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CITY COUNCIL WORD SESSION <br />May 6, 2019 <br />1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 <br />4 DATE May 6, 2019 <br />5 TIME STARTED 6:00 p.m. <br />6 TIME ENDED 10:30 p.m. <br />7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Maher, <br />8 Manthey, Stoesz and Mayor Reinert <br />9 MEMBERS ABSENT None <br />10 <br />ll Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John <br />12 Swenson; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; Community Development Director <br />13 Michael Grochala; Finance Director Sarah Cotton; City Planner Katie Larsen; City <br />14 Engineer Diane Hankee; City Clerk Julie Bartell <br />15 <br />16 Annual Board of Appeal and Equalization Hearing, Council Chambers <br />17 (See separate minutes) <br />18 <br />19 1. Review Public Works Facility Concept Plans — Rick DeGardner <br />20 reviewed his written report outlining the matter of replacing the City's public works <br />21 facility and introduced Jeff Oertel of Oertel Architects to present concept plans based on <br />22 the council's previous directions. Using the video screen, Mr. Oertel reviewed the site <br />23 noting the space constraints at the current site. They've come up with a couple options. <br />24 He noted that the Mayor had asked what the City can get for $4 million and the options <br />25 are based on that premise. Mr. Oertel showed concepts and noted the following: <br />26 - there is an option to leave the community space as is or hold for future expansion; <br />27 - a possible location for adding a maintenance bay; <br />28 - moving the office area to the SE corner of building (someday you can meet your <br />29 total space needs); <br />30 - big box presented would be about $4 million and adding that maintenance bay <br />31 (current dollars) would be an additional $1 million; <br />32 - noted that construction costs are somewhat volatile; <br />33 - a look at what some other cities have built, some larger and some smaller; Little <br />34 Canada built a smaller facility; <br />35 - focus would be on space rather than aesthetics. <br />36 <br />37 Mayor Reinert suggested that the council is looking for something utilitarian more than <br />38 paying a lot for design. The last proposal they saw was much more expensive and he felt <br />39 at that time that for the use requirements, the project could be done for less. He doesn't <br />40 necessarily see the return on a larger investment for the residents. He is cognizant of the <br />41 need to have a workable space. He offered that as background on this discussion. <br />42 <br />43 Council Member Rafferty noted that the conceptual building seems far to the east of the <br />44 lot and he wonders if that doesn't make access harder. Mr. Oertel explained that the. <br />45 location is greatly impacted by wetlands and setbacks, unless the community land is used. <br />1 <br />