The
city is currently renting space in leased office buildings for city hall, public
works, and police functions. The city needs to develop a permanent city hall and
police station facility that will provide the functional building space we
identified in long-range programming requirements – and realize a civic
facility to represent the city image and stimulate redevelopment activity.
We
analyzed staffing trends, existing space and building utilization, building
conditions, existing property capacity, and 6 alternative site evaluations for
the development of a new city hall and civic campus. We identified specific
planning and design ideas that met the city's facility requirements, capitalized
on each site’s unique development opportunities, and created a long-range
vision for this important site in the city. We identified alternative concepts
for access and parking, building configurations, and urban design measures. We
also analyzed alternative design/delivery options including the use of a
competitive RFP and lease-to-own or LTO method of acquiring the building and
site improvements.
The
city has subsequently issued a design/develop lease-to-own RFP competition for
the city hall building and initial site improvements.