SEQUIM — Add City Hall to the growing list of government buildings in the area being mentioned as needing remodeling, revision or replacement.
Architect Ken Hays brought a City Hall redevelopment plan proposing five possible alternatives for the building to the City Council on Monday night.
Council members took no action after Hays’ hour-long presentation, but left the meeting knowing the subject will be on future agendas.
Finding a new home for the Sequim branch of the North Olympic Library System is actively being pursued.
And plans for a major remodeling of the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center have been discussed, but there isn’t a proposal before the board that oversees operation of the facility.
Hays developed the five City Hall alternatives and seven recommendations as part of its contract with Sequim to evaluate facilities.
Alternative costs
The five alternatives carry price tags ranging from $1.2 million for remodeling existing facilities in the 100 block of West Cedar Street to $3.6 million for construction of new buildings at a different location.
The three other alternatives have prices between $3.1 and $3.3 million each. Those alternatives are:
* Redevelop the existing site through partial remodeling of existing facilities, $3.2 million.
* Move to a new location and remodel an existing building, $3.19 million.
* Redevelop the current City Hall site through new construction, $3.34 million.
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