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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMaster Plan of Public Buildings 1958 Np�n master flan Of /public dui/dings C// / of HU1711 7,qIO17 beach — /956 — MASTER PLAN OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS 1958 Hahne Wise and Barber - Planning Consultants TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I. GENERAL COMMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. II. BASIC SURVEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. A. Public-Owned Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . 2. Map: Existing Public Facilities . . . . . . . 3. Population Growth Chart . . . . . . . 4. B. City Departmental Survey . . . . . . . . . 5. III. CIVIC CENTER AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS . . . . . 6. IV. MASTER PLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . 7. A, Civic Center . . . . . . . . . . 8. Map: Proposed Civic Center . . . . . . . . 10. B. Corporation Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . C. Fire Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12. V. CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 MASTER PLAN FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS I. General Comment There are many basic public services that a City must perform for its citizens. A small city can perform these governmental ser- vices, using only one or two key buildings . The larger a. city grows, the more services that are rendered to its citizens, the more elabor- ate public buildings facilities are necessary. Public buildings and their facilities represent a large investment, and the value of this investment depends on the quality and efficiency of the services rendered. Buildings designed to accomplish this are the objective of well thought out plans . Major prerequisites for public buildings are: A suitable and pleasing design; appropriate space for protection against fire and adjacent building development. Considering all of these, a smaller aggregate acreage will be needed if all public buildings are located in one group rather than scattered throughout the city. A natural re- sult is a saving in the cost of site acquisitions. Several surveys are necessary to make sound decisions . Notable among these are maps of existing City-owned real estate and the use to which it is put. School districts and County Plans are also important; so is population distribution, Major Street Plans, traffic volume, ease of access and land valuations . These factors 1 . have been thoroughly considered and. made a part of this report, the meaning of the data gathered is thoroughly discussed and recommendations for public building improvements for the City of Huntington Beach are herein made. IIo Basic Surveys A. Publicly-owned Real Estate City Property 9 7 .9 3 Acres City Hall and Auditorium 2. 00 Acres Library, Justice Court and Fire House 1 . 35 Acres Inland Parks 10. 58 Acres Maintenance Yard 10 25 Acres Beach and Trailer Park 30. 00 Acres Unimproved Land 54000 Acres Public Schools within the City Limits today account for about 75 acres . Many more school sites are 'necessary for the . future population that will occupy the expanded City of Huntington Beach, The public-owned real estate accounts for about 175 acres This amount of public lands in the city is not at all excessive, con- sidering that a great deal of acreage is in beach lands A public building study must give consideration to the future Huntington Beach is still growing at a rapid rate, and though the City has grown from a little over 4-1,/2 square miles to well. over 19 square miles, the newly annexed area is sparsely inhabited. and the 20 0 • r I _ , I :+ I' D— .I I a DD D D EXISTING FACIL I TIES —D FIRE STAT/ON mm� mm CORPORATION YARDPARK CLUB HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER ® O� Colomm �I CENTRAL FIRE STATION,LIBRARY,JUSTICE COURT C/TY MALL,AUDITORIUM `U I PAVALON �® m _ LIFE BOARD STATION TRAILER PARK OFFICE MASTER PLAN OF �y PUBLIC BUILDINGS ,i CITY OF IIIJNTINGxTON 1113A ;II --- -- _--- - OltA\T_GVT ( [)_iJ_-\T1'1'-.=- CAT,IF -. --- --- =� - - - T-� ----��--�-�- - --- -=- _-- O o�o DD POPUL A T/ ON GROW 7"H C/TY OF HUNrINGTON BEACH 60, 000 + + + + I c0, 000 55, 000 + + 4 t + I 50, 000 -4- + + + + / 50, G^0 45, 000 t -#- + � t 4C' 0 _ k40, 000 O + - + / 35 000 / I 0-30, 000 4- 4 + + + O 25, 000 20, 000 + $ + f � + 15, 000 t + Il G, 500 + + /10; 000 10, 000 + + -�- + -B- + 5, 237 5, 371 5,.000 + � o ��. 