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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 13,2019 Page 13 Councilmember Etten stated the Mayor's idea would require purchasing of addi- tional property on the north side of Woodhill and the closing of a City park. Mayor Roe indicated that was correct. He thought an offsite location probably requires purchasing a property as well. Councilmember Etten asked where the license center would be relocated to. Mayor Roe thought a staged process would need to be developed where the City figures out if the license center could temporarily continue in the strip center site. He said the City might want to try to operate that as long as possible through a process and maybe that becomes more the additional yard space and done at a lat- er stage of construction. He thought there were a lot of possibilities and the City needed to stage things. He thought it seemed logical if the City wanted to keep everything consolidated on the same general footprint, swapping sites has poten- tially some advantage. Councilmember Etten stated he would agree that having it adjacent to the current location, a relatively central location, is a great way to operate the City. Thinking about something less grand, thinking about the reconfiguration of parking lot was brought up by someone in the community already, and that reconfiguration actual- ly limits some of the potential smaller changes to gain some access he assumed. Mr. Culver indicated that was true and there are other related challenges and are never insurmountable with money. He reviewed the possible reconfiguration of the parking lot and entrance along with a possible building expansion and having to move the entrance again if there was an expansion. In order to do that the two storm water basins would need to be moved as well so there are some other chal- lenges related to expanding the building in the corner. One of the alternatives was to build a small extension for additional vehicle storage. He stated it would limit options with moving the entrance further north. Councilmember Etten questioned the current Lexington Shops building, is there a reason the City wouldn't want to take the end off the current building to the north and build there; leaving the other pieces there for continued revenue as the City makes other decisions. Mr. Trudgeon replied the City could add onto that building which would be an additional cost and then long term if that whole structure is not in the optimal space for the need, the suggestion staff had was to move it into the southeast cor- ner. This would impact some things as well and maybe not what staff wants to do. The City would be investing in something that may need to be torn down at some point. He stated that is staff's problem and staff does not know where to start.