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<br />ringing success if construction has begun within five years, Completion of the City Hall Complex
<br />will take some number of years depending on phasing, timing, and the success of financing efforts,
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<br />C. Progress to Date
<br />The expansion or replacement of City Hall has been a major project for the council since 1999, when
<br />council was presented with the possibility of selling City Hall to the Federal government as a site for
<br />the new Federal Courthouse, In 2001, council adopted a policy statement that called for the replace-
<br />ment of City Hall with one or more new buildings by 2010, At that same time, council also adopted a
<br />policy to reduce the level of reinvestment in City Hall and the Public Works Building to provide for
<br />an expected 8 to 10 years of remaining use,
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<br />On September 19,2001, council addressed near-term and long-term projects that were required to
<br />achieve the goal of replacing City Hall, Council directed that relocation of EPD personnel from the
<br />basement of City Hall and relocation of Fire Station #1 should be the first priority projects in the
<br />Downtown Space Plan, (The 9-1-1 Center had previously been relocated from City Hall to a new
<br />building at the 2nd and Chambers Emergency Services Complex,) The construction of a new Police
<br />Building and City Hall were the next project priorities, with design for the Police Building originally
<br />projected to begin in FY05, and a replacement of City Hall was targeted to begin design in FY08,
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<br />Over the past several years, council has been setting aside funds to pay for this project. As of the
<br />FY06 budget, it is anticipated that there will be over $25 million in the Facility Reserve for this pur-
<br />pose,
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<br />On July 26,2004, council placed a $6,79 million bond measure to fund civic center elements related
<br />to a Community Safety Building on the November 2004 ballot. The measure was to fund social
<br />service agency space, police headquarters expansion space, improvements to the parks blocks, and
<br />improvements to make 8th Avenue a "Great Civic Street." On November 2,2004, voters rejected
<br />ballot measure 20-88 by a margin of 60% to 40%,
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<br />Since November, 2004, council has been considering initiation of a City Hall Master Plan process to
<br />develop a strategy for addressing both the Police and City Hall projects in a single vision,
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<br />D, Action Plan
<br />The action plan will have three phases that will lead to adoption by council of a City Hall Complex
<br />Implementation Plan by the end of calendar year 2007, The successful adoption of the Implementa-
<br />tion Plan will be followed by a fourth phase, the design and construction of the City Hall Complex,
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<br />Phase One - Policy Advisement
<br />Phase one of the action plan will begin with the selection of a consultant team through an open Re-
<br />quest for Proposals (RFQ) process, The consultant team will likely have an architectural firm in the
<br />lead role, but will need to include mechanical and electrical engineers, a landscape architect, a cost
<br />estimator, and an expert in strategic planning facilitation, The first task for the consultant team will
<br />be to review relevant background information including adopted plans, policies, committee reports
<br />and recommendations, and council action history related to City office space, Police facilities, and
<br />downtown, The consultant team will also need to meet with staff to form as complete a picture as
<br />possible of the current status of the City Hall/Police Building issue prior to meeting with council.
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<br />The main task in phase one is for council to participate in a facilitated session to identify and provide
<br />direction on policy issues relevant to the City Hall/Police Building question, Council can group these
<br />policy issues according to the following three categories: 1) those issues for which council has clear
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