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e would consist of 10,000 square feet. There was discussion on the training room, line up room, and firearms range. Tom Zerwas, Chief of Police, indicated that the officers are having problems getting the space to do their firearms training. He also indicated that this is a major area of liability to the City, therefore, the officers must be properly trained. Sergeant Rolfe, who is the firearms training instructor, indicated that they like to train quarterly at a minimum, but would prefer training and certification monthly. Currently they are using the St. Louis Park gun club for training. However, that facility is becoming too restrictive and does not meet the needs of the Police Department. A similar City Hall Program Summary was distributed which assumes a freestanding building and 45 employees. It was noted that a banquet room capable of seating 400 people was included as was a catering ki tchen. A building for the year 2003 would include approximately 20,099 square feet excluding the unfinished basement and a 1993 building would include approximately 15,850 square feet. Zack went on to indicate that as separate facilities, the building size in 1993 would be 6,800 for the City Hall, approximately 10,000 for the Police Station and 11,500 for meeting rooms for a total of 28,300 square feet. Expansion space needed by the City Hall and Police Department would be 4,500 square feet, which is considerably less than the 11,500 square feet programmed for meeting rooms. e Mayor Tralle questioned what the estimated cost of building these facilities would be. lack Johnson indicated that the bricks and mortar cost of the Police Station would be approximately $75 per square foot; the City Hall $65 per square foot and the meeting rooms $80 per square foot. Zack distributed a Development Cost Sheet which outlines numerous items which will add to the cost of the facility. A Preliminary Project Schedule was distributed which projected that occupancy would not occur at least until 20 months after inception of the project. Duane Kropuenske questioned the possibility of the City purchasing and renovating the County administration building. Zack indicated that he is evaluating the County building and will rebort back to the Council with his findings. e A Site Selection and Analysis packet was distributed which included the site drawings of the following sites: Morrell and Houlton, Precision Arts, E & 0 Tool, Gospodor, Old City Hall and the Downtown site. After considerable discussion, the Council decided to eliminate the Precision Arts and E & 0 Tool sites from further consideration. Zack will have more detailed site information available for the Council at the next worksession. In the meantime, the Conncil recommended pursuing the Gospodor site including the purchase of Lot 3 which abuts the other Gospodor parcels even though other parcels are also under consideration for a city hall site and the final site has not been selected.