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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION May 6, 2019 <br />DRAFT <br /> 1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 <br />MINUTES 2 <br /> 3 <br />DATE : May 6, 2019 4 <br />TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 5 <br />TIME ENDED : 10:30 p.m. 6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Maher, 7 <br /> Manthey, Stoesz and Mayor Reinert 8 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 <br /> 10 <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John 11 <br />Swenson; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; Community Development Director 12 <br />Michael Grochala; Finance Director Sarah Cotton; City Planner Katie Larsen; City 13 <br />Engineer Diane Hankee; City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 <br /> 15 <br />Annual Board of Appeal and Equalization Hearing, Council Chambers 16 <br />(See separate minutes) 17 <br /> 18 <br /> 1. Review Public Works Facility Concept Plans – Rick DeGardner 19 <br />reviewed his written report outlining the matter of replacing the City’s public works 20 <br />facility and introduced Jeff Oertel of Oertel Architects to present concept plans based on 21 <br />the council’s previous directions. Using the video screen, Mr. Oertel reviewed the site 22 <br />noting the space constraints at the current site. They’ve come up with a couple options. 23 <br />He noted that the Mayor had asked what the City can get for $4 million and the options 24 <br />are based on that premise. Mr. Oertel showed concepts and noted the following: 25 <br />- there is an option to leave the community space as is or hold for future expansion; 26 <br />- a possible location for adding a maintenance bay; 27 <br />- moving the office area to the SE corner of building (someday you can meet your 28 <br />total space needs); 29 <br />- big box presented would be about $4 million and adding that maintenance bay 30 <br />(current dollars) would be an additional $1 million; 31 <br />- noted that construction costs are somewhat volatile; 32 <br />- a look at what some other cities have built, some larger and some smaller; Little 33 <br />Canada built a smaller facility; 34 <br />- focus would be on space rather than aesthetics. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Mayor Reinert suggested that the council is looking for something utilitarian more than 37 <br />paying a lot for design. The last proposal they saw was much more expensive and he felt 38 <br />at that time that for the use requirements, the project could be done for less. He doesn’t 39 <br />necessarily see the return on a larger investment for the residents. He is cognizant of the 40 <br />need to have a workable space. He offered that as background on this discussion. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Council Member Rafferty noted that the conceptual building seems far to the east of the 43 <br />lot and he wonders if that doesn’t make access harder. Mr. Oertel explained that the 44 <br />location is greatly impacted by wetlands and setbacks, unless the community land is used. 45