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From: "John Lewis" <CBQJohn@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:59:49 -0600
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>From today's Burlington Hawk Eye (city council agenda items not pertaining to 
>the depot deleted). While still standing, those of you that have visited the 
>depot lately will agree that it is in sore need of some serious TLC ... 

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John Lewis
Palmyra, Missouri
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http://www.thehawkeye.com/daily/stories/ln5_1129.html<http://www.thehawkeye.com/daily/stories/ln5_1129.html>

Council examines depot study 

By JAMES QUIRK Jr.
jquirk@thehawkeye.com<mailto:jquirk@thehawkeye.com> 

A local architectural firm has proposed a $17,260 feasibility study on the 
Burlington depot that would determine what it would cost to renovate the 
building. 

City Council members discussed a proposed resolution at its work session Monday 
to have Metzger Johnson perform the feasibility study. 

City Manager Bruce Slagle said that, should the council approve the resolution 
during a regular meeting next week, Metzger Johnson will check mechanical, 
electrical and architectural components of the city-owned depot. 

"This is probably something we really have to do no matter what ... because 
we've had several opportunities to maybe occupy that but they kind of fell 
through because we didn't have this kind of information," said Mayor Pro Tem 
Bill Ell, who led the meeting because Mayor Mike Edwards was ill. "Is that 
true?" 

"Quite frankly, I think that's what's been lacking is not knowing the exact 
costs (to renovate the depot)," Slagle said. "I mean, we've had people put 
stuff together before, which has really been kind of in-house estimates, or 
guesstimates or whatever. But this is really going to lay it down as far as 
from an architectural point of view, as far as really what's it going to cost 
to bring that building back." 

Brian Tapp, executive director of the Southeast Iowa Regional Planning 
Commission, is interested in more space and believes a renovated depot would be 
an ideal place to relocate since it recently added a transit service to its 
list of responsibilities. SEIRPC now is housed in Burlington Memorial 
Auditorium. 

Although the city would have to pay part of the renovation, Tapp said SEIRPC 
would seek state and federal grants. 


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