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f fl-6// cc2 MEMO To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Chuck Whiting, City Administrator Re: May 19, 1997 Special City Council Work Session Date: May 15, 1997 I appreciate the Council being able to meet on an otherwise off night. As explained via the phone, two items are on the agenda for the special work shop meeting. First, David Wolterstorff from WAI Continuum will be in again to get the Council's preference of an outward surface on the community center project. The Council will not need to take any formal action, but we agree it is important to have some assurance that the Council will be satisfied with the exterior appearance of the building. Two options will be presented, one cost effective, the other more attractive. Not to further burden the Council with decisions, but I included a letter from Wolterstorff's assistant on what will become a common type of decision. This one regards the kitchen location. I will be advising the architect to leave the kitchen where it is. I will be meeting with Wolterstorff, Flanery, Kuehiwein, Long, Kessel, and Saarion prior to the Council meeting to review the status of all facets of the project. I will also be discussing with my staff what options we feel may best meet the needs of the project for oversight and process management. Given time, I may update the Council on that as well. Also, the youth initiative grant we submitted last February for construction at the Bel Rae relative to • youth activities was passed. I have to commend Mary Saarion for getting this together and submitted. We had been in the dark as to the status of the application and all of a sudden they are telling us it is a go. The amount is $375,000 and should help us in our discussions as choices have to be made. Council members may want to start thinking of this money as over the $3.3 million for the project. More details will follow. After that, the U of M design team will be present to review the status of their work with Pam and members of the group participating in the class. After their class on Tuesday, it was discussed that it may be appropriate to brief the Council on this and request the Council forward the work to various commissions for their review and discussion. Pam will lead the discussion on this item. Council member Trude has indicated a scheduling conflict for her starting at 6 p.m. I think these matters can be held in the hour we have scheduled, but I wanted to pass that along to the group in case the pace moves slower. In other matters, as mentioned via the phone, our MAC legislation did not make it through the conference committee Monday night. I talked with Senator Novak about options and he suggested we revisit the issue with him and Representative Evans sometime in the coming weeks with a different strategy for working with MAC. I have had this interest indicated by Blaine, Circle Pines and Lexington so far as well. Also,the youth initiative grant we submitted last February for construction at the Bel Rae relative to • youth activities was passed. I have to commend Mary Saarion for getting this together and submitted. We had been in the dark as to the status of the application and all of a sudden they are telling us it is a go. The amount is $375,000 and should help us in our discussions as choices have to be made. Council members may want to start thinking of this money as over the $3.3 million for the project. More details will follow.