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Memo • To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Chuck Whiting, City Administrator Re: June 9, 1997 City Council Meeting Date: June 6, 1997 Despite the relatively small agenda, a lot is going on. Here's the agenda items: Pledge of Allegiance:Just prior to the Council doing the pledge of allegiance, Mayor McCarty will , note the upcoming Flag Day holiday on June 14 and the recognition of the pledge on that day. Consent Agenda-Items A through F: These items are the simple hearing requirements for liquor license renewals. The ordinance change we did last month eliminated the requirement to send the notices of the hearings out with the renewals. This will be the first time we don't do that and just go with the Council action. Council Business-Item A-City Hall HVAC System: Staff has worked on improving the Noram proposition of last Monday night. Mike's memo outlines some of this. I have been able to talk with a few of you regarding this matter. In addition to myself it appears the immediate sentiment is to simply replace the units that have gone out. While this may appear expedient, upon further review and with the physical changes we would like to do to the office space, I am changing my initial • reaction to instead attempt to better the situation Noram may be able to provide. Mice will be able to go over the details,but the approach I think may be best over the long haul, assuming we can get the right prices, is to have someone like Noram conduct the more thorough review of the building so we know where we may ultimately be going. Mike has asked Noram to strip out some of the added costs of their proposal, and apparently also worked with Bob Long to improve the City's position in an initial understanding with Noram,which Noram has agreed to. This may give the City some cost free work for the time being as we try to best solve the situation and get to the most cost effective solution. Item B - Resolution 5133 Approving VB Digs Agreement: Bob Long has informed me that the agreement with VB Digs is essentially complete and ready for Council action. He is unable to get a fresh copy of the agreement for the packet however. He has told me the agreement is basically the same as the copies the Council has had and he will review to any length the Council desires on Monday evening. Having this aspect of the project behind us is positive. VB Digs' next step is to secure their financing, of which this agreement will be an integral part. The likely concern of a bank will be the collateral of the volleyball facility on city leased land. This may make it difficult for a bank to make the loan to Digs. While realizing this for some time now, I agree with Bob that for now this should be the City's position with Digs and wait until or if Digs cannot get financing because of this provision. The City could then review the situation and decide what to do if anything. Resolution 5133 approves the agreement and authorizes the Mayor and myself to sign the agreement should the Council authorize this Monday evening. • Item C - Super Rink Master Agreement, First Amendment: The MASC has forwarded an amendment to the original master agreement for the quad ice rink project in Blaine. Apparently, after the original agreement was signed, some further architecture work took place which added some cost to the project. The added cost will be paid for through newly dedicated concessions proceeds so there is no added risk to member cities. However, the changes do require the cities to agree to