7?8 + , F.,0 815 1, 687 1° .10 1920 1030 1 ell 4C i0so 1960 1970 198E 40 population influx is yet to be felt. Any building program must consider a population of at least 60,000 citizens. The new Civic Center must be large enough,not only to catch up to present needs, but to provide for inevitable expansion of governmental facilities. Adequate parking is a necessity for increased usage of the Civic Center. B. City Departmental, Survey A City Departmental Survey was made early this year. Each department head took stock of the space in which his office carried on its function. The survey indicated the floor area of each depart- ment in 1940, at present and the probable need in 1980. By con- sidering the needs of the various city functions we may intelligently estimate the future needs of the various departments. ® SURVEY - - - City Hall Office Space-(Sq.Ft.) Vehicles Should department be Departments 1940 . Now 1980 Now 1980 in Civic Center City Clerk City Manager 1, 872 1,872 5, 300 4 8 Yes Treasury 164 192 1, 600 1 2 Yes 'Engineering 1, 250 1, 250 2,.500 2 4 Yes Building -- 384 800 3 6 Yes Planning -- 100 750 1 3 Yes Water + Sewer Collections -- -- 500 -- 2 Yes Police 1, 250 2, 400 7, 000 25 35 Yes 4, 536 6, 109 18, 450 36 60 Yes Central 3, 200 3, 200 18, 000 2 8 --- Fire Station 5. Outlying Equipment Storage Should Department Departments Now 1980 Vehicles be in Civic Center Street, Sewer + 1 . 25 Ac. 2. 50 Ac. NO Maintenance Yds. Fire Department .75 Ac. 5-375 Sq.Ft. NO Sub. Stations - Library - Main 8, 500 Sq. YES Ft. Library - Branch --- 700 Sq.Ft. NO III. Civic Center And Its Relationships The City Hall of Huntington Beach has more than amortized its cost, and has served the City well over the many years of its useage. It was never designed to accommodate an area or the popu- lation that exists today. The usefullness and structural condition of the present building makes it economically unsound to expend further monies on the present building. All department heads indicate the need for larger space for today°s business and with an increase in population, which is inevitable, the need for new city offices is obvious. The 3-1/3 acres of land comprising the present Civic Center should be of sufficient size for part of the development. It will be necessary to acquire more land adjacent to the existing City Hall for courtrooms and the police department. The justice Court is now working under crowded conditions and the County is at present making a survey to determine whether 6. to go to a Municipal Court or more Justice Courts. A large court will be necessary,in any case, and a new, more adequate site, that will be quiet and yet near the police department's detention cells should be considered at this time Possible direction for expansion of the Civic Center have been thoroughly considered, and all influential environments scru- tinized. Primary streets, with their present and future traffic volumes adjacent or possibly bisecting the Civic Center. The pro- posed Civic Center borders on major streets, but none travel through it; and in addition, this will be an aid to traffic safety in the area and provide a unified site with adequate off-street parking. The acquisition of the area West of Sixth Street will cost less to acquire, and will remove land values from the tax rolls of lesser amounts than commercial lands East of Fifth Street. Likewise, the values of the commercial property will be increased to a greater extent than that property of residential nature The entire study has led to the composition of the Plan and Recommendations that follow. IV. Master Plan and Recommendations A Master Plan is adopted to serve as a guide. It is adopted by resolution, not by ordinance. Therefore, it is flexible and should be reviewed for minor changes from time to time. The Master Plan 7 . for Public Buildings is such a plan, and is proposed for adoption as a guide for public building development. These public build- ings are proposed in locations where they will, be a sound invest- ment and cause a minimum of conflict with local land use. After public hearings have been held and the City Bodies have adopted a plan officially a program should be set up to take action on steps as outlined in the plan, to insure progress in de- velopment. The best plan will be worthless if filed without any steps taken to see that the plan is carried out. A program of creat- ing a public building fund, allocating certain monies each year for _ such a fund and expenditures made as outlined in the plan will in- sure progress. This plan, as officially adopted, should be reviewed by the Planning Commission at a