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MEMO To: MAYOR AND CITY ('01"' I FROM: CLERK-ADMINISTRATO�R- DATE: JANUARY 30, 1985 SUBJECT: PUBLIC WORKS GARAGE AND STORAGE FACILITIES STUDY Since the time I started with the City of Mounds View in September of 1980 and prior to that time, City Councils have on an infrequent basis and usually at budget time discussed the need for additional storage and garage facilities for our Public Works Department. At one time the City had a sum of money set aside for this project. This money was transferred to our Sewer Fund to provide for a contingency account for emergency repairs and was used within less than one year of the transfer to fund the cost of the Quincy Street sewer main break which resulted in our abandoning the sewer lift station on Quincy Street north of Hillview and directly connecting one of our force mains into the MWCC force main. In a recent conversation with Councilmembers Quick and Blanchard, the need for the improvement and/or expansion of our Public Works garage and storage facilities was discussed. I indicated at that time the I felt that, although Staff would be able to undertake some portions of an evaluation of our facilties needs, there would come a time when we would be unable to provide knowledgeable input due to our lack of knowledge in the field of architecture. Also, Staff has over the past several years been attempting to undertake this project but due to its low priority it has never been started. It was my recommendation during this discussion that the City consider hiring a student from the University of Minnesota's School of Architecture or make arrangements for a class project which would essentially perform a facilities study including an evaluation of our current facilities, an identification of the shortfalls in those facilities, an evaluation of sites available in the City for additional facilities and/or expansion of current facilities, and preparation of very general site plans which would help us in the next step in the decision -making process, Namely a decision by the City Council to move forward with some type of a project and determining whether or not it would be funded with already available municipal funds or a bond issue. I have had conversations with a representative of the University of Minnesota's School of Architecture and been advised that at the present Llinr they do not have classes undertake any projects, however, they do have both graduate and undergraduate students who do free-lance work for