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<br />1 <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />ITEM NO. 9 <br /> <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Michael Grochala, Community Development Director <br /> <br />WORK SESSION DATE: October 10, 2025 <br /> <br />TOPIC: Public Works Building, Design Update <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Following discussion at the September 2, 2025, work session, staff worked with the design <br />team to refine the site layout, confirm space needs and update the building floor plan. As <br />currently proposed, the overall building footprint is approximately 91,000 square feet. This <br />layout satisfies the primary goals to provide storage for the entire fleet and equipment, provide <br />mechanics bays to expand scope of service to accommodate all city vehicles including fire, <br />provide safe and adequate facilities for staff and provide public space needs for elections and <br />other community events. <br /> <br />However, the initial cost estimates are higher than anticipated in the most recent financial plan. <br />The current estimate, including construction and soft costs is approximately $31,000,000. As a <br />result, staff has evaluated a couple of options to reduce building footprint and cost. However, <br />each option has resulted in minimal cost savings while reducing planned room for growth. <br />Staff will provide a review of the alternatives investigated at the meeting. <br /> <br />Tracy Thoma, Finance Director and Kelly Horn, along with our financial consultants at Ehlers <br />have been working on the financial plan for the project. They have identified some options <br />that, pending the City Council work session discussion, will be refined and presented at the <br />October 20, 2025, budget meeting. <br /> <br />REQUESTED COUNCIL DIRECTION <br /> <br />Staff is requesting feedback from the council on the proposed floor plans and potential space <br />reductions. <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS <br /> <br />1. Building Elevation_rear <br />2. Building Elevation_front <br />Page 46 of 52