meeting in March of each year, and a report made by the Commission to the City Council as to the prog- ress made and recommendations as to any amendments necessary. A. Civic Center: The Civic Center is proposed at the same general location, with land additions as will be necessary for expansion. A plot plan layout, with recommended development, will be found on the page following this section. The two new units of the City Hall are so planned that con- struction can be accomplished with minimum disturbance of city 8. functions. Unit No. 1 can be built prior to any demolition of the present City Hallo At the completion of Unit No. 1, those offices designated could move in the new unit, leaving that portion of the City Hall available for removal prior to construction of Unit No. 2. Following is a suggested occupancy of the proposed Units No. 1 and 2. SUGGESTED DEPARTMENT OCCUPANCY Unit No . 1 City Clerk and Administrator . . . . . . . . . 5, 300 Sq. Ft. Treasurer and Collections . . . . . . o 0 1, 600 Sg. Ft. 6,900 Sq. Ft. Unit No . 2 Engineering . . . > o 0 . o . . . . . . . . . 2, 500 Sq. Ft. Building . . . . . o . o . o . . . . . . 800 Sq o Ft. Planning . . . o . . . 0 0 0 0 0 . o . 0 750 Sq. Ft. Council Chambers . . . . o o . o o o o a 2, 500 Sg. Ft. 6, 550 Sq. Ft. By acquiring that land on the west side of Sixth Street, from Magnolia Avenue to the church property, space will be avail- able for a Police Building of 7, 000 sq. ft. , adequate parking and a new Court Building of 6, 000 sq. ft. With this property being ac- quired, Sixth Street could then be restricted and made into a Parking Lot with 46 spaces. 9 . o h POLICE OEPT COURT -.J';• Q �I jI 7,000 50.FT. 6,OOOSO.FT. r.• _1 Q -.o c�rac--- SIXTH - - - .STREET 5� I lo cs xa j UNIT I.. I 6,930 10.FT. I I v ' .•fir•1_•� p� I � Q tr Al y i VMEMORIAL HALL JUSTICE n -W _ y t COURT I LIBRARY �•(I 0, -.............. C I F/RE STAT/ON I ' ;•;•�•,�;� UNIT N.2 6,930 SO.FT. f . , e FIFTH STREET 'W SCALE SO••1' PROPOSED Cl VfC CENTER HUNTINGTON BEACH NANN,MISE AND BARSER �I958' PLANNING CONSULTANTS b I 0 I I I � I � i I I The area now being utilized by the Fire Department and the Justice Court can then be used for a CENTRAL FIRE STATION with very little expenditure. Without this amount of area, and with the Justice Court remaining at its present location, the Fire Chief believes a Central Fire Station will have to be built at another location. Magnolia Avenue, from Sixth Street to Fifth Street, could then be restricted and made into a Parking Lot with 36 spaces. There is sufficient area North of the Memorial Hall for the erection of a building that could be utilized by the Chamber of Commerce, if the City Council should so desire. This Plan would make a compact,attractive Civic Center, that should serve the City of Huntington Beach for many years at a minimum cost. B. Corporation Yard The present Corporation Yard is located on Alameda Avenue, between Nashville Street and Memphis Street, and covers about 1 .25 Acres. At present, this Yard is being used to its capacity. The loca- tion is no longer at a central location, since the expansion of the City Limits. It is recommended that another Yard be acquired of a like acreage further northward, in the general area of. Wintersburg and Gothard. This new Yard will relieve the congestion at the present Yard, give better coverage of the entire City and allow for future ex- pansion. 11 . C. Fire .Protection A general guide for fire station locations is that they should be within three-quarters of a mile of any business district or major fire hazard area, and they should not be more than one and one-half miles driving distance to all residential areas they serve. The foregoing is for flat country and should be modified in hillside areas With the expansion of the City Limits, these conditions will not be met when the uninhabited areas are built upon The main Central Fire Station's needs will be met in the Civic Center Plano The substations that will augment the Ocean View Fire Station are next to be considered. It is our belief that the Fire Chief°s plan to acquire quonset huts and trailers, to be placed .i.n areas where and when needed until such time that definite areas are built up to warrant a regular substation , is an excellent procedure to follow and one that can be done at a minimum cost V. Conclusion It is our belief that if this plan is officially adopted and recommendations followed the citizens of Huntington Beach will be adequately served by their government and the cost to them will be held to a minimum 12.