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ity of <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Item ~i.6. <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Mayor & City Council <br /> <br />Pat Klaers, City Adm~tor <br /> <br />April 6, 1998 <br /> <br />Update on Old Liquor Store <br /> <br />The City Council has directed me to negotiate a lease for use of the old <br />municipal liquor store with Mark andAnnette Watz so that they can utilize <br />this facility for their Watz Up? Caf6 project. I am uncertain as to the timing <br />of this project and if this project will actually take place. A meeting in the <br />afternoon of April 6, 1998, is scheduled with Mark and Annette Watz, Jeff? <br />Asfahl, Councilmember Thompson, and the Mayor. Hopefully we will learn <br />more about the plans for the Watz Up? Caf6 and have a good discussion on <br />how JeWs youth initiatives project, the Boys and Girls Club project, and the <br />Watz Up? Caf6 can coexist and compliment each other. <br /> <br />Regardless of whether or not the Watzes pursue theft project at the old liquor <br />store, it appears to be beneficial for the city to do some basic improvements <br />inside and outside at the liquor store. We can recapture our costs for these <br />improvements through the leasing of the facility. Building Official Cliff <br />Skogstad has put together some information for me on a general "game plan" <br />on how to proceed with some basic improvements (see attachment). It <br />appears that the basic improvements will include providing handicap <br />assessable bathrooms, adding to the sprinkling system where the cooler once <br />existed, improving the heating and air conditioning system, fixing up the <br />walls on the inside of the building, and dealing with the awning frame on the <br />exterior of the building. If the facility is leased out for a special use like the <br />Caf~ Club, then additional improvements will have to be considered by the <br />leasee and taken into consideration with the lease agreement. <br /> <br />If the Watzes do not pursue this facility for their project, then it is possible <br />that this site will be a better location for Jeff? and his youth initiative <br />program as compared to the Prairie House site. <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />