The City of Port Coquitlam C ¢ UN C | L |

MEMORANDUM

JUN 14 1993
TO:

B. Kirk DATE: May 26, 1993
City Administrator

FROM: J. Maitland, City Treasurer -
Deputy Administrator

SUBJECT: Leigh Square Medical building
FIG Committee - May 20, 1993

Recommendations:

That the funds allocated fo

r renovation of the former Leigh Square Medical Centre be
reallocated as follows:

Demolition of former medical centre $12,000
City Hall furniture and renovation $25,J00

and that $40,C00 be allocated from our Parking Reserve to tuilding 28 parking spaces on
the site.

Background & comments:

Over the next few years, we will have a need to fit more staff into City Hall to enable staff

expansion which is expected in Engineering, Personnel and Treasury. However, we do not
have an immediate need for more space.

Mr. Barkley met with the committee on March 23rd to review his report and during the
meeting he expressed the Opinion that the building was built in the 1950’s and was
designed to last thirty years and that if we undertook the renovation we would be looking
at extending the life of the building for only another ten to fifteen years.

Some of the major costs of the Proposed expansion is a result of the building
close to City Hall. The committee asked Mr. Barkle ie

In April, Mr. Barkley submitted his second report which o
not result in cost savings but is

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