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~.._- PROCESS . The City Hall Study Committee held its fIrst meeting on February 21, 1990, and discussed its charge as outlined in the January 19, 1990, memo from City staff, the Mayor and Council, and received basic information on existing facilities from staff. The Committee generally set its course for a study to conclude by year end. The Committee determined that the following issues needed to be addressed in its evaluation of the new for new City Hall and Public Works facilities. Listed below is a summation of the issues addressed during the committee meetings held in 1990: FEBRUARY 21. 1990: The Committee held its fIrst meeting this date. The following department heads were present: City Administrator Gary Berger, Park Director John Buckley and Public Works Superintendent Dan Winkel. The department heads conducted a tour of the existing City Hall and Public Works facilities and detailed several current defIciencies of the buildings. Discussion during the tour included: Inadequacies of the Council chambers, lack of offIce space, employee lounge area and records storage in City Hall, and lack of adequate ventilation and storage for vehicles and equipment in the Public Works Facility. MARCH 21. 1990: The Committee heard from Tom Simonson, Assistant City Manager for the City of Shoreview, regarding the planning and construction phases of Shoreview City Hall and Community Center facilities. Mr. Simonson was able to provide insight into successful strategies . for development of the new facilities and also discussed how some phases of the project may have been handled differently. Planner John Bergly was present and discussed current demographic data relating to Arden Hills. which included: Population proje~tions, arsenal property acreage (should the land become available) and remaining commercial, industrial and residential land. Department heads Berger, Buckley and Winkel presented a preliminary needs assessment for City Hall and Public Works facilities. APRIL 19. 1990: The Committee heard from Paul Donley, Facilities Director for School District 621, regarding district demographics. Mr. Donley was requested to appear at the meeting to discuss the possibility of utilizing shared facilities with the District. Diane Traxler, representing Decision Resources, was also present to outline the background and procedures the company uses to conduct a citizen survey. Mr. Traxler also discussed the utilization of the data compiled from the survey to assist the committee in evaluating the need for new facilities in Arden Hills. The Committee requested that staff contact Ramsey County and the University of Minnesota ,-,' Extension Services regarding the possibility and/or need for share? facilities with either of these . 2 , .-. r , ..