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Item 5.4 TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: MEMORANDUM Mayor and City Council Pat Klaers, City Administrator April 22, 2002 City Hall/Public Safety/Utilities Building Project Update I would like to update the City Council on a number of building issues ~elated to the City Hall, Utilities, and Public Safety project. Some of the updates relate to items ~liscussed at the last Council meeting when the CUP was approved. Items to update the CoUncil on include the following: · CUP: Emergency Vehicle Flasher Requirement · CUP: Bid Alternate for the Roof · Construction Schedule · Public Use of Meeting Rooms · Budget Issue: o SAC/WAC Fees o City Hall Roof Replacement o Bid Alternates · 1992 CUP Last week when the CUP was approved, it included the Planning Commission recommendation for an emergency vehicle warning flasher on Orono Parkway. The Public Safety staff believes that signage is sufficient and does not believe this flashing warning signal is necessary or needed but this information wasn't passed on to the Council. Additionally, it is believed that such a flashing warning signal would best function with an Opticon system similar to how the regular street signals function. To activate the Opticon warning flasher, the emergency vehicles would have to have the sirens activated. This obviously is a concern as it relates to the neighborhood around the Public Safety Facility. Please see the attached memo from Assistant Police Chief Jeff Beahen on this issue. When the CUP was approved, no decision was made on the type of material for the roof at City Hall. A metal roof was proposed but the cost was a concern. A Timberline shingle roof is being proposed to be bid out as an alternate so that at a future Council meeting we can