To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Steve Potter, City Manager
Prepared By: Nancy Weiss, Executive Project Manager
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Public Safety and City Hall Facilities Project, Including Buildings for City Offices, Meeting Spaces, and Related Facilities for Public Safety, General Government Administration, Fire Station No. 1, and Public Parking
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
1. Provide direction to the City Manager to: (a) prepare alternative project configurations for a proposed Public Safety and City Hall Facilities Project, based on the Program Update & Site Analysis Report presented to City Council on July 23, 2019, and (b) return to City Council at a future public meeting to evaluate the proposed alternative Project configurations.
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the First Amendment to the Exclusive Negotiation Agreement ("ENA") for the Civic Center and Downtown West End Gateway Project with Plenary Properties Napa, LLC; to suspend deadlines for performance under the ENA, during the evaluation of alternative Project configurations, through January 31, 2020.
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DISCUSSION:
I. Overview and Project Background
The fundamental goal of the proposed Public Safety and City Hall Facilities Project (previously called the "Civic Center Project") is to replace undersized City offices, meeting spaces, and related facilities that are currently located in buildings that are beyond their useful life, experiencing significant deferred maintenance, and inefficiently spread throughout the City. The proposed Project includes facilities to serve public safety functions (Police Department, Fire Department command and Emergency Operations Center), general government administration (all other non-safety City departments, as well as the City Council Chambers), Fire Station No. 1, and project-related parking.
City buildings for public safety and administration are in need of upgrades and expansion to accommodate the City's c...
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