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I was driving down Main this morning when I got to 115 (the address I keyed is approximate) when I noticed that someone has had the bright idea of painting the concrete "features" around some of the windows of one of the rundown, beat up and ready to demo Farrel buildings red. Seems to be a work in progress.
Whose bright idea was this? If we throw some red paint on a building that looks like it's about to collapse it makes everything all right?
Is the building being remodeled? Are the windows being replaced and "FARREL" sign that is decades old getting repainted also? Are we cleaning the brick façade? Replacing the roof? Bringing in a new tenant to fill the space? NO.
This is one of several buildings that has been discussed for DEMOLITION for years because it's a horrid eyesore detracting from the progress being made on Main.
Is the owner thinks slapping some red paint on a few places is going to make that building suddenly acceptable they are mistaken. This is a waste of money.
So much is being done to fix up buildings on that end of Main Street for a PURPOSE. This building shouldn't even still be standing.
Take the building down and redevelop the site!
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Concerned Tax Payer (Guest)
My Children witnessed these conditions in town and have since moved leaving the aged population with our hands tied.
Michael Raymond (Registered User)
WOW! I already was stunned with the Mayor proudly proclaimed that Farrel was staying in Ansonia and moving to a brand new building on what was a beautiful hilltop with the HELP of the city. Not a single mention of their responsibility to demolish their former buildings downtown and make the sites ready for redevelopment!
Now, they seem to think throwing some red paint on a building half falling into the river will get them in the good graces of residents? Farrel's parent company EASILY afford to clean up their Main Street disaster with pocket change. Whose going to make them?
embie (Guest)
Resident (Guest)
Ansonia Developers LLC is the owner of some of the buildings and Pandel Properties LLC is the owner of others. You can see it here. Zoom in close to the desired location and click on the parcel to see who the owner is.
http://ansonia.mapxpress.net/
Resident (Guest)
Ansonia Developers LLC is a Connecticut Foreign Limited-Liability Company filed on December 22, 2015. The company's filing status is listed as Active and its File Number is 1193492.
The Registered Agent on file for this company is Corporation Service Company and is located at 50 Weston St., Hartford, CT 06120-1537. The company's principal address is 201 Commons Park South, Stamford, CT 06902.
The company has 1 principal on record. The principal is Moustapha Diakhate from Stamford CT.
Anne Beverly (Registered User)
GREAT!
So the City of Ansonia needs to start fining Ansonia Developers LLC and Pandel Properties LLC on a daily basis due to the blighted conditions of their properties until they are either redeveloped by totally revamping the existing structure into something attractive and fitting with downtown or demolish the buildings and sell the land if they don't wish to put something new on it themselves.
Thanks for clearing that up! Still someone is throwing paint in a eyesore... but now we know who the City isn't fining and should. APPLAUSE!
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Ryan Healey (Registered User)
When you say "ex-blight officer" are you telling us the blight officer spoken of here just months ago (who sat in his office and waited for residents to report blight instead of driving around the taking his own notes as he should have) is no longer with the city?
Who exactly IS working on the GROWING Ansonia blight problem? They should begin with a nice letter to Ansonia Developers LLC and Pandel Properties LLC giving them 60 days to submit a plan for those properties or fines begin. NO, painting the windows red is NOT a plan.
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Bob Bomba (Registered User)
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Anne Beverly (Registered User)
One would think the job of as blight officer (with proper authority) would be simple:
1. Identify blighted property. This means GO DRIVE AROUND, take down addresses and photograph the property in violation. In Ansonia, this could keep someone busy 24/7 so they won't be bored.
2. Send a certified letter to the owner of the property explaining it violates the blight ordinance, how (attach a copy) and explain if the situation is not resolved in 30, 60 days $X fine per day will be charged.
3. Check for improvement once or twice. None by the deadline? Start attaching the fine as a lien on the property. That alone would pay the blight officer's salary for a year in about a month.
You'd me AMAZED how fast blight vanishes when owners discover Ansonia is actually enforcing it's ordinance and they have to cough up checks unless they fix the problem!
Heck, the two former Farrel properties above would rake in tens of thousands in fines in a few months. TEAR THE BUILDINGS DOWN.
Bob Bomba (Registered User)
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E.Budnicki (Guest)
Free speech and the way someone or anyone wants to reflect a valid complaint is the driving force for all to see throughout the World-Wide-WEB when using sites such as this one. An individual can simply GOOGLE Ansonia complaints tagging this SEE-Click-Fix site before even considering, financially investing and visually injuring themselves when considering a move or visit into Ansonia knowing surrounding towns are improving much quicker. For giggles I just GOOGLED and sadly and remarkably came up with this old Tid-Bit developed by a visitor 8 years ago and nothing really has improved by comparison ( Ouchhhh ):
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g29152-r13074296-Ansonia_Connecticut.html
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