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CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: 1. Please replace or remove the fallen fences, secure each of the units, pick up and remove the human excrement located in the side yard, pick up and remove the mattresses and all the junk and debris stored in the rear and side yards, remove the inoperable vehicle, replace the broken windows and remove all graffiti located throughout the entire building. 2. Please obtain building permits and repair living units to meet health and safety requirements. 3. Please replace the broken windows in each of the living units. The Final Notice of Violation required the property owner to correct the violations or provide Code Enforcement with a detailed correction plan/schedule by January 25, 2016 and warned that if such corrective action was not taken, administrative citations would be issued. No corrective action was taken. Over the course of March-June 2016, Code Enforcement issued four Administrative Citations at the property referencing the above code violations and totaling $3,900.00 in fees. Those fees remain unpaid and the violations identified remain unaddressed. The City received another complaint regarding the subject property on December 6, 2016. The complainant identified himself a nearby resident of the property. He reported that the owner was no longer living on his property and there were trespassers and squatters on the property. The complainant was particularly concerned that a fire could be started by these squatters. The complainant submitted pictures of the interiors of several units. They were full of combustible material, including boxes and paper. They also depicted evidence of vandalism and use of the living room fireplaces. On December 15, 2016 Building Inspection and Code Enforcement staff visited the property owner at the Webster Health Center in Palo Alto, his last known address. They attempted to obtain his permission to go onto the property and conduct an inspection of the buildings, including going inside the various units to inspect for health and safety code violations. He declined to give such permission. Building Inspection and Code Enforcement staff then began working with the City Attorney’s Office to obtain an Inspection Warrant that would authorize the Building Division and Fire Department to conduct a full inspection of the buildings located at 112-120 Vera Avenue, including the interiors of the buildings. The analysis section below provides steps that have been taken since the time, a more detailed description of the site as it exists today, as well the steps staff recommends be taken next. ANALYSIS INSPECTION AND ABATEMENT Given that the property owner was unresponsive to the City’s notices to correct, and was unwilling to allow the City to conduct further inspection, the City moved forward 7.B. - Page 3