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• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MAY 7, 2003 APPROVED Mr. Smith also reviewed the recommendations outlined in the report advising further investigation of the wall systems is necessary to verify anomalies identified during the thermal imaging evaluation. That will entail some destructive investigation. If there is mortar build up, the entire building would have to be inspected. City Administrator Waite Smith stated the real issue is there may be other potential problems. Once those problems are identified, they have to be corrected. Mr. Smith excused himself from the closed portion of the meeting. The Council adjourned to a closed meeting for the purpose of discussing the building envelope issue with Attorney Joan Quade at 9:03 p.m. Following the closed meeting, at 9:27 p.m. the Council reconvened their regular work session meeting. Mr. Smith returned to the regular Council work session. Councilmember O'Donnell inquired about a time frame and estimated cost. Mr. Slade stated he has to obtain a proposal from the architect regarding the time frame. The cost to further investigate will be approximately $8,000. He stated he believes the report should be available by the beginning of June 2003. DISCUSSION REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT TO PROCEED WITH FORMULATION OF GOVERNANCE POLICIES, LINDA WAITE SMITH Mayor Bergeson stated Facilitator Emil Angelica suggested at the goal setting/team building meeting the City work on formulation of governance policies. The Council needs to determine if they would like to move forward with that. Councilmember Reinert stated the Council should have another meeting with the facilitator to finish what was started. Councilmember Carlson stated she would like to have the information prior to the meeting so she can be more prepared. The Council directed Staff to schedule another meeting with the facilitator. City Administrator Waite Smith distributed a projection of market value for the City years 2003-2008 that was previously requested by the Council. She advised that the meetings to discuss the Quad Cities Police Department are scheduled on May 22 and May 29, 2003. The meeting location will rotate alphabetically in each city. The meetings have not been advertised. The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 p.m.