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Report regarding a motion to accept the Community Civic Campus Schematic Design and advance the project to the next phase of design, Design Development. (Marian Lee, Assistant City Manager and SmithGroup, Project Master Architect).
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff recommends City Council receive a presentation regarding the Community Civic Campus design and approve by motion the project Schematic Design as the basis to advance the project to the next phase of design, Design Development.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The Community Civic Campus project, which envisions a new Library, Parks & Recreation center with a park, a new City Council Chamber that can also function as a community theater, a new state-of-the art police station and new fire station to provide enhanced public safety services to our community, has reached a meaningful milestone.
The project team has prepared the project site plan, multi-modal circulation and parking plan, building architecture and park design. The focus of this meeting is to present to City Council and the public progress-to-date on project design and obtain approval by motion to accept the project Schematic Design as the basis to advance the project to the next phase of design, Design Development. The presentation attached will be provided by the master architect team, SmithGroup. The program description, site plan and architectural renderings are included in the presentation.
SmithGroup has achieved a signature design for the City of South San Francisco and the project team is excited to present it to the City Council and community. The design is memorable and is intended to celebrate the past while embracing the future with confidence and enthusiasm. The design supports all of the program commitments outlined at previous City Council meetings. There have been some design changes necessitated by engineering and cost factors, but they do not change the key program commitments.
The Library and Parks & Recrea...
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