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411 CITY OF SOUTH BENI) OFFICE OF THE CLERK <br /> Councilmember Dr. Davis stated, Oh wow. So, the owners are not responsible for that or <br /> insurances? <br /> Ms. Skibins replied, So,the ownership was dissolved. <br /> Marlaina Johns,Deputy Director of Code Enforcement with offices located on the 13th floor of the <br /> County-City Building, stated, Yeah, so for that particular property, it was an LLC and when we <br /> checked the Indiana registered licenses,the admin had been dissolved. We've had a couple people <br /> say that somebody local in the community owns the property. We checked tax records and it <br /> showed that person did buy it, but then never actually took full ownership of the property. So, we <br /> sent letters to everyone involved and haven't gotten any response from anyone. So,we'll be having <br /> to take care of it ourselves. The problem is with the roof, the way that the roof style is built, the <br /> rest of it is falling. <br /> Councilmember Dr. Davis stated, I drove by there. <br /> Ms. Johns stated, Yeah. I would like to circle back if I may to the commercial structures. So, our <br /> budget right now, as Ron mentioned, is about$200,000 for 2020 for demolition funds. If you look <br /> at the Drewry's cleanup,just to clean up the demo debris over there is about $1.5 million. A lot of <br /> these commercial structures come back at about $1.5 million easily. So, it is something. Even if <br /> we took every bit of money that we have for demolitions,it is really not going to touch commercial <br /> structures. So, that will probably end up having to be an initiative through the City, through the <br /> Mayor's office,through the County Council,or something like that,to be able to come up with the <br /> money to address some of these commercial structures because they are a really large undertaking. <br /> Ms. Skibins stated, It is something that we have talked about many times since you've taken this <br /> role because it is a big deal. <br /> Councilmember Dr. Davis asked, Can you send us something on that? What you just stated? <br /> Ms. Johns replied, Sure. <br /> Councilmember Dr. Davis continued,That we need to look at regarding that and how you want to <br /> proceed on that? Because I believe not only with what you are dealing with up there, but several <br /> sites like that come to mind. <br /> Ms. Johns replied, Yeah, I can name a whole bunch right now just sitting here. <br /> Councilmember Dr. Davis stated,People,just like the Fire Department, are looking for you to deal <br /> with that and they are looking for us to address that, and what is going to be our plan for that? And <br /> how do we do that? And so, if you could send us something that we can at least start something in <br /> this budget as we look at massaging everything else and working toward it. <br /> Ms. Skibins replied, Yes, I'd be happy to. <br /> Councilmember Dr. Davis asked, Last question, what was the issue that led to the decrease of the <br /> cats and dogs staying? That was good news. <br /> EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 227W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 1574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 wnriv.southbendin.gov <br /> 8 <br />