This document summarizes discussions from two design workshops regarding the Oak Harbor Clean Water Facility project. The workshops gathered community input on conceptual site plans and architectural designs. Key themes from participants included a campus-style layout with varied building heights and roof lines that complement the surrounding park and harbor views. Participants also emphasized using natural materials, increasing windows, and incorporating educational areas to blend the facility into the community. The project team will continue design refinement and seek additional public input in August.

1. Oak Harbor Clean Water
Facility Project
City Council Workshop – June 17, 2015
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2. Treatment Facility Operations
and Layout
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3. How the Treatment Facility Works
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4. Site Layout: Compact, Efficient, Accessible
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5. Lab/Admin/Training Facility
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6. Headworks Building
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7. Secondary Building
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8. Solids Building
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9. Building Heights
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10. • Governed by code
• In general, building height is defined as the vertical distance
from the average natural grade level to the highest point of
a roof.
• Structures excluded from building height code:
• Housing of elevators, stairways, etc.
• Parapet walls
• Skylights, towers, and similar structures
Building Height
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11. • Governed by design guidelines [Clarify who’s guidelines,
City?]
• No interval of a roof line shall be unbroken for greater than
100 feet for sloped roofs or 50 feet for flat roofs
Building Height Appearance
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12. Design Workshops
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13. • Engages broad spectrum of community perspectives
• Helps to develop ideas for the architectural “look and feel”
• Supports early design work through small group in-depth
discussions with design team
Why a Design Charrette Group?
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14. • Press release, email notification, and website update
announced the formation of group
• Approximately 15 community members were asked
• 3 at-large positions available
• Group was selected by City staff to represent the
community
Workshop Group Formation
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15. • 12 members, including 3 at-large positions representing:
Workshop Group Formation
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 Arts Commission
 Economic Development
 Main Street Association
 Chamber of Commerce
 Planning Commission
 Parks Department
 Dillard’s Addition
 Peoples Bank
 Oak Harbor School District
 Condo Association
 Community members
 Whidbey Island Marathon
 Landscape architect
 Interest in architecture

16. Design Charrette 1 – November 13, 2014
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• Learn about the civil engineering associated with the project
(which dictates height and size of buildings)
• Provide insight into Oak Harbor’s existing architectural
character
• Help narrow choices for architectural design of the new
Clean Water Facility

17. Potential Site Layout Concepts
COURTYARDCAMPUS

18. Wastewater Treatment Facility – South Korea
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“I like this photo because they have implemented fitness
equipment in front of the building. Their use of color
matches the scenery and provides nice detail and interest”
“I really appreciate again the way
this building blends in to the
scenery with color and natural
landscaping. The concrete
designs are interesting and
modern. ”
Charrette Group Homework Images

19. Keybank on Pioneer Way
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“I like the low profile on the roof line and
the windows around the top. It has a feeling
of openness and air. It draws you in.”
Oak Harbor Transit Station on
Bayshore Drive
“These buildings look like they have been
here for ever, that they belong. They are
reminiscent of farm or out buildings and tie
into the community well.”
Harbor Station on 7th Ave and Highway 20
“These structures are
probably some of the
newest in Oak Harbor.
They look fresh and
interesting. The varying
heights and surfaces
keep your eyes engaged.”

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“Straight lines, lots of light, some intrigue with
the different heights and the face that you can
see into the building and what is happening
there.”
North Whidbey Middle School
“(I like this) because it appears very
structurally sound, as well as eye-
appealing.”

21. • Facility should set the stage for a community design aesthetic
• A combination of both a campus and a courtyard with higher priority on campus
• Regional design as an architectural aesthetic, incorporate both contemporary and
traditional NW architecture
• Open and light, enhance sight lines to water, park, and windmill
• Allow for community interaction with facility, include educational features
• Varying heights of roof lines
• Provide “camouflaging” – it should not advertise that it’s a sewage treatment plant
• Integrate with surroundings – Windjammer Park, harbor area, downtown
Design Themes from Charrette 1
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22. Design Charrette 2 – May 6, 2015
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• Check back on incorporation of group feedback for
proposed architectural concept for the new Oak Harbor
Clean Water Facility, furthering design team’s work.
• Gather additional feedback on design refinements
• Narrow options for landscape and hardscape to integrate
into the Windjammer Park setting

23. Building Materials: Economical, Durable,
Consistent with Charrette Input
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24. Within a campus style, provide varied roof lines, solids
and voids with building masses
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Aerial perspective looking north

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West Elevation – Administration Building

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Perspective Looking North

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Conceptual
landscaping
plan

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Conceptual view looking south down City Beach Street

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Conceptual view of North side, looking west

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Conceptual View of Main Entrance

31. • Campus concept
• Open and light
• Potential to increase use of windows
• Enhancing sightlines to the water, park, and windmill is
beginning to take shape
• Varying heights of rooflines
• Some buildings are approaching maximum height per code. Potential to use
landscape or roofed kiosks to.
Design Themes from Charrette 2
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32. • “Camouflaging” the wastewater treatment facility
• Community interaction with the facility with educational or
interpretive features
• Set the stage for a community design aesthetic and the tone
for Oak Harbor's downtown corridor
Design Themes from Charrette 2
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33. • City Beach corner as a gateway into the facility and park
• Façade into smaller sections, if possible
• Sightlines and views of the water and windmill
• Opportunities for respite or cover for pedestrians City Beach
corner as a gateway into the facility and park
• Façade into smaller sections, if possible
• Sightlines and views of the water and windmill
• Opportunities for respite or cover for pedestrians
Continuing Design Work
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34. • Team continues to develop design concepts
• Public meeting in August to share updated design ideas and
gather input from the community
• Additional opportunities for Council and public input as
design develops
Next Steps for Design
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