Municipal Property Master Plan
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This document provides a timeline and overview of College Station's planning efforts for municipal properties from 1969 to 2015. It discusses the city's facility needs and available properties. Some key events include: - City Hall expanding in 1979 and 1985 but becoming too small, leading to a search for a new site in the 1990s. - Voters approving bonds in 1995, 1998, and 2003 to purchase land near the police station and for a future municipal office center. - A 1999 committee selecting the Krenek Tap site for a new "City Center" with City Hall as the anchor. - Multiple properties being purchased or considered between 2000-2004 for municipal facilities including a senior/community center. - Bon
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Municipal Property Master Plan
- 1. Municipal Properties May 25, 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 • Police Facility • City Hall • Community Center • Public Works expansion • Utility expansion- Graham Rd • Fire Station #7
- 18. Available Property & Council Direction • Police Department Facility • 1101 Texas Avenue • Arts Council Building • Kapchinski property • Freeman property
- 20. Freeman Property
- 21. Questions