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Council Minutes of 6/3/2003 may be included. This would possibly be at no cost to the city. The Safety Dept. will look into this possibility. A liquor permit request by Chipotle Mexican Grill, which was addressed by Councilman Miller at the last Council meeting. 2) An additional Safety Committee meeting was held on Tuesday, May 27, to address a new D1 liquor permit for Chuck E. Cheese at 26104 Great Northern Blvd. This was discussed with no objection from the Police Dept. Councilwoman Kasler moved that Council have no objection to the liquor permit for Chuck E. Cheese. The motion was seconded by Councilman Nashar and passed unanimously. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Intra-Govemmental Relations and Legislation; Long- Range Planning Committee: 1) The committee met on June 2. Present were committee members Kasler and Miller. Mr. Gareau was excused as was attending a Recreation Commission meeting which had been previously scheduled. Also present were Councilman Nashar and Law Director Dubelko. The following items were discussed: An update on the status of the library construction as a result of questions that Mr. Nashar had brought forth as well as observations of several Council people. Mr. George Daily, the library construction manager, explained that 100% of the first floor foundation is in and that 85% of the basement walls aze poured. In his words, he is "tickled" with the progress considering the weather. He indicated that he had lost no construction days due to the weather in spite of all the rain. He explained, as a result of questions about how much work is really getting done there and aze the crews really there, that it is tight quarters in a basement area such as this, and oftentimes, when the workers are actually belaw ground, there is the perception that there's not much going on. Actually as much as can be done given the site size is being done, and the construction is going forward. He maintains that he is on schedule and in some cases possibly a little bit ahead of schedule. The steel structure that was targeted to go in on June 24 or 25 may go in as early as between June 9 to the 16. When that happens, more activity will be evident. There were numerous questions about water issues on the site. Mr. Daily repeatedly indicated the library is not built on a spring; however, there is filtration water that is gathering at the basement floor level and even into the area that will hold the foundation or the well site for the elevator. Mr. Daily indicated there are two sump pump sites at the location that are now being powered by portable generators and the amount of water being pumped would be approximately similar to that of a garden hose. This is a concern because Mr. Miller's own observations and of other Council members is that what is being used is something similar in texture and style to a fire hose, probably 3 inches wide. There is a significant difference in that which comes out of a small garden hose and that of something nearly a fire hose. Again, the committee was assured that it is not a spring, but rather filtration and that the floor of the library is being built below the water table. Subsequently, the water is pooling in the basement area and the exterior walls at the floor level and below the floor level where the sump pump sites exist now and the water is being pumped out from there. Mr. Miller observed the water to be crystal clear and coming out at quite a high rate. If the pumps are left on (according to the plans, there will be two sump pump sites at the new library when completed), these pumps will eventually drain off the sub-ground water in, Mr. Daily's words, "a pazabolic design." In other words, the dryer ground will be closer to the sump pump because that is where the 9 L