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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo_Alternative Facilities Descriptions 2.8.17Page 1 Memo TO: John Karns, Mayor John Stromberg FROM: Kaylea Kathol DATE: 2/8/2017 RE: Addit’l CY Hall Replacement Alternatives for Community Facilities Advisory Committee On January 17, 2017, staff presented nine alternatives for replacing/rehabilitation City Hall to City Council, and recommended Council appoint a Community Facilities Advisory Committee (Committee) to select a replacement or seismic rehabilitation option for City Hall through a public vetting process. Council did not move to approve the recommendation, but rather indicated that the Committee may benefit if provided with more options to vet. This memo provides three additional options with ballpark cost estimates, to the extent estimates could be made by staff. Estimates were made from the same cost assumptions used by ORW Architecture in the City Hall replacement feasibility study. I strongly recommend obtaining third party cost estimates if the Committee chooses to explore any of the alternatives provided herein. This is a task I can commission if requested. A critical element in the effort to vet all viable alternatives will be determining the implications of the property’s reversionary interest. This has been one of the larger “unknowns” in the project to date, and staff believes that settling the question of the reversionary interest in the property will greatly assist the citizen task force in vetting the alternatives. To complete this, I expect the City will need to retain an attorney who specializes in real estate law, which I am also prepared to do if requested. ALTERNATIVES Alternatives described below are for optional consideration by the Committee, in addition to the alternatives analyzed by ORW in the feasibility study (see area map on page 5). Cost estimates are provided for “centralized” and “partitioned” options, which are defined as follows: Centralized: A new City Hall, approximately 24,400 square feet in sized, that would support the consolidation of all departmental functions currently housed in City Hall and Community Development Building. This scenario includes divestment of the Community Development Building for $2.5M, the profits of which would be applied toward construction of the new centralized City Hall. Partitioned: A two-building scenario, similar to the existing arrangement, would provide the space needs of all departments currently operating from City Hall and Community Development. The City would retain Community Development Building (with some reconfiguration/minor remodeling) and would construct a City Hall approximately 14,000 – 15,000 square feet is size. COA050610 Page 2 ELKS PROPERTY The Elks’s Lodge owns a parking lot on Lithia Street that spans the block between First and Second Streets. The flag lot parcel also spans most of Will Dodge Way. The Elks’ have brought to the City’s attention their desire to partner with the City on improvements to their parking lot. The City has identified this potential partnership as an opportunity to dramatically increase downtown parking by developing a parking structure on one half of the parcel, while building a new City Hall on the other half of the parcel. The footplate appears to be large enough to support centralized functions in a three story structure. Alternatively, a two story structure could be built on this parcel, which would require the continued partitioning of departmental functions between the Community Development building and the new City Hall. COST ESTIMATE (INC. SOFT): Centralized: $11M (includes $2.5M offset from sale of ComDev) Partitioned: $9M UNKNOWN COSTS: Land acquisition/partnership terms Parking structure ($26k - $30k per stall) COA050611 Page 3 COURTS/COUNCIL CHAMBERS/EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER The Courts/Council Chambers/EOC is a 3070 square foot building situated on a relatively large, unutilized lawn. Demolition of the existing building would afford substantial flexibility for the construction of a centralized City Hall, which would necessarily incorporate the courts and council chambers. In addition, the large surface parking lot on site could easily accommodate a parking structure. COST ESTIMATE (INC. SOFT): Centralized: $13 M (includes $2.5M offset from sale of ComDev) Partitioned: $11 M UNKNOWN COSTS: Parking structure ($26k - $30k per stall) 3 story building here (~33,000 sq ft). Consolidate CY Hall, ComDev, Courts & Council Chambers Parking structure here COA050612 Page 4 RAILROAD PROPERTY The City expects to purchase property in the railroad district from Union Pacific Railroad in the near future. The intended use of the property at this time is a transportation hub/transit mall, although it may be possible to incorporate a City Hall facility on upper levels of the bus depot. The City may be able to obtain transportation development grants to offset the cost of building a hybrid transport/municipal structure. This alternative will require considerably more study than the previous two, given its complex variables. COST ESTIMATE (INC. SOFT): Unknown UNKNOWN COSTS: Land acquisition Grant availability (offset) Operational space needs (land and office) for transit functions Parking ($26k-$30k per stall for structure or $5k-$7k per stall for surface) Other? COA050613 City Hall Community Development Elk's Property Railroad Property Courts/Council Chambers/EOC Lithia & N. Pioneer Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), swisstopo, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community Community Development Building, City Hall, and Lithia & N. Pioneer are the addressed in the Feasibility Study as alternative locattions for a new City Hall. Elks Property, Railroad Property, and Courts/Council Chambers/EOC are addressed in this memo as additional options the Committee may choose to vet at its discretion. Area Map of Potential Replacement Alternatives / 0 0.50.25 Miles COA050614