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Report regarding a facility condition assessment, seismic study, operating cost analysis, environmental analysis, and Housing Element opportunity sites analysis for the Municipal Services Building, and options for how to proceed with reopening or redeveloping the site (Sharon Ranals, City Manager; Eunejune Kim, Public Works Director; Greg Mediati, Director of Parks and Recreation; Jake Gilchrist, Director of Capital Projects; Nell Selander, Director of Economic and Community Development)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council receive a report from staff regarding a facility condition assessment and seismic study conducted for the Municipal Services Building (MSB), as well as an update on environmental site assessment data collected on the property, operating cost analysis, and evaluation of alternative Housing Element opportunity sites. The report also includes options for how to proceed with reopening or redeveloping the MSB site. Staff recommends Council receive this information and provide direction on whether to proceed with reopening or redeveloping the MSB, or alternatively to take no action for a period of time while the City's budget position is stabilized.
BACKGROUND
The Municipal Services Building (MSB), located at 33 Arroyo Drive, is a concrete tilt-up building constructed in 1969 as a retail store. In the late 1970s, the City purchased the property to convert it into a public facility to house the Parks and Recreation Department, Police Department, and Fire Department, which it did until the Police Department relocated in 2022 to 1 Chestnut Avenue, and the Parks and Recreation Department followed suit in 2023 with the opening of the new Library | Parks and Recreation Center at 901 Civic Campus Way.
In 2018, as part of the overall Community Civic Campus planning, staff completed a design development package for Fire Station 63 and then paused the project to develop a funding strategy for construction. At the time, the si...
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