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residents are being taken advantage of. He asked the City Attorney to see if there is any way for the City to pursue civil or criminal actions against Comcast. Cathe Norman announced a candlelight vigil sponsored by the Pleasantonians for Peace in front of the Museum on Main Street on April 16 at 7 PM and said they plan to continue on a monthly basis on the second Wednesday of every month. Karen Martens shared Mr. Norman's sentiments, spoke about the Oak Grove initiative, arguments and bickering, ideals about goals, asked to bring back the positive passion of the City, asked the Council to be the leader of putting the City back together and also hold a Town Hall meeting for the betterment of the community. Councilmember Sullivan invited Ms. Martens to return on April 29 and said he will do everything he can to hold such a discussion in open forum. Jerry Pentin said in view of Mr. Norman and Ms. Dowding's comments his brother has been added to Mr. Norman's list. Mr. Pentin believes that those who work on Commissions and others have seen the Oak Grove project move to the point it has, and he supported the Council in their ability to listen to each side and make decisions. He asked the Council not to support the appeal, asked for those interested in appealing to bear their own legal burden and when all is said and done he believed Pleasanton would remain a great place to live. He said there are many who are content and happy and support the Council and believed the vocal minority was not larger than the silent majority. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS 14. Receive status report on Firehouse Arts Center, approve contract with O'Connor Construction Management, Inc., approve amendment to contract with EIS Architecture and Urban Design, and accept donation of Glass Marquee from the Harrington Family Assistant City Manager Julie Yuan-Miu gave the staff report, said the master plan for the downtown parks and trails system was completed and it was contemplated to convert Fire Station No. 1 to a new multi-use arts facility, which is called the Firehouse Arts Center. The refurbishment will keep the historic structure and include new structures. She said key elements of the plan are a small, 240-seat theatre, a 2,000 square foot art gallery with two arts classrooms and a grand lobby of 1,050 square feet. Regarding construction, staff recommends retaining a construction management firm due to specialty equipment, construction, historic retention and abatement of hazardous materials. The City circulated a RFP for such services and after interviewing firms, staff recommends the Council execute a contract with O'Connor Construction Management, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $472,660. The second recommendation is for architectural services with EIS Architectural and Urban Design for $837,836, which includes work with green building considerations, design elements to support public art, weekly on-site construction meetings, field reports and geotechnical work which will need to be completed for the project. They were able to issue the bids on April 4, they will close on May 8 and hope to return with a construction award contract in late May/early June. Andy Jorgensen, Civic Arts Manager, discussed the public arts aspect of the project and said the task force has been working on two public art projects for the Firehouse; one for signage and another for two glass marquees and he recognized Gary and Nancy Harrington for their donation for the glass marquees which will be designed by Martin Donalin, a world famous glass artist from England. City Council Minutes 5 April 15, 2008