AGENDA CAPTION:
Title
Receive a Staff update on the New City Hall/Hopkins City Center Project and provide direction to Staff.
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Meeting date: April 15, 2025
Department: City Manager's Office
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Fiscal Note:
Prior Council Action: November 6, 2024: City Council appoints members to the Hopkins City Center/New City Hall Advisory Committee; City Council awards a contract to Economic and Planning Systems, Inc. to provide public-private partnership services and transaction advice for the Hopkins City Center/New City Hall Project.
City Council Strategic Initiative: [Please select from the dropdown menu below]
Quality of Life & Sense of Place
Public Safety, Core Services & Fiscal Excellence
Environmental Protection
Comprehensive Plan Element (s): [Please select the Plan element(s) and Goal # from dropdown menu below]
? Economic Development - Choose an item.
? Environment & Resource Protection - Choose an item.
? Land Use - Choose an item.
? Neighborhoods & Housing - Choose an item.
? Parks, Public Spaces & Facilities - Choose an item.
? Transportation - Choose an item.
? Core Services
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Master Plan: [Please select the corresponding Master Plan from the dropdown menu below (if applicable)]
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Background Information:
The Hopkins City Center/New City Hall Project has a number of goals as it seeks to revitalize the Hopkins Street corridor between IH35 and North CM Allen Parkway:
* Build a new City Hall.
* Leverage the existing City facilities and parkland to create a cohesive, well-designed, connected space that the community can enjoy.
* Safe, connected multi-modal transportation within the area.
* Attractive public spaces and roadways.
* Environmental protection of the nearby river.
* Spark new development ...
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