Engineer from Minneapolis to be here this week
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A structural engineer is expected to be in Flandreau this week to evaluate the building that is crumbling at Wind Street and Second Avenue.
The engineer, hired by building owner Jim Zandt’s insurance company, will assess the building both for a claim and for its condition. On March 14, stone blocks started falling off the building in the alley that separates it from Fat Boys Bar. The building also has a visible crack near the top of the southwest corner.
Tenants who live upstairs above a laundromat on the ground floor were evacuated but have been given a chance to get their personal belongings removed.
On March 15, the city council declared Zandt’s building a nuisance, giving him seven days to appeal the decision. By Friday, the one week mark, Zandt did not appeal, giving the city the right to do abate the nuisance. But the city will wait first for the engineer’s report.
“It’s going to take a little time to sort all of this out,” said City Administrator Jeff Pederson. “The city benefits from that time elapse by developing better knowledge about what Mr. Zandt’s options are.”
An update for the council is expected April 1.