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Property Record Accessability The electronic availability of property records has been requested for over four years. We are severely hampered due to a lack of immediate access and accurate property records. This is costing us a loss of productivity, causes notices to be mailed to the wrong owners, and delays violation action and aggravates those who receive them. This is adds a great deal of cost when one looks at an entire year. This has reached the point of total aggravation and a solution is needed for both city operations and, more importantly, for the city. We should also consider the loss of productivity that other departments have. I highly recommend that this be made a priority and lets solve the problem for everyone. Dilapidated Structures Mowing Tree Removal Removal of dilapidated structures 125,000.00 145,000.00 13,500.00 On this date, we have a list of over one hundred seventy structures that need attention. By the time this document is converted to a working budget, some of these should have received council action and be a working list. Cost is directly proportionate to how many we condemn. Based on current numbers and methods of demolition we would have to demolish approximately 2 /3rds of these. Th estimate for this amount of work would be over 280,500.00 and unfortunately is beyond our means to manage. The amount shown will demolish approximately 50 houses which is a realistic goal. This does show that we are falling behind however, and that every effort should be made to expedite the removal of such structures. In conjunction with this request I suggest that it is time to purchase the tub grinder and streamline this operation in other areas.. A separate report has been forwarded which outlines this purchase and a program of operation. It should be considered. I also support a better management method for the condemnation process. Full condemnation is allowed for under the Building Code and should be utilized when it if obvious that the structure is dilapidated or for when the structure is in some need of repair and it can obviously be repaired. The council process should only be used for appeals, decision making on those which involve major city funds, and for other questions of merit. This would speed the process considerably and allow us to remove the structures as and on -going process. Mowing and Maintenance of Vacant Lots This work is proportionate to the number of lots we mow. Currently the mowing list is approximately 600. There seems to be a lot of interest in getting this type of property back in production. When this is done, the mowing cost will reduce accordingly.