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. CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE; October 16, 1998 TO; Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM; Terrance Post, City Accountant @ SUBJECT; Public Works Facility Recommendations Rack~round The City Council had earlier charged the Finance Committee with evaluating various aspects regarding the concept ofajoint maintenance facility. Evaluation items were to include the financial viability of the City being the "lead" agency in such an undertaking, space requirements, and operational advantages/disadvantages. Mr. Stafford and Mr. Post made a site visit to the City of Hutchinson and reported back favorably to their respective committees on observations of an existing joint maintenance garage venture (Joint Powers Agreement) between the City of Hutchinson, McCloud County, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation. . Committee Discussion The Finance Committee brainstomled at length at both their August and September meetings on the joint maintenance facility topic. They proposed to meet with the Public Safety Commission in ajoint meeting on October 15,1998 to gain additional perspective on the matter. Joint Committee Meetinr Actions After much discussion, the two committees adopted two resolutions at the October 15th meeting regarding the subj ect. The resolutions were as follows: 1. "Be it resolved that a task force be established to evaluate and recommend to the City Council options for a public works (maintenance) facility." This resolution was adopted unanimously. 2_ "We, the joint Finance and Public Safety Commissions, recommend that the maintenance facility be given the same priority as that given to the City Hall, and that funding options bc discussed by the Finance Committee." This resolution was adopted with one dissenting vote. Representatives from both committees are planning to be present and available for Council questions when this agenda item is discussed. .