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Ms. McKeehan said a project like this is not done with cash. It is partly cash and partly financed fi.om existing sources of revenue. Staff is not requesting action today, but it is necessary to decide what will be done on this site. Mr. Brozosky thought there were two main projects downtown: one is the fire station/art center and the other is the civic center. The City cannot afford to do both in the near term. He wanted more effort spent on the art center because that was better for the vitality of downtown. He wanted to walt until the situation with the three-acre lot is resolved and did not feel there was any urgency for the next four or five years. He inquired if there had been a survey of the staffing levels for the next ten to twenty years and wondered if the number of employees would go down. Ms. McKeehan said that was done for the last General Plan. It is not expected that the staff size will change. Staff levels do not go down at buildout, they generally shif~ to different departments. For example, the city is building many new parks and it is likely more park maintenance workers will be necessary. Another police beat will be created with the buildout of the Bemal property. There is a good idea of what future stafflevels will be. Mr. Brozosky inquired about the Operations Service Center and whether some engineering services could move to the OSC. Ms. McKeehan indicated those selMces that function best together are where they should be both at the OSC and the civic center. It would not be efficient to move engineering to the OSC in terms of how they work with the rest of the staff. Mr. Brozosky asked if a new library building would fit on the three-acre parcel. Ms. McKeehan said it would fit but it would be far too expensive to rebuild the library as opposed to expanding the existing one. The same thing applies to the police building. It would make planning the site easier without having to deal with police parking issues, but again, it would not be fiscally responsible. ~ Mr. Brozosky then referred to the 157 Main Street building and asked if $3 million was the total investment for it. If it were to be sold for retail, could the City recoup that investment? Ms. McKeehan said the building was purchased with the idea that someday it would be torn down. Decisions regarding a new civic center master plan take a very long time and in order to accommodate staff in the short term, it was necessary to find space for them. Mr. Brozosky wanted to know if the building were sold for retail, would the City get more than $3 million for it? Ms. McKeehan thought that was tree, but if that happened, there would be even less space for planning the civic center site. Mr. Bocian pointed out that purchasing 157 Main Street allowed the City to move staff out of leased space, so there is a money savings over time. Pleasanton City Council 19 08/19/03 Minutes