16135 Railway Rd SE Barb Wood info letter IIFrom: Barb Wood & Jim Park [mailto:parkwood @ywave.com]
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 9:53 PM
To: Grant Beck; Shelly Badger
Cc: Dave Champagne; JonDiluzio
Subject: 16135 Railway Rd
Gary Carlson
City of Yelm
Community of Development Department
105 Yelm Ave West
P.O. Box 479
Yelm, Washington State 98597
RE: Complaints about the upkeep of our property.
Thank you for your correspondence:
Please send us all complaints about the reclamation of our property. This is a Freedom of
Information Request. We request all complaints about the property from 1999 to date.
Thank you...
We recently reacquired the property in 2007. Since that time we have made considerable
progress on" cleaning" up the property. In fact, we have cleaned it up so much that is all
is left is recyclables on our property. We have inquired about picking them up, with no
response until the metal prices are better. We are storing the sorted recyclables on our
property until such a time as the price of metal improves. That is our right as property
owners and in no way a "nuisance ".
The house at 16145 Railway has been an ongoing slum for years and /or needed to be
condemned or repaired. But, was left vacant and an eyesore for multiple years. To the
point where our property was vandalized. We contacted the owner ... no response... We
will provide all e -mail correspondence to clean up their property. Again, nor response
from the owners.
We have lots of pics when our property was a mess from 1999 to 2007 ... no complaints
from any neighbors..... or the City.
All neighboring property owners have been happy to see our efforts. No complaints from
any adjoining property owners, only compliments...
We are so happy that the City is finally interested in helping citizens within their
community.
However, the City never stepped forward when 16145 Railway was a slum and we
encountered vandalism at 16135 Railway Rd, because of their abandoned house. We
made complaints about the property ... no response?
Also, we are requesting that the City (or the HOA) access and maintain the property to
the Woodfield Plat Stormwater pond ... There are exotic species there that need to be
removed before they spread more to our property... please take care of that issue...
To recap:
Please:
Provide all complaints against 16135 Railway Rd from 1999 to present
Provide all permits issued to 16145 Railway Rd from 1999 to present
Provide the access agreement to Woodsfield's stormwater pond for maintenance. And
dates that the pond was maintained by the HOA or the City
Thanks much and have a good day....
Let us know if you need our attorney's contact info...
Take care
Barb and jim