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Mr. Campbell askexl i~ the planning and design could go {orwarcl without the three acre parcel fi.om san Francisco? Ms. McKeehan said it depended on what site options are selected. If the parcel is reserved for parking and some future building, then plans could go forward. It appears the majority opinion is to orient the office building toward Main gfi.eet and to use the lot for extra parking. It makes sense to develop plans with and without that parcel. Mr. Brozosky felt parking spaces were being taken away to build structures and if the San Francisco land is not available, there is no place to replace the parking spaces. Ms. McKeehan said that can be done with a parking garage structure. An alternative is to wait until the litigation is concluded. Mr. Brozosky asked when that would be? Mr. Roush described the current litigation process and concluded it could be 12 to 24 months before there is a court decision. Ms. Ayala said there is a big difference between $500,000 and the $3 million being asked for the property. She felt a future Council may not want to spend $3 million for that three acres. She preferred to wait for the conclusion of the litigation. Ms. McKeehan said with or without the property, there are still the same issues for the civic center. The original idea for getting that property was to see if it would be possible to use it for a city office building. The sentiment of most has been to have the office building closer to Main Street. No matter what, it is necessary to get rid of those modular buildings. With regard to waiting for the litigation to conclude, keep in mind that it takes five or six years to construct a building once a decision has been made. Those modular buildings are not meant to be permanent and because it takes so long to get through this kind of process, it is important to keep moving forward. Mr. Campbell asked about the comment fi.om Ms. Ayala that there was no money for this. He thought about $10 million had been set aside for this. Ms. McKeehan indicated that in the last CIP review a Councilmember wanted to investigate moving the funds from the civic center to the Railroad Avenue fire station conversion to an arts facility. Staff will bring back a report at a future meeting. Mr. Campbell asked the cost of the total civic center project. Ms. McKeehan said that was unknown until a plan was finally approved. Ms. Ayala felt it would be about $30 million. Pleasanton City Council 18 08/19/03 M~nutes