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Staff recommends rethinking Market Square garage: replace rather than patch to avoid repeated outages, explore geothermal and parking efficiencies
Summary
Facilities staff told council the Market Square garage and City Hall are at the end of useful life, recommended exploring full replacement (with options for geothermal and parking efficiencies) and promised cost‑benefit and net‑present‑value comparisons to show long‑term savings versus phased repairs.
Facilities staff told council that City Hall and the adjacent Market Square garage have recurring major service outages and structural deterioration that make full replacement an option worthy of study rather than repeated short‑term repairs.
"We're really at the end of life," the facilities presenter said, describing…
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