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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL December 27, 1989 COUNTRY DR. The City Administrator pointed out that financing of & CITY CENTER the Country Drive upgrade will be finalized based on FINANCING discussion earlier this evening. With regard to the financing of a City Center expansion, the Administrator reviewed his report dated December 22, 1989 pointing out that the key concern is that there are other planned uses of the monies identified as sources of financing. Scalze stated that she would like to see a total cost of the City Center expansion, including cost of parking area. Blesener reported that the Committee studying the expansion determined that due to the cost of acquiring additional property at the fire station site, it would not be feasible to have a fire station/city center combination. The recommendation of the Committee is to continue with the remodeling plans of the present City Center. Blesener also reported that the Committee chose one of the concepts put together by Boarman & Associates, and that concept is the most economical of the three presented. Blesener reported that Boarman is currently doing site elevations in order to determine what the front of the City Center would look like, as well as putting together cost comparisons. Fahey pointed out that blacktopping could be done at a later date. Scalze reported that she would like to know the cost of bricking the building, and asked if that would necessitate a reroofing as well. Fahey suggested that the Committee come back with this information for the Council's consideration. Scalze asked if the cost of the new fire station could be decreased if the building were two-story rather than single-story. Fahey stated that the City has to give the Fire Department some direction, and commented that if a good, functional fire station can be constructed for $65 per square foot with roof-top units, rather than basement units, that is what should be done. Page 25