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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 6, 2003 APPROVED 1 criteria for designating a building includes history, architecture, and association with an . 2 important person or event. 3 4 Acting Mayor Reinert indicated he believes establishing a preservation committee is a 5 good idea. 6 7 This item will be discussed further at a future City Council meeting. 8 9 FINAL REPORT ON MOLD EXPENDITURES, SLADE SMITH AND JOAN 10 (MADE 11 12 City Administrator Waite Smith distributed a final report from Mr. Slade Smith. 13 14 Mr. Slade Smith, Institute for Environmental Assessment, reviewed the final report 15 noting the building does not have any water infiltration problems. Heat loss is occurring 16 at the steel cantilevers. He recommended the City follow all recommendations outlined 17 in the Judd Allen Group report. Other recommendations included warming the interior of 18 the chase at rear entrance into the Child Care Center, gap between truss and drywall along 19 gable should be filled, and address heat losses with weather stripping around joinery 20 between door panels and frames. 21 22 Ms. Joan Quade, Attorney, advised the City would have to start a lawsuit within two 23 years. The City knows now that it does not have near the problems that were initially 24 considered. The contractor is responsible and has indicated they will take care of the 25 problems with the building. At this point, it seems as though the issue has been resolved. 26 27 City Administrator Waite Smith distributed and reviewed a list of expenditures related to 28 the mold problem. She noted there would be another bill from the Attorney and Judd 29 Allen Group for the final report. The expenditures were taken from the Capital 30 Improvement Fund from dollars left over from the construction of the building. 31 32 Ms. Quade stated she has not discussed the incurred expenses with the contractor. 33 Expenses related to consultants are typically not reimbursed because they are believed to 34 be the cost of doing business. 35 36 City Administrator Waite Smith advised the mechanical improvements that were done to 37 the building will be beneficial to the City for a very long time. 38 39 Acting Mayor Reinert suggested Ms. Quade request that the contractor reimburse the City 40 for some of the expenses that were incurred due to the mold problem. 41 42 Councilmember Carlson requested Ms. Quade also request information from the 43 contractor in regards to why the electronic monitoring system was eliminated from the 44 initial project. She asked if doing yearly maintenance on the system would have 45 eliminated the mold problem. 46 47 Mr. Smith advised that if the maintenance staff had been trained to do yearly maintenance • 48 it is probable the City would not have had the mold problem.