Memorandum

City of Lawrence

Neighborhood Resources Department

 

TO:

Dave Corliss, Interim City Manager    

 

THRU:

Victor Torres, Director of Neighborhood Resources Department

 

FROM:

Julie Wyatt, Environmental Inspector

 

Date:

August 30, 2006

 

RE:

1144 Rhode Island Street

 

 

 

The referenced property has been inspected and found to be in violation of the City Environmental Code. The property is blighted with a large damaged tree and garage structure that has sustained extensive damage by the collapse of the tree.   

 

The owner of record is:        Eva M Vlach-Backus

                                      1144 Rhode Island Street

                                      Lawrence KS 66044

 

Due to the dangerous condition of this property with regard to the garage and tree, I am requesting that a resolution be adopted declaring the property environmentally blighted and ordering the property owner to remove violations within 20 days. Should the property owner fail to remove the violations, the City will contract to have the blight removed.

 

A brief chronology of recent contact is as follows:

 

June 21 2006  Inspected, found property in violation with a severely damaged tree. Mailed courtesy letter.

 

July 20 2006   Inspected, no change. Mailed Notice of Violation for the damaged tree and the damaged garage structure. (Notice claimed by Eva Vlach 8/14/06)

 

Aug 28 2006   Inspected, no change. Took pictures.  (Also property is overgrown – mailed notice for this).

 

Attached are pictures of the subject property.  Please let me know if you have questions concerning this.  Thank you.


1144 Rhode Island Street, 8/28/06

 

View from south:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View from alley: