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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION - MAY 17, 1999 2 . b. City Hall. AudioNisual Dcsie:n/Bude:et Revisions Mr. Fritsinger introduced Kate O'Reilly and Kyle Moorhead of Electronic Interiors, Inc., design consultants for the proposed audio/visual component of the new City Hall facility. The City Council was asked to provide direction to City staff, the design consultant and architect, on the recommended final design for this component of the new City Council chambers. Mr. Fritsinger reviewed the history of how staff and the City Council had arrived at this design; the original survey of Councilmembers for their requested design and amenities; Council and staff visits to other City Halls and the Metropolitan Airports Commission followed by further and more detailed discussion of those various amenities; meetings of the design subcommittee consisting of Mayor Probst, Councilmember Aplikowski and himself; and the continued paring of the original estimate as provided by Electronic Interiors to provide a basic design for the audio/visual needs. Ms. O'Reilly and Mr. Moorhead reviewed cost comparisons of other City Halls and the budgets of those audio/visual systems; the various components of the design, including the sound system; presentation tools; video display; video processing; cable castinglITV system; the control system; and a summary of the entire package. Discussion items included each of the various components as follows: . Sound svstem It was the consensus of the Council to incorporate the addition of several speakers to the hallway to facilitate potential overflow crowds. Presentation Tools Councilmember Larson expressed concerns regarding the need for the extensive presentation equipment outlined by the design consultants, and questioned whether it would be more prudent to concentrate on installation of the infrastructure, with additional equipment installed at a later date, particularly as it related to the rear-screen projection screen. The Council indicated it would like a pull down screen and overhead projector added to the project. Video Disolav Discussion items included the potential need for, and cost effects, of redesigning the Council Chambers if the rear-projection screen design were eliminated; ceiling height availability if design were to instead include an overhead-mounted projector and projection screen; and the desired quality of projections for audience, Council and home audience via cablecast. Video Processing The design consultants were directed to include a pull down screen in the ceiling and . overhead capabilities, as addressed in the last page of their presentation.