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Design and construction agreement with Fairfax County for public parking to be incorporated into redevelopment of Patrick Henry Library
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EXPLANATION AND SUMMARY:
In 2019, the Town of Vienna and Fairfax County partnered on a feasibility study, completed by Grimm and Parker Architects, for redevelopment of Patrick Henry Library (located at 101 Maple Avenue E) and the addition of structured public parking spaces. The feasibility study was presented to Town Council in August 2019 and included two options for adding public parking to a new library, in addition to the 125 parking spaces designed for library use. One option included 84 public additional parking spaces; the other included 188 additional public parking spaces.
Since conclusion of the feasibility study, the Town has worked with Fairfax County to draft an agreement to proceed with a facility in which the Town would contribute funds to 1) design and 2) construct public parking spaces. The agreement outlines the process for design and construction of a library/public parking garage facility as well as when the Town will be required to submit payments to the county. The agreement also provides the Town with options for terminating the agreement if it no longer wishes to pursue the public parking spaces.
A presentation of a draft of the agreement was made to Town Council on February 24, 2020. Since the last presentation of the draft agreement, several changes have been made. These changes include the removal of option B2 from the agreement. The B2 option, which originated from the feasibility study, included 188 structured parking spaces to be provided by the Town.
Other changes included revisions to the hard caps and percentages for cost sharing for the design and construction phase. The design costs for the Town are now capped at the lesser of 30% of the total design costs or $850,000, as compared to draft agreement with the lesser of 35% of the total design costs or $1,000,000. T...
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