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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 4, 2015 Page 8 Roll Call Ayes: McGehee, Willmus, Laliberte, Etten, and Roe. Nays: None. b. Community Development Department Request to Perform an Abatement for Unresolved Violations of City Code at 2560 Fry Street Codes Coordinator Don Munson reviewed current code violations at this com- mercial property, formerly the Press Gym and vacant for approximately eight years, and the current owner identified as Morrissey Development Company. Mr. Munson provided a status update, including photos, of current violations, primari- ly the building and site in significant disrepair (violations of City Code, Sections 407.02.C1 407.02.D, 407.02.J & K, 407.03.H, 906.05.B, C & D). In order to abate this property, Mr. Munson estimated costs at $20,000 for removal of debris in the parking lot; removal of junk/debris from the site (e.g. mattress, sign, logs); cutting and removing overgrown brush between the building and road; cutting overgrown grass; and patching, repairing and repainting the entire building. Mr. Munson advised that a previous abatement had been approved for the site by the City Council, but after the winter snow had diminished, additional complaints had been received regarding more exterior issues, as detailed in the RCA dated May 4, 2015. Due to these additional issues, Mr. Munson advised that staff was requesting a delay in City abatement until June 20, 2015 to allow the property owner additional time to address the issues on their own, especially those addi- tional exterior items not previously identified. Mr. Munson clarified that this abatement would simply be the most cost-effective way to provide a short-term solution to the property owner to determine whether to rebuild or demolish the building. Mr. Munson noted that the property owner had been in contact with the City, but to-date, there had been no resolution; and further noted that Mr. Jason Morrissey was present in the audience and wished to address the City Council. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Munson clarified that the request for additional time for the abatement was due to the additional exterior issues dis- covered in April after the snow melt, not due to any request by the owner for ad- ditional time to decide whether or not to raze or repair the building. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Munson estimated it may take that additional two months to bid the work out for a contractor, to cut vegetation and other work that may take considerable time to accomplish. However, Mr. Munson recognized that the work could also be accomplished sooner than that, but the June 20th date allowed sufficient time for completion prior to implement- ing a City abatement, and also at a cost much less for the owner to perform the work than the City to hire contractors to perform the abatement.