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letter today. He stated he had spoken with his insurance company about this, but believed nothing had been done because the investigations were still open. He stated he was willing,Yo comply with the City's requirements and both he and his wife were anxious to move out of the hotel room they were currently in. Councilmember Elvig stated he understood Mr. Belrose's situation. He asked if the City could use its resources to get the building secured and bill the insurance company directly instead of putting an assessment on the property. Mr. Belrose stated if this suggestion made the structure safer sooner, he would agree to this. He stated his only concern was that he wanted to recover some of his personal items, but needed contractor assistance with this. Councilmember Elvig assured Mr. Belrose that the contractor the City would use would be willing to work with Mr. Belrose on recovering his personal items. City Attorney Goodrich stated within the Statute there was a provision where the City could remove the property by consent and the costs would be assessed against the property and hopefully the insurance company would pay the assessment. Otherwise, the assessment would be for five years at eight percent interest. Mr. Belrose asked if he could get a time extension to get the insurance company to act on this. City Attorney Goodrich noted time was of the essence now and the City had to move on this within the next few days. Acting Mayor Look noted the issue now was liability. He believed Mr. Belrose should be able to work with either his contractor or the City's contractor to get his personal items out of the house. City Attorney.Goodrich recommended the Council tabling the order to give time for Mr. Belrose to work with staff and the City Attorney on obtaining a contractor and to sign documents that Mr. Belrose would be willing to do this or the clean up would be assessed against the property. Mr. Belrose asked if the other remaining walls could be collapsed in so the walls did not fall on anyone. He stated his priority was the safety of the community and not his personal possessions. Fire Chief Kapler stated the .Fire Department was not in the demolition business and he recommended this be handled by a demolition expert. Motion by Councilmember Elvig, seconded by Councilmember Jeffrey, to adopt Resolution #10- 06-135 ordering the razing of a hazardous building located at 13670 Garnet Street NW, Ramsey, Minnesota, but service of the order is stayed pending entering into a consent agreement to abate the hazardous building requiring substantial cleanup including removal of any hazardous materials, and fencing the property to minimize access to the hazardous building area, all to be done on or before 5:00 p.m., June 26, 2010. City Council /June 22, 2010 Page 8 of 11