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Item No. 8C Meeting Date: July 25, 2005 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 6583 Approving Final Plans and Specifications and Setting a Bid Date for the City Hall Rehabilitation Project Background: On April 4, 2005, the City Council, at a Work Session, reviewed the status of the City Hall Rehabilitation Project, which included design and development level plans. On April 11, 2005, the City Council set a public hearing date of April 25, 2005 for this project and authorized its publication. On April 25, 2005, the City Council held a public hearing and approved Resolution No. 6504 which ordered the project, and approved a letter agreement with SEH for the development of detailed plans and specifications for the City Hall Rehabilitation Project. Discussion: Plans and Specifications - As directed, detailed plans and specifications for the City Hall Rehabilitation Project have been completed. These are attached for the City Council’s review. The current specifications include a basic entry to City Hall and the main entrance to the Police Department. These new entrances will meet the current energy codes for a new building. There were several concept entrance designs that were considered earlier in the design process. One that seems to be a preferred choice was a “tower” style entrance. Since this design is more for aesthetics than to meet energy code or other new federal regulations it will be included only as bid alternate. The objective of this project is to; 1) increase air quality, 2) increase the energy efficiency, 3) make the building accessible to all based on current Americans with Disability Act, and 4) make minor modification to arrange the space to better