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Couneilmember Hendriksen inquired as to the time frame that the 6,000 square feet was needed. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman replied immediately. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen inquired as to how many square feet City Hall currently had. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman replied 12,800 square feet. <br /> <br />Councilmember Kurak stated that during the work session the Council had questioned how the <br />project would be financed and recommended that the costs of the project include the costs to <br />upgrade the existing building. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman replied that the Council would be discussing the financing options in <br />an upcoming case. <br /> <br />Councilmember Anderson inquired as to what the City would be asking the firm to do. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman replied that they would be asked to oversee the entire project. <br /> <br />Councilmember Anderson stated that the first thing they should be doing is looking at the <br />existing building and determining how the building could be utilized more efficiently. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen stated that everyone recognizes that in the future they will need a <br />City Hall expansion, but he anticipates the Council Chambers being located at the new Fire <br />Station for the next five years. He recommended renovating the unused police garage into a <br />more pleasant lunch room, using the existing lunch room for more staff space and dividing the <br />entry way into more office space which would at least double the existing office space. He did <br />not understand why that was not a reasonable interim solution because he felt that if the City <br />hires a contract manager there will probably be the answer that they need a new City Hall. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec replied that something needs to be done with City Hall and the project would <br />probably take a couple of years to complete. <br /> <br />Motion by Councilmember Anderson, seconded by Councilmember Kurak, to direct staff to enter <br />into an agreement for project (construction) management services for the expansion of City Hall <br />project, as well as upgrading the existing City Hall, with E & V Consultants of Minneapolis with <br />an amount not to exceed $20,000 and subject to City Attorney review. <br /> <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Anderson, Kurak, Hendriksen, <br />and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. <br /> <br />City Council/April 10, 2001 <br /> Page 8 of 18 <br /> <br /> <br />