10/22/1992 - City Hall-MintuesPUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
22 October 1992
TO:�City Hall Committee
FM: City Engineer
RE: City Hall Design
The City Hall Committee met at Myhre's Restaurant on 22 October
1992 for a breakfast meeting. Members present were John Clauson,
Carolyn Powers and Jack Grable. Also present was Larry Curles.
The appraisal for the American Legion has been ordered. Apparently
the recent fire in that building did about $50,000 of damage and
the Post is currently meeting in a member's home. In response to a
question from them, the Engineer said that the City does want to
purchase the building. If the building is purchased, the City would
consider renting it back to them until the structure is needed and
then the City would demolish the building. The Post is trying to
determine if they should use the insurance money to repair a
building that will be demolished in a few years. The Post also
expressed a preliminary interest in purchasing Fire Station #2 when
the City no longer needs it.
The closing of 560 Bay Street has not been able to overcome the
latest obstacle. The title can not be cleared because the
corporation that is still listed on the title will not respond to
the title company. A quiet title action will probably be required.
The Committee has agreed that the expense for this legal action is
that of the building owner. The appropriate letter will be sent to
Mr Rahm telling him that he needs to assume this cost.
The Committee discussed the process of the city hall design. The
following are the high points of the discussion:
1. Once the architect is selected, the City needs to develop
a means to get public participation in the process.
2. The Committee will want to meet with each department head
to review their indicated needs. The first department
will be police; then the court will be next. The police
are scheduled for 6 PM, Thursday, 5 November.
3. The Committee will visit new public buildings at Tumwater
and Bonney Lake on Thursday, 5 November.
The Committee wants additional information about city halls at
Tumwater and College Place. Also the staff needs to check at Kent,
Edmonds, Auburn, SeaTac and Federal Way for city hall construction
projects.
cc Council, Staff