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I Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 13,2017 Page 3 nance Facility, and other city storage needs was based on City Council direction at the December 5, 2016 City Council meeting. While recognizing that the cost may seem high, Mr. Trudgeon advised that staff felt it was worth a more detailed and professional review, with funds intended to come from the License Center and Building Replacement Funds. Especially p y re ar g ding the License Center and past City Council discussions, Coun- cilmember Etten asked for the value added from staff's perspective in hiring a firm beyond staff performing that analysis and recognizing federal mandates re- lated to the License Center. City Manager Trudgeon responded that the value added was that while staff can anticipate square footage needs to some degree, someone with more expertise was needed for a proper layout of that space, and to address applicable state and city codes; all toward the goal for providing better customer service efficiencies based on that guidance. Mr. Trudgeon noted that this also included taking a hard look at where a building might be located or relocated on a given site for the best ap- proach and taking into consideration parking and location of an elevator if adding stories. While staff could draw a box, Mr. Trudgeon opined that this analysis would provide more detail and visual preference options. While not disagreeing with the rationale, Council member Etten noted that the council had identified a likely location. Given that, he thought it was unwise to have concept plans drawn up for three locations. Despite having a likely location the city had no final location determined and Council member Etten felt it was probably getting the cart before the horse to have any drawings made. Councilmember McGehee stated that her understanding of this request was for a broader view of space needs campus-wide and how to fit storage into the picture, recognizing that the current arrangement at the maintenance facility may not be the best configuration. Councilmember McGehee stated that she was very much in favor of taking a 30,000-foot view of city space needs in general together with the current License Center location and their needs. City Manager Trudgeon confirmed that this analysis was intended to take current city storage needs scattered throughout the community into consideration as well. Councilmember Laliberte stated that she was also in favor of taking this broader view, opining that there was information currently lacking. If the City Council didn't take action on this request tonight, Councilmember Laliberte asked if there was an expiration date for quotes. While not necessarily impacting the quotes, City Manager Trudgeon advised that the only urgency was a desire on the city's part to push forward. With the next meeting of the City Council on February 27, 2017 being taken up by commission