The Dalles City Council reached a consensus to have City Manager Matthew Klebes develop a plan to preserve and maintain the Gitchell/Waldron Drug Building as is, with the possibility of following a path taken in Astoria to project several faded “ghost signs” that are on the building and bring them back to life.  Klebes presented a range of options that included demolition of the building and multi-million dollar restoration possibilities.  But the option to preserve and maintain came with the lightest price tag, about $76,000 in today’s costs but needed over a five to twenty year period.  Mayor Rich Mays and the rest of the Council felt it was a good route to take after years of discussion surrounding the building’s future.  Klebes noted he will be talking with KPFF Consulting Engineers to develop a more formal improvement and maintenance plan to bring back to the Council.