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THAT HE DOES WISH TO WORK ON THE HOUSE AND NOW HAS THE MONEY TO FIX IT UP. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED WHY HE HAD TAKEN OUT A DEMOLITION PERMIT, AND MR. GAINES STATED THAT BUILDING DIRECTOR RYMER SAID THAT ALL HE COULD DO WAS TEAR IT DOWN, AND AGREED THAT IF HE WOULD TEAR IT DOWN HE COULD KEEP THE FOUNDATION. HE CONTINUED THAT HE STARTED TO TEAR IT DOWN BUT FOUND THERE WAS TOO MUCH THAT COULD BE SALVAGED AND HE DID NOT FEEL IT SHOULD BE TORN DOWN. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT THIS BOARD WAS ASSURED IN 1970 THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT A HOUSE OF THIS AGE AND CONDITION BEING MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT SHE PERSONALLY INSPECTED THE HOUSE YESTERDAY, AND BELIEVES THE BOARD HAS BENT OVER BACKWARDS OVER THE YEARS IN REGARD TO THIS STRUCTURE. SHE POINTED OUT THAT - WE ARE TAKING OTHERS DOWN THAT ARE IN BETTER SHAPE. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD, PETER JORGENSON, ATTORNEY WITH THE FIRM OF MERRIMAN & RODDENBERRY, STATED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THAT MR. GAINES HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET A PERMIT TO DO THIS WORK. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT MR. GAINES WAS ISSUED A BUILDING PERMIT IN 1970 WHICH EXPIRED IN SIX MONTHS. ATTORNEY JORGENSON STATED THAT MR. GAINES HAS ASSURED HIM THAT ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY BEFORE NECESSARY TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURE PROPERLY, HE DOES NOW. ADMINISTRATOR KENNINGS POINTED OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SINCERE EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE BOARD TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. MR. GAINES CONTINUED TO PROTEST TO THE BOARD ABOUT THE DEMOLITION OF THIS STRUCTURE, EXPLAINING ABOUT THE MONEY HE HAS INVESTED, THE WORK HE HAS DONE, ETC., AND COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED OUT THAT WE ARE JUST GOING BACK OVER MATERIAL THAT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. 51