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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Garnet, Couneilmembers Kurak, and Anderson. No: Councilmembers Hendriksen and Zimmerman. Case #3: Introduce Ordinance to Adopt 2002 Building Permit Fees Voting Associate Planner Wald stated that the 2001 Legislature, in its regular and special sessions, made several alnendments to statutes that apply to the Minnesota Building Codes and Standards Division and the Minnesota Building C ode. One of the amendments is that municipal fees for building construction must be adopted by ordinance. Ramsey adopts all rates and charges, including building construction fees, by resolution annually. Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by Councilmember Anderson, to introduce an ordinance to ratify the 2002 Building Construction fees. Motion cmTied. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, Anderson, Hendriksen, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #4: Authorize the City Administrator to Prepare and Advertise Bids based Upon Plans and Specifications for the Remodel of City Hall, Plan B Assistant City Administrator Nelson stated that at the March 26 City Council meeting, the Council approved a resolution authorizing the City Administrator to enter into contracts with E & V Construction Managers and BKV Group for remodeling of City Hall based upon Plan B as presented and discussed in their March 19th work session. Since the March 26 approval, the City Administrator and Assistant City Administrator have been working with the representatives from E & V Construction Managers and BKV Group on the preparation of plans and specifications and developing a schedule for construction. The next step in the process is to prepare and advertise a bid package for the mechanical, electrical, demolition, and architectural contracts for the project. Staff was anticipating a mid-June start date for construction. Councilmember Anderson inquired if there were going to be any asbestos concerns. Assistant Administrator Nelson replied that E & V did do some initial inspections and did not feel that it was going to be a large issue. Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by Councilmember Hendriksen, to adopt Resolution #02-04-094 to authorize the City Administrator to prepare and advertise bids based upon plans and specifications for the remodel of City Hall, Plan B. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, Hendriksen, Anderson, and Zimmennan. Voting No: None. Councilmember Hendriksen stated that he does think the sliding glass door will be problematic and should be considered because it appeared as though the sliding glass door will have to be City Council/April 9, 2002 Page 10 of 14