HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 8802INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
' I SUBJECT: FACILITIES MASTER PLAN UPDATE
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No. 8802
October 24, 2006
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The purpose of this Informal Report is to update Council on the progress to date of the Facilities Master
Plan and provide information on upcoming steps/actions.
The consultant team and staff have been working closely with City Departments to assess facilities needs.
This assessment includes evaluation of facility needs throughout the City as well as detailed evaluations of
the City Hall need, the Fire and Police Training facility and the Police Administration Building. The
Community Advisory Committee has continued to provide valuable input to the process and the first steps
in the public outreach campaign have been completed (article in the City Page of the Star Telegram and
inserts in the October water bills). Good progress is being made and the overall plan should be complete in
the first part of 2007. The detailed needs assessments on the specific facilities mentioned above should be
complete by the end of the calendar year. Staff will be making a recommendation relative to the City Hall
issue at that time.
A special emphasis is being made at this time on the City Hall evaluation part of the process. Toward that
end, staff intends to submit an M &C in the next few weeks recommending the amendment of the contracts
with both Staubach and Carter & Burgess to expand their scope of work to include:
• Full condition assessment of and space usage study on, the Post Office building.
• Development of conceptual program and budget for a project to renovate the Post Office for
usage as a new City Hall and development of a plan/cost for accommodating the current City
Hall functions that won't fit in the Post Office.
• Detailed discussions with Post Office officials and developers to determine and evaluate the
terms of the potential deal with them
• More detailed evaluation of Departmental space and adjacency needs relative to a new City Hall
and ancillary facilities.
• Development of conceptual program and budget for both a new construction option and the
option of renovating the existing building.
Elements of the public outreach campaign will also be ongoing over the next several weeks, to include:
• Items in Council district newsletters (as desired by each Councilmember) seeking input on the
process.
• Request for input at the upcoming Youth Townhall meeting.
• Scheduling a city -wide townhall meeting.
Please contact Greg Simmons at 392 -7862 with any questions/input on this initiative.
Charles R. Boswell
City Manager
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