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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 22, 2012 3040 The City Administrator reported that it does not look like the Northeast LABORE Redevelopment Area project will move forward in the near future. He ROAD pointed out that Rodney Buck, owner of 3040 LaBore Road, was a willing seller as part of that project. Mr. Buck would like to put his property up for sale, but is concerned that the house the City owns at 3046 LaBore Road will negatively impact the sale of his property. The Administrator pointed out that the plan had been be to demolish the house at 3046 LaBore Road at the time a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District is established for the Northeast Redevelopment Area and a project moves forward. The Administrator reported that he has checked with the City's fiscal agent and bond counsel about demolition of the house prior to establishment of the TIF District. The Administrator reported that they have advised that the house can be demolished, but there are some steps that must be taken first which include inspection of the property and declaration that it is substandard in order to qualify this property under a future TIF District. Once that is done and the house is demolished, the City will have three years within which to create the district. Once the TIF District is created, the City has another 4 to 5 years before an actual project will have to commence. Keis asked the cost of demolition. The Administrator estimated the cost at $15,000 to $20,000. Blesener pointed out that the house is in a state of disrepair and it is the City's plan to demolish it. The Administrator agreed the house should be removed, or suggested that as an extreme, the City could purchase the Buck property. The Administrator stated that it was not fair to the neighborhood to have the house at 3046 LaBore sit there indefinitely. McGraw asked about just tearing down the house without the effort to include the property in the TIF District. The City Administrator replied that could be done, but pointed out that the property could not then be used to qualify the district. The Administrator stated that, if the Council is agreeable to tearing down the house, before that could occur testing would have to be done, a plan developed and certified, abatement certificates issued, and the property certified. He anticipated a 60 day process before the house could be demolished. Rodney Buck thanked the Council for their support in taking down the house and indicated that the 60 -day timeframe would work. He asked the City to consider some immediate clean -up of the property in order to help him make his property more appealing. Buck indicated that there is a down tree in the back, a broken branch in the front yard, overgrown lilacs 4