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HomeMy Public PortalAboutCouncil Minutes 1996 03/13MINUTES McCall City Council Special Meeting moo AM Thursday, March 13, 1996 McCall City Hall (Lower Levelj 216 East Park Street Call To Order And Roll Call 1. The meeting was called to order at 11:05 A.M. by Mayor Killen. 2. Mr. Martens, Mr. Killen, Mr. Colton, and Ms. Arp answered the roll call. Mr. Eckhart was absent. A quorum was present. Staff members present were City Manager, Gary Shimun, City Attorney, Ted Burton, and Deputy City Clerk, Cherry Woodbury. U.S. Post Office Relocation 3. Dave Puegh, Community Committee Chairperson, introduced community members and U.S. Postal Service representatives. Keith Lashier, Denver Postal Facilities Manager, initiated discussion. He stated that McCall had been selected for a new facility by the Postal Service based on a review of the space constraints currently existing at the present facility. He commented that the Postal Service wanted to provide a new facility in a scheduled timeframe and did not take into consideration the amount of community interest to keep the Post Office in the downtown area. The Postal Service now would like to ensure that open discussion of the needs of both the community and Post Office commence. Dave Puegh then outlined the process to be undertaken to come to an agreement. The process steps are: 1) Provide the Postal Service with growth projections 2) The Postal Service then to calculate needed requirements - land, space, etc 3) Together McCall and the Postal Service then review `needs and wants' 4) Together McCall and the Postal Service brainstorm plans and determine any modifications to requirements 5) Together McCall and the Postal Service quantify requirements 6) Together McCall and the Postal Service review available locations Discussion of concerns and issued followed. Meetings will be held over the future months during the process steps. The meetings will be noticed and open to the public. To ensure the timeline is met, a strong recommendation was made by Mayor Killen that only an allotted amount of time would be set aside at the meetings for public comment. An agreement needs to be reached by September 17, 1997, in order to ensure project funding by the Postal Service. 4. Without further business, Mr. Martens moved to adjourn. Mayor Killen seconded and the motion carried unanimously, The Council adjourned at 12:19 P.M. ATTEST: e-91\lhe Woodbury, Deput William M. Killen, Mayor