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Minutes of the Special Meeting of <br />Planning and Zoning, Council, Architectural <br />Review Board and Citizens Advisory Committee <br />Page 16 <br />Mayor: It's about a $300,000 difference estimated. Be careful not to be too specific. These are <br />estimates. Our original estimate was just to renovate the building we were at $1.45 up to <br />$1.77. This number has gone down a lot. Probably with all the cost what we are looking at <br />right now is about $1.1 million if you renovate the existing facility and the new, what we have <br />been looking at, is about $1.3-1.4. So, it's about a $300,000 swing. The devil is in the <br />details. It can become greater. We think it we stretch this out, it is a way we can budget more <br />effectively. <br />Q: One of the benefits is that it would allow the old one to be used while it is being built. <br />Mayor: Yes. It will impact parking. <br />Q: Last year we sent out a survey asking people what they thought should happen to the entire <br />community. The community came back and responded they thought we should just remodel <br />the existing building and refresh it. How can we get the word, out to the community that you <br />reviewed the cost estimates to do what the community was recommending and that <br />economically we are being good stewards of the community's money that we are going to <br />build new? How do you get that message out? <br />Mayor: The way we get the message out is the way we do it all the time. We can publish in the Voice <br />of the Village, send a separate flier, post everything on the web. In terms of the poll we got, <br />we sent out about 1,300 and got just over 300 responses. It's about 23%. For those who <br />wanted to upgrade, that was 57%. That wasn't distinguishing upgrading the existing. Upgrade <br />period. About half liked the current size. A little under half said see improvements to the <br />existing building. To your point, there is no question that this is a community discussion. We <br />try to vet this by those of you who are more directly involved day to day in a lot of things who <br />can give us a better sense of direction. At the end of the day, this is something we put out to <br />everyone. We will. We will put out as much of this data as we can so people can read it. <br />These visuals and posting some of the numbers. There's always a caveat and unfortunately no <br />matter how much you put out disclaimers, once you put numbers in there, people really <br />We should get feedback, especially in this day of blogging. <br />Mayor Rinker thanked everyone for attending the meeting. You are welcome to stick around if you have <br />any questions. <br />• Adjournment <br />There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Mary E. Betsa, CMC <br />