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ATTACHMENT D Options for Civic Center Vision Design Components Three basic options for the Community Safety Building were developed to meet different space needs and financing objectives. In addition to three base building options, there are a number of elements that could be included in the Community Safety Building project identified by both the Civic Center Design Charette and the Mayor's Civic Facilities Visioning Committee. These ele- ments include direct additions to the Community Safety facility, and open space and pedestrian amenities to enhance 8th Avenue as Eugene's Civic Street. A fourth option would be to fund the replacement of City Hall in addition to the full size Community Safety Building, and delay funding some of the other Civic Center amenities at this time. In all cases, the Civic Center projects would be designed to leave expansion room on each site for future development. Civic Center Sites In order to take advantage of property currently owned by the City, all options assume that the Community Safety Building would be constructed on the lA block site on the south side of 8th Ave- nue, between Pearl and High streets, directly across from City Hall. Option D assumes that the City Hall would be redeveloped on the current site. The facilities would use only a portion of their sites, in order to provide room for expansion in the future, although one level of underground parking for the full site is included in all options. Option A - Meeting Current Needs The "base case" Option A would be construction of a Community Safety Building that could be funded entirely with internal City resources. Under this option, a 67,000 square foot building could be constructed, which would accommodate current Police needs and include a back-up 911 Center. This facility would be almost twice the size of the space currently occupied by Police in City Hall. The Police Forensic Evidence and Property Control Units (FEU/PCU) would remain at Roosevelt and Garfield. After evaluating how operations are affected by having this function located outside the downtown area, a future phase could bring this function back downtown if it is considered desirable. No additional space would be provided at this time for social service agencies, additional public meeting rooms or expansion beyond 2008, although those items could be done separately or in a future Civic Center phase. "Great Street" pedestrian improvements to 8th Avenue would be limited to the block-long segment on the south side of 8th occupied by the new Community Safety Building. The total cost of this "base case" option is estimated at just over $28 million. The biggest advantage of Option A is that the City can relocate the Police Department into a safe facility without requesting additional revenue from the public. While this option does not include space for social services or public agency partners at this time, the site has room to construct expansion space to meet future City and non-City needs. The major disadvantage is that a number of the Civic Center Vision policy principles, such as consolidation of services, co-location with social service providers, and providing room for future expansion, are not supported by the initial construction of a smaller facility. Also, except for the one-half block fronting the proposed site, none of the "Civic Street" amenities called for in the Downtown Plan or included in the Civic Center Vision would be funded in this option. L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M040714\S040714A. doc