The search is now on for a safe working environment.
The Committee was Tom David, Robert Barnes, Yvonne Knowles, Jim Pierce, Jim Harris, Matthew Rotolante, Marleen Volkert, Janette Smith, Julio Brea and Elizabeth Mangual.
Mayor and Council Rejected Their Recommendation Placing Employee's and Visitor's Health In Jeopardy
RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends that the City Council proceed with the construction of the New City Hall facility using Alternative Capital Cost Scenario #1 or #2 and the sale of the current City Hall site upon receipt of a commercially reasonable contract for purchase and sale.
The New City Hail Ad Hoc Committee came together with the purpose of informing the Mayor and Council as to the feasibility of proceeding with the construction of a City Hall facility in Downtown Homestead.
The Committee was charged generally with evaluating the City Hall project as a business decision and without a predetermined outcome.
After reviewing numerous records and analyses of the current and proposed City Hall facilities three categories of information rise to the surface facts supportable estimates and intangible factors. In addition, certain alternative capital cost scenarios apply. Taken together these factors lead the Committee to make the recommendation.
FACTS
The City of Homestead has a sunk cost in the proposed City Hall site of $6,566,598 This figure includes all expenditures through 2009.
The current City Hall facility requires substantial repair and reconstruction including cleanup of environmental contamination.
The current City Hall site is underutilized.
A sale of the current City Hall site would generate substantial cash its subsequent development would generate substantial ongoing tax revenue and or rental income.
The lease of the current City Hall site is an ongoing option which can provide rental income to the City.
The proposed City Hall site is vacant fenced and is producing neither tax revenue nor any service to the city presenting an eyesore to the district and a liability to the City.
As of September 30, 2009 the New City Hall Fund contained $17,381,147.08
Bids for New City Hall are good until September 2010 but the bidders may rescind if there is a long delay.
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