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amending the original agreement. Also, there has been some discussion about the size of the locker rooms and this is addressed somewhat in the attached packet. Last week the group cities met to review the matters and generally came away recognizing these are not substantive changes of high concern. Please review and I will clarify the necessary Council actions for Monday night. • Item D - Resolution of Support Regarding the Proposed County Jail in Shoreview: Mayor McCarty attended the meeting in Shoreview last Monday on Commissioner Bennett's interest in including a Shoreview site for consideration of a county jailing facility. The Shoreview City Council expressed their opposition to the proposal and began action to approve a resolution stating their opposition to that proposal. I have contacted the City of Shoreview for a copy of their resolution and am waiting for it. Mayor McCarty has asked to have this item on the agenda and will be asking for the Council to approve a resolution of support for Shoreview, and in general for a suburban viewpoint of this proposition. I will draft a resolution based on the Shoreview resolution for the Council's consideration on Monday evening. In other City business,I should note to the Council that as part of the demolition bidding for the Bel Rae, I forgot to mention last Monday evening where the flooring come out. It appears that attempting to save the flooring for further use or for sale will be cost prohibitive. The tongue and groove fittings of the floor likely will not survive the dismantling of the floor in additional to the added cost and time needed for removal. After discussing this with the construction manager, I thought the best option would be to remove the flooring and keep the best pieces for the City to. decide upon later as to what to do with it. Please let me know if you have questions or other options for consideration. Also on the Bel Rae, work has begun over there on the demolition after the bids came in and were • approved. The Council may recall discussing in addition to a construction manager and an architect, whether we needed a project manager to coordinate and keep track of everything. While I have been concerned about the added cost of such a position,I am becoming more aware of the time and energy needed to stay on top of the details in this thing. I asked WAI to submit to me a proposal for doing that service and what the service would entail. After receiving that, I discussed the matter with Cathy Bennett, feeling that she may be good at much of this provided she had the support of the architect. At this point, we are considering hybrid approach where the architect agrees to being the project manager, but Cathy does most of the on site work, thus saving costs with the architect and developing a skill here in City Hall. No action is necessary yet,but if this turns out to be the preferred option, I will bring something to the Council later for your consideration. I have been attempting to arrange a meeting with Senator Novak, Geri Evans and some us on the MAC situation. Ideally, meeting in St. Cloud during the LMC conference would be best. Novak is going to be the LMC legislator of the year for his work on the right of way legislation, and Evans will come up if a meeting can be put together, and stay for the banquet on Thursday. Novak is out of the state so I won't know what is possible until next week. There's more, but that's it for now. Have a good weekend and see you Monday evening.