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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 02 January 27, 2004 Page 2 1 because of its committed staff,noting he was proud of the Fire Department,Police Department, 2 Public Works Department and administration. 3 4 III. COMMUNITY FORUM. 5 Mayor Hodson invited residents to come forward at this time to address Council regarding items 6 that were not on the regular agenda. 7 8 Tom Nelson, 2840 Silver Lake Road, stated he brought questions that had not been addressed to 9 Council. He indicated his first question was if the architect had released the final plans for the 10 fire station and if the plans were, for the most part, complete. City Manager Morrison responded 11 the plans were approximately 99%complete and were currently being reviewed by Kraus 12 Anderson for cost estimates. He added bid opening was scheduled for the week of February 24, 13 2004. 14 15 Mr. Nelson asked if the revised plan would be submitted to the Planning Commission for final 16 review before the bid opening. Mr. Mornson replied they would not be submitted. 17 18 Mr. Nelson asked if the revised plan should be proposed to the Planning Commission and public 19 hearings should be held, as the plans had changed and residents should know how the revised 20 plan looked and how the new plan would impact the community. 21 22 Mayor Hodson stated he appreciated Mr. Nelson's interest and concern and asked if Mr. Nelson 23 had attended the December 8, 2003, Council meeting. He noted Oertel Architects and Kraus 24 Anderson had brought forward the revised plan at that meeting. He indicated photographs 25 regarding the appearance of the building were presented at that time and added staff would be 26 happy to review the plans with Mr. Nelson. 27 28 Mr. Nelson asked if he understood the Planning Commission would not see the revised plan. 29 Mayor Hodson responded that was correct. 3.0 31 Mr. Nelson stated he brought a request signed by 17 members of the community, asking that the 32 revised plan of the new fire station be forwarded to the Planning Commission for review and that 33 the Planning Commission hold public hearings to examine the plan. He gave the signed request 3.4 to Mayor Hodson. 35 36 Jim Cobourn, 3429 Coolidge Street NE, stated he and his wife Elaine had lived in St. Anthony 37 Village for 35+years. He listed City activities in which he had been and was involved and 38 indicated he tried to do what"little I could do." 39 40 Mr. Cobourn indicated he and his wife attended part of the Council retreat session the previous 41 Friday and were impressed with"what went on there,"as more work was accomplished than 42 residents understood. 43 44 Mr. Cobourn noted he was informed by a friend that a company called"Liberty something" 45 wanted to "take over Apache Plaza"two or three years ago. Mr. Morrison noted one of the 46 tenants was Liberty Printing.