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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 26, 2016 DISCUSS The City Administrator stated that quotes for the demolition work will be PROCESS TO received in early November, but if we wait until after the November 16th AWARD Council meeting, it may getting too late to do the work since there is a 10 DEMOLITION day notification required by the MPGA. He explained that the Council will BIDS FOR 4 either need to hold a special meeting on November 9th or he can send out CITY -OWNED the information to the Council by email and the decision can be ratified at PROPERTIES the November 16tH meeting. There was Council consensus to give Staff the authority to make a decision on the demolition work for the four city - owned properties. VALUE REVIEW The City Administrator explained that Nicollet Partners has indicated that OF CITY- the range of costs for a valuation assistance with the Twin Lake Boulevard OWNED TWIN property would range from about $3,500 for an evaluation letter to $7,500 LAKE for a full appraisal. He noted that Nicollet Partners appraised this site in BOULEVARD 2006, but that information needs to be updated for the current market LAND conditions. He stated that another option the Council could consider is he has talked with representatives from Avison Young, and they think they could provide assistance, and would like to meet with the Council to see what they could offer. There was Council consensus to call a special meeting to meet with Avison Young to see what they could do for the City. Torkelson introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION 2016-10-184 -APPROVE STAFF SPENDING UP TO $3,500 ONANEVALUA TION LETTER FOR THE CITY -OWNED PROPERTY ON TWINLAKE BOULEVARD, PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE MEETING WITH AVISON YOUNG. The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by McGraw. Aye (5). Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. CITY HALL The City Administrator stated that there are a couple of sections of rubber ROOF REPAIR membrane roofing on City Hall, and one of them has been leaking this year. He explained that section is over the Council Chambers and the vestibule of the History Center. He stated that Staff has had some assistance in evaluating the work that needs to be done to ensure that damage was not more than the roofing membrane and substrate itself. He stated that being reasonably assured that it is only the roofing structure needing repair, he obtained quotes for repair where there have been leaks, and is recommending repairing over the front entry also since it is the same age as the area that is leaking. He noted that after comparing the quotes received, he is not recommending going with the lowest bid because the [G!