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Feasibility Analysis - City Council "A" List Priorities for Fiscal Years 2002/03/04 (Cont.) <br /> approach th!s task. <br /> <br /> Potential obstacles Resources. Redwood City has 6 planners, mostly handling current <br /> planning. We do not have sufficient staff to simply divert existing <br /> personnel to advance planning. <br /> <br />· Nexus Ties directly to a range of long-range planning activities commenced in <br /> the last 2-year priority-setting by the City Council. <br /> <br />· Estimated initial cost None. <br /> <br />· Ongoing costs The costs fora senior-level planner plus an associate planner, with <br /> thereafter benefits are approximately $200,000. Staff will propose a 'cost <br /> recovery' system for major projects that will produce revenue to cover <br /> most or all of these costs. <br /> <br />· Staffing/resource The creation of a viable advance planning component will take at least <br /> needs two positions. One position will not be sufficient. Staff will propose 2 <br /> positions, one to be funded by the Redevelopment Agency, one by the <br /> City. <br /> <br />· Options/alternatives Designate only one additional staff person to advance planning but haye <br /> this person supervise the work of multiple consultants. However, <br /> savings on the one position would be offset by the need to budget for <br /> consultant costs. <br /> <br />Priority #7: Implement Courthouse and Plaza Restoration / Improvements <br /> <br />· Assumption The City Council agreed on March 25, 2002 to support Redwood City in <br /> being the lead agency for restoration of the 1910 Courthouse building <br /> and construction of the plaza. <br /> <br /> Potential obstacles Resources. The Engineering & Construction division is managing a <br /> large and growing Capital Improvement Program and senior-level <br /> project managers are fully committed to a rigorous work plan. Since the <br /> Council has elevated this project to a high priority, staff will trim effort <br /> hours out of lesser critical projects to ensure that this project will be <br /> successful. <br /> <br /> Nexus Included in the Draft Downtown Plan. <br /> <br />· Estimated initial cost $500,000 for design and $5.5 million for construction. <br /> <br />· Ongoing costs $45,000 for annual maintenance of the plaza. <br /> thereafter <br /> <br />· Staffing/resource Project Manager during construction. One-half of a landscape gardener <br /> needs position for maintenance (included above). <br /> <br /> Options/alternatives County could lead and manage the project. <br /> <br /> 5of10 <br /> <br /> <br />