Building Tualatin's Future: Exploring the Alternatives

Two feasible alternatives were studied for a future Civic Center including a site next to the Tualatin Police Department and a site on the Tualatin Commons. Each alternative meets the City’s space need projections through the year 2025. The site on the Tualatin Commons is unique, as the Civic Center presence there could stimulate additional retail activity and provide leasable space generating additional municipal revenue. This additional space could also be available in future years if the City needed more expansion space.                            

	2-Story Building Next to the Police Department	3-Story Building On the Tualatin Commons
City Office  Square Footage	30,290 SF	30,450 SF
Civic Center  Rental Square Footage	0	13,220 SF
Library Expansion Square Footage	6,500 SF	6,500 SF
Civic Center Project Cost	$18.2 million	$22.9 million
Library Expansion Cost	$3.7 million	$3.7 million
Total Project Cost	$24.3 million	$32.1 million

Opportunity for Library Expansion

By consolidating services in either of these locations, the City would by default create additional space by vacating the current city offices next to the Library allowing expansion at the current location.  During the community outreach, the following expansion priorities were identified by the community:

• Better space for children/youth
• More multipurpose community space
• Improved access to technology
• Adequate staff space to support library programs
• General facilities improvements

A new Civic Center, in turn, would enable library staff to deliver a range of service priorities requested by customers. You can read more about the Library expansion opportunity in the report prepared as part of the Facilities Study.