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<br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MINUTES <br />SEPTEMBER 16, 2002 <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3.A Operations and Maintenance - Maintenance Facility Task Force <br />Presentation <br /> <br />Director Moore said the Maintenance Facility Task Force (MFTF) had met several <br />times during the past 6 months, with Council Member Grant as the Council <br />Liaison, Clayton Zimmerman is the Chairn1an. He noted their task was to look at <br />the facility and come up with some recommendations to City Council. <br /> <br />Commissioner Zimmerman thanked the City Council for the opportunity to chair <br />the task force. He noted there had been good representation and good input with <br />some additional dialogue toward the integration of a stand alone facility with a <br />joint facility. He explained that the committee was successful in reducing the size <br />of the facility to 25,000 square feet of space, which also reduced the cost from 3.6 <br />million to 1.9 million without incurring any site improvements. He stated a <br />coneem was whether the City Council wanted the Arden Hills space to be separate <br />from the rest of the facility. He asked what was expected of the task force at this <br />time. <br /> <br />. Council Member Aplikowski asked if staff had any concerns regarding the reduced <br />space. <br /> <br />Mayor Probst thanked the Task Force members for their effort, and said he hoped <br />the task force would be willing to do some periodic review of the design and help <br />the City Council with any other review issues. <br /> <br />Director Moore reviewed the phased timeline for the project, stating the National <br />Guard has moved all its equipment and Ramsey County had laid down a road into <br />the facility site. <br /> <br />Mayor Probst suggested the City elevatc the Arden Hills presence to the County <br />Board regarding the Maintenance Facility Task Force by having a staff member <br />and a City Council member attend the meetings. <br /> <br />Council Member Larson said it was important to maintain enough flexibility to <br />accommodate a future consideration. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Administrator Lynch said Ramsey County will not proceed until they knew the <br />building and site plan were approved by the City. <br />