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Resident urges city action on nuisance property, cites long-running trash and safety worries
Summary
A longtime Grandview resident told the Board of Aldermen he has repeatedly reported a neglected property at 7400 East 126th that he described as an eyesore and health hazard; the mayor said the city would follow up and staff will respond, but no formal enforcement action was recorded at the meeting.
At the July 8 meeting of the Grandview Board of Aldermen, resident Thomas Bussalt told the board he has repeatedly reported what he described as a neglected, nuisance property at 7400 East 126th Street that has persistent trash, overgrown trees growing in the foundation and windows that appear painted over.
Bussalt, who said he has lived in Grandview 43 years, told the board he observed nine garbage bags in the front yard that remained for months, a garbage can left at the curb for at least three months and walnut trees growing from the house foundation that he reported when the saplings were smaller but that city action had not followed. He also said a 40-yard dumpster was placed at the property about three months earlier and filled with roughly two weeks’ worth of 30-gallon garbage bags; he said he has not seen regular garbage pickup at the house.
“I’ve reported it over the last two years, several times and really three years on different events on the block,” Bussalt said. He added that he offered to ride along with a code officer but was told he could not and that the officer had not returned his phone calls. Bussalt also said he worries someone may be inside the house because of mail in the mailbox and a lack of lights at night.
Mayor Leonard D. Jones Jr. told Bussalt, “We do appreciate it. And we will get back in touch with you so you will hear back from the city.” City staff did not provide a formal enforcement outcome on the record during the meeting.
Bussalt suggested the city consider a single garbage carrier to improve compliance with putting cans away; he said the issue of cans left at the curb is, in his view, a neighborhood-livability problem. The board’s public record shows the mayor asked Bussalt to sign in with the city clerk and indicated staff would follow up after the meeting.
