Filed: Jan. 17, 2018
Latest Update: Jan. 17, 2018
Summary: STIPULATED ORDER RESOLVING THE DEFENDANTS' AND IKE W. THRASH'S MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME WITHIN WHICH TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CONSENT ORDER PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 60, ECF NOS. 586 AND 587 LOUIS GUIROLA, JR. , District Judge . Upon consideration of the United States' and Defendants' Joint Motion to Enter a Stipulated Order Resolving the Defendants' and Ike W. Thrash's Motion for Additional Time Within Which to Comply With the Terms and Conditions of the Consent Order P
Summary: STIPULATED ORDER RESOLVING THE DEFENDANTS' AND IKE W. THRASH'S MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME WITHIN WHICH TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CONSENT ORDER PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 60, ECF NOS. 586 AND 587 LOUIS GUIROLA, JR. , District Judge . Upon consideration of the United States' and Defendants' Joint Motion to Enter a Stipulated Order Resolving the Defendants' and Ike W. Thrash's Motion for Additional Time Within Which to Comply With the Terms and Conditions of the Consent Order Pu..
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STIPULATED ORDER RESOLVING THE DEFENDANTS' AND IKE W. THRASH'S MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME WITHIN WHICH TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CONSENT ORDER PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 60, ECF NOS. 586 AND 587
LOUIS GUIROLA, JR., District Judge.
Upon consideration of the United States' and Defendants' Joint Motion to Enter a Stipulated Order Resolving the Defendants' and Ike W. Thrash's Motion for Additional Time Within Which to Comply With the Terms and Conditions of the Consent Order Pursuant to F.R.C.P. 60, ECF Nos. 586 and 587, the Parties' Joint Motion is hereby GRANTED.
It is hereby ORDERED:
Defendants' and Ike W. Thrash's Motion for Additional Time Within Which to Comply With the Terms and Conditions of the Consent Order Pursuant to F.R.C.P. 60, ECF Nos. 586 and 587, is hereby dismissed without prejudice.
It is FURTHER ORDERED that the Consent Order between the United States and Defendants, ECF No. 572, is amended as follows:
1) Paragraphs 32 and 36 are amended to require the Defendants to complete the retrofits required by the Consent Order, and conduct the initial inspections of the retrofits required by paragraph 43, on the following schedule:
One Property (Inn by the Sea): By January 22, 2018
One Property (Beach Club): By December 31, 2018
Two Properties: By December 30, 2019
Two Properties: By December 30, 2020
The Lexington property shall be one of the properties completed and inspected by December 30, 2019.
2) Defendants shall provide monthly construction status reports to the United States for each property required to be retrofitted by the Consent Order. The monthly construction status reports shall state: (a) how many units have been started, (b) how many units have been completed, (c) the status of any exterior work, and (d) an estimated date of completion. The monthly construction status reports shall be submitted to the United States on the first business day of each month, starting in February, 2018 and shall be submitted by email, facsimile, or overnight delivery.1 Defendants shall submit monthly construction status reports until the neutral inspector certifies that all retrofits have been completed. See Consent Order ¶¶ 43-44. Defendants shall continue to submit the report required by paragraph 55 to the United States every six months.
3) Defendants shall install grab bars using Wing-Its at two of each unit type at the Beach Club property for inspection by the United States, as part of Defendants' planned retrofitting of sample units at that property.
a. If the United States is satisfied that the grab bars as installed in the sample units provide sufficient stability, Defendants will not be required to install the blocking required by the Consent Order's retrofit appendix for the Beach Club. See Consent Order App. B-1. If the United States is satisfied that the later installation of grab bars using Wing-Its provide sufficient stability at the Beach Club, the Defendants shall inform all tenants and any prospective tenant that grab bars will be installed at no cost to them upon request.
b. If the United States is not satisfied that the installation of grab bars using Wing-Its provides sufficient stability, the Defendants shall install the blocking required by the Consent Order. See Consent Order App. B-1.
c. If the United States is satisfied that the installation of grab bars using Wing-Its provide sufficient stability at the Beach Club, the United States will consider agreeing to stipulate for the Court's approval an amendment of the Consent Order to allow the later installation of grab bars using Wing-Its at Grand Biscayne, Belmont (Biloxi), Belmont (Hattiesburg), and Lexington rather than requiring Defendants to install the blocking required by the Consent Order. See Consent Order Apps. B-2-B-5. This potential amendment to the Consent Order is subject to the Defendants' agreement to provide 30 grab bar sets to each of the current owners for installation. This potential amendment to the Consent Order is also subject to the current owners' agreement to inform all tenants and any prospective tenant that grab bars will be installed at no cost to them upon request.
4) The United States conditionally agrees that the firm of Machado Patano, to which it has objected, shall serve as the neutral inspector required by paragraphs 42-44 of the Consent Order subject to the United States' review of the firm's work as the neutral inspector. The United States reserves its right to object to Machado Patano continuing to serve in that role, and if necessary, to raise this matter pursuant to the dispute resolution provision of the Consent Order. See Consent Order ¶ 59.
5) If the Defendants provide any materials to the neutral inspector for review, including, but not limited to, architectural or engineering drawings, the Defendants shall provide the same material to the United States at the same time.
It is FURTHER ORDERED that any time the neutral inspector inspects any retrofits at any property, including retrofits of sample units, the Defendants shall give the United States at least 21-days advance notice and the opportunity to attend the inspection as required by the Consent Order. See Consent Order ¶¶ 43-44.
It is FURTHER ORDERED that as set forth in paragraph 57, the Consent Order shall remain in effect for the later of four years from the date of entry or until six months after the neutral inspector has certified that all of the retrofits required by Appendices A and B have been completed.
It is FURTHER ORDERED that the remaining terms of the Consent Order between the United States and the Dawn Defendants remain unchanged and are in full force and effect.
SO ORDERED AND ADJUDGED
The undersigned apply for and consent to the entry of this Stipulated Order.
