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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 25, 2001 Page 8 In closing, Ms. Olivier stated that allocating funds for the improvement of City Hall and Community 2 Center invites people to participate in the community. She added that understanding the existing 3 architecture confirms the need for improvement, and that the proposed improvements would provide 4 easy access to the building for residents and visitors. 5 Mike Morrison asked if the project would be bid for each phase. Ms. Olivier indicated that the total 6 cost did not reflect any bidding costs. Mornson stated that, if money was not an object, he thought it 7 would make sense to bid the project out as one project to save bidding costs. Ms. Olivier agreed, 8 adding that they could have the full set of documents in one setting, and then have the three bid periods. 9 Councilmember Horst asked if SEH, Inc. did the initial plans for the building. Ms. Olivier responded 10 that they did not, O'Brian Construction did. 11 12 Ms. Olivier indicated that several million dollars that were pulled from the initial project in order to get 13 the project to go out to bid. She added that was one of the reasons that they want to be certain that the 14 financial portion of this project is in place this time. Councilmember Horst expressed his feeling that improving the Community Center was not the highest 6 thing on his list of priorities. He stated that the building did need to be beautified, but was infinitely 17 better than what they had. 18 Councilmember Horst added that he was not too thrilled about the idea of tearing walls down, etc. Ms. 19 Olivier stated that the only real construction element was with the lower level of the canopy. 20 Councilmember Horst clarified that Community Services has expressed their fiustration with the 21 frequent stops that people make to their window to ask for information. Ms. Olivier confirmed that. 22 Councilmember Thuesen stated that there existed functional and aesthetic things about the building that 23 needed attention. 24 Resident Jane Berg, member of the task force, expressed her mixed feelings about Ms. Olivier 25 presenting the plans that night in light of the recent national tragedy. She continued that the Community 26 Center was the heart of their community, and indicated that it was built on financial decisions without 27 any community involvement whatsoever. 28 Ms. Berg stated that she hoped that the Council would seriously consider this project as she feels that it 29 is a priority. 0