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Mounds View EDA March 12, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br /> <br />Mr. Krig agreed. 88 <br /> 89 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Approve Resolution 07-EDA-230 Consideration of a 90 <br />Request for Demolition Assistance, Housing Replacement Program, 2617 Sherwood Road. 91 <br /> 92 <br />Commissioner Flaherty said he would like to put this on the Agenda to review this policy at a 93 <br />future date. 94 <br /> 95 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Marty. To Amend the Resolution to Include 50% of the Cost of 96 <br />Demolition Not to Exceed $4,000. 97 <br /> 98 <br />Vice President Stigney said that they purchased the property in 2006 and got the property with 99 <br />the costs in mind so he does not think that it is fair to ask the City to cover all the costs of 100 <br />demolition. 101 <br /> 102 <br />Commissioner Flaherty said he would like to discuss the policy at a later date for this very 103 <br />reason. He then said that he would like to postpone any further requests under the policy until 104 <br />the policy is reviewed. 105 <br /> 106 <br />Commissioner Mueller said that she thinks that this is an opportunity that has been available in 107 <br />the past and these people would like to use this opportunity. She then said that she would like to 108 <br />help individual residents just as the City uses its funds to help businesses. She further said that 109 <br />this will assist the City in eliminating a blight and bringing a new home to the City. 110 <br /> 111 <br />President Marty said that this property was blighted so the City was trying to figure out how to 112 <br />clean up the property. He then said that in purchasing this property with this house on it the 113 <br />owner must have realized that the house would need to be demolished and that must have been 114 <br />figured into the price paid for the property. He also said that he would like to review the policy. 115 <br /> 116 <br />Commissioner Hull said that demolishing this home and building a new home will increase taxes 117 <br />and the City will recover the $8,000 fairly quickly. 118 <br /> 119 <br /> Ayes – 2(Marty/Stigney) Nays – 3 Motion carried. 120 <br /> 121 <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 1(Stigney) Motion carried. 122 <br /> 123 <br />Ms. Krig indicated that they paid what the mortgage company had asked for the property and saw 124 <br />that there was an addition on the home and considered demolishing the old part and rebuilding on 125 <br />the newer one and the draftsman recommended demolishing and rebuilding. She then indicated 126 <br />that the City made them aware of this program and encouraged them to apply. She further said 127 <br />that they did not know about the program until two weeks ago and they were going to do this 128 <br />themselves. 129