File #: 2004-0126    Version:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 3/15/2004 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 6/7/2004
Enactment date: Enactment #: 11931
Title: A MOTION approving the existing automotive center site as the site of preference for a new office building and Goat Hill as the site of a new replacement parking garage in response to a proviso outlined in Ordinance 14812, Section 2.
Sponsors: Larry Gossett
Indexes: Budget, Construction and Facilities Management (DCFM), Executive Services, NCOB (New County Office Building)
Attachments: 1. Motion 11931.pdf, 2. 2004-0126 Attachment 4 to 5/26/04 Staff Report.pdf, 3. 2004-0126 Attachment 5 to 5/26/04 Staff Report.pdf, 4. 2004-0126 For Intro.doc, 5. 2004-0126 Revised Staff Report 06-02-04.doc, 6. 2004-0126 Staff Report 05-19-04.doc, 7. 2004-0126 Staff Report 05-26-04.doc, 8. 2004-0126 Staff Report 06-02-04.doc, 9. 2004-0126 Staff Report 4-7-04.doc, 10. A. New County Office Building Site Evaluations and Recommendations, 11. Attachment 10 to 4-7-04 Staff Report.xls, 12. Attachment 10 to 5-19-04 Staff Report.xls, 13. Attachment 11 to 4-7-04 Staff Report.pdf, 14. Attachment 11a to 4-7-04 Staff Report.pdf, 15. Attachment 12 to 4-7-04 Staff Report.pdf, 16. Attachment 9 to 4-7-04 Staff Report.doc, 17. handout A.2 at 4-7-04 meeting.pdf, 18. Handout at 4-7-04 meeting.pdf, 19. Handout B.2 at 4-7-04 meeting.pdf, 20. handout C.1 at 4-7-04 meeting.pdf
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Clerk 06/08/2004
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A MOTION approving the existing automotive center site as the site of preference for a new office building and Goat Hill as the site of a new replacement parking garage in response to a proviso outlined in Ordinance 14812, Section 2.
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WHEREAS, the recent study completed by the executive, titled An Approach to Reducing King County Office Space Costs, has concluded that substantial ongoing operating savings would be realized by conversion from leased to owned office space, and
WHEREAS, on December 9, 2003, the metropolitan King County council adopted Ordinance 14812, appropriating $1.2 million to allow the executive to proceed with the second phase of the initiative to construct a new King County office building to realize cost savings, improve operational efficiency, and better serve the public, and
WHEREAS, the facilities management division has completed, and the county executive has transmitted, the report outlined in Ordinance 14812, Section 2, and
WHEREAS, the report, titled New County Office Building Project Plan, was transmitted to the county council on January 30, 2004, as required, and
WHEREAS, the transmitted report includes a scope of work that includes transmittal of a site recommendation from the King County executive to the metropolitan King County council by March 3, 2004, and in accordance with requirements of Ordinance 14812, Section 2, and
WHEREAS, the recommended site has a projected development cost significantly below the projected project budget, provides the greatest financial advantages among the three candidate sites and provides the most operational and future development flexibility, and
WHEREAS, the county executive transmitted a site recommendation by March 3, 2004, as required, and
WHEREAS, approval of this site recommendation is critical to the process and schedule for delivery of a new office building, which will significantly reduce the costs of providing downtown office spa...

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