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Lyle Oman From: Smith, Ana [amsmith@ibsys.com] Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 12:41 PM To: Willie Gibbs Cc: Barbara Peterson (bittybear@onvoymail.com); 'jmurphy@goldengate.net; Lili McMillan (lilim@mac.com); Bob Sansever (bobsansevere@yahoo.com); Jim White (jwhite@fineassociates.com); Lyle Oman; Josh Hobday (E-mail); 'tlgruca@wcco.cbs.com'; 'ecmurphy@wcco.cbs.com'; 'jpreger@wcco.cbs.com'; 'jeff.baillon@foxtv.com'; 'tom.lyden@foxtv.com'; 'jacqueline.mclean@foxtv.com'; 'trish.vanpilsum@foxtv.com' Subject: Olive Ave - Still waiting on an update IR RE Concerned Orono City tizen of Orono.:ode.doc(45 KB Willie, I am following up again in regards to the chain of emails that are below, as I still have not received any feedback. In addition to these emails, my fiancé has also left multiple voice messages with you. No one has returned any of our calls. As a result of your neglect, I am copying the other email addresses that are available on the Web site for the City of Orono. I am a citizen of Orono and I have the right to question why the condition of 2318 Olive Avenue is allowed. I have requested on numerous occasions that you explain to me how my neighbor's house is not violating the Orono City Code. I sent you a thorough list describing serious issues and you have done absolutely nothing to help. Instead you have ignored my emails and the countless messages left by my fiancé over the past year. This is completely unacceptable and I asking that someone please take a few minutes out of your day to address what I feel is a serious problem. The condition of this house affects the entire neighborhood. It is unacceptable for anyone to be allowed to maintain a home with missing siding, boarded up windows, rotten junk, furniture and other debris, as well as a wall on one side of the house that is deteriorating. I am not just complaining because it is an obvious eyesore. It is an environmental hazard. Not only is it an unsafe structure, but there is probably mold growing, which is a serious health hazard. People can become very sick from exposure to mold. If you had actually looked at this property like you said that you did, you would realize why I am saying that mold may be an issue. The back of the house, as well as one side of the house, is rotting away. On another side of the house, where the windows have been boarded up for the past few years, there is a hole in the house. I was not joking when I said that I have seen birds flying in and out of this house. I am asking you to please stop and think about all of the concerns at hand. I have taken time out of my day to address these issues and am simply asking for someone to tell me how this is not an issue. I hope that someone can take a step back and consider this from the perspective of not just a resident of Orono, but of a human being. If you lived next door or near a home that is falling apart and that has been taken over by rotted furniture and junk, you would be concerned yourself. No sane person can say they would not be concerned. At least once a week, my fiancé has removed construction debris, appliances, furniture etc. . from the property. We do this because, if we do not, no one else will enforce the Orono City Code, section 58-1 that states (please see attached) : "It is the duty of the owner of every vacant property and the owner and occupant of every occupied property to maintain the property in a neat, clean and presentable manner free of any junk, debris, refuse, litter, dead trees, or noxious weeds, and to remove all other public health or safety hazards from the property. " This residence also violates Sec. 58-3 (see attached) . We been have notifying the City of Orono of this for the past year. It has now reached the point that we will no longer tolerate this. We should never have to take action on our own (by removing all of the trash, debris, appliances and furniture) because the City 1