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Mounds View City Council November 10, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 8 Council Member Stigney indicated that the City gets the same money regardless of whether they 1 use breakout rooms and he has an issue with tying in the Community Ed space to the banquet 2 center to allow the manager to get the money. He then asked what the buyout figure is. 3 4 Economic Development Coordinator Backman indicated the amount is $28,500 and after the 5 $10,000 payment the City payout would be $18,500. He then indicated that from the standpoint 6 of having monthly payment the City is assured of covering overhead costs and that is his goal and 7 the $6,000 from either party covers overhead for both areas. He further commented that 8 continuing along the same path the City would certainly have substantial losses on the 9 Community Ed area. 10 11 Council Member Stigney indicated he would have liked to see the City go for an RFP with or 12 without the Community Ed space to see how much could be garnered using both spaces 13 separately. He then said he has an issue with the buyout being $28,500 when the first offer was 14 to payoff at $10,000. 15 16 Mayor Linke indicated the original settlement offer was no longer an option. 17 18 Council Member Stigney indicated he has an issue with the $10,000 contribution to do business 19 in the City and several questions with the RFP so he will not support this regardless of which 20 business Council chooses. He then said he does not think the City should wait until June to go 21 out for an RFP and he would prefer to look at the banquet center and the Community Ed space 22 and get all the options before paying $28,500. 23 24 Council Member Gunn indicated that both proposals looked good but she feels The Mermaid is 25 the one she feels confident can move in and get up to speed right away. 26 27 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Marty. To Approve the Banquet Center Interim Agreement With 28 The Mermaid. 29 30 Council Member Gunn indicated she picked The Mermaid mostly because of the staff, the 31 amount of staff that they have and the years of experience that they have. 32 33 Council Member Marty agreed and said that the one thing that caught his eye was the marketing 34 ability of The Mermaid and noted that they have spent $129,000 this year on marketing. He then 35 said that in the proposal The Mermaid has marketing planned for each month. 36 37 Council Member Marty indicated that The Mermaid staff is assembled and ready to go and the 38 Roberts team would come on board to form an organization for this project. He then said that 39 both proposals were very good but the edge went to The Mermaid for him. 40 41 Mr. Waste indicated they would like to have the chance to do the ramp up and this is 14 months 42 worth of work. He then said that, as for staffing, no one carries that many people on the payroll 43 and would have to hire. 44 45