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Item 8. <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br />eMa~r ~ia~;i :~~strat°r <br /> <br />Staff Updates <br /> <br />The public safety-city hall building (and design) committee met on Tuesday, March 12, 2002. <br />I would like to provide the Council with an update on some of the issues that were discussed <br />at that meeting. Additionally, the Utilities Commission met on March 12, 2002, and I assume <br />that the commission update by John will include the fact that the Utility Commission <br />approved the budget, construction management firm, and architect for the project. Update <br />topics on March 18, 2002, will include the following. <br /> <br />· Geothermal <br />· Roof <br />· Ceilings <br />· Orono Parkway Median Work and Timing <br />· Ramp <br /> <br />Recendy the committee has received mixed information regarding the "payback" for using a <br />geothermal heating/cooling system. The increased capital costs are supposed to be <br />recaptured based on lower operating expenses. More analysis is being done and a report is <br />expected on Friday, but the recent information shows the payback for our project as being <br />much longer than previously reported. The committee has generally accepted a ten year <br />payback timeframe as being acceptable and it is very questionable if this can be achieved. <br />This revelation is troubling as we had high hopes of using this system for this project. <br />Complicating the situation slightly is the timing issue, whereas a geothermal decision needs <br />to be made very soon if we are to stay on schedule and award bids in early June. <br /> <br /> <br />