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CASE # <br /> <br />AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH MUNICIPAL CENTER PROJECT <br />By: James E. Nor, man~ City Administrator & <br /> Iteidi Nelson, ASsistant City Administrator <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />The City has been discussing the need of a municipal center project since prior to 2001. Base <br />needs analysis were performed for both!the City Hall and Police Department, preliminary <br />estimates have been developed, and Council has :authorized the design to proceed. A Facilities <br />Committee was created last year and the Committee has been working with the consultants <br />throughout the design phases. The Committee reviewed past discussions concerning the <br />possibility of an addition to the current City Hall facility or new construction in the Town Center <br />site. At a recent work session, it was noted that it was far more advantageous to build a new <br />facility on the Town Center site rather thanbuild an addition on the current City Hall campus. <br /> <br />During a work session on JanuarY 19, 2005, the City Council directed staff to place an item on <br />the Council agenda that would provide specific direction for the Municipal Center project. <br /> <br />Council Action: <br /> <br />Motion to direct staff to proceed with the Municipal Center project on the Ramsey Town Center <br />site, and to further direct staff to make a formal request of the Economic Development Authority <br />to initiate the bonding process which will be a lease revenue bond, and further to direct staff to <br />continue to provide clarification to fiscal impact revenue projections as to how they relate to the <br />anticipated expenditures of the Ramsey Town Center Project and the Municipal Center Project, <br />prior to bonding and bid letting of the projeCt. <br /> <br />Reviewed by: <br /> <br />City Administrator <br />Assistant City Administrator <br />Finance Officer <br /> <br />CC: 01/25/05 <br /> <br /> <br />