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• <br /> u. <br /> N:-Qu v,, 4,6- <br /> Dear City Caretakers; <br /> . Please find the enclosed copies of the papers that I sent to the Ramsey County Board of <br /> Equalization. The papers were sent to the board to decrease the assessed value of my home here in <br /> Mounds View. The reduction in home value is wholly due to the condition of the neighborhood and not <br /> due in any part the condition of my home!!! Builder friends have stated to me that it would cost approx. <br /> $200k to rebuild my home, and the assessed value is being put at half that value, again due to the <br /> neighborhood. I am not threatening to sue in court yet. But, there have been several cases in other <br /> states that were won by home owners suing a combination of the home owners and the respected cities <br /> for not jumping on the forced reclamation of dilapidated housing. <br /> At the present time the home in the first 4 pictures is pushing the neighbor to the east to sell 10 <br /> feet of property so the land could be split into 2 lots, 1 new house built and the home that is remaining, <br /> just resurfaced good enough to sell!!! The condition of the house is beyond just a "simple fix it upper". <br /> The properties all around the area are all large, 1/2 or 1 acre lots, breaking this lot down to a 1/4 acre <br /> would be an inconsistency in the neighborhood. This particular home has no basement, a crawl space <br /> for the furnace, the inside is beyond"rough". The home is approx. $12,000 behind in property taxes as <br /> you read this, the home is "ripe"for the City to jump on the band wagon to buy out dilapidated housing <br /> for the purpose of rebuilding the infrastructure of our City. If the City combines its efforts with this in <br /> mind, the home would not be allowed to be "cosmetically resurfaced"just for the purposed of"getting it <br /> off the present owners hands". <br /> I spent my year on Mounds View 2000, and I am slowly coming to the conclusion that it was a big <br /> Ebyaste of my time. The city council seams to spend more time infighting than actually getting something <br /> done for the city, its residents, and its dilapidation of infrastructure. Yes, I know there are various new <br /> housing going up, but that doesn't help when there is housing literally falling down. Please note the <br /> other housing/garages on this 6900-7100 block of Pleasant View Drive. Is it because the location is on <br /> the edge of the City, and nobody cares? The closest community that I know of that is doing something <br /> about their housing is St. Anthony, can someone give them a call to find out how they are doing it!?! It <br /> can be nothing but a positive for the city and its people. <br /> You are all invited to come and tour my home and my neighborhood, please give me a call at <br /> 786-6077 to set up an appointment, yes, I am home during the day! My blood is starting to get hot, the <br /> area has become a real eve sore! Listen to how this house would be listed: 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, <br /> large kitchen, 2 fireplaces, walkout to large 1 acre wooded lot, listed for 110k, it should be 150+!! <br /> Please do something as fast as possible, if you need help in any way, I will volunteer as much of my time <br /> as I can, just call me. <br /> r7 <br /> --,C4,/;%7267 <br /> /ay, 7 <br /> CC: Mayor Linke <br /> City Council Danny D. Moon <br /> 41Ikity Administrator 1I <br /> ity Building Inspector <br />