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