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e . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 25, 2002 DRAFT 9 Way was in as poor shape as they were 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 Granl indicated this would be a useful piece of information. F. Authorization to contract for architectural services Mr. Post reviewed his memorandum to Council regarding architectural services. 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, the Task Force wanted to make sure they looked at all of those. Mayor Probst asked if the Task Force was looking at options on this site only, or where there broader discussions. Councilmember Grant replied they were looking at a number of different sites. He stated if Council wanted the Task Force to only look at the County facility, the Council could direct them do to that, but he believed the Task Force should look at all options. Councilmember Larson stated he believed they had already resolved this, and had decided they would only look at the County facility, and that was the reason it was being referred to as a joint facility. Councilmember Aplikowski stated she understood the Task Force was designed to look at the space needs. She stated she would rather see the alternatives in the possible design of a building on the Ramsey county site. Councilmember Rem agreed they were suppose to looking at the Ramsey County site, and while it would be nice to know the options, that was not what they had agreed to. Councilmember Grant indicated 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 needed 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 other 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 regarding this. Mayor Probst stated there may not have been a Motion, but every Council had attempted to move this forward at that location. He indicated there had been a number of discussions over the years and Council had never wavered as far as the location.