The city has been thinking about a new building or expansion since 1997.

After years of laboring in cramped quarters, city hall staff and council members agree an expansion of the 37-year-old, 6,500-sf, Colonial-styled structure at 510 Baker St. is imminent. But not at the expense of eliminating the building's graceful appearance, residents complain.

So they shot down an architect's conceptual drawing for a new 21,000-sf building whose hard construction cost would come in at $3.1 million or about $148 per sf.

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