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MINUTES City Council May 25, 1988 Insur•ance Mr~. Fahey intr~oduced the following r•esolution and moved its adoption: (Cont.) RESOLUTION N0. 88-5-228 - AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO PURCHASE INVERSE CONDEMNATION INSURANCE COVERAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $383.38 The for~egoing r~esolution was duly seconded by Mr~. Blesener•. Ayes (5) Fahey, Blesener•, Scalze, Collova, LaValle. Plays (0). Resolution declared adopted. This r•esolution appear•s in Resolution Book No. 19, Page 231. City Mr. Blesener reported that he has reviewed proposed City Center~ expansion Center• plans with ever•yone except for~ the Senior• Citizen Coor•dinator• who has been Expansion unavailable. Blesener• r~epor•ted that he will again tr•y to contact the Senior Citizen Coor•dinator. Agenda alesener• repor•ted that he is suggesting that the size of the Council Chambers Addition as pr•oposed be r•educed fr•om 1,800 squar~e feet to 1,500 squar•e feet. This is the minimum size Council Chamber•s recommended by the League of Minnesota Cities r•egar•dTess of the size of the City. Scalze r•epor•ted that the City of Falcon Heights r•ecently went thr•ough an addition and suggested that someone talk to that City to deter~mine how the addition was handled and what they would do over• again if they could. Scalze pointed out that the Falcon Neights addition includes a Council Chamber•s which doubles as a community center•. Blesener described the amount of seating for both Council purposes and community center pur•poses with both an 1,800 squar•e foot Council Chamber~s and a 1,500 squar•e foot Chamber•s. Council discussed the numbers that would be r•equir•ed for• the 55+ Club and noted that the Seni or• Ci ti zen Coor•di nator~ needs to offer~ i nput i n thi s ar•ea. Fahey stated that he was not in favor• of sizing the Council Chamber~s just to pr•ovide enough seating for• the 55+ Club for• their• monthly meetings. Fahey noted that only 50% of the Club's member~s are r•esidents of Little Canada. Fahey also suggested that with the park pur•chases the City is negotiating at the moment, the City Center• expansion pr~oposal should be tabled for• a few months. Scalze r•epor•ted that she talked to someone fr•om Falcon Heights and was infor•med that their• Council Chamber~s/community r•oom is also r~ented out for• pr~ivate functions. Scalze descr•ibed the size of the Falcon Heights Chamber•s as well as the var•ious featur•es of that r•oom. Scalze suggested that the Councilmembers visit Falcon Heights and look at the room. Falcon Heights is agr•eeable to discussing their~ facility with the Council. Collova noted the beautiful Council Chambers the City pr•esently has. Collova agr•eed that the Recr•eation Depar•tment needed additional space, Page -24-