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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 8, 2000 Page 9 1 At that point, Morrison introduced Ms. Nancy Schultz, Principal Manager of SEH, and invited 2 her to address the Council 3 Ms. Schultz reviewed for the Council that the firm of SEH had been retained to.design the new 4 public works building. The firm had spent significant time interviewing the Public Works Staff, 5 taking inventory of the building, and looking at other facilities. She introduced the Staff in atten- 6 dance: Bob Moberg, Jason Zemke, and Lloyd Pauly. 7 Ms. Schultz stated that the purpose of their presentation was to provide.theCouncil with the 8 findings of SEH and to ask the Council to provide a sense of direction to SEH for the next step in 9 the concept for the new public works facility. 10 Ms. Schultz continued by stating that it was the mission of SEH to determine the need for im- 11 provements of the public works facility and those findings are provided in detail in the Report. 12 In short, Ms. Schultz stated that the existing public works building needs to be demolished and 13 replaced with a recommended 45,000 square foot facility that would set the pace for the future.. 14 Ms. Schultz asked Mr. Zemke to review for the Council the graphic representation of the Space ; Needs Report. Mr. Zemke distributed a colored graphic which indicated the current space and 0 the space recommended. He reviewed each page in detail for the Council,pointing out the need 17 for mechanical and storage spaces, as well as the justification surrounding the proposed square 18 footage. 19 Ms. Schultz directed the Council's attention to Section 6,page 26, of the Report and stated that 20 this page provided a summary of each of the phases that Mr. Zemke had reviewed from the 21 graphic design. The total probable construction cost is listed at between $4,808,925 and 22 $5,246,670 for an approximate total square footage of 45,000. Ms. Schultz wished to point out 23 that-there are other costs involved and, in that case, directed the Council's attention to page 27, 24 which listed the total project budget. Those items included, but were not limited to,professional 25 fees (engineers, architects,planners, etc.); legal fees, testing (soils, surveying, etc.), and other 26 miscellaneous fees associated with the new building, bringing the total estimated cost of the 27 Public Works Building to between $5,197,000 to $6,095,000. 28 Ms. Schultz asked Mr. Pauly to address the Council and provide a presentation on the public 29 works activities. 30 Mr. Pauly stated that it was determined that a need existed to assess the current and future needs 31 of the public works facility. He was asked to review the practices of the public works industry 32 for Minnesota and nationally. In that respect, he held a series of meetings with public works staff and became familiar with the City's infrastructure.