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Mounds View City Council July 11, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 4 Park City Council and the following Thursday to the Blaine City Council. He indicated that the 1 Architects are ready to move forward with the construction design and provided the Council with 2 an overview of the site plan and floor plan of the building. He reviewed the tentative schedule 3 stating that they have closed on the property and now own it free and clear. He stated that the 4 ideal situation is that they would be back to the Blaine City Council on August 18th for the first 5 bid package, which includes the excavation, footings and foundation. He stated that the process 6 would start right away if the proposal is approved at the September 15th meeting with actual 7 construction beginning sometime in October. 8 9 Fire Chief Zikmund provided the Council with an overview of the floor plan noting their 10 priorities were the apparatus bay, the training space, office space and storage with a secondary 11 priority on the apparatus mechanics bay. He explained that they are trying to replicate what they 12 have at Station 1 noting that they currently have six full time administrative employees at Station 13 1 and eventually over time they want to place four to five at this location. He stated that 14 between Station 3 and 5 they have five apparatus bays noting that they remain at five although 15 the entire space is larger and allows the ability to park trucks in between the bays. He stated that 16 the far end bay is the apparatus maintenance noting that they are now into $100,000 a year on 17 apparatus maintenance and believe that they could fund this position just through the savings and 18 would be included as a 2007 budget proposal. 19 20 Fire Chief Zikmund reviewed the equipment, utility functions and storage space with the 21 Council. He stated that the training room is currently setup to seat 100 adding that they are 22 currently at 72 and in the process of recruiting. He stated that this is also a multi-purpose room 23 that would be available to the public for different activities. He reviewed the lobby area; 24 conference rooms, restroom area, storage rooms, fitness/recreation area and kitchen/lounge areas 25 with Council. He stated that they envision this building to be a 50-year building noting that they 26 keep all of their records for fire and personnel. He stated that this is their 61st year in maintaining 27 records for the fire department. He explained that this design has been scaled back from the 28 original proposal adding that they have also built in a police/ambulance office noting that they 29 have a good working relationship with Allina and can now provide a paramedic service to the 30 City. He stated that it is in the best interest of the City and the Citizens to have advanced life 31 support with paramedics stationed at the Station. 32 33 Fire Chief Zikmund reviewed the proposed landscaping and station parking stating that it 34 basically fits with the current plan. He referenced the geo-thermal well field and explained that it 35 takes advantage of the ground temperatures to heat and cool. He stated that it is an incredibly 36 efficient system with high upfront costs adding that the paybacks are typically over a three to 37 five-year period in energy savings. He noted that it is an approximate $100,000 up front cost 38 compared to the traditional adding that the recovery rates are incredible. He stated that as of the 39 meeting this morning they are $67,000.00 under budget as they did scale back in several areas of 40 the project. He reviewed the proposed elevation with the Council noting that they broke the 41 building into two parts and reviewed the layout and materials. He stated that he has asked the 42 architects to use the Blaine City Hall as the basis for the building design noting that the brick 43 would be on the stationary and contemporary glass on the right side where conference rooms and 44 offices are located. 45