HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.b. Minutes of March 23, 2005 Special Meeting, Fire Station #2ROSEMOUNT CITY PROCEEDINGS
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IEM 06 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MARCH 23, 2005
A special meeting of the Rosemount City Council was held on March 23, 2005, at 7:05 p.m. in
the Council Chambers at City Hall, 2875 145 Street West.
Mayor Droste called the meeting to order with Council Members Baxter and DeBettignies in
attendance. Also in attendance were City Administrator Verbrugge, Assistant City Administrator
Weitzel, Fire Chief Aker, Communication Coordinator Cox, and Mark Vetter from Vetter
Johnson Architects.
Mark Vetter, from Vetter Johnson Architects, started the meeting by giving a short history of
how he gathered information from the Fire Chief, firefighters and other City staff to determine
the design needs for Fire Station 42. By utilizing some of the same programmatic data from Fire
Station #1 he was then able to produce a conceptual site and floor plan to give to AMCON in
establishing a budget for the project. At this point in the meeting, Mr. Vetter proceeded to
explain the floor plan of the proposed Fire Station #2.
Council next talked about the building's east and south elevations. Mr. Vetter explained that the
higher aesthetic quality of the original plan makes it architecturally more appealing than the
alternative design but by using the alternate design the City would reduce the overall project
budget by at least $160,000. The scaled down version's differences from the original design
include:
Arched roof designs are located above the dispatch center and clock tower
A canopy located only above south apparatus doors (other window canopies have been
deleted)
Translucent insulation panels would only be located at the clock tower above the entry
vestibule
The raised translucent clerestory above the corridor has been deleted and the low roof
extended from behind the clock tower to the apparatus bay
Council members then discussed the options of eliminating or reducing the size of some rooms,
eliminating the clock tower, or using a "jumbo" or "Saxon" brick instead of the smaller,
"modular" brick (12" X 4" X 4" vs. 8" X 2 2/3" X 4 to reduce the construction's overall cost.
Council concluded the project cost discussion by stating that they were comfortable with up to
$250,000 of building CIP funds to further fund the expenses of the fire station's construction. A
more detailed discussion of the Fire Station #2 design will be schedule for the next work session
or at a specially scheduled meeting.
Alan Cox then gave a brief summary of the information that will be available at the public open
houses on March 29 and 31
Mayor Droste adjourned the meeting at 8:33 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Dawn Weitzel, Assistant City Administrator
The City Council Agenda Packet is Clerk's File 2005 -12.