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Council Minutes of 6/4!2002 square foot meeting room will be included, and a conference room of 572 square feet. ,~„ It is not known at this time the volume of books that will be available. There will be approximately 13 computer stations. They will do their best to include as much natural lighting as possible. However, it was explained that windows would eliminate on-the-wall book shelving that is valuable and otherwise would take up a lot of floor space. There will be a "teen scene" area with computer stations and a living room type lounge, possibly with a TV. There will be a vending area to the south side of the building in a public access area that will allow the building to be used for voting even if the library is closed. Although there will be the vending area, there will still be a rule of no food in the library area itself. There will be a small basement for mechanical purposes, the geothermal facilities, electrical facilities and an elevator that will only go to the basement as this is a one floor plan. The geothermal drilling results should be available early next week. Council received a letter from Spice Costantino Architects which reads in part: ".. , we are asking that City Council provide our office with written comments or questions by Friday, June 21, 2002. This will give our design team ample time to react to any issues prior to our design development due date." The committee will attempt to meet that deadline. However, Spice Costantino has had this project for approximately two years and have brought nothing to Council until asked. Council has also asked that the information be presented to the Landmarks Commission and other boards and commissions. Other than one public meeting recently held, the plans as they exist now have not been seen by Council. It seems difficult to meet a deadline of less than three weeks. The committee will do their job properly and thoroughly, as this is a building that hopefully will be with us for a long time, and will give the boards and commissions and Council time for input. • The mayoral appointment of Thomas Dubowski to the Landmarks Commission for the term ending 12/31/02 to fill the seat recently vacated by David Lind. The committee interviewed Mr. Dubowski and unanimously recommended approval. Councilman Miller moved that Council approve the appointment of Thomas Dubowski to the Landmarks Commission for the term ending December 31, 2002. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Kesler and passed unanimously. (Mr. Dubowski was asked to stand and be recognized.) 2) After various other scheduled committee meetings on June 3, the Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long-Range Planning Committee reconvened to discuss Ordinance 2002-72. This ordinance creates new Sections of 111.03 of Chapter 111 of the Administrative Code, "City Contracts," in order to establish a standardized request for proposals, RFP process, for persons or firms proposing to provide contract services to the city and declaring an emergency. Present were committee members Michael Gareau and Paul Miller. Also present were Mr. Jim Burns and Law Director Jim Dubelko. Mr. Burns made various recommendations and comments in regard to this ordinance that would result in availing this ordinance to all directors in addition to the proposed Safety Director. Mr. Dubelko indicated that he also wished to make some changes to the ordinance. It was agreed that Mr. Dubelko would amend the ordinance and it would be held in committee for review at future committee meetings. 8