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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 14, 2005 Page 2 IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS. None. 5 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF. 6 A. Parks Commission Report. Re: Emerald Park —Doug Koehntop, Parks Chairperson, 7 presenting. 8 Chair Koehntop read the request to the City Council to hire the Close Architectural Firm to assist 9 the Parks Commission in the redevelopment of Emerald Park. 10 11 Councilmember Horst asked what the initial estimate on what their fees would be. 12 13 Chair Koehntop said the Mayor asked him that earlier, and he had instructed him to call Mr. 14 Mornson. He stated Mr. Morrison suggested the amount should be approximately $10,000. 15 Chair Koehntop said he agreed with that amount. 16 17 Mayor Faust pointed out that usually the terms "not to exceed" is included in the forecasted 18 amount. 19 20 City Manager Morrison said this issue was discussed at the work session and strategic planning 21 session. This is basically a feasibility report, and it will come back to the Council in six months 22 with a projected amount. The Council will consider the proposal then. He recommended the 23 amount be "not to exceed $10,000 ". 24 25 Councilmember Stille asked if the Parks Commission had asked the firm to create a limited plan 26 and an extensive plan. 27 28 Chair Koehntop responded they asked the firm to come up with three designs to present and the 29 Parks Commission could choose from those. He added that this firm displayed pictures of parks 30 they had completed. He said they seem capable of interacting with the citizens and capable of 31 the architectural aspect. 32 33 Mayor Faust pointed out that Close Architectural Firm won an award on April 15 for the project 34 they completed at Harding Holding Pond. They do understand the culture of the community. 35 The award is from their constituents. The City does have experience with them, and it has been 36 very favorable. 37 38 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Thuesen, to instruct the Parks 39 Commission to move forward with hiring Close Architectural Firm to provide a cost analyses 40 and scope of service Master plans and drawings for Emerald Park. 41 42 Councilmember Horst said he is not inclined to proceed with renovation on Emerald Park 43 because his opinion is that there is too much on the City's plate. It will be some time before any 44 projects this firm came up with could be acted on. He said with the experiences with Central 45 Park, he is concerned with what may happen with the other parks. He sought to make it clear to 46 the Parks Commission that the City will be more involved than they were at the other park. He 47 said he thinks it is premature to go ahead with this and spend $10,000 at this time.