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Home My WebLink Aboutyvonne LetsonMay 14, 2008 Comes now [he City of Jeffersonville, by the Board of Public Works and Safety, and Yvonne Letson to enter into the following agreement. ° ,~, 7 Qri;~ `y,,,e v, The City of Jeffersonville agrees to demolish and remove the structure and foundation of G the out building located at 2717 Coopers Lane, Jeffersonville, CN. In so doing, Yvonne Letson agrees to pay the City of Jeffersonville the sum of $2,000.00 for the removal. In addition, Yvonne Letson agrees that a lien in the above amount shall be placed upon her property until said amount is paid in full. Further, Yvonne Letson agrees [hat she shall pay the $2,000.00 fee to the City of Jeffersonville in the form of montlily payments of $50.00 to be paid by the 10~h of each and every month, with the first payment to be made June 1Q, 2008. The City of Jeffesonville agrees that upon full payment it shall release all liens. Yi .i~J o1Gb nne Letsoq Owner Ciry of 7effersonville Bo of Public Works and Safet/y ~ ~~o ~/ Bazbaza Wilson t-i'1~.~.~.~CrJ Bob Miller To/~ m G~gan, Yo `~ An equal uppurtuuiry auployc~. Apri13, 2008 To Whom It May Concern: This letter is in response to your letter dated March 28, 2008 concerning the property located at 2717 Cooper's Lane, Sellersburg, Indiana. Due to recent surgery for broken bones, I am physically unable to attend the hearing scheduled for April 16, 2008 but do submit the following documents to serve as my arguments( stated in 6. Line E) and to present evidence. Sometime possibly azound late June, 2007, a hearing was held in Clark Superior court in regazds to the structure on this property. This hearing was required by the Clark County Health Dept. I attended this hearing and the following agreement was reached between the Dept and myself The remnants of the house including demolition materials, solid waste or any other debris must be removed by Sept. 3Q, 2007. This EXCLUDED the remaining walls that aze still in a usable or constructible condition. hr the event that this was not done, a follow up hearing would be held on Oct. 24, 2007 at 9:00 am. It also stated no fines would be levied unless it was determined that the outlined agreement was not completed. I have enclosed a copy of this letter for your convenience. I did remove all mentioned debris and submitted receipts for the disposal of these materials to the Health Dept as was also required by this agreement. These receipts and all other requirements were submitted to Mr. Doug Bentfield with the Health Dept. In a phone conversation with Mr. Bentfield on Oct. 23, 2007 at 12:15 pm, he was informed [hat all requirements had been met and he stated he had received all the receipts I sent to him. At [his time, Mr. Bentfield was on medical leave witjt an injured back so he informed me that he was sending an assistant only identified to me as Todd to re-inspect the property. The inspection was done and Mr. Bentfield stated [hat the property was satisfactory and he was notifying his legal counsel to drop any and all chazges against me, the case would be closed and filed away and no follow up court appearance would be necessary. The fact that this second court appearance was not held is further proof [hat the matter was satisfactorily settled. As stated in your letter that the building is a fire hazard, since there is no electrical service or meter connected to the structure the only hazard would be azson or lightning and that could happen to any structure. It is no danger to the public because the windows have all been covered with wood and [here is only one door on the building and that is double locked and braced. I have the only key so no one can enter the building except myself and no one is allowed in there without my knowledge or consent.. No one lives in the building because it is not a home and there is no other entity living there. The neighbor two doors over has about 30 cats, so I assume there would be no mice within several miles of this area. You also stated in your letter that nothing is being stored in there. There is a lawn mower and some gazden tools in there and I must wonder how anyone knows exactly what is in there. There is a partial roof on the building to protect the mower from the elements and this roof was there during the previously noted inspection and presented no problems. Since [he property is cleazly and legally posted against trespassing, I shall assume no one will be on the property without prior permission so that would conceivably eliminate any public danger or hazards. It also stated that the property is a public nuisance. Public is deftned by Webster as people as a whole which is formed from parts to make that whole. I am a part of that whole so I am public as well. Nuisance defines as annoying, obnoxious or unpleasant-such as a pest .Since there aze four wooden walls there, I can only assume that all structures aze offensive since they consist of a minimum of four walls but in order to not offend anyone`s sense or sensibilities, I shall cover the walls with a pleasant color and I do admit a coat of paint will greatly improve the appearance. I also fail to understand how this building can be such an offensive, bothersome, eye irritating problem to anyone in that area any more so than the yazds through there with junk cars, piles of old tires or any of the strnctures that aze loosely referred to as garages or storage buildings and even the condition of some of the structures that people do live in. I am unsure as to the reason, although I have suspicions, as to why I am being continually harassed and dueatened regarding this structure especially when anyone can look around the neighborhood and see several violations of some law and I have talked with some of the neighbors and they have informed me that NO ONE is contacting them about any violations. As I stated to Mr. Bentfield and the city of Jeffersonville, which I am still unsure whether I am in the city or outside of it, I do not wish to be causing anyone a hard time for doing their jobs as they define them to be, but I also do not want to be constantly wondering who will be offended and which office will be standing in line to get a turn at me next. I want to keep the building at this time for storage purposes and have been told that this is all right and legal and since the Clark Co Board of Health approved the structure , I asswned this matter was finished. I have done all that has been requested for me to do in order to stop all this constant-what I feel is-hazassment, but then I have to wonder what will be the next thing to come up that I would have to deal with. I have sent a copy of this letter to Mr. Bentfield at the Clark County Health Dept. so he can be awaze of this. Please fee] free to verify anything I have stated with his office and if any further correspondence with me is necessary, please use the following address 795 S. Harristown Rd Salem, Indiana 47167. I receive my mail there as the mail delivery is uncertain at the Cooper's Lane address due to dump trucks striking the mailbox several times a yeaz among other reasons. Thank you for your attention to this matter and I hope this settles all concerns. Sincerely, Yvonne Le[son ~~ ~` _5.~ ,.,, -''#a ~ '~+f Y ~ ~ ~, F `x ~F ..- t c'~ ..! o- ,. ~~ . ~ "°..~ ~~ ' ~~ ~. = ~: ,r~~ '~-= ,: - ~. h $$yy~~ r_: ,: ~ - ! >. _ ~ ,F~~ '~ / -