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City Council Minutes Page 5 <br /> February 8,2018 <br /> ----------------------------- <br /> Mayor Dietz noted most of the sales tax collections around us are county collected <br /> for transportation and noted Sherburne County is considering a similar option. <br /> Mayor Dietz stated he spoke with Representative Zerwas who told him whenever a <br /> local sales tax has been approved by its citizens;it has never been turned down by <br /> the legislaure. <br /> Councilmember Ovall questioned how many arenas have been funded without a <br /> referendum. <br /> Mr. Portner stated he doesn't have the answer for this meeting but noted the City of <br /> Shakopee had three failed referendums and they ended up building an arena. <br /> Councilmember Ovall stated this is the biggest expense ever put forth on the <br /> community and it is for an amenity versus a need which is tough for him. He stated <br /> he wants to revisit the numbers because they have been tossed around differently. <br /> He noted how past literature outlined the city would still spend money if the vote is <br /> no but it stated it would be for about$10-12 million and Council is now discussing <br /> $23 million noting this doesn't include other facilities needing work. He stated he has <br /> an issue with moving forward on the current arena project based on what was stated <br /> in the literature. He further stated he wants to communicate with citizens and do <br /> another referendum if Council is deviating from the$10-12 million. <br /> Mr. Portner stated the referendum literature stated, at a minimum,the city would still <br /> spend $10-12 million to replace the ice plants, fix the roofs and corrosion in the Barn <br /> and didn't add other needed spaces such as locker rooms. He stated on January 17, <br /> 2018, Council rejected that process and gave consensus to move forward with the <br /> other option based on the task force report. <br /> Councilmember Ovall stated he wouldn't have voted for the other$23 million <br /> option if he understood what he had been voting for. He understood it to mean <br /> Council had to act on something versus kicking the can down the road He assumed <br /> there would be more citizen engagement with the project. <br /> Councilmember Westgaard stated he does not follow Councilmember Ovall's <br /> comments. <br /> Councilmember Ovall stated he voted against the arena project and doesn't recall <br /> voting for a $23 million building option. <br /> Councilmember Westgaard stated in January the discussion was what the Council <br /> should do now. <br /> Mr. Portner stated the January meeting gave direction to staff to engage 292 Design <br /> Group in order to review previous architectural plans and to engage JLG Architects <br /> for an option with combining uses/facilities and to engage the YMCA to look at <br /> P 0 W I R I U U Y <br /> otm§A UREI <br />