october-2013

Oakland Property Progress Report: October 2013 Address

Street

Owner

Complaint

Most Recent Activity

Date Submitted to 311

311 Number

10/8/2013

350235/ 60967

9/1/2013

Zone 4 347711/3 Police/ 47874 Pitt Police

Dept

History

Put on Top 10

New Concerns

Dunseith Street

Tse Ming and Lee Yuk

3374

Dawson Street

Tsui FuChiang, FenFang

244

Vacant, abandoned property. Fined $100,000 in 2009 by Ricciardi. Property condition now Dunseith Eli Wasserman awaiting BBI update; neighbor reports someone has been going over to cut the front grass, but the back is still a 8/13/2013 mess worse. Constable will serve warrant for arrest once he tracks down owner.

241

53

Lawn St

David M Sell and Sandra A Sell

History of large, loud parties and possible overoccupancy

(9/7/13 and 9/30/13) Loud parties spilling onto the sidewalk. (10/8/2013) 311 report made.

Notification letter sent to landlords from Councilman Kraus and OPDC on (10/14/13)

Large, loud parties with lots of lawn garbage.

(9/1/13) Loud party complete with trash all over yard. (9/3/13) Noise complaint made via 311.

(9/4/13) Weeds/ debris complaint made via 311. (9/13/13) Loud pay-to-enter party with over 100 attendees. (9/25/13) Notification letter sent to landlords from Councilman Kraus and OPDC.

Vacant lot that appears abandoned, overgrown, collected debris or not properly secured

(April 2013) BBI to reach out to lawyer. (May 2013) Re-cited by ACHD. (June 2013) Attorney not responding. Brian Hill: can’t sue since new owners haven’t probated estate. (July 2013) Inspector Malle is working on a new citation, this time using the name of person who was named executor of will. (September 2013) OPDC in negotiations to purchase property. (October 2013) Still waiting to hear back on offer made.

7/20/2011

340314

269389

Oct-13

BBI

(8/14/12)Per Julie Reiland report , BBI has offered deceased owner's daughter extension to abate violations since owner recently passed away.(11/29/12) BBI/ OPDC is in talks with owner's daughter. She is working to abate violations.

ACHD Oakwatch chairs have agreed to remove this property from Top 10 list.(March 2013) Owners no longer responding to OPDC. Request for BBI to re-cite.

Sep

Aug

Oct 2011; March 2013

253

3101

3421

3607

3109

North Mardan Dithridge Properties LLC

Niagara St

Parkview Ave

Parkview Ave

Joseph M Slomnicki

Large parties; overgrowth; trash

Appears abandoned, overgrown, collected debris or not properly secured

Inside- currently occupied with Electric and Gas service shut off. Major water damage on top floor.

Outside- Porch walls falling down, Cars parked Nickolas Solic in backyard. Side walk littered with large chunks of cement, retaining wall falling down, front steps crumbling, and hole in roof in the rear of the house.

James M Quinn

Loud, late parties complete with fireworks.

(May 2013) Recited by fire chief. Constable has not made contact with owner. (June 2013) Fire chief sent notice and their issues go to Municipal Court on 1st Street. (July 2013) Judge Ricciardi has not enforced a subpoena on the property owner yet. Need North Oakland residents to make more calls to Ricciardi: (412) 481-0616 (August 2013) ACHD also recommends that residents call in complaints to them as well. The secretaries will log the complaint. After many complaints have been gathered, ACHD will give the property owners a warning. If the property owners fail to comply after that point, their permit can be taken away. Property owner's old warrant has been called back, for he was never properly notified of his court hearing. He has since moved to a new address, and a new subpoena has been issued for his appearance in court. Next summons is Tuesday, August 27th. (08/27/13) Found guilty in Housing Court and forced to pay a $10,000 fine. (10/10/13) ACHD hiccup in inspection. Will do in November once colder weather hits to see if furnace is working properly.

(12/4/12) OPDC is working with URA to place property in Property Reserve. (1/8/13) Judge Gallo fined Slomnicki $10,000. Slomnicki did not state whether or not he would appeal. (May 2013) Oakwatch researching Act 90 legislation (June 2013) Brief is due, CJ Liss said she submitted hers and didn’t know if Slomnicki has submitted his. (July 2013) Owner filed for bankruptcy. Never submitted brief. Appeal denied, court must begin collecting fines. (August 2013) The owner did not submit an appeal. Gallo must enforce fines against the owner. The owner has filed bankruptcy to put a stay on the fines, and will appear at bankruptcy court. The bankruptcy court could throw the fines out.Warrant has still not been served. (September 2013) Waiting for BBI update.

