr. Tokle questioned whether a permit had been pulled and seemed to doubt Valor's response that King Electric had done so. Mr. Tokle would not detail the violations before leaving but said Valor could expect a report early next week. It appears, however, that the remaining violations consist of open electric boxes and an incorrect cover on one of the electric panels. There may also be some wiring that needs to be removed. In speaking with Mr. Lee, he seemed unwilling to comment on what fire code violations he believed were outstanding. He did agree, however, that Valor had supplied fully charged fire extinguishers that just need to be mounted at the proper height. Lori Peterson of Valor indicated that the - 2 7 -