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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 22, 2016 Page 32 who had also worked hard to correct a lot of the issues summarized by city staff; and Rolph Sullivan and Reed Robinson of WJR Architects, whose role was to bring the building into compliance. Mr. Martin advised all were available to the City Council for questions. Mr. Martin stated, as representative of the Dorso Building Company and Mr. Dorso, he would offer a different view of the property status than given by staff. Mr. Martin advised that representatives had been working with the Fire Depart- ment since early June of 2016 to address life safety concerns, opining those origi- nal concerns were different from those provided by Chief O'Neill, and involved three categories: the sprinkler system, fire exits and alarms; with the extent of the corrections involving fire exit work, plumbing and electrical. As noted by Chief O'Neil, Mr. Martin agreed that some of those issues was de- pendent on expert opinion as to the best course of action. Mr. Martin recognized that upon hiring that expert for their advice as to what needed done, a number of problems were addressed in that analysis and report of inspection; with his client agreeing to submit the report to the city once received, at which time Chief O'Neill stated the city would review the report and determine what they agreed with or didn't agree with as long as minimum requirements were met, allowing additional time to correct the problems at that time. Mr. Martin advised that as soon as contractors were available, without waiting for completion of the report, his client, and tenant as applicable, began working on the alarm and sprinkler system. Mr. Martin admitted the sprinkler system in- volved a complicated electrical component, only exacerbated by the copper thieves and their additional demolition of the system. However, Mr. Martin noted that Mr. Dorso ordered its repair, and changed the alarm company and system as well as work on the sprinkler system that could be done. Needless to say, Mr. Martin noted his client had spent thousands of dollars for that process alone. Mr. Martin opined that this first meeting with city staff was unusual from his per- spective, noting they had asked to meet with the Fire Department, and to his and his client's surprise, no fewer than 6— 7 representatives from the city showed up. Mr. Martin further opined that he and his client thought they were meeting with the Fire Department to address life safety issues, but one of the other city repre- sentatives was Mr. Englund. Having nothing to hide, Mr. Martin advised that they authorized Mr. Englund's inspection of the building, at which time he spent 3-4 hours going through it, even though he agreed with Chief O'Neill that an ex- pert analysis was needed. Shortly after Mr. Englund's inspection, Mr. Martin noted receipt of an exhaustive list of violations, not necessarily site specific, and provide several examples from that compiled list. Mr. Martin advised that with an apparent process laid out to hire experts, lay out a plan, and have the city respond to that plan, neither he nor his client were too con-