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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 4, 2015 Page 9 Owner Jason Morrissey,Morrissey Development Mr. Morrissey provided a history of the building, and their work with the City in pursuing a zoning/planning process before the Planning Commission for an apartment building several years ago. However, at that time, Mr. Morrissey stated that they had backed off those plans based on the City's apparent interest in ac- quiring this property for the adjacent park land, with that process taking several years and a subsequent decision by the City not to pursue it due to higher-than- anticipated appraisal coming in at half the tax value of the property. Therefore, Mr. Morrissey stated he was now back at the beginning to consider op- • tions for a redevelopment project. Mr. Morrissey opined that the existing build- ing's current condition would not pass City Code inspection, nor did he think the City of Roseville would want it to remain. Regarding staff's recommended date of June 20, Mr. Morrissey opined he could have the property violations corrected by then; and his only request was for flexi- bility regarding painting the entire building based on the possible demolition for a future project. Mr. Morrissey offered his willingness to spray wash and touch-up paint the building to look better without spending too much time and money on that aspect. Regarding missing sections of siding, Mr. Morrissey advised that some had rotted spots and would be repaired, in addition to the large sections cut out intentionally to determine if rebar was in place that would prove sufficient to support a two-story apartment building with underground parking, which it would not. Mr. Morrissey assured the City Council that he would do a good job in cleaning up the property, advising that he would be performing the work himself. Mr. Morrissey clarified that he had hired someone to cut the grass, and had not been aware that that person had felt no need to cut grass behind the berms where the public couldn't see it, but agreed it needed to be cleaned up. Regarding building security, Mr. Morrissey advised that the building had been se- cured when previously notified by the City, and had since been compromised again. As recently as yesterday, Mr. Morrissey advised that the door had been welded shut and the roof door fastened shut, so opined there should be no way in or out. Mr. Morrissey noted that this left basically cosmetic issues to bring into compliance with City Code. Mr. Morrissey asked that he and Mr. Munson work cooperatively on options for a gate to keep people from depositing more debris on the lot in the future. Councilmember Willmus questioned Mr. Morrissey on a timeline and/or decision for potentially razing the building. Mr. Morrissey responded that the building was not usable the way it is; and ad- vised that it would mean his working with City staff to determine how to develop a multi-family building there, based on adjacent multi-family properties. Mr.