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City Council Meeting Minutes September 5, 2017 Page 8 of 18 over their price and the cost has risen without the contract being signed He and Mr Weber asked staff for an interview for the project, staff declined the interview they and were told staff went with the other company Council Comments Councilmember Maloney stated this initiative is very important, we want to preserve the cabins Taking a look at the direction Council gave staff he felt was a bit unclear Council should have asked for more details including location, future uses, etc. The cabins need to be moved and preserved in as timely a manner as possible to a location under the City's control. The decision needs to be made on the final use and location. Until that time he was reticent to sign a contract The path needs to be defined. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated the immediate goal is to get them to City Services and protect them through the winter. More time is needed to figure out the rest of the details of the other phases Mayor Muckle said the direction to staff was to send out an RFP for the entire process Council didn't give direction for multiple bids on different phases Councilmember Maloney felt staff did follow Council direction, but he was reticent to move ahead with anything beyond 1A until the intended use is determined by Council Councilmember Loo agreed with Mayor Muckle that staff did what Council asked. Residents asked staff and Council to save the cabins and now are saying "not that way." Everyone agreed to move the cabins to City Services. If we are not storing them inside, can volunteers actually fix them by winter? There is a need to figure out what to do for the winter. Councilmember Keany stated he thought phases la and possibly 1 b should be completed but not the rest without further decisions He asked if the process can be broken up into other phases Director Zuccaro stated the contractor wouldn't move onto phase 2 and 3 without wntten authorization from the city The idea is to get the cabins moved and protected from the elements and do exterior renovations Phases 2 and 3 are site exploration, site preparation and moving to the final site City Attorney Light stated if Council's intent is to have an off ramp before phase two and three, there is a need to add language in the contract stating the City can decide to terminate without going on to phases 2 and 3 Councilmember Keany supported the idea and noted his surprise at the cost. Councilmember Stolzmann wanted to move forward with 1 a and 1 b and rebid when know better what to do with phases 2 and 3. She encouraged a discussion after the election with the Histonc Preservation Commission and the Historic Commission along