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Council directs expanded study of Carnegie building as alternate to city hall HVAC work
Summary
Council authorized staff to pursue a conceptual evaluation of the Carnegie building (proposal up to $26,000) to determine whether staff could relocate there instead of completing major HVAC work at City Hall, and added scope to evaluate decommissioning or reuse options for the City Hall building.
Council directed staff to proceed with a consultant evaluation of the Carnegie building as an alternative to extensive HVAC renovations at City Hall and instructed staff to expand the scope to include decommissioning or reuse planning for City Hall.
City staff said only one architecture firm (FE Design) submitted a proposal to provide conceptual designs and an evaluation not to exceed $26,000; funding would come from a combination of remaining HVAC-study funds and designated capital dollars. The study would examine the feasibility of moving eight city staff (clerk, finance, HR and mayor’s office) into the Carnegie building and would add a requested component outlining what a decommissioning or reuse plan for City Hall could entail.
Councilmembers expressed interest in numbers that would allow a comparison between continuing to maintain City Hall versus relocating staff to the Carnegie building. A motion to add decommissioning/reuse analysis to the consultant scope and to proceed with FE Design’s evaluation passed by roll call.
Next steps: staff will finalize the consultant scope including decommissioning/reuse options and return a contract for formal approval with the adjusted scope and cost estimate.
