City Council member Fred Vera presented the council Tuesday with an idea about how to resolve the problem of the city animal shelter’s space limitations.Other cities have converted former maintenance buildings into expanded animal shelters, he said. It could cost a little in up-front costs to upgrade a larger building, but it would be a lot cheaper to renovate an existing building than construct a new one.“Of course they did some modifications,” Vera said. “They had to do a lot of work inside.”Vera suggested the city use an old city-owned building on S. Dallas Ave. that is currently used for ...