Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
CM/ ACM: John Cabrales, Jr.
Date: August 2, 2016
SUBJECT
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Receive a report, hold a discussion, and give staff direction regarding the Community Event Center project.
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BACKGROUND
In November 2015, the City Council Community Event Center Committee was created as an ad hoc committee to assist in the development of a community event center to be located at the existing parking lot at 121 Exposition Street (across from City Hall East). The new event center facility would be designed to improve the public parking lot to accommodate City Hall East operations and other development in the area, and to create a new space for the Denton Community Market (DCM) to operate.
Council Members Roden, Gregory, and Bagheri (formerly Council Member Johnson) serve on the ad hoc committee and are supported by staff members from the City Manager's Office, Transportation, Denton Police Department, Sustainability, and Economic Development. Upon direction of the Committee, staff engaged Pacheco Koch in a professional services agreement for the design of the Community Event Center. The Committee and staff worked with Pacheco Koch, to develop a concept site plan that meets the City's needs to maintain parking for City Hall East and the Public Safety Training Center's operations as well as accommodate the needs of DCM and the community.
Site Design
Through meetings and discussions with Pacheco and Koch, a full "master plan" was requested by staff. This plan would incorporate amenities requested by DCM and stakeholders to develop the complete event center. However, staff has remained cognizant that funding limitations will lead to a phased construction strategy that has been communicated to DCM, staff, and the Committee.
As part of the site design process, stakeholders, both internal and external to the City, were invited to participate in meetings where they could detail their wants and needs for the event c...
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