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July 20, 1977 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: COUNCILMDIBERS BRA~N~ES AN~ HERLIHY CLAY BRO~ City Council Building Committee During consideration of the 1977-78 Operating Budget on July llth, the general subject of needs for additional City buildings was brought up as the possibility ~xists to utilize surplus funds to construct one or more necessary buildings. You volunteered to pursue the general subject of buildings with staff and were appointed to a Building Committee by Bob. This memorandum provides some basic information regarding building needs and our ability to finance them and can be the basis for our first meeting Friday, July 22, at 3:30 P.M., in the City Hall Conference Room. We will have to move relatively fast on this assignment as the Council wanted a report and recommendation at the time the Budget is adopted and the tax rate set. I intend to schedule both of these topics for consideration by the Council at the August 9th meeting. In order for me to make a recommendation to the Council regarding the 1977-78 tax rate, I will have to have a firm building proposal by August 3rd. The sequence of events at the August 9th meeting should be the discussion, including a recommended building program, and adoption of the 1977-78 Budget, followed by the setting of the tax rate for 1977-78. Background The July llth Council discussion of building needs was prompted by a recommen- dation from Alan Campbell on the disposition of surplus funds from 1976-77. The recommendation relating to buildings was to purchase Fire Station Two for $68,000., add 1,800 square feet of office space to the existing City Hall and construct a separate Council Chambers on the Civic Center site for approximately $150,000. If implemented, these recommendations would avoid the necessity of annual lease payments of $20,200. at the current rental rates. I~nen considering building needs I believe a comprehensive approach should be taken to assure all major building needs are considered. I agree with the need for the three projects mentioned in the preceding paragraph but would, after an inspection and tour last Friday, have to add a new Police Building to that list of building needs. Excluding Fire Station ~o, all of the other facilities mentioned have been designated for ultimate location at the Civic Center site on Bernal Avenue. The necessary land has been purchased over the past few years and is now avail- able. I must a~sume that a good deal of thought went into the Civic Center }~ster Plan and I concur with the concept of locating those facilities on a common site.