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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 14, 2011 Page 12 Mayor Roe suggested that discussion on the floor plan be deferred for future dis- cussions. Further discussion included ADA compliance in the building, with an elevator planned either way; and availability of two (2) spaces for medical emergency parking for citizens with availability of an access buzzer, with those two spaces not blocking the apparatus bay in the proposed site plan. Mr. Hutson advised that it was the recommendation of the design team that the City Council consider the Green Globe certification approach for the building. At the request of Mayor Roe, Chief O'Neill advised that the next step would be a return by the design team at the November 21, 2011, City Council meeting to pre- sent a floor plan of the interior of the building, the bays and mezzanine level; and a first look at building exteriors and design features and its connectivity to the City Campus. Following City Council feedback and revision of plans to make those adaptations, Chief O'Neill advised that they would return on December 5, 2011 for Council review of those revisions; and then back on December 12, 2011 for Concept Plan approval and Phase II contract approval. During the holiday break, the design team would prepare design documents to facilitate a construc- tion schedule for next spring, with bid packages anticipated in mid-March and mid-April to achieve the best construction timing possible. Councilmember Willmus requested that before returning to the City Council with a Preliminary Site Plan, the design team provide dimension of scale; and ballpark estimates for the various sustainable design options on a per foot basis and addi- tional costs per foot for each option. Design Architect David Acomb, AIA, LLE AP, Public Safety Designer with The Stony Brooke Design Studio, reviewed the four (4) levels for LEED and/or Green Globes designs, and cost differences among and between those levels; not- ing that the geothermal process would provide a basis already for the sustainabil- ity feature. Councilmember Pust asked that representatives of the design team tour the recent- ly-completed Ramsey County Library in Roseville that had received high LEED certification; and advised that she would be supporting LEED certification to put the City in a leadership role for other developers. Councilmember Pust advised that she would also be interested in talking to representatives of Ramsey County on steps they took to reduce costs of LEED certification. Chief O'Neill advised that the design team would tour the library. In response to Councilmember Pust's tongue-in-cheek question on where the Fire Department would hold future Booyas, Chief O'Neill advised that the event had