Ronald 'Arjo' Adams, of 'The Peoples Park' in East St Paul is currently being held at Regions hospital. after being physically removed from his boarded up home. They will not release him without proving he has a 'safe home'.
In a move to remove both Mr. Adams home and the park that he created over 15+ years on a parcel of land that the city had abandoned, the City Council voted to board up Mr. Adams house and erect a fence at the expense of taxpayers to keep Mr. Adams out.
The St Paul Police department removed Mr. Adams and placed him in Regions Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, where he has had a hold placed on his release until such time that it can be assured that Mr. Adams has secured new living arrangements, not at his 'condemned' home.
City council has moved up his final appeal in the repair or remove abatement order of his home which was scheduled for September 18, to the first week of September.
Seems to me like he is being held just long enough for them to destroy his home without offering him the full time he is under appeal, and the chance to make the repairs. I have a copy of an estimate from a MN licensed master plumber/contractor stating the work left on that house to bring it to code is less than $2000. The legislative review team would not consider it. There has also been hired an independent code inspector to inspect the home and testify at the last hearing. I somehow doubt that he will be allowed in this ‘death trap’ of a home for fear of liability from the city. This house, honestly is no more condemnable than Mr. Humprey's home, or mine or yours. I smell a civil rights suit in the air.
Much like the demolition of the home of a man we will simply call 'Sean' to make way for a new business on the opposite end of the very same block, this home will be destroyed for whatever plan the powers that be want to see become a reality.
My unofficial opinion: Hold on to your lap bars St Paul residents, this is just two out of many newly discovered efforts by the powers that be to obtain your property for city projects. They have given up the premise of Eminent Domain and have bypassed the offering of fair market value for your home. They will condemn it and tear it down at your expense. Well now, that leaves a little more money in the city money pot for hmmmmmm.... development maybe? It won’t be long until that whole section of land (Payne Avenue to Greenbrier, on the East side of Wells Street, along the Phalen Corridor) is demolished in preparation for whatever the city has up its sleeve. Hint... I am not exactly GREEN with envy.
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