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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 8,2018 Page 21 Mr. Miller introduced License Center Manager Pam Ryan Senden and Mike Shell from Kodet Architects. Ms. Ryan Senden reviewed the license center renovation plans with the Council. Mr. Miller noted in the packet there is reference of receiving one construction quote which came in, for just the construction at approximately $19,000. There are some additional furnishings and security technology staff needs to put in there as well. The City received two other bids today, one came in at approximately $40,000 and another one came in at approximately $50,000. The lowest bid com- pany was recommended by McGough who the City's partner in overseeing City facilities, and believe it is a reputable company and gave the City a responsible quote. The company looked at the site and did a walk-through of what the City wanted and then a few weeks later, after the drawings came out, looked at the space again and the bid only changed by about $1,000. Councilmember Laliberte asked at this point, would there be no changes on the li- cense center side. Mr. Miller stated there would not be any changes at this point. The City recog- nizes there are a lot of needs that can be addressed on the motor vehicle side, but staff thought the ability to utilize this vacant space sooner rather than later was perhaps a more urgent need because the passport and motor vehicle business are growth opportunities for the City. This will also help buy the City time as it con- tinues to adapt some of the workflows through the MNLARS upgrade that has been released with more fixes to come, as well as the Real ID changes. Councilmember Laliberte agreed it was best to work through the other issues with the State but she wanted to state that the license center area is really in need of some attention. She did not want this item to fall off Council's radar. Councilmember Willmus stated he liked this approach. He agreed that the license center side needs to have some cosmetic updates done to it as well. He would like staff to come back to discuss possible updates with the Council. Councilmember McGehee agreed with Councilmember Laliberte. She was actu- ally in favor of the original plan. When staff was going to reduce that plan, she thought staff was going to come back with something similar but a little bit toned down on the amenities, maybe a little less expensive, a little more industrial look- ing that was cheaper. She did not expect it to come back with the license center continuing to look like a dump and adding the passport center. She would like to see the Council, if this is okay, to come together with the color scheme and paint and carpet and put chairs in that can be used when staff gets around to redoing things. She believed that to spruce up the building would help and that it could be