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4. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS None ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. PUBLIC HEARING - Council to consider declaring the building at 309 Heller Street a public nuisance as defined by Redwood City Code Section 9.5 and direct the owner to abate the nuisance within thirty (30) days (707) Affidavits of mailing and posting are on file in the City Clerk Department. City Clerk Jorgenson swore in all those who were about to give testimony in this matter: Building Official La Torra, Senior Building Inspector Schnell and Don Bryant from the San Mateo County Legal Aid Society. I. Staff report - Building Official, December 22,1994; Building Official La Torra presented the staff report, and described the history of violations occurring on this property and the one next door at 303 Heller owned by the same person beginning in 1986 and again in 1989, 1991 and 1994. Mr. La Torra advised that the Council, after hearing and viewing all the evidence, could continue this matter, dismiss it, or adopt the resolution abating the property. Senior Building Inspector Schnell showed slides of the violations on the property, and advised that if the abatement resolution was adopted by Council, the property owner would have 30 days to complete one of the following: reconstruction, repair, razing or removal. In answer to Council questions, Mr. Schnell advised that the tenants had already moved out, and 30 days was a reasonable length of time to correct the violations on this small property. Mr. Schnell advised that the owner had corrected all the violations at 303 Heller, and that he had personally talked to the property owner last week who had advised of his intention to take out the necessary permits to repair the property at 309 Heller. In answer to City Attorney Schricker's questions, Senior Building Inspector Schnell advised that the building was structurally sound; there was no apparent rodent infestation only cockroach infestation; the wastewater in the yard was from the kitchen sink; there was no indication of transient occupancy; and the health department had been on the premises. In answer to Council questions, Mr. Schnell advised that the utilities had to stay on to give the owner the ability to clean-up the property; and, although the building was uninhabitable, the property was not a health hazard to the neighborhood. MINUTE BOOK NO. 53 Regular Meeting Minutes Page No. 014 January 16, 1995 Page 5