PRE PROPOSAL CONFERENCE Request for Proposal for the Purchase

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE Request for Proposal for the Purchase and Redevelopment of the Thomas C. Green Water Treatment Plant and Austin Energy Control Center Solicitation RML0012 March 17, 2008 2:00 PM AGENDA • Redevelopment Overview – Questions and Answers • RFP Requirements and Procedures – Questions and Answers • Affordable Housing Presentation – Questions and Answers • District Walking Tour Redevelopment Overview • Fred Evins – Redevelopment Project Manager, Economic Growth and Redevelopment Services Office Redevelopment Vision & Policy Principles • Reinforce viability of Downtown Austin as mixed-use retail, entertainment, residential, and employment center. • Maintain unique and authentic characteristics of Austin, Texas, and Downtown Austin. Redevelopment Vision & Policy Principles • Maximize density in Downtown Austin compliant with established urban design policies. • Connect and strengthen City’s existing investment in 2nd Street Retail District and Seaholm Power Plant redevelopment. • Increase and strengthen City’s tax base through sale and/or redevelopment of underutilized government-owned land. Redevelopment Vision & Policy Principles • Demonstrate and achieve unparalleled excellence and high values in: – Urban design and architecture; – Sustainable building practices; – Mobility and connectivity enhancement; – Maximizing taxpayer value; – Community values, public facilities and/or public benefits Downtown Residential Development • Goal to have 25,000 people living downtown by 2015 • “If eight-tenths of one percent of the people who live in Austin today chose to live downtown, you would fill up every single unit that’s here, that is under construction, and that is planned at the moment. It’s a market that is not being overbuilt.” – Ray Perryman, Texas economist Local Economy • Austin No. 1 Fastest Growing Large Metro Economy – Forbes magazine and Moody’s Economy.com • “The Lone Star State is being ‘discovered’ by the rest of the country because of its affordable housing, lower cost of living and cost of business, greater employment opportunities and appealing livestyles. Events and circumstances point toward a Texas-sized boom between 2005 and 2030.” – James P. Gaines, Texas A&M Other Indicators • Austin one of least stressful US cities – Bizjournals • City of Austin given top bond rating (AAA) by Standard & Poor’s Subject Properties Overview GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT Green Water Treatment Plant (GWTP) Cesar Chavez Boulevard nto nio Str e et k Sa nA Green Water Treatment Plant Existing Condition ee oal C r Sh ENERGY CONTROL CENTER GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT Energy Control Center (ECC) Third Stree t ROW West Avenue Hike rail ike T &B k Cree al Sho Austin Energy Control Center Existing Condition APPROXIMATE AREA OF TRAIL EASEMENT THIR WES T AV ENU E Developable Area +/- 72,400 sf DS TRE ET R OW APPROXIMATE AREA OF WATERLINE EASEMENT N Austin Energy Control Center Easements ENERGY CONTROL CENTER GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT INTAKE STRUCTURES Intake Structures Intake Structures Redevelopment Context Location, Location, Location Seaholm District Master Plan (Updated 2008) ENERGY CONTROL CENTER SEAHOLM GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT SUBJECT PROPERTY EXISTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION INTAKE STRUCTURES PROPOSED Seaholm Power Plant Redevelopment Seaholm Power Plant Redevelopment ENERGY CONTROL CENTER GABLES PARK PLAZA SEAHOLM PFLUGER BRIDGE EXTENSION GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT SUBJECT PROPERTY EXISTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION INTAKE STRUCTURES PROPOSED Sand Beach Sand Beach Pfluger Bridge Extension & Gables Park Plaza ENERGY CONTROL CENTER GABLES PARK PLAZA SUBSTATION SEAHOLM CENTRAL LIBRARY GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT SUBJECT PROPERTY EXISTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION INTAKE STRUCTURES PROPOSED Central Library Austin Energy Substation Existing Condition Central Library Site Substation Reduction Central Library Site ENERGY CONTROL CENTER GABLES PARK PLAZA SUBSTATION SEAHOLM CENTRAL LIBRARY GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT 2ND STREET RETAIL DISTRICT SILICON SILICON LABS LABS BLOCK 4 BLOCK 2 SUBJECT PROPERTY EXISTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION INTAKE STRUCTURES PROPOSED Second Street District 2nd Street District Block 2 & 4 Retail ENERGY CONTROL CENTER GABLES PARK PLAZA SUBSTATION SEAHOLM CENTRAL LIBRARY GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT 2ND STREET RETAIL DISTRICT SILICON SILICON AUSTIN LABS LABS CITY HALL BLOCK 4 BLOCK 2 BLOCK 3 SUBJECT PROPERTY EXISTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION INTAKE STRUCTURES PROPOSED Second Street District Austin City Hall Block 3 ENERGY CONTROL CENTER GABLES PARK PLAZA SUBSTATION SEAHOLM AMLI BLOCK 22 GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT AMLI BLOCK 20 2ND STREET RETAIL DISTRICT SILICON LABS BLOCK 2 AUSTIN CITY HALL BLOCK 3 SILICON LABS BLOCK 4 CENTRAL LIBRARY SUBJECT PROPERTY EXISTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION INTAKE STRUCTURES PROPOSED Second Street District AMLI Block 20 & 22 ENERGY CONTROL CENTER GABLES PARK PLAZA SUBSTATION SEAHOLM AMLI BLOCK 22 W BLOCK 21 AMLI BLOCK 20 CENTRAL LIBRARY GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT 2ND STREET RETAIL DISTRICT SILICON LABS BLOCK 2 AUSTIN CITY HALL BLOCK 3 SILICON LABS BLOCK 4 SUBJECT PROPERTY EXISTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION INTAKE STRUCTURES PROPOSED Second Street District W Hotel and Residences / Austin City Limits Block 21 REPUBLIC SQUARE ENERGY CONTROL CENTER GABLES PARK PLAZA SEAHOLM SHOAL CREEK TRAIL SUBSTATION AMLI BLOCK 22 W BLOCK 21 AMLI BLOCK 20 CENTRAL LIBRARY GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT SILICON LABS BLOCK 2 AUSTIN CITY HALL BLOCK 3 SILICON LABS BLOCK 4 LANCE ARMSTRONG BIKEWAY SUBJECT PROPERTY LADY BIRD LAKE TRAIL INTAKE STRUCTURES EXISTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION PROPOSED LADY BIRD LAKE TRAIL Parks and Open Space ECC Trail Lance Armstrong Bikeway GWTP from Lady Bird Lake Parks & Open Space REPUBLIC FEDERAL SQUARE COURTHOUSE ENERGY CONTROL CENTER STATE PARKING GARAGE AMOA GABLES PARK PLAZA SEAHOLM AUSTIN BALLET MUSIC HALL AUSTIN SUBSTATION AMLI BLOCK 22 CENTRAL LIBRARY GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT AUSTIN CITY LIMITS AUSTIN CITY HALL AMLI BLOCK 20 SILICON LABS BLOCK 2 SILICON LABS BLOCK 4 SUBJECT PROPERTY EXISTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION INTAKE STRUCTURES PROPOSED Civic / Cultural Federal Courthouse Republic Square Austin Museum of Art Austin Music Hall Ballet Austin Civic / Cultural Investments 6TH & LAMAR MARKET DISTRICT WHOLE FOODS WORLD HEADQUARTERS W 6TH STREET ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT NOVARE NOVARE AUSTIN BLOCK BLOCK CITY 51 52 LOFTS ZOM MONARCH PHOENIX SPRING CONDOS GABLES WEST AVENUE LOFTS SEAHOLM PLAZA CONDOS 404 RIO GRANDE 4 ENERGY CONTROL CENTER TH FEDERAL COURTHOUSE REPUBLIC SQUARE PLAZA LOFTS GABLES STREET WAREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT STATE PARKING GARAGE AMOA 360 CONDOS AUSTIN MUSIC HALL GABLES PARK PLAZA BALLET AUSTIN SