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RECONl11HENDATION: <br />Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners declare said structure a nuisance, <br />and order the building demolished with related debris removed from the property by the <br />County Road and Bridge Department. <br />Staff further recommends that the Board adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the <br />Building Official to report the county's demolition and debris removal cost for the structure to <br />the County Attorney for the preparation and recording of a lien to be placed on the real <br />property of the owner for the purpose of recovering the county's costs. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Adams, <br />SECONDED BY Commissioner Eggert, to approve <br />staff's recommendation as set forth in the <br />memo. <br />Community Development Director Bob Keating expressed his <br />longtime frustrations with the problems of this eyesore gas station <br />and advised that he had hoped to come to them today with a clean, <br />clear resolution of the problem, but unfortunately he did not have <br />one. He indicated there is an opportunity for the Board of County <br />Commissioners to resolve the problem, but warned that it might mean <br />an assumption of a lot of liability and involve considerable cost. <br />Ester Rymer, Building Director, reviewed the history of the <br />procedures regarding inspections of the unsafe building and <br />outlined the processes utilized for legal notice as instructed by <br />the County Attorney's office. She had met yesterday with Public <br />Works Director Jim Davis, Road and Bridge Superintendent Terry <br />Cook, and Deputy County Attorney Will Collins to discuss the <br />property. It.was estimated it_would cost $10,000 to remove the <br />contaminated soil piled on the property and the building; however, <br />Road and Bridge -was not comfortable with removing the dispensing <br />units as there is concern about creating liability by disturbing <br />the underground tanks. She had done some research .and there is no <br />record of where those tanks were originally installed. <br />Director Rymer presented three alternatives: to secure the <br />building and leave it that way pending some future State funding; <br />go in and take the building down using due care and take our <br />chances; or take down the building by hand. <br />Commissioner Adams felt they have to become proactive in <br />cleaning up the site at least aesthetically. <br />Questions about the owner of the property were fielded by <br />Commissioner Bird who believed there would be no response -from the <br />owner because they lost it to the bank a long time ago; the bank <br />37 <br />June 20, 1995 - <br />