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9 <br /> 2. HISTORY OF ARONA SITE: <br /> The City purchased the former Ralph Reeder School in 1990, which included a 30,000 <br /> square foot building,parking for 120 vehicles on a 12-acre site and 2 acres of pond from <br /> NCR(an adjoining property owner to the south at that time). The site was bought as an <br /> economic development investment for approximately $1 million. The building was used <br /> as the Roseville Parks & Recreation offices and Recreation Activity Center until October <br /> of 2000. From time to time the City has leased space within the building to the Mounds <br /> View School District and to non-profits organizations. <br /> The building was built as an elementary school in the early 1 96f t and had experienced <br /> deferred maintenance by all three owners. The heating and cooling systems were failing, <br /> the roof had numerous leaks, and the building was expensive to maintain and operate. <br /> With the deterioration of the building, the City requested redevelopment proposals for the <br /> 14-acre Arona site in 1994. The five proposals submitted included mixed levels of <br /> housing development and a proposal for a fitness center. In 1995, the Council narrowed <br /> the selection to two housing proposals but no action was taken since there was no other <br /> identified location for the Parks & Recreation offices and activities. <br /> With the decision to relocate the Parks & Recreation office to Fairview Community <br /> Center, staff prepared several options for moving forward with the redevelopment of the <br /> site. At that time, Council chose to begin the 1-year master plan process and to demolish <br /> the building upon Parks &Recreation3 departure in October of 2000. <br /> In July of 2000 the staff estimated the building would cost$100,000 - $150,000 to <br /> demolish, in part because of the required encapsulated asbestos removal. With Council <br /> approval and after a public bidding process, the demolition of the building was completed <br /> in December of 2000. The cost of demolition and asbestos removal was paid with <br /> housing fund dollars that would be recaptured as part of the development agreement with <br /> the eventual developer(s). The razing of the building by the City was done to eliminate <br /> the liability of a vacant building, expedite development and reduce the front-end costs for <br /> some of the smaller developers. The site is currently unimproved open space used for <br /> play fields. <br /> QTlanning Files13243_Arona D e v 200OWaste Plan Process\Arona Final Report Appendix A_2.doc <br /> Appendix A-2 2 of2 <br />