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City staff recommend Promenade at Palm Aire for IT continuity space; council urges more study of alternatives
Summary
Staff presented three options for continuity‑of‑operations relocations and recommended the Promenade at Palm Aire as the best fit for Innovation & Technology; council members raised security and proximity concerns and asked staff to re‑examine the Sign building and other uses before finalizing moves.
City staff told the Glendale City Council on April 28 that they have evaluated several options for continuity‑of‑operations space and are recommending the Promenade at Palm Aire for the Innovation & Technology group, citing capacity, covered parking and a secure server room as advantages.
In an informational presentation, staff traced prior temporary relocations (Media Center, Beed building, adult center, Sign building and Gripstik) and summarized space counts and constraints. "My recommendation to you is we look at moving Innovation and Technology into the Promenade at Palm Aire," Ms. Barr said as she walked council through pros and cons of each option.
Staff evaluated three near‑term options for the department: the Beed building (downtown, about 45 occupant spaces but tight for anticipated IT needs), the adult center (larger but public‑facing and lacking redundant fiber and covered parking) and the Promenade at Palm Aire (shell space that can be improved, adjacent to covered parking and with an existing server room). The presentation included practical considerations: tenant improvement costs, proximity to downtown operations, security needs for IT equipment and the desire to minimize multiple moves of the same employees.
Councilmembers asked staff to test additional configurations, including whether the recently renovated Sign building could accommodate IT with reconfiguration and by relocating code compliance. One council member noted the Sign building's proximity to the prosecutor's suite provides a measure of security and suggested staff do a square‑footage and tenant‑improvement cost comparison before final decisions. Staff also emphasized the human impact of multiple moves and said any further changes would try to minimize repeated relocations for departments already moved once.
Staff said they would return with follow‑up information on square footage, tenant improvement cost estimates and the feasibility of alternate configurations, and indicated moves would be staged to avoid service interruptions.
Next steps: staff will further evaluate the Sign building layout and costs, provide comparative budgets for tenant improvements at the Beed building versus the Promenade, and return to council with a refined recommendation for any move that affects employee assignments.
