Minutes - Council Work Session - 10/17/2006

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changed. If there is a strong message from the Council it will address how enforcement should be conducted. Councilmember Jeffrey asked what the Council can do to help staff in their enforcement efforts. Assistant Community Development Director Frolik stated Council support is needed for staff to have credibility in the enforcement. Councilmember Olson commented it is important for the business owners to know the City will work with them in not using curbing if it is not necessary. Assistant Community Development Director Frolik indicated this would require Council direction. Language should be included in the H-1 District of City Code that the cement curbing requirement will be waived if it is not required for drainage purposes. Councilmember Jeffrey stressed the need to review the H-1 District requirements if there will be flexibility allowed in areas such as curbing. If this is not done there will be a lot of cases going before the Planning Commission for public hearings. Consensus of the Council was to direct staff to continue enforcing the Highway 10 performance standards. The H-1 District requirements in City Code should be amended to allow alternatives such as rolled curb while ensuring that drainage requirements are met. Assistant Community Development Director Frolik indicated staff has not made it practice to require all existing sites to put in pavement; there are a few sites honored as grandfathered in paving requirements. However, any property expanding would need to meet blacktopping requirements. 4) Old City Hall & Fire Station #2 Replacement Fire Chief Kapler reviewed that BKV Group was contracted to produce three options for the replacement of Fire Station No. 2; partial demolition, utilize part of the building and abandon the rest, and rebuild a new station. BKV presented the document to Council for discussion at a work session. Council then directed staff to detail two options; 1) build a new station in the near future, using existing buildings until then; and 2) build a new station in a timeframe of 5-7 years, again using existing buildings until the new building would be available. Mr. Tom Redmund, BKV Group, provided an overview of the following options for consideration with the old City Hall and Fire Station No. 2 replacement: • • Stabilization Assuming Near -term New Construction including options for consideration that are not include din the estimate • Concept Estimate — Option 1: Stabilization of Existing Structure Anticipating new Fire Station Construction in 2008 ■ Stabilization Assuming Intermediate -term New Construction including options for consideration that are not included in the estimate City Council Work Session / October 17, 2006 Page 5 of 8