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MEMO TO: Mr. Don Pauley, City Administrator Mounds View City Counci '®rD FROM: Bruce K. Anderson, Directo Parks, Recreation and Forpartment DATE: January 12, 1981 RE: Warming House Condition Staff met with City Building Inspector Robert Mikulak, Fire Chief Fagerstrom, and Assistant Fire Chief Tom Skeate on Thursday, January 8, 1981 as per the direction of the City Council to inspect the existing warming house shelter buildings from a health, safety and welfare perspective. In addition, staff has requested that Electrical Inspector Robert Edmond review the electrical systems on Monday morning, January 12, 1981. It was the consensus of the four staff members that each of the buildings were in deplorable condition yet were serving an important service to the community. We discussed each building from two perspectives, the first being short range repairs and long range refurbishing. A complete breakdown of the immediate and long range repairs follows with rough cost estimates. The three immediate items of concern for each shelter building are: 1. Fire extinguishers 2. Second exit door or emergency door opposite from entrance door 3. Replacement of existing heaters including piping, ventilation and flue. Staff has already purchased and installed fire extinguishers at a cost of $140.00. They are 5-2A IOB.C. Multi -rated units at $28.00/extinguisher. The projected cost for exit or emergency doors would be $750.00 based on $150.00/shelter for a plywood door. Cronstroms heating and air conditioning staff have reviewed the heating needs and recommend a suspended or hanging heater at an approximate cost of $1,500.00/unit installed or $7,500.00. Total estimate for immediate repairs is $8,390.00. The Fire Chief felt that we could delay the purchase and installation of new heating units until 1982 assuming the existing exposed tubing and venting were repaired immediately. It was his further recommendation that the fire extinguishers and exit doors be installed immediately. Staff would concur with this recommendation that the emergency or exit doors be installed at a cost of $750.00 to be completed by a private contractor. Staff would further recommend that the replacement of heating units at a cost of $7,500.00 be postponed until the Council makes a final determination as to the future of the buildings. Staffs formal recommendation for the Councils review is to allocate $750.00 from the City Contingency account for installation of five fire extinguishers and construction of fire exit doors as a reasonable short range solution. A complete listing of the proposed repairs and rough cost estimates is as follows. (A detailed listing of electrical repairs will be forthcoming.) The first listing of items is of immediate concern listed by neighborhood parks.