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 Page 3 Today Thursday April 5, 2001 I, Jeremiah Anderson, performed a reinspection of the manufactured home located at 2229 Kingsway Lane in Townsedge Terrace Manufactured Home Park. This reinspection was conducted in accordance with Notice of Violation 01-1 dated March 15, 2001 sent to the subject property and served personally on March 22, 2001. I knocked on the door of the home and a male party, who identified himself as Jerry Blegen, appeared and consented to my entry to the home. Mr. Blegen stated that he had been working on the listed items and had finished one. He led me to the back bedroom of the home and showed me that he had jacked up the sagging ceiling and then installed a post to hold up the weakened ceiling and roof assembly (photo documentation was obtained) I then informed Mr. Blegen that since none of the other violations, including but not limited to; the missing smoke detectors, inoperable fire extinguisher, leaky waste water line under the kitchen sink, the missing cover on the main electrical service, and other violations cited in Notice of Violation 01-1, I was declaring that the home was substandard and therefore unsafe for human occupancy and I would be posting a placard on the home. Photo documentation of many of the violations was obtained I then left the home and walked across the street to City vehicle #503 to prepare the necessary information to be posted on the home. Mr. Blegen became very irate. He followed me outside and walked back and fourth from vehicle #503 to the front porch of the home, several times coming directly to the window of the vehicle. Mr. Blegen stated that he thought it was unfair that the City was throwing him out on the street. I responded that he would have 24 hours to vacate the premises and his or any one else’s occupancy of the premises after that time would constitute a misdemeanor. Mr. Blegen then became very upset and shouted across the street that he was not laughing and didn’t think this was very funny. At that point, I radioed for a Mounds View police officer to respond to the subject address and assist me in this situation. When Mounds View police officer D. Anderson arrived, I explained the situation to him and stated that I would be posting the home to prevent its occupancy due to numerous outstanding code violations. I then asked officer Anderson to I.D the suspect while I walked to the home and posted a copy of Notice of Violation 01-1 and a red placard on the front door of the home. The suspect was identified as JERRY STEVEN BLEGEN DOB 07/05/51. His address was listed as 401 Ironton Street, Fridley, MN 55432 (763) 795-0072. I informed Mr. Blegen that he and the other occupants of the home had 24 hours to vacate the premises and after that time no one was to occupy the premises at any time. Additionally, Mr. Blegen would be allowed to occupy the home only to make repairs. Furthermore, anyone occupying the premises after the 24-hour period could be charged with a misdemeanor, and anyone removing the placard and notice of violation could be charged with a misdemeanor. Mr. Blegen stated that he understood this and he would call me to schedule a reinspection when the repairs on the home had been completed. I then left the scene.