Public Helps City Identify Vacant Buildings

Citizens correctly identify vacant buildings such as Heers

Springfield Mo.-  City officials in the Building Services Department in Springfield Missouri say the public response to the call to locate and identify vacant buildings has caught them completely off guard. A recent editorial in a publication called the News- Leader urged the general public to call officials when they saw an abandoned building.

“Our phones have been ringing non stop since the call for action came out.”, said Fred Nosquat spokesman for the BSD.  “The response has been great.  We know that abandoned buildings pose a safety hazard that invite vagrants, passersby, animals, curious kids and in some cases politicians that have lost elections.  Our usual course of action is to have our own employees identify them while doing their routine chores.  We did not have anyone dedicated to get out and look for problems. The calls we have been getting have given us a real boost.”

Nosquat added, “Once we are aware of an issue we can negotiate with the property owner to board up or demolish the structure.  If that fails, the city does have the power to fine landlords, use city funds to tear down structures and place liens on properties.”

When asked for the list of buildings that the public had tagged for vacancy, Nosquat admitted that there were only two.  It seems that every call they had received identified only the Heers and Woodruff buildings in downtown Springfield has being abandoned.

“Thanks to the public for pointing this out to us. We will now take the appropriate action on this.  We will point this out at the next city council meeting and wait for their answer.”,added Nosquat. In the meantime, structures that are determined to be vacant and abandoned will be painted with a giant red X.  A note will also be spray painted along with the X saying ” This paint mark is not graffiti. Do not erase.”

Editors note:  After this story was submitted, FCN has learned that the city council plans to relocate the Heers and Woodruff buildings to the Battlefield Mall.  “This gives us more retail space so people in the Ozarks can go somewhere and buy clothing and much needed shoes for women.”, commented a spokesman for the mall.

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