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Item No. 11B1 Meeting Date: October 23, 2006 Type of Business: Reports WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business Administrator Review:___ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Greg Lee, Director of Public Works Item Title/Subject: Discussion of Random Park Building Electrical Change - Addition of Wires and Switches to Allow for the Installation of Ceiling Fans Background: The Random Park building was originally constructed with the intention to be used as a three-season building. Discussion The Random Park building has a tall peaked ceiling. This type of ceiling makes providing an even heat throughout the building inefficient and difficult to achieve. Staff is recommending the addition of electrical lines and switches to provide power to two ceiling fans that could be added to the peak of the building. The cost for this electrical work is $1,070. The proposal would be to authorize the installation of the electrical lines and switches at this time, before the contractor completes the interior walls and sprays the ceiling. This item would come back to the City Council as an official change order at a later date. Staff would then purchase and install the fans. Since this building will be used extensively throughout the winter months, adding ceiling fans to the Random Park building should reduce the heating costs. As an additional benefit, ceiling fans would also reduce cooling costs during the summers months and provide even temperature control throughout the year. The contractor will be finishing the interior walls during the week of October 23rd. Should the City Council wish to install ceiling fans in the Random Park building, installing the wires at this time will allow them to be placed behind the walls and not be exposed.