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Mounds View City Council May 22, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 27 Mayor Marty asked whether the City will have to install fire suppression in the Groveland 1 building. Public Works Director Lee stated he has been told that the Groveland building, as 2 proposed, would require fire suppression. 3 4 Community Development Director Ericson stated that when the Hillview warming house was 5 reviewed, and the Building Official indicated that perhaps it should have been approved as 6 something other than a “U” occupancy. He advised that the Code is clear that this building is an 7 “A” occupancy and sprinkling is required, as indicated by the Public Works Director. 8 9 Councilmember Thomas stated she spoke with City Administrator Ulrich about this issue and 10 learned it is something the City has to do but she questioned why the City did not know this 11 would be required. She stated this is a big issue to have missed and she wants to assure 12 something like that is not missed in the future. 13 14 Mayor Marty noted the Council is now being asked to proceed with the installation. 15 16 Councilmember Flaherty stated that it would be disingenuous for the Council to consider 17 changing the ordinance based on this issue. He asked if the cost to monitor the system is built 18 into this cost. Public Works Director Lee stated it is not and he will have to look into that cost. 19 He noted that Viking is currently monitoring the City Hall system. 20 21 Councilmember Stigney stated he doubts there will be 300 occupants in this building and it 22 would be ridiculous to have to install a sprinkling system for occasional meetings. He stated this 23 is no different than Hillview and perhaps the Code has gone too far to require the installation of 24 sprinkling systems in other buildings where it is not needed. 25 26 Mayor Marty stated this is different than Hillview because before it was moved, the Random 27 Park building was used ten times more often for group meetings and activities than other park 28 shelters. Councilmember Stigney stated Hillview is used for the same purposes and also has to 29 be reserved. He stated if it is a Code issue, then the Code should be reviewed. 30 31 Director Ericson stated the Code amendment was recommended for adoption by the Fire Chief 32 for our three City Fire Districts and been in place since 1983. He stated it is not the City Code, it 33 is a State amendment that the City adopted and they may not want to go backwards to not require 34 a sprinkling system in a City building even if occupancy is under the 300 threshold. He stated he 35 thinks the Fire Chief would caution the City against going backwards on that Code because of the 36 usage of this building and it is consistent with the three cities of Mounds View, Spring Lake 37 Park, and Blaine. 38 39 Mayor Marty concurred and stated the Random Park building is a nice structure but it is a stick 40 structure. The Hillview Park building is a cinder block structure. Due to the fact Random Park 41 is used ten times more than any other park building, from a safety aspect, he has no problem with 42 adding the sprinkling system to bring it up to Code. 43 44