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. city Building Inspector is no longer licensed. (He didn't keep up his continuing ed credits.) A draftsman is also able to write specs and sign off on plans. We could use University architect students. Carol also has a list of small architectural agencies who might be interested in a building of this scope. Carol K talked to the New Brighton (NB) Parks and Rec. director Morey Anderson, who offered us the plans for a warming shelter that they have in a park. Carol said it is really nice. NB hired a small firm to draft the specs and oversee construction for 52,100. We agreed that we need to keep to costs down and not get an overdesigned building. The building in NB is 24 by 30 ft, has water and restrooms and was built in 1988 for 540,000. It sounds great. We still would want an overhang but one could be designed on to these plans, maybe by the same firm that designed them in the first place. We discussed that it was Scott's job to oversee the park project, and observation time was in his contract. What about construction observation. All agreed that if Scott did the site work and prepping for the building he could keep track of equipment movement and digging and the order of these. NB did the construction observation themselves. Roseville offered to do this for us for 51,000. Carol K felt we could skip the schematic phase and go write into design development and spec writing. There are clearly many lower cost . options. Why reinvent the wheel and waste money. Carol H asked if we could used money saved in other areas of the park and Carol K indicated that we could. It was also generally felt that if it was easy to match the brick and cedar siding at the community park building we should, but they are so far apart if it became a problem, it wasn't that important. We do need an overhang for picnics, however. Do we want bathrooms? Yes! If it economically possible, we all agreed bathrooms and a water fountain would be great. Carol K will look into the sewer problem. We could put in a pump station for 51,500, but they are supposedly high maintenance. Having better facilities would make it nicer in the summer for more activities in the building. We will write the RFP's to quote prices with and without bathrooms. We will all meet at the NB park building off 35 W, North on Old Highway 8 near St. John's church Wed at 5 p.m to look at the building. It has windows, but they are covered with screening to protect them. We also need to check the code for numbers of occupants in a given space. We also would like a pay phone at the park for safety reasons. Dave said he would look into the costs for it. Carol K said they will bring in the line for free. Carol K showed us a lovely plan for playground equipment done by Landscape Structures. Carol K will look into asked for proposals that would • design a play structure for 520,000 and we would select the design and materials we liked best. Wood is a problem, considering the wetness of