COMMODORE CHRONOLOGY

Here is a chronology of recent events on Commodore Circle:

September, 1985--City hires Dan Van Dorpe, a private building and code enforcement consultant, to go door to door documenting each violation in the street’s 80 apartments and one recreation lot.

Oct. 18--City officials order Commodore Circle landlords to clean up more than 700 health and building code violations or face criminal prosecution. The city also demands that repair work begin by Nov. 18 and be completed in 60 days.

Nov. 13--Landlords meet with city officials and agree to form a management association to make the repairs collectively. The city announces that it has earmarked $450,000 in federal funds for landscaping and street improvements.

Nov. 18--City backs off Nov. 18 deadline for repairs and gives owners “breathing space� in exchange for landlords submitting a rehabilitation plan by Dec. 18.

Dec. 18--Landlords submit an eight-point “action plan� in which they agree to work as a team to rehabilitate and maintain the 20 buildings if the city hands over the $450,000 in federal block grant money and an additional $200,000 in loan assistance. The landlords also ask for a “news blackout,� urging the city not to talk to reporters until a final agreement is reached.

Dec. 30--City officials reject landlords’ eight-point plan, contending that the landlords are asking the city to foot the bulk of their bill. City tells landlords to try again and to correct the most serious health and building code violations by Jan 10.

Jan. 7-15, 1986--City sends inspector Van Dorpe back to Commodore Circle to reinspect the buildings. A preliminary check shows that little work has been done since his October inspection.

Jan. 21--City plans to file notices of substandard buildings with the county. Landlords protest and promise to obtain permits and submit plans for repairs. City grants extension until Jan. 24.

Jan. 24-27--All landlords obtain permits and submit plans to begin repair work, with the exception of Richard Bartlett, owner of 7722 Commodore Circle.

Feb. 3--City officials realize that the work permits they issued were good for six months and prepare to send a new notice.

Feb. 18--City mails out letters to property owners giving them until March 10 to finish work and call for final inspections of their property.

Feb. 26--A flurry of repairs begins at some of the buildings.

Today--Final inspection.