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D. Councilwoman Buchan invited everyone to attend the Neighborhood Association Co- chairs meeting at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 24, 1996 at the Senior Center Annex. ----______n______---------------------------------------------------------------------______n______-------------------- 8. STAFF REPORTS A. City Council Facilities Committee Recommendation on City Hall. REPORT: Planning Director, January 17, 1996 Planning Director Patterson introduced Steve Haynes and Bob Fisher of Fisher Friedman Architects, Ursula Miller of Rudolph and Sletten, Inc., and Redwood City Project Engineer Sharon Jones. Director Patterson described the Council's direction to its Facilities Committee to cut the cost of the proposed City Hall, and referred to its recommendations listed in the staff report. He noted the 13 proposed changes and the three major item changes: moving the Council chamber to the second level, removing a great deal of the brick exterior, and limiting the landscaping and site work. Councilmau Claire, member of the Facilities Committee with Chairperson Buchan and Councilwoman La Berge, summarized his involvement with the proposed City Hall project ITom its inception, and the actions of the Facilities Committee. He advised that his first choice would be to go forward with the original design. However, he agreed to some cost saving redesigns, but not all of the proposed cuts in the staff report. Councilman Claire stated he believed it was short sighted to alter the design that dramatically. Steve Haynes and Bob Fisher of Fisher Friedman Architects described the process and evaluated the changes that were offered to the Facilities Committee. They assured the Council that the cuts would not alter the City's goals for its City Hall. They used drawings to show before and after sketches of the proposed City Hall, focusing on moving the Council chamber to the second level and the expansion of a multi-purpose room below; what the outside would look like without the brick; what it would look like if the Council chamber area was moved in 12 feet; and what the limited landscaping and site work would do to the Jefferson view of the City Hall and resulting in the loss of the Main/Middlefield development/City Hall plaza. They discussed using a material called EIFS instead of brick and showed color photos of buildings having exteriors of that material. In response to numerous Council questions, Mr. Haynes and Mr. Fisher expanded on the proposed cuts describing pilasters, mullions, durability of proposed materials, textures, exterior window treatments, and where the brick would remain. MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 Special Meeting Minutes Page No. 030 January 22, 1996 Page 10