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City Council Meeting Minutes October 15, 2019 Page 6 of 10 The Historic Preservation Commission reviewed the draft RFP and recommended approval. Staff recommends approval. Councilmember Loo asked about the City providing liability insurance for volunteers. Director Zuccaro thought the volunteers would be covered. City Attorney Kelly noted that was fairly common but could follow up with our broker. Councilmember Loo asked if a private contractor would have problems with covering volunteers. Director Zuccaro noted the City wouldn't provide insurance for the professionals but perhaps could for the volunteer labor and didn't anticipate it as a problem. Planner Selvoski noted there are contractors who do use volunteers. Councilmember Loo was concerned the volunteer clause might cause the price to actually be higher. She wanted the cost of volunteers broken out as a separate cost line item. Councilmember Stolzmann said there was a cost basis from the bids from last time without volunteers. She supported the RFP as is. Mayor Muckle agreed. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked about the cabins being assigned to the Museum. He wondered if they would actively be used and if that could trigger ADA issues. Director Zuccaro noted the Miner's Field was chosen as a good location for public access. The Museum is excited to have them and will look at how they might use them for programming. City Manager Balser noted there would be conversation about how to use them in the future. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked if future use would affect any permitting in moving and reconstructing them. Director Zuccaro noted that would have to be developed and if there would be any barriers to having them available for public use. Building code compliant plans could be requested. Councilmember Maloney asked about the volunteer phrase in the RFP. He liked the idea but was hesitant now seeing it in writing and wondered about the number of contractors willing to bid on this. Councilmember Stolzmann felt the discussion on these cabins has been mixed. This could be a great project with some volunteers. There had been a contract before that was terminated. She wanted to give clear direction. Councilmember Loo noted the contract presented before was now nearly a year old and construction costs have gone up. She wanted a separate line item to see volunteer cost. She thought there would be more bids if there was not a requirement to use volunteers. 26