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Regular Council Meeting <br />2-2G-07 <br />Page 9 <br />8tn grade boys were using the main gym, but because of the fieldhouse problem, everything as far <br />as school programs moved in to that main gym. As a result, we have lost all practices and games. <br />We took the 7tn and gcn grade boys and put them in the other gym at the Middle School. There <br />was no other option. We are starting the playoffs. They start tomorrow. We will go for three <br />weeks. As far as the Saturday program for the 3`d and 4th graders, there are no conflicts with <br />games, we are still on track for that, but we do not have a location for anyone that was using the <br />high school main gym. We tried to put them in other locations. It was a nightmare. The schools <br />are working on it to try to repair the problem. <br />AFLCHITECT - Ron DiNardo <br />1VIr. DiNardo updated Council on the Civic Center renovations. As you have been walking <br />through, you can probably see a lot of things going on. Just to let you know, the extent of work <br />that is happening now will be completed before the March l Oth Appreciation Dinner. That is the <br />first phase. We will move on to the next phase which will be the area which is the new <br />performing arts area which will include the stage, soffit, lighting, curtains and structural things. <br />That will be coming in as we progress through this. He will be providing updates on various <br />things. <br />The other item to report is the police station. We have completed the soil boring. The <br />geuthermal contractor called him and told him that he will be done with his geothermal borings <br />by Friday with a report that will be provided two weeks after he is completed. The geothermal is <br />a type of heating and cooling system that was provided in your packet at Council Caucus. That is <br />paart of our attempt to design this police station as a sustainable project where we are using <br />alternative energy sources. If you had a chance to look at it, there is pretty interesting <br />information there. With this report from the geothermal contractor, we can establish how to <br />. design the geothermal system and heating and cooling facility. <br />Mn. DiNaxdo also provided to Council a packet on LEEDs certification. There is also a packet of <br />ini:ormation on lighting control solutions from Lutron. Lutron has put together a little pamphlet <br />which talks about the requirements for LEEDs. LEED certification is Leadership Energy and <br />Eravironmental Design. It is not new, but new buildings are going this way. We should be <br />proactive in this. In the long run, we will be a community that gives back without doing too <br />much. We can look at it and say, hey we are proud of this because we took the initiative to <br />design the building to be able to better our environment and decrease global warming. Mr. <br />DiNardo suggested Council look at this interesting information. It starts you off with a process. <br />There are also a couple of articles included in the packet. People comment on what the true cost <br />is of building green. There is one article there that explains it. As we proceed in the next five to <br />fifteen years, you will see that the costs are going to become not an issue with designing these <br />new buildings. These new buildings have become standard. This new type of design, sustainable <br />design, will be a standaxd thing in a lot of buildings. Mr. DiNardo thought it would be good to <br />share to Council to educate them with that.