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PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED CITY FACILITIES - AUGUST 29. 1991 <br />j-, <br />The election of tnat yea*' intervened •rf-'th tne orogreoc at <br />that point, even though the icoue wac a part of the election. <br />This year the Council has actively worKed on the roaiication of <br />this project. <br />The site selection was the first matter the Council had to <br />decide upon. Public meetings were held by the Citizen's <br />Committee, Planning Commission and Council for the determination <br />of location selection. The result of the information presented <br />was the recommendation of the Highway 12 site, which is the site <br />we now have e.xerc1sed our option on. Callahan felt that the <br />difficulty of the Crystal Bay site was that It was too small to <br />put both the public works and administration/police on the same <br />site unless condemnation of some homes was undertaken, which the <br />Council did not want to do. The old sewer pond property was <br />determined not to be suitable for the public wotks department. <br />Also, If the administration/police building were to be placed at <br />Crystal Bay, water would have to be supplied, Including building <br />a water tower and this would add considerably to the cost. <br />Public meetings were held on both the design of the bulldng <br />and the construction manager issue. A Design Committee was <br />formed which Included the Council, 3 Planning Commission members, <br />and the Chair from the Citizen's Committee. It was decided that <br />d construction manager would be retained to assist and advise <br />regarding cost benefit analysis of the building and the costs of <br />the building. Maureen Bellows, Planning Commissioner, was <br />extremely helpful In this choice as 1 a professional <br />architect and Is famllar with the basic contracts and language. <br />It was determined that City staff was not equiped to watch the <br />construction closely enough without outside full-time assistance. <br />The firm of Krause Anderson was retained. This organization <br />has done a considerable amount of work In this area and has <br />worked with Boarman extensively. The construction manager his <br />been helping for about three weeks now. <br />The next problem to resolve was the financing of the <br />building. The Council determined that a HRA should be formed and <br />In effect create a sale and lease-back. Public meetings were <br />held regarding this and It was covered quite extensively in the <br />press. <br />with that background. Callahan reiterated that there clearly <br />was a need for new facilities not only because of the safety <br />factors but because of lack of operational efficiency of the <br />current buildings. Also, It Is a matter of Community pride. <br />Another question to be answered is how big should the new <br />facilities be. The experts have reported that a much larger <br />facility Is needed to run the City. Boarman has considered <br />personnel, how many offices, what size of office, and what they <br />are going to do when they get there. They have also taken Into <br />consideration growth of staff. possible in-house rather than <br />contractural services such as engineer. assessor and attorney.