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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 14, 2016 Page 13 would be predicated on how aggressive the City Council wanted to be in defining a new space for this function. Councilmember Willmus sought additional context on the other city needs (e.g. storage). City Manager Trudgeon advised that, independent but also related to this discus- sion, was storage needs for the maintenance facility, currently woefully inade- quate with nothing likely available on site. While that additional space could be constructed elsewhere in the city and independent of the city campus, Mr. Trudg- eon also noted the significant cost of doing so. Regarding short-term storage needs, Mr. Trudgeon reported that the city was currently renting storage space; and since some of the storage was specific to heavy equipment that needed access in the early morning and/or weekend hours, he questioned whether or not it was compatible as part of the License Center, especially if for a new facility at Veter- an’s Park adjacent to residential properties. While the existing maintenance fa- cility on the city campus could be repurposed for the License Center and other city needs, Mr. Trudgeon noted that it would cost many millions of dollars to move the maintenance facility off-site, with bonds for the facility still being paid off. At this point, Mr. Trudgeon noted staff had been able to cobble together stor- age space short-term, but admitted it didn’t serve to address the bigger and longer- term issues. Councilmember Willmus stated his desire for a more in-depth discussion on citywide needs versus taking a piecemeal approach. While recognizing that the current lease for the License Center needed to be renewed in the very near future, Councilmember Willmus suggested reviewing facilities on the current city cam- pus, as well as taking a more proactive approach to the issue to see if there was additional acreage around City Hall that could be more seriously looked at. Councilmember Laliberte agreed that, with the City Council was continuing its ef- forts to not think or perform in a silo mentality, if this involved a bigger facility conversation, now was the time to have that broader discussion. Councilmember Laliberte stated that she was fine in ramping up that discussion to consider all city needs, including possibly repurposing the maintenance building with the License Center located on the main floor, depending on options. However, Councilmem- ber Laliberte suggested considering going “up” versus just limiting the conversa- tion to building “out.” Mayor Roe noted the large equipment storage involved in the maintenance facility versus personnel that could be more amenable for a second story. In general, Councilmember Etten supported looking at the big picture versus con- structing a 6,500 square foot building only to find that more space was needed. If the need was to accelerate the conversation now, Councilmember Etten supported