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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 25, 2002 9 Way was in as poor shape as they wcre assuming it was, they would be able to make a better determination as to what might happen to Benton Way and its life expectancy. Councilmember Grant indicated this vvould be a useful piece of information. F. Authorization to contract for architectural services Mr. Post rcvicwed his memorandum to Council regarding architectural scrviccs. Councilmember Grant reviewed what the Task Force recommended. Councilmember Aplikowski asked if they were looking at other options on shared facilities at this point. Councilmember Grant replied the Task Force felt they should also look at other options available. He stated if there were some other options, thc Task Force wanted to make sure they looked at all of thosc. Mayor Probst asked i r the Task Force was looking at options on this site only, or where there broader discussions. Councilmcmbcr Grant replicd thcy were looking at a number of di rferent sites. He stated if Council wanted the Task Force to only look at the County facility, thc Council could direct them do to that, but he believed the Task Force shOldd look at all options. Councilmember Larson stated hc believed thcy had already resolved this, and had dccided they would only look at the County facility, and that was the reason it was bcing refelTed to as a joint facility. Councilmember Aplikowski stated she understood the Task Forcc was designed to look at the space needs. She stated she would rather see the aJtemativcs in the possible design of a building on the Ramsey county sileo Councilmember Rem agreed they were supposed to look at thc Ramsey County site, and while it would be nice to consider other options, that was not what Council had agreed to. Councilmembcr Grant indicatcd he would bring this back to the Task Force. Mayor Probst stated as long as it related to the site, they could look at all options for the site. He stated they nccded to look for the most cost effective way to get a maintenance facility on that site. Councilmember Aplikowski stated there were very few places where they could put a maintenance facility in Arden Hills. Councilmember Grant clarified there was no othcr option the Task Force should consider other than the County site. Mayor Probst stated the Council wanted options for that location only. Councilmember Grant stated he did not believe there had ever been a Motion made by Council rcgarding this. y!ayor Probst stat cd thcrc may not have been a Motion, but evelY Council had attempted to movc this forward at that location. He indicated there had been a number of discussions over the years and Council had never wavcred as far as the location.