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Committee moves forward with concept design for Justice & Municipal Center tenant improvements
Summary
The Bonney Lake CDC asked staff to seek concept design and cost estimates (about $20,000) from BCRA for a staff break room, reconfigured employee restroom access and probation-area safety improvements at the Justice & Municipal Center and agreed to place the item on the June 16 full council agenda for discussion and possible action.
The Bonney Lake Community Development Committee on June 2 requested that a resolution authorizing concept design and cost estimating work with BCRA for tenant improvements at the Justice & Municipal Center be placed on the June 16 full council agenda for discussion and possible action. Staff asked for approximately $20,000 to develop concept designs and preliminary cost estimates to inform the 6-year capital improvement plan (CIP).
The request, introduced by staff, focuses on three needs identified by court staff and the judge: a dedicated staff break room/kitchen, an employee restroom reconfigured to provide private access from the staff side, and safety and access improvements in the probation area. Judge Barry told the committee the changes are driven by staff safety and repeated exposure to trauma, saying the staff need "access to areas where they can take a break from the trauma and have to sit and have lunch" and to be able to use restroom facilities without traversing unsecured public areas.
Director Sullivan told the committee the work would be paid from the General Governmental CIP, a restricted capital fund supported by a portion of real estate excise tax receipts; staff reported the CIP fund balance is roughly $1.6 million after prior commitments. Sullivan emphasized the CIP is restricted to capital projects and that spending these CIP dollars would not change the city’s general-fund shortfall. He also said reliable cost estimates would help the city pursue available grants, including Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) courthouse-security grants.
Councilmembers asked whether the three improvements could be separated or combined to lower costs and observed that final construction costs are unknown until cost estimating is complete. Staff stressed the $20,000 request is for sufficient (roughly 30–40%) design to provide realistic, non-editable cost estimates that can be used for budgeting and grant applications. Sullivan cited a prior senior-center estimate discrepancy as an example of why firm cost estimates matter.
The committee agreed to place the BCRA authorization on the June 16 full council agenda (discussion and possible action) so council members can review the concept designs and cost estimates before finalizing the six-year CIP.
