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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 22, 2016 Page 36 ing, whether previous conditions or now repaired, and expressed her extreme dis- appointment to realize people are working in this community in a facility such as this. Mayor Roe offered an opportunity for public comment at this time. Public Comment Bill Supina, Building Tenant Mr. Supina opined there was an important piece of information missing from this discussion: that nobody from the City's Building Code or Fire Department had in- spected the building for the last ten years. Had the building been inspected annu- ally, Mr. Supina opined there may have been 2-3 items to fix versus the current 1ist. As a tenant of the building, Mr. Supina offered his willingness to comply. When Chief O'Neill left after his first visit to the building, Mr. Supina advised that he and his staff had brought multiple issues into compliance by 6:00 p.m. that evening. Mr. Supina stated that was how he ran his business and affairs; but not- ed he was unable to change the fact that the building was old. However, since resolution of these issues affected him and his family, Mr. Supina stated he would do everything needed to remain as a tenant in the building. Mr. Supina reiterated the importance that the city hadn't done their job over the last ten years, and therefore asked for their help and cooperation rather than killing them. Councilmember McGehee asked Mr. Supina if all these repairs fell on him as a tenant and nothing on the landlord. Mr. Supina responded that he found Mr. Dorso to be very friendly and realized he would like to sell the property by finding a buyer and moving his company as a tenant to another location, all cooperatively achievable. Mr. Supina opined that with the new WalMart and other redevelopment in the area, everyone would like the trucking industry to go somewhere else. Mr. Supina noted his father had built this business in 1955, and he had taken over in the 1970's. While it may be time for the business to move and change, Mr. Supina asked that it be accomplished by working together. Carol Erickson, Applewood Point, Langton Lake (formerly a resident of Mildred Drive) Ms. Erickson noted she and neighbors in this area had worked for over forty years to save and clean up Langton Lake and the area, resulting in redevelopment at Twin Lakes. Ms. Erickson opined that this building had been in disrepair for years, including parking truck trailers at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and County Road G2, a continuing city code violation for years; and opined most of those trailers seemed in poor shape.