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See pages 7 - 15 - for excerpt of the Park & Recreation joint meeting. Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 16, 2015 Page 12 1 Councilmember Etten agreed with a lot of the comments of Councilmembers 2 McGehee and Willmus, stating that it doesn't' make sent to limit the size of the 3 building and potential uses. Councilmember Etten agreed that a new building is 4 needed, and recognized that the costs provided in this analysis by the Commission 5 in rehabilitating the existing building were just a starting point with many un - 6 knowns that may come up. Councilmember Etten opined that it would be cost - 7 effective for a new building to have some basement storage versus tearing down 8 or adding to the existing storage shed currently serving for cart storage. Coun- 9 cilmember Etten further opined that he would find that a positive thing, and by 10 putting that storage underneath he building it would save costs in replacing that 11 other garage and could be accomplished relatively inexpensively by simply allow - 12 ing for a full basement versus standard footings. 13 14 Councilmember Laliberte also agreed with her colleagues, and added that as the 15 City begins going down this road in addressing how to make it revenue -neutral by 16 rental opportunities, seating capacity and other considerations, it also address the 17 broader issues in other areas. Councilmember Laliberte noted previous discus - 18 sions related to space needs for the License Center and services offered there; and 19 if a new building or opportunity moves forward for the golf course, asked that 20 those broader discussions come into the picture as part of that conversation in 21 thinking outside the box and in a longer, sustainable way. Councilmember 22 Laliberte expressed appreciation for Commissioner Holt's comment about the 23 need to have the entire community weigh in on the various options available. 24 25 Mayor Roe also agreed with his colleagues and opined that the CIP and funding 26 remained the key issue. In the earlier discussion with the Commission about the 27 Parks & Recreation Program and funding, Mayor Roe expressed his appreciation 28 with the Commission's feedback and recommendation for funding this through 29 the golf course, especially since the majority of those general facilities continued 30 to struggle to reach a sustainability point and their cause wasn't helped by adding 31 to the needs. Mayor Roe noted that one issue for the Commission to consider in 32 their option for issuing revenue bonds to pay for this improvement was that this 33 would represent an annual cost of $80,000 to $90,000 for that principal and inter - 34 est payment. 35 36 Regarding Councilmember Etten's comment related to an underground mainte- 37 nance/storage garage, Councilmember Willmus asked that diligence be given to 38 that suggestion given the negative impacts it may have for those other uses and 39 'jgatherings using the space (e.g. air quality, noise, ventilation issues and sew - 40 er/water usage for an underground facility). Councilmember Willmus asked that 41 those additional costs be weighed in when considering that underground option 42 and compared with a stand-alone facility similar to the current one. 43 44 Mayor Roe supported Councilmember Laliberte's preference for including com- 45 munity input in this process. However, Mayor recognized the Park & Recreation