This document outlines College Station's plans for municipal properties from 1969 to 2015. It discusses: 1) The timeline of expansions to City Hall from 1969 to 2010, including moving to a new location in 1969 and two additions. 2) Studies from 1994 and later recommending consolidating municipal functions into a new "City Center" area near the geographic center. 3) Bond elections from 1995 to 2008 that allocated funds towards purchasing land for future facilities and planning for a new City Hall and community center. 4) Conceptual plans developed from 1999 to 2008 for a City Center located on the Krenek Tap and Kapchinski properties, including municipal buildings, parks, and other amenities.

1. Municipal Properties
May 11, 2017

2. Overview
• Timeline of planning efforts for
municipal properties
• Facility needs
• Available property

3. City Hall
• 1969- City Hall moved to 1101 Texas Avenue
• 1979- South section (Council Chambers)
added
• 1985- North, two-story section added

4. Future Office Needs
• 1994- Council hired a consultant
• Found that current City Hall property was too
small to accommodate needs
• Recommended consolidating most municipal
functions into one general area
• Site closer to City’s geographic center

5. 1995 Bond Election
• $433,000 approved for land purchase for
public facilities
• 12 acres of land near police and public service
facilities

6. 1998 Bond Election
• $1,560,000 for land purchase for future
municipal office center

7. 1999 City Center Planning Ad Hoc
Committee
• Worked with Brinkley-Sargent Consulting Firm to
develop conceptual plan for location of City
Center
• Additional sites considered
• New-urbanism- mix of public and private offices,
retail businesses, cultural facilities, and outdoor
recreation
• City Center to act as “downtown” with City Hall as
anchor
• Krenek Tap site selected

8. 2000
• Freeman tract purchased

9. 2004
• Kapchinski property purchased with 1998
Bond and Greenway funds

10. 2003 Citizen Advisory Committee &
Bond Election
• Citizen Advisory Committee recommended
$4.3 million for a new municipal building at
City Centre
• Bond Election approved $4.3 million for new
municipal building at City Centre
• Initial phase to include Council Chambers and
administrative offices for Parks & Recreation
• To be located on Kapchinski property

11. 2004 City Centre Committee
• City Centre to include City Hall and other
entities that represent the community’s
interest
• Focal point of College Station’s municipal
identity
• Composed of streets, plazas, works of art,
fountains, buildings, and lighting
• Art centric

12. 2007 Facilities Program
• Randall Scott Architects hired to develop a
scope definition for new City Hall and develop
masterplan for Krenek Tap property
• To be located at Dartmouth and Krenek Tap
• Krenek Tap Master Plan to include municipal
facilities, hike and bike trails, major water
feature, senior center, and conference center

13. 2007 Senior Center Conceptual
Design
• Brown Reynolds Watford (BRW) hired to
create a conceptual design for a senior center
• 30,000 SF facility costing $7.05 million
• Facility to include conference room, kitchen,
aquatic center, exercise facility, locker rooms,
classrooms, banquet facility, library, etc.
• To be located on Dartmouth and Krenek Tap

14. 2008 Citizen Advisory Committee &
Bond Election
• Senior Center morphed into community
center
• CAC recommended inclusion of a $7 million
Community Center on bond package
• CAC recommended inclusion of a 69,568 SF
City Hall costing $37 million on bond package
($26 million in debt, $11 million other funding
sources)
• Both items failed

15. 2010 Municipal Building Expansion
• Municipal expansion by Brown Reynolds
Watford (BRW)
• 26,000 SF building
• Building to include Council Chambers, City
Secretary, Public Communications, Legal, and
CMO
• Total cost of $5 million

16. 2015 CAC
• Police facility, Fire Station #7, City Hall, and
Community Center discussed
• Police facility identified as # 1 priority
• Fire Station #7 identified as #3 priority
• Community Center identified as #7 priority

17. Facility Needs
• City Hall
• Community Center
• Public Works expansion
• Utility expansion- Graham Rd
• Fire Station #7

18. Available Property
• Kapchinski property
• Freeman property
• 1101 Texas Avenue
• Arts Council Building

19. 1101 Texas Avenue

20. Arts Council Building

21. Kapchinski Property

22. Freeman Property