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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 4, 2015 Page 10 Morrissey advised that he'd also had some interest for a small family business, consisting of a one-story office building. At this point, Mr. Morrissey advised that he had initially contacted the City's Senior Planner Thomas Paschke last week and would be meeting with him later this week to review the old plans to see if they were still applicable. In response to Councilmember Willmus' ques- tion regarding demolition, Mr. Morrissey advised that if the City Council had de- termined that he only had two weeks to comply, he would look at the situation much differently and would probably be seeking a demolition permit sooner ra- ther than later. Mr. Morrissey admitted that a lot of the building is subgrade, and to demolish it at this time would create a liability issue due to that depth and require a fence around the former perimeter of the building. Mr. Morrissey advised that he was willing to demolish the building as soon as possible, since he owned a company that could perform the demolition. However, Mr. Morrissey also noted the poten- tial delay as he needs to follow the planning/development process among various City Commissions or Boards to seek approval. Given that potential delay, Mr. Morrissey questioned if immediate demolition was the safest thing for Roseville, noting it would be a substantially deep hole existing while seeking permit approv- al for redevelopment. Councilmember McGehee noted the two options apparently available for Mr. Morrissey's serious consideration: a one-story office building or multi-family building, offering her support for either option. If Mr. Morrissey was actually go- ing to be working in the immediate future with staff on redeveloping the site, Councilmember McGehee offered her support for the proposed short-term work versus demolition, allowing for some future development. Upon the invitation of Mayor Roe, no one appeared to make public comment on this property. Mayor Roe clarified with Mr. Munson that an acceptable outcome for staff and the City would be for the property owner to develop a plan for demolition and se- cure the site and address external issues for brush and debris removal. Mr. Munson agreed; opining that he did not see building demolition and/or rede- velopment plans coming forward in the immediate future. However, Mr. Munson noted that staff was more than willing to work with the property owner to elimi- nate violations and the public nuisance, since the property owner could do so at a much lower cost than the City being required to abate the property. Mr. Munson advised that he and Mr. Morrissey had met on the site last week and discussed the issues. Mr. Munson noted that the resolution of violations and the proposed rede- velopment could move forward on a parallel track; however, he noted that it could take another year to get that project ready.