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MEMO TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Clerk -Administrator DATE: August 18, 1982 SUBJECT: RESIDENTS' COMPLAINTS ON HILLVIEW ROAD APARTMENT BUILDINGS As a result of the discussion the City Council had with residents in the Hillview area on the apartment buildings east of Quincy and on the north side of Hillview Road, I began an investigation of their allegations with the Police Department and Building Inspections Department to determine if City staff had not been prompt and courteous in their responding to complaints voiced by the citizens in the past. I have been assured by members of the Police Department that complaints regarding the problems voiced by these residents have been handled as promptly as possible and within the confines of the law. In some cases items voiced in the letter submitted by these residents dated August 16, 1982 have not previously been filed with the Police Department and they were generally unaware of these problems existing in this area. It was pointed out, however, that the Police Department is aware that this area is one having more than the normal number of problems and, therefore, they have place? a greater emphasis on patrollinq this area and regulating the activities of residents in this area in the past. The Police Department, in an effort to solicit the input of residents in the area and obtain their cooperation in enforcing the laws of the City, has set up a meeting with the residents who signed the August 16th letter for the evening of September 23, 1982 at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Max Leitz, Jr., 2138 Hillview Road, at 7:00 p.m. The Police Department•, recognizing that the Council has a 7:30 p.m. meeting on that evening, requested that any Councilmembers that are interested attend the meeting up to the time it is necessary for them to leave and attend the Council meeting on that evening. Discussions with the Ci.ty's Building Inspections Department indicate that most of. the buildings which have been identified as being problem buildings by the complaining residents have been inspected by the City within the last six months and that corrective action has been taken by the apartment building owners, ig in the process of being taken, or the City is in the process of citing the owners and bringing suit against them to force those repairs which are necessary. A report from Building Inspector Rose is attached to this memorandum for your information. A general observation in response to a statement made in the August 16th letter is that these buildings are not candidates for condemnation as they are habitable and most violations of our (lousing Code relate to general maintenance rather than structural factors in the buildings.