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City staff to secure an unsecured Dauphin/Dolphin Street building after reports of break-ins
Summary
Council members raised immediate safety concerns about an unsecured building on Dauphin/Dolphin Street; city staff said traffic engineering placed barricades immediately and an emergency securing action is being processed, with structural nuisance abatement to follow if needed.
Council members raised an immediate public-safety concern about a building along Dauphin/Dolphin Street that multiple speakers said had been "kicked in" and left unsecured.
A councilmember asked administration to act; a city staffer replied that an emergency securing action is being processed, traffic engineering is placing barricades and staff expect to secure the building within days either via a private contractor or Public Buildings. The staffer also noted two points of entry along the sidewalk and said additional structural issues may follow a 45-day nuisance abatement notice.
Administration identified the property owner as Walker Brothers Investment Company and said a tax delinquency on the parcel complicates the response. Staff said counsel and the mayor will be notified as part of the emergency process.
Outcome: The administration said barriers were placed the morning of the meeting and that follow-up notices and longer-term nuisance-abatement steps would proceed according to ordinance timelines; no further formal action or vote was recorded on the transcript.
