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On February 25, 2002, council approved a resolution to fund the construction of Fire Station #1 primarily with General Obligation Bonds, and City resources for non-bond eligible capital costs. At a May 22, 2002, work session, council approved the location of the Roosevelt Police Facility, a financing plan over two fiscal years using City resources from the Facility Reserve, and the use of a Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) form of construction management. Council adopted funding elements for the Roosevelt Police Facility on FY02 Supplemental Budget #3 and on FY03 Supplemental Budget #1. Some of the assets originally to be dedicated towards Downtown Space Plan projects have been used for other purposes. The adopted FY04 budget included a transfer of $900,000 from the Facility Reserve to help balance the General Fund. In addition, on July 23, 2003, council adopted a financing plan for a new Santa Clara Fire Station #11 that dedicated revenues from the sale of the three surplus fire stations to this project, rather than to the Downtown Space Plan projects. Similarly, on August 18, 2003, council directed that the proceeds from sale of the Kaufman Annex be deposited in the Kaufman Trust Fund, for support of the Kaufman Center. As a result of these actions, the sale of these surplus assets is no longer an element of the Downtown Space Plan. On October 29, 2003, council held a work session on the Downtown City Space Plan, focusing on the need for a new Police services building. Council directed staff to bring more specific rec- ommendations back on the preliminary planning, cost and financing of a new Downtown Police Services building and a City Hall, including financing options. During the work session, council- ors expressed the desire to have more information on how a new Police building would fit with future plans to replace City Hall, and to develop a more general "civic center" concept. On November 17, 2003, staff presented the Multi-Year Financial Plan to the Budget Committee. This plan identified both the capital and operating needs for the entire organization over a six-year period. The police building was listed as a high priority need in the MYFP, and replacement of City Hall was also included as a future project. On November 19, 2003, council held a work session on sequencing of financial measures to be presented to the voters. The staff materials for that work session indicated that a bond measure for a Police building would be the next potential item to be presented to voters in November 2004. Council discussed the materials, but did not provide any direction. On February 25, 2004, council held an informational work session on the Civic Center Design Charette and the Mayor's Civic Facilities Visioning Committee. On April 28, 2004, an informational work session was held to update council on the Mayor's Civic Facilities Visioning Committee and on financing plan options, borrowing methods and con- struction methods that could be applied to a new police facility. In a May 10, 2004, work session, council reviewed the Downtown Work Plan implementation strategies and project examples included in the Downtown Plan. The Downtown Work Plan con- sists of a list of policy statements, many of which relate directly to future Civic Center development. L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M040714\S040714A. doc