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Carmel-by-the-Sea to seek architect to cost Public Works and police building plan
Summary
An ad hoc group narrowed the project program and council supported issuing an RFP for an architect to cost options; staff will return in August to request approval to release the RFP.
Council members said the ad hoc group overseeing plans for a combined Public Works and police building trimmed the program’s square footage and will ask for professional cost estimates before deciding how to proceed.
The mayor said the ad hoc group—led by the mayor and Council Member Baron and supported by Public Works Director Ken Waisakhi, Commander Treuer and staff including Mary Bilsey—reviewed the project line by line and reduced space allocations. The council was reported as supportive of the revised program.
The next step is to prepare a request for proposals (RFP) to hire an architect to produce cost estimates and design options. The mayor said the city will spend the coming month drafting the RFP and intends to return to council in August to seek approval to release it. “We’ve sort of redone the recipe of what those two buildings need in them,” the mayor said.
Officials said the cost estimate will determine whether the project should be a scrape-and-rebuild, a remodel, or a different approach. No funding sources or budget numbers for the project were given in the recorded remarks.
The transcript records this as direction to staff rather than a formal ordinance or budget appropriation; no vote tally was provided.
