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City Council Meeting Minutes March 5, 2019 Page 4 of 13 Councilmember Maloney stated it would be nice if volunteers could be used as we have a great deal of knowledge in the community Director Zuccaro stated the hope would be they could be used as feasible and when safe for the rehabilitation part but not for the more technical work. Something more specific could be laid out in a new RFP Public Comments Paula Elrod, 828 Jefferson Avenue, stated she does not support putting the cabins at Miners Field Many of her family members have played baseball and football at Miners Field She doesn't believe putting these at this location would attract people to see them If they are open to the public and have more traffic there will be issues with the residents. They should be somewhere more prominent. Miners Field is dear and this will take away from the integrity of the field Chuck Thomas, 190 Mesa Court, speaking on behalf of a volunteer effort to renovate the cabins, noted the group submitted a proposal in November 2018 not to exceed $50,000 to do the renovation work. He noted the Charter encourages volunteers to be involved in processes The committee has the necessary knowledge to do this work and is prepared to do this as a grassroots project. Their proposal eliminates the need for a new RFP and will enhance community support. He requested the City use them rather than bid out the project. If there is an RFP, please use a three phase approach, site preparation, relocation, and renovation Volunteers could to bid on the phases individually Jean Morgan, 1131 Spruce, supported the Miners Field location and asked the volunteers be approved for the rehabilitation which would be at a much lower cost. John Leary, 1116 LaFarge, noted the group is not interested in working with a contractor, but prefer to do this with just the committee They would like to demonstrate that they can do all three phases before it is bid Mayor Muckle stated he favors the Miners Field location, it will enhance the historic nature of that area He noted it would be unusual for us to not bid out a project with this much money involved This is how we do all contracting Councilmember Stolzmann stated the site selection has been challenging She noted the cabins are important to our heritage. For most of the possible locations people have objected to for a variety of reasons. It seems the Miners Field location is where they will more likely be preserved and you can see where they once stood It is important to preserve them, as we can't keep on original site, supported Miners field Councilmember Stolzmann stated for the rehabilitation the cost of $140,000 seems like a huge amount of money compared to the amount of work needed There are hazards and risks of using residents for projects, but there are examples in town where work was done by volunteers If people are really qualified to do this she doesn't object to using