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Council Minutes of. 2/21/84 ~,3~. Mr. O'Grady, Chairman Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee reported: 1) Moved Council have no objection to the transfer of a D5 and D6 liquor permit from Foodmaker, Inc., dba Mountain Jacks, 477.7 Great Northern Boulevard to Vicorp Specialty Restaurants, Inc., dba Mountain Jacks, 4777 Great Northern Boulevard, second by Mr. Bierman, unani- mously approved. Mrs. Petrigac, Chairman Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings Committee as well as Transportation Committee reported: 1) Recreation Committee met on February 8th with all members present. Committee was provided with the engineering plans for the beautification project in front of the Rec Complex, from the parking lot to the Complex. Discussed drainage needs there as well as for the east side section. Cost to do the entire drainage is approximately $18,000 to $2?_,000. Service Director Corrigan ad- vised the work could. be done "in-house" but reminded the committee that labor is not free - cost would have to be charged back to the Service Department; also, there are many priority drainage problems throughout the City. The landscaping consultant will do a sketch of what can be done in the front area and it will be displayed at the Open House on February 26th for residents' input. Mr. O'Rourke, Chairman of the Recreation Commission, will act as Chairman of the beautification project.. Committee recommends that the City proceed with the project provided the monies can be found to do so. 2) Committee. discussed the memorial protect and looked at stones and diagrams from Kotecki Monument Company. It was decided to maintain the stone and plaque presently in place at the Memorial Gardens and to add to it. It was mentioned that benches could be purchased for $300 and placed in the area for residents to sit and meditate. Mr. O'Grady has asked someone to contact Mr. Logan with prices and diagrams so committee will wait for these before making recommendation to Council. 3) Committee discussed the renovation of the Community Cabin; recommends that money be appropriated to check all the electrical work and bring it up to code. Again, will have to see where this fits in the budget. 4) Landmarks Commission met on Thursday, February 16th. Mayor Swietyniowski was also in attendance and discussed the Master Plan for the preservation of Old Town Hall as prepared by Mr. Robert Gaede. Committee agreed to take care of the exterior first: drain repairs, waterproofing around the basement, repair of the chimney and cleaning of the masonry, at a cost of approximately $18,000. Some of the needed funds will come from the CDBG funds which had been allocated .for the restrooms last year and which were never used for that purpose. Human Resources Director, Don Copeland, has advised that we can utilize the money for this purpose now, i.e, exterior work as outlined above. Hopefully, the old boiler from the Fire Station/Bus Garage will be located and will be used in Town Hall. Master Plan f_or Old Town Hall will also be on display at the Open House for residents' input. 5) Committee discussed the century home at 4302 Porter Road which might be torn down. Home was built in 1850 of quarry stone and is one of a kind. It was gutted by fire two years ago, has been vandalized and is now a teenage hangout. Board of Building Code of Appeals will be dealing with this situation Thursday night and considering a request for a stay of demolition. Landmarks Commission members will be at the hearing hoping that the building can be preserved. 6) As Chairman of the Recreation Committee as well as the Transportation Committee, Mrs. Petrigac gave a minority report and stated that in sitting on these committees and listening to the many needs for money, she can no longer support the purchase of new cars for the Administration this year, gill ask that Resolution No. 84-4 be amended to reflect this. Also, understands that a pickup truck requested by the Recreation. Department is not needed; they want a four to five ton dump truck. Will amend the legislation to reflect this also.