Item B: City Hall/Police Building Priority Issue

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3/6 The existing Newport Beach, California, City Hall encompasses approximately 38,000 gsf of office space, exclusive of the council chambers. The present need is for 72,000 gsf. For the past 4 years a task force has been working to determine how best to provide for the needs of an expanding city work force, what to do with several buildings that comprise the city hall "campus" and that were constructed in stages between 1945 and 1980, and are in need of major repairs. The task force looked at multiple options, including: 1) Renovation of the existing buildings (retaining all existing structures and adding new construction) 2) Demolition and rebuild at the same location 3) Build at a new site. Option 1: This was not selected because only the shell of the existing building could be saved. Structural changes, ADA compliance, Title 24 compliance, seismic improvements, and complete replacement of of mechanical and electrical systems made this option too expensive. In addition, adding new space to reach the requirement of 72,000 gsf proved not only very costly, but somewhat impractical due to the existing configurations and locations of the existing buildings. Option 3: There were no sites within the city boundaries that provided comparable location at a price deemed affordable by the city. Option 2: The task force has demonstrated the feasibility (both relative to cost and productivity of staff standpoints) , and has recommended to the City Council that the existing buildings be demolished to make room for a new expanded City Hall Complex that also includes a parking structure and a fire station. Roger Torriero CEO Griffin Holdings Laguna Beach, Ca. 92651 The City of Port Townsend is nearing the end of its 6.7 million dollar project to renovate City Hall and to construct an annex building. Demolition of the existing City Hall was never an option since the building is on the list of National Historic Landmarks and because there was strong backing in the community to save the structure that was built in 1891. The annex building was designed to be compatible to the restored City Hall but not to match it. The annex portion of the project is under budget whereas the City Hall renovations are significantly over budget due to unforeseen problems and difficulties with providing accurate cost estimates for work that is not always visible. Kathy Howard Public Works Engineering Assistant Port Townsend, W A V:541-686-2031 P.O. Box 24705 Eugene, OR 97402 Fax: 541-686-3392