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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 8, 2018 Page 8 the City would pay more rent than what the City is paying, the owner could re- move the City from the lease and rent to someone else. He did not know if the City lawyer had looked at the lease carefully because it states in the lease that the terms are not to be revealed to anyone else but obviously because it is in the Council packet, it has been revealed to the public, which is a violation. The lease also states combustible items cannot be stored there but if vehicles are driven in, obviously gasoline will be in there. He knew the City had an understanding with the landlord, but it seems like those things should be in the lease, especially the part about telling third parties because the City does not want to be told leave three months from now for violation of the lease. Mr. Hess stated it seems like this has been a problem in the past with the City where more is being spent on leasing a building when a building could be pur- chased. He stated it would be nice if the City came up with a plan for Public Works and there is no reason to keep waiting. He noted multiple consultants have been hired over the years to look at space needs and none of the reports were ever used. It would be nice for someone to take the initiative because each year it be- comes more expensive. City Attorney Hartmann stated his law partner has looked at this lease in detail. With regard to storage of gasoline, the provision on hazard waste is standard and will be in any lease. Any small amount that would be in the facility would be minimal and not an issue. As far as the document not being given to other people, a lot of times this will be deleted out of a draft agreement, but he thought the take away was the City was not going to record the lease, which sometimes happens. Councilmember Willmus stated with regard to Fairview Fire Station, the City is still using that for storage. As the historical society moves out, there will be room downstairs as well. In the interim, one of the reasons he was supportive of acquir- ing one of the properties across the street is so that the City has that land should the City decide to move forward with expansion of Public Works storage facility. Those are conversations that the Council needs to start to have. The length of term here is something that gives him a little bit of pause, but the City needs, in the interim, to have some place to store City items. He was not sure if the length needs to be as long as this but those are some conversations the Council should have. He stated he was not expecting this item to come forward to the City Coun- cil on consent. Councilmember Laliberte concurred with Councilmember McGehee that the City has been talking about this a long time and there have been consultants that have brought forth different plans. She agreed the Council has not finished the conver- sation about space needs. She thought this item should be something on the grid, making sure it comes back before the Council. She thought the Council did need to discuss space needs further, noting that in years 4-6 with a 6-month notice, the