City Council Meeting Date: November 19, 2019
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
David Bennett, Public Works Director/City Engineer
Title
Discussion of FiftyNorth Phase I Completion Report and Discussion of Phase II NCRC Building Planning.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council discusses the FiftyNorth future planning.
Summary Report:
City Administrator Martig and Public Works Director Bennett have met with Lynne Pederson, FiftyNorth Director, and Patty Jorstad, Chair of FiftyNorth Future Planning Committee, to review a summary of the objectives and findings from Phase 1 planning work. The Phase 1 summary is attached (Attachment 2).
The FiftyNorth Future Planning Committee has identified four objectives to be accomplished as part of the Phase 1 work.
1. Increase the flexibility of our space to allow for quick changes to programming and
members' needs.
2. Determine the programs wanted in the future to meet members' needs.
3. Identify gaps in meeting member's needs in current programming, i.e. transition teams,
referral and information center, and community advocacy.
4. Evaluate staffing structure and capacity to be successful in the work required.
Lynne Pederson will present the findings and recommendation from the Phase 1 study. Overall, the FiftyNorth Future Planning Committee, has identified four phases of work:
1. Fact finding (Phase 1 report).
2. Space design.
3. Capital campaign and partnerships.
4. Construction and reconfiguration.
To kick off Phase 2, City Administrator Martig and Public Works Director Bennett worked with FiftyNorth to prepare a Request for Qualifications (Attachment 3) to find professional services (Architectural and Engineer) to assist with space planning, space programming, and needs at the NCRC. This phase of work will assist in planning for the entire NCRC building and the space that is being vacated by Community Education/Recreation. It will look at what the needs are from ...
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