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During late 1999, the exterior of the MacArthur Apartments bespoke the same neglect we saw revealed in the calls for police services. Terry Henley, the owner, said Hurricane Floyd did the damage. In any event, the hanging soffit and loose and missing gutters were the subject of a citation from the Code Enforcement people.
President Epes and members of the Board met with Jill & Terry Henley on December 6, 1999 to discuss the situation. Terry said he had been cited for the missing and broken gutters, hanging soffit, paint, fire doors, and smoke alarms.
The Bellevue residents expressed their displeasure with the deteriorated condition of the apartments, the increase in police calls, and the abiding disorder over there. It has reached the point that Diana Presson, whose house on Clinton backs up to the apartments, has to keep her grandchildren out of the back yard because of the language and carrying-on at the apartments. We pointed out that much of the problem has developed since May when we met with Terry and he promised to resolve the problems with police calls.
At the end of the evening, Jill & Terry said they had about completed repairs of the soffit, gutters, & paint, as well as most of the fire doors. They have evicted the two most disruptive tenants. They further promised to abate the fire code violations, get the required number of garbage cans, and have a professional management company in charge of the place by Jan 31 if they have not sooner sold it.
Update, January, 2000:
As of late December, there was a notice that future rent payments go to a new owner, Donald Seelmann. Here is the notice he sent to his tenants. You can look at the place and see the cleaner parking lot, the new signs, and the landscaping. By all reports Mr. Seelmann is taking control of the place and dealing with the disorder in 4022. Stay tuned.
We have data showing the remarkable progress under Mr. Seelmann's ownership.
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