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SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
December 11, 1976
A special meeting of the Plymouth City Council was called to order by Mayor Hilde
at 9:42 A.M. in the Council Chambers of the Public Works Building, 14900 Twenty-
third Avenue North, on December 11, 1976.
PRESENT: Mayor Hilde, Councilmen Hunt, Neils, Seibold and Spaeth, Manager Willis,
Planner Dillerud and Planning Commission Chairman Davenport.
Thorsen b Thorshov Associates, Inc. was represented by Bill Thorsen,
Bill Fay and Dale Mulfinger,
ASSENT: None.
Mayor Hilde indicated that he had called this special meeting of the City Council
in order that all the members could again consider the recommendations of the
Planning Commission regarding the Civic Center and City Hall concept plans.
The Mayor indicatea :.hat it appeared the primary concerns related to the specific
location of a City Hall, the relationship of the structure to the street and
parking and any future building additions. The Planning Commission had recommended
Plan A to the Council.
Councilman Spaeth indicated that we should consider whether or not we want a front
or rear view from the structure as the site location will have a bearing on the
direction of a waltway or access tc any given level.
Councilman Hunt suggested that the parking should be reasonably close to the City
Hall building and my other buildings constricted in the Civic Center complex,
perhaps through establishing parking modules.
o+ancilmar Seibold indicated concern that parking ciose to the street could
encourage persons using the commercial seas to use City parking for overflow
purposes.
Following additinnal discussion and consideration, the Council indicated that
their preference was ftr• . City Hail structure lo;ated essentially as recommendEd
by the Planning Commission with parking to ,)e located generally behind the
proposed structures
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MOTION was made by Councilman Seibold, seconded by Councilman RESOLUTION NO. 76-703
Hunt, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 76-703, A RESOLUTInN APP IOVING TPPROVING CI11C C N ER
ADOPTION OF CIVIC CENTER CONCEPT PLAIN D AS PPESENTEP Hr THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR
ARCHITECTS, THORSEN & THORSHOV ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR THE CITY DOWNTOWN PLYMOUTH
C!VIC CENTER TO BE LO w TEO IN DOWNTOWN PLYMOUTH provieing that A-94) Item 7-8
this action does not indicate approval of the par':ing layout.
Motion carried on a Roll Call Grote, five ayes.
The Council discussed thr various suggested lay,,ut4 of the proposed City Hall
with the architect. It was the consensus that a City Hall must first :,f all
be designed so that it can function effectively ind efficiently in terms of
a wor&ing environment ds well as in tern.. of c,.ergy s, stems.
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MOTION -was made by Councilman Seibold, seconded by
Hunt, to adopt RESOLUTION N0, 764049 A RESOLUTION
ADOPTION OF CITY HALL STRUCTURE CONCEPT PLAN C AS
BY THE ARCHITECTS, THORSEN b THORSHOV ASSOCIATiS,
LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN PLYMOUTH.
Motion carried on a Roll LAII vote, five ayes.
Councilman RESOLUTION
APPROVING NO. 76-704
PRESENTED DOPTION F
INC. TO BE CITY HALL STRUCTURE
CONCEPT PLAN -
DOWNTOWN PLYMOUTh
A-94) Item 7-B
MOTION was made. by Councilman Hunt, seconded by Coi.rilman
Seibold, to accept the recommendations of the Planning Co mission
regarding solar energy and mechanical equipment placement as
contaiied in the Planner's report dated December 3, 1976.
Motior, carried, five ayes.
Dale liulfinger, Project Architect, requested that the Council consider
directing the firm regarding the size of the structure. He indicated
that they felt the data they had been provided with to date was not
whop,:+ reali.;tit given tNe experience of other communities. He reviewed
two space analysis graphs indicating how long varices size structures
would likely last the City before expansion woO-J t r*t red.
MOTION was made by Councilman Hunt, seconded :y .wik -an . paeth,
that for planning purposes the architects be _"vocted t P1 n for
1988, uti'rizing the conservative expansion l i • on they Chic
presented to the City Council (Expars ion Anal, ., s 42).
Notion carried, five ayes.
The Council indicated its desire to have a foci 1 i ty that would meet
the City's space requirements for ten years of occupancy. This would
provide for a structur;: to meet the immediate and short-term requirements
of the City and would not require going back to the, voters seeking approval
of another bond issue fnr expansion too soon. Council also noted that the
graphics prepared by the archite::ts indicated that the speculative ratio
of employees to population would continue to be below that of other
developed and developing suburbs.
Mayor Hilde adjuur.ied the meeting at 10:35 A.N.
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