City Council Study Session Summary 2012 04 24

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City Council Study Session Summary April 24, 2012 Page 6 of 7 The challenges of the project are: • Flood Plain issues — the site will need to be raised 1 -2 feet before vertical construction. • Land entitlement • Utilities • City's own Industrial Design Guidelines $600 to $700K is budgeted for 2012; the project will bid in late 2012. Director Kowar recognized Dave Szabados and architect, Eric Hartronft for their extensive work on this project. Discussion followed with the following comments: • Support this project as a top priority. • The City Council Tour of City Facilities was so beneficial. It's evident the building needs updating. • Will there be temporary offices during construction? Concerned about employee safety. • Will there be fire sprinklers? The response was that everything will be brought up to Code and that will include fire sprinklers. • Will the building accommodate seasonal hires for the coming years? • Will the site be entirely paved? Yes • There are above grade gas tanks in the new design so want to make sure that adequate clean -up is done for the current underground tanks. • Waste Water Facility Master Plan is underway and it's clear the two facilities are closely joined and need to address the needs of both. • Current facility is sub - standard. • Focus on energy efficiency. Dave Szabados, Facilities Manager, will ensure that occurs. • Meet ADA standards and requirements. • Council asked Director Kowar to convey to staff that they are in full support of this project. City Manager's Report • Look for changes next week to the parking lot at Lucky Pie. The new design of the parking lot will allow for 10 more parking spaces. Brendan McManus who runs Lucky Pie will incur costs to move the planter boxes to accommodate the expansion of the parking lot. The mailboxes in the parking lot will stay. • New 4 -way stop at Pine and Front Street. The cost savings from not doing the bulb -out crossings at this intersection has allowed for the improvements at the Lucky Pie parking lot. • Deputy City Manager announced that RTD will not proceed with the vote for FasTracks on the November ballot.