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• • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JULY 6, 2005 APPROVED 1 Council directed staff to inform the developer that the Council is supportive of the 2 possibility of a senior assisted -living project on that site. 3 4 Councilmember Carlson excused herself from the meeting at 7:18 p.m. 5 6 Councilmember Reinert arrived at the meeting at 7:25 p.m. 7 8 LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR PARK AND POOL FACILITY APPLICATION AT 9 CSAH 14 AND I -35E INTERCHANGE, MIKE GROCHALA 10 11 Community Development Director Grochala advised Anoka County has been working on 12 the conceptual design of the CSAH 14 II -35E Interchange. As the Council is aware the 13 County is pursuing federal funding for the interchange reconstruction (2009-2010 dollars) 14 in this year's project solicitation process. 15 16 Community Development Director Grochala stated as an interim measure, the County is 17 proposing to incorporate some temporary improvements to the interchange including a 18 loop in the northwest quadrant, a new street access east of 21st Avenue to service parcels 19 south of CSAR 14, and signalization of the ramp intersections. The County is also 20 proposing to incorporate a park and pool lot, to be located in the southwest quadrant of 21 the interchange (east of the gas station). 22 23 Community Development Director Grochala advised Anoka County is currently 24 submitting an application for federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) funding 25 to assist with the project. The inclusion of the park and pool lot in to the proposed project 26 enhances the chance of a successful application. 27 28 Community Development Director Grochala stated staff is requesting Council consent to 29 send a letter of support. 30 31 Council directed staff to send a letter of support of the Park and Pool Facility application 32 at CSAH 14 and I -35E interchange. 33 34 CIVIC COMPLEX ENERGY ASSESSMENT, RICK DEGARDNER 35 36 Public Services Director DeGardner reviewed the background of the Civic Complex 37 energy assessment noting the first findings of the building envelope evaluation using 38 thermal imaging suggested that the areas of the wall system had potential deficiencies. 39 The Institute of Environmental Assessment (IEA) recommended that further evaluation of 40 the exterior wall systems be done to verify anomalies during the thermal imaging 41 evaluation. 42 43 Public Services Director DeGardner advised to resolve these issues, necessary tasks were 44 divided into four categories: remove the existing mold, improve mechanical systems, 45 improve monitoring of the entire mechanical system, and improve building envelope.