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Mounds View City Council March 27, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 10 • did not ever believe that the building would be self-sufficient. She stated there is still a Parks and Recreation Committee, whether it be the YMCA or the City's own people, the City still will be funding programming. Councilmember Gunn stated it would still be coming out of taxpayer money even if there was not a building. She stated the City has always paid for that part of it. She stated the Community Center is a City building, and the City will probably be funding part of the Community Center for a long time, but hopefully the amount will be going down. She suggested perhaps the City can get it to run even with membership dues. She stated the Community Center needs to be brought back to belong to the community. City Administrator Ulrich explained this step in the process is to ascertain how much of an investment this really would be, and whether it justifies the cost. He stated this is the first step towards another decision, which would be whether or not the City should go ahead with this investment. He stated this gives us the cost estimates to give information to determine if it is a cost-effective decision. Mayor Marty noted that the Rozeboom Miller quote is identical to DSGW Architects at $5,000. He noted that DSGW Architects did the North St. Paul Community Center that is comparable to the Mounds View Community Center. He stated both proposals look comparable. He stated that when reviewing the proposal from DSGW Architects, if Phase 2 is pursued for the implementation (construction, administration and project follow-up), the fee percentage is 6 percent compared to Rozeboom that has a fee percentage of 7.5 percent. Mayor Marty stated it seems that the North St. Paul project worked out pretty well and if the project goes farther than dust this study, he stated he would be more comfortable knowing ahead of time that the City would save 1.5 percent of the costs by going with DSGW Architects. Mayor Marty stated David Jahnke, 8428 Eastwood Road, called before the meeting and stated Mr. Jahnke does not want the City to go forward with this. He wondered if this meant the Community Center would be changing. Mayor Marty stated this is to take a look to see if it is feasible and is not giving approval to change anything at the Community Center at this time. City Administrator Ulrich stated he is comfortable with either architectural firm. He added that Phase 2 is not being sought right now, and that cost may be negotiable with either firm. He suggested he could go back and ask if Rozeboom Miller if they could guarantee 6 percent for Phase 2, but if it makes no difference and the Council likes the design work of DSGW, he commented he is fine with going with them. Councilmember Gunn asked if there was any particular reason Rozeboom Miller was chosen. City Administrator Ulrich stated it was somewhat a subjective decision, and that he preferred more of the design work and also that they had some higher profile work. He noted they were also the only firm that came out and walked through the areas of the Community Center. Mayor Marty pointed out in both of the reports, DSGW and Rozeboom stated the quote of $5,000 is all-inclusive whereas SEH had meals and travel expenses that would be added on to