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Regular Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Page 17 northern edge of the property being defined much more clearly, but this applicant 811 proposal seeks to locate it anywhere within that green area as shown on the map and 812 between the Vogel parcel and residential properties to the north. 813 Specific to Condition option 1.A and previous comments at Planning Commission 814 meetings, Member Cunningham stated that it was her understanding that the 815 recommendation of the City Council was that they not do that. Member Cunningham 816 noted that she recalled the rationale being that If the neighbors installed their fences and 817 the Vogels installed their fence, with a small open area in between, it would create a 818 safety risk in the neighborhood. 819 Mr. Paschke confirmed that, at that time, neither staff or the Commission recommended 820 installation of a fence, whether that needed to be on the property line or replace the 821 existing one to avoid that gap. Mr. Paschke clarified that staff didn’t recommend approval 822 of the fence, and staff’s requirement was consistent with current city code and would 823 have been implemented accordingly. 824 If the Commission approved Condition 1.A.a, and both residential property owners on the 825 north and the Vogels installed fences, Member Cunningham asked if that represented a 826 safety concern from staff’s perspective. 827 Mr. Paschke responded that he wasn’t sure if the distance indicated represented 3’ to 4’ 828 and something that would need to be discussed with the Roseville Police Department 829 and fleshed out to find a reasonable distance and to address safety concerns with fence 830 design and separation. Mr. Paschke recognized some of those safety issues that could 831 come up, including loitering and other nefarious activities. 832 Applicant Representatives 833 Bonnie Vogel, Owner and CEO AND Dave Vogel, Owner of Vogel Mechanical 834 Zachary J. Crain, Roseville Resident and Attorney for the Vogels, with Nilan 835 Johnson, Lewis, PA (120 S Sixth Street, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55402) 836 Ms. Vogel clarified that the heart of their business was “construction,” with their work 837 done off-site (e.g. Mall of America, Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul Regional Water 838 Services, etc.) with equipment and bulk of the materials used going directly from their 839 vendors to the job site. Ms. Vogel advised that less than 5% of their business involved 840 production of processing, but clarified that they sometimes did specialty revamping of 841 duct work as may be required for a particular job. 842 Ms. Vogel noted that theirs was a first generation entrepreneurial business. Ms. Vogel 843 provided a brief history of their family’s excitement in coming across this site in Roseville, 844 looking very depressed and having many issues to address for rehabilitating the property 845 and building. Because of the small family-owned nature of their business, Ms. Vogel 846 stated that they were very interested in restoring the building and site and becoming part 847 of the community of Roseville. Being in the construction business, Ms. Vogel noted that 848 they were in a good position to make those building and site repairs and were 849 encouraged to become a Roseville employer and the public work force and human 850 capital side by providing good paying jobs from that location. For that and many other 851 business reasons, Ms. Vogel stated that locating in Roseville made sense to their firm 852 and they were excited about this particular location. 853 Ms. Vogel noted that, when she had appeared before the Planning Commission 854 previously she had agreed to work with the residential neighbors about their concerns. 855 However, Ms. Vogel admitted that she never dreamed the situation would come out as it 856 had, and from their firm’s and family’s perspective, apologized for any disrespect the 857 neighbors had felt. However, Ms. Vogel stated that she felt their firm’s reputation had also 858 been damaged as well. 859 When first applying for the IU, Ms. Vogel stated that they anticipated rezoning would 860 happen that same summer; but instead that had been significantly delayed, while they 861