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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 25, 1995 Page 3 1 Motion by Marks, second by Fleming to approve the request to place a temporary, 10 foot 2 by 40 foot storage trailer on the property at 2808 Anthony Lane South, until December 3 31, 1996, subject to Fire Marshall review and approval. 4 Motion carried unanimously. 5 B. Community Center Update. 6 Mayor Ranallo commented on some of the items addressed in a recent article in the Focus 7 Newspaper. He reported there were many inaccuracies in the article. In 1992, the School 8 Board and City performed a joint survey of the residents in the area. The residents 9 indicated they felt the City needed a Community Center. In October 1994,town 10 meetings were held to discuss the building and explain why the building should be built 11 new instead of remodeled and how to go about this. These meetings were highly 12 publicized. The City has met constantly with the School Board because the School Board 13 takes care of the community portion of the building. Once the referendum was resolved, 14 the School Board determined the amount of square footage they would require in the 15 Community Center and the amount of rent they were able to pay. At first, Community 16 Services said they did not need a gym but since have changed their mind and_are contributing $10,000.00 for the gym. 18 Marks indicated the current building is in bad repair. The heating of the building is 19 terrible and the space for the Police Department is under mandate to update. 20 Ranallo reported the City has known it would need to do something for the past 15 years 21 and through a system with the department heads have been saving and putting funds into 22 the capitol budget fund and now have 1.3 million dollars for renovation or a new 23 building. 24 Wagner indicated a key factor in the determination of building new rather than renovation 25 is the current building is not in compliance with the ADA requirements. 26 Discussion on the Proposed Community Center Building 27 Mr. John Albright, 2512 Silver Lane N.E. #103, indicated he saw a need to maintain the 28 current day care services in one central location rather than two locations. He also 29 thought the proposal should call for a provision for three separate age level groups rather 30 than two. He felt this would benefit not only the residents in the community but would 31 also attract the type of people St. Anthony wishes to draw into the community. Ms. Jeanne Hoaglund, 2516 36th Avenue N.E., reported she and her husband bought their 3 home in St. Anthony two years ago. She indicated she had two children who had never 34 been to day care before they moved to St. Anthony. She indicated the day care was ideal