(1/20/13) House continues to be safety hazard; Oakwatch further exploring options with City Solicitor re: possible injunction.(March 2013) Owner has made minor improvements and claims he's retained lawyer for appeal. Appeal process to Superior Court is very lengthy. (May 2013) Oakwatch exploring Act 90 legislation. (June 2013) His brief was not due yet. To follow up on fines, would have to call Judge Gallo’s office or city solicitor. (August 2013) The brief has been submitted. CJ’s brief is due at the end of July. After an appeal, the owner can be cited again. He cannot be cited again during the appeal because federal law gives him protection from double jeopardy (receiving punishment multiple times for the same offense). (October 2013) Judge Gallo reduced fine from $13,500.00 to $8,500.00. The City was able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the violations for debris, junk vehicles, collapsed retaining wall, and a deteriorated slate roof. Councilman Kraus' and neighbors' testimony said to be effective.

Remove Pending Feedback

(7/27/13) Noisy undergrad roof party. Cops called 3x, drove by but did nothing. (7/29/13) Another noisy party with loud music and fireworks, and suspected underage drinking. Cops called 3x, drove by, but did not talk to party hosts. (10/8/13) Resident originally concerned reports general peace.

(10/22/12) Owners did not show up for hearing. Judge Ricciardi fined them $600,000. (1/4/13) Emeric Owners filed appeal. New court date February 12th.(2/20/13) Hearing delayed until further Criscella and Owner removed stones on PennDOT owned notice.(June 2013) Still under appeal. (July 2013) Zoning Board awaiting revised site plan. Will Forbes Ave. MRL land. Paved it and is using as a parking lot. present to planning commission once approved. (August 2013) Zoning department is still reviewing Associates LLC proposed drawings. Once proposed drawings have been approved, they will be taken to the Planning Commission. (10/1/2013) Planning Commision hearing approved site plan (attached).

301095

7/20/2011

6/13/2012

7/30/2013

1/18/2012

2693936

292559; 28663

56255

(12/4/12) ACHD cited for garbage violations. BBI cited for multiple exterior violations (missing steps, broken windows, etc) as well as occupancy violations in efforts to do full inspection of property(9/13/12) Multiple complaints about this house:building/trash violations/ disruptive parties; problem in past years as well. Police have already visited house once this year BBI/ on Labor Day weekend. Oakwatch submitted this house in our Top 5 ACHD/ Disruptive Property list to Zone 4 and Chief Maurita Bryant. (10/16/12) Larry Fire from ACHD visited property, photographed/documented building issues, and Bureau spoke with tenants about disruptive behavior and pending inspection date.(12/19/12) ACHD reinspected property and reports that new owners have complied.(2/20/13) BBI submitted for legal action. In Housing Court on Feb 28th. (2/28/13) Judge Ricciardi issued warrant for owner's arrest after noshow in housing court.

BBI

BBI

(Jan-Feb 2012) 5 BBI violations submitted for court complaint. (3/21/12) 30day continuance issued on condition owner reach out to OPDC for solution.

(4/3/12) Owner met with OPDC, not interested in selling. (4/17/12)Owner sent OPDC letter requesting volunteers to clean up debris. OPDC responded on 4/27/12 offering to to buy house and/or recommend landscapers/ contractors to do work if they don't wish to sell. (6/7/12) Owner fined $100,000 at magistrate's court. Plans to appeal. (7/12/12): Community Human Services in contact with BBI and wishes to purchase the home/provide services to owner.

(10/16/12) Owner appealled before Judge Gallo and received a 60 day extension. Judge threatened fine of $1,000 per day if not abated by then.

(6/20/12): BBI has submitted this property to appear in housing court soon.(9/6/12) Owner fined $500,000 by Judge Ricciardi; will likely appeal.

(9/19/12) Per BBI, no update on notice of appeal. (12/4/12) Owner did not show for appeal hearing. (1/8/13) Judge Gallo fined Solic $13,500. Solic stated that he will appeal.

Sep-13

Oct-13

Jun-13

Zone 4 (9/15/13) Pitt police officer Steve Cetra later spoke with 3 male Pitt students Police/ living at the address, hopefully got the point across. (10/8/13) Resident who Pitt brought property to Oakwatch's attention reports solitude.

Police

Sep

(3/21/2012) Owners cited. Will go through Zoning Board, and Planning board.

(4/18/12) Per Brian Hill report, city attorneys and developer attorneys trying BBI/ to resolve issue out of court.(6/21/12)Judge Ricciardi issued continuance in Plannin Housing Court. Mandated that in interim, owners install parking bumpers. g (8/14/12) In Housing Court on August 16th. Community is coordinating Commi testimony with city attorney.(8/15/12) Was continued in court; city wants it ssion handled by Planning Commission. (9/19/12) Per Mayor's Office, planning commission is still awaiting updated site plans from developer and will try to contact owner or attorney.

Jan-13