Item A: City Council Priority Issue - City Hall Complex

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ATTACHMENT A City Hall Complex Master Plan Council Action History On May 25, 2005, the council approved the City Hall/Police Building Action Plan (subsequently renamed the City Hall Complex Action Plan) which identifies the major policy issues to be addressed, the overall description of project phasing, the nature of work to be accomplished, resource needs and proposed project outcomes associated with the City Hall Complex Master Plan. On October 19,2005, a consultant team led by Thomas Hacker Architects facilitated a council workshop for the purpose of identifying and providing direction on policy issues relevant to the City Hall Complex. Based on pre-workshop interviews with the mayor and council, six project values were presented by the consultant team to which three additional project values were pro- posed by council members during the workshop. In addition, eight key issues and five sub- issues emerged from pre-workshop interviews with the mayor and council, and were presented during the workshop. At the November 23, 2005 work session, the council adopted the following project values to serve as a basis for future decision making: 1. Exercise fiscal responsibility 2. Produce government efficiency 3. Be user-friendly 4. Embody environmental stewardship 5. Enhance downtown 6. Inspire civic pride 7. Maximize use of City Hall public spaces by the public and access to government and its representatives 8. Strive for simplicity 9. Plan for the future In addition, position statements on the four issues with the highest degree of consensus were adopted as follows: 1. Incorporate meaningful sustainable design goals. 2. Utilize a long-term planning horizon of 25 years. 3. Consolidate City services to the greatest practical extent. 4. Develop the project in consideration of the Downtown Plan while not limiting location choices to 8th Avenue. At the December 14, 2005 work session, the council directed the City Manager to proceed with phase 2-the Development Plan Phase-of the City Hall Complex Action Plan for $1,135,000. This phase includes the technical work and public input required to generate an overall develop- ment plan for the City Hall Complex. This phase will also resolve the remaining policy issues from phase 1 and result in a concept plan for the City Hall Complex. On March 8, 2006, the consultant team facilitated a council workshop marking the beginning of the Development Plan Phase of this project. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss pre- liminary space needs assumptions, facility implications relative to police service delivery