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MINUTES City Council Feb. 10, 198II City Center Expansion (Cont.) Spooner Par•k Agenda Item No. 13 Ther•e wer•e also suggestions for~ outside of the building as well up coats and for• file cabinets. impr•oving the appear•ance of the as including an ar~ea for• hanging Blesener~ then sketched out for• the Council his ideas for r•elocating the Cler•k's office and incr~easing the size of the var•ious depar•tment offices as well as changing the confer•ence r~oom adjacent to the Council Chambers so that it could be used as an overflow area during large Council meetings. The Council discussed the var•ious suggestions and felt that Blesener~ should take these suggestions to SEH and have them r•edr~aft the plan r•eflecting these ideas. Blesener• noted that SEW is still under~ r•etai ner~ wi th the Ci ty. Bl esener• al so fel t that by r•evi si ng the plan to include the improvements discussed, it would be feasible to get a better• idea of the cost of the addition. Qlesener suggested that the City Clerk schedule a meeting with SEH to r•eview the City Center~ expansion plan. Scalze suggested that a wor•kshop meeting be scheduled to discuss the var•ious issues befor~e the Council such as City Center~ expansion, pur~chase of Center•ville Road pr•oper•ty as well as Spooner• Par~k and the addition to Little Canada Elementar•y School Blesener~ and Collova felt that it was too ear•ly to schedule such a wor•kshop at this time until the Council has mor•e infor•mation on the cost of the City Center• expansion, plus mor•e input from the School Distr•ict. Collova indicated that the School Distr~ict has indicated that they will be submitting a pur•chase agr~eement to the City for~ the pur~chase of Spooner Park. Scalze suggested that it might be appr~opr•iate for~ the City Attor•ney to become involved in this matter•. Scalze pointed out the Lauder•dale situation. Scalze asked if ther•e wer•e any assessments on the Spooner~ Par~k property. The City Cler•k repor~ted that ther•e ar•e two defer•r~ed assessments on the Spooner~ Par•k pr~oper~ty for~ sewer• main. The assessments ar~e for~ approximately $1,500 plus interest. Scalze pointed out that the City has deter•mined it would like to pur•chase 21.7 acr•es. Scalze suggested that the City Attor•ney make an offer~ to the School Di str•i ct for• thi s pr•oper~ty based on the Ci ty' s appr~ai sal of the proper•ty. Collova noted that the School Distr•ict has indicated that they would pr•epar~e a pur•chase agr•eement. However•, fel t that the Ci ty Attor~ney could check on the status of such an agr~eement. Page -13-