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Item No. 7D Meeting Date: January 9, 2006 Type of Business: CB WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City Administrator Review _______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Greg Lee, Director of Public Works Item Title/Subject: Resolution 6715 Authorizing the Re-Advertisement for Bids and Setting a Bid Date for the Groveland Park Building Replacement Project Background: At the July 25, 2005 City Council Meeting, the City Council rejected the bids citing that the project was too expensive and asked the Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Commission to look at alternatives. On July 28, 2005 the Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Commission began discussing and exploring alternatives for the replacement of the Groveland Park building. Discussions and investigation have continued over the past several months. On October 3, 2005 a Work Session report was submitted discussing the alternatives (see attached report). Discussion: The Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Commission have looked into the options of volunteer construction and pre-fabricated buildings. For volunteer construction, it appears that we could make the necessary arrangements to have a volunteer group construct the building. However, there are several issues that the City would encounter with this option: if it was stick constructed the plans would need to be changed at an estimated cost of $10,000, the City would still need a general manager for the project, there would still be a need to hire plumbing, electrical, and HVAC contractors. If the city was constructing a shed or a storage building, this may be a more suitable option. For pre-fabricated buildings the options found were simple metal shells – void of any plumbing or HVAC systems. Pre-fabricated buildings that did include these items were trailer type buildings.