HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/22/1994 Adjourned Meeting 154
CITY OF YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
FEBRUARY 22, 1994
ADJOURNED MEETING
The City Council met in session on this date at 1:30 p.m. in the
City Manager's Conference Room, of City Hall, Yakima, Washington.
Council Members present were Mayor Pat Berndt presiding,
Lynn Buchanan, Clarence Barnett, Ernie Berger, and Bernard Sims.
Council Member Henry Beauchamp was absent and excused. Staff
members present were City Manager Zais, Police Chief Green, City
Attorney Paolella, and Deputy City Clerk Skovald. Also present
were Mel Blackstone and Dale Dzubay, with John Graham Associates,
Seattle, and Ron Cullen, with Architecture Associates, Yakima.
Briefing By Architects On Police Station /Legal Center Design Plans
The Architects presented a briefing of preliminary design plans so
that the final design phase of the Police Station /Legal Center
project can proceed. The facility, which will be located south of
Walnut, between 2nd and 3rd Streets, will optimize parking space,
future expansion, and site utilization. With the aid of schematic
illustration, the footprint of the new building was shown,
depicting four - fifths of the building project on the ground floor
and one -fifth on the second floor. The courtroom facility and
police station areas, including the holding facility options, will
be on the first floor. There will be public access through an
elevator or stairs to the second floor, and a visual connection
through a two -story lobby space, to the legal suite and 911
Communications Center Dispatch. The building plan also includes an
arcade -type entry to the lobby and will be accessible from all
parking and pedestrian approaches. The site design includes police
parking and potential site expansion possibilities. They also
showed additional parking to the south.
Due to the tremendous cost to house misdemeanant offenders in the
County Jail as well as expected increases in the future, the need
has presented itself to consider the inclusion of a 30 -day holding
facility instead of only a 72 -hour design. Details of the expanded
area include booking facilities, control room, visiting area,
special holding, dormitory, general holding, and other provisions.
The difference in what was originally proposed in the Design /Build
RFP and this proposal is 2,000 square feet, plus a potential shell -
in space of 3,000 square feet. The change would be going from a
short -term holding facility to a larger, longer -term facility with
a secure control room; however, the holding facility would not
house any violent offenders. The overall increased cost would be
approximately $600,000 $700,000 and would include additional core
spaces for a future facility expansion and a dormitory large enough
for double bunks.
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The 911 Communications Center Dispatch will have a future
capability of six consoles and the courtrooms and training rooms
are also intended for potential, multiple use by the public. The
lobby is designed so the building can be shut down or secured at a
certain point where /if desired, with access to the public
restrooms. At this time there was discussion among Council
members, staff and the architects concerning consideration of
expanding the design of the short -term holding facility to one of a
longer -term facility. One option would be to show the expansion as
an alternate in the design package that would be bid. After
continued discussion, a consensus appeared to be reached concerning
the shelling and the full build out options. The shell will
increase the cost of the project, but will avoid the need to
retrofit the building in the future. The shell would be put into
the basic bid and then the secondary alternate would be the full
build out. There was continued discussion concerning the longer -
term holding facility issue. -
Council's attention was directed toward three exterior building
design drawings. After discussion and comments concerning roof
structure and design appearance, the Architects requested Council
direction. Their preference seemed to be Drawing No. 3.
The meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m.
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Minutes prepared by Deputy City Clerk Skovald. An audio tape of this Council
meeting is available in the City Clerk's office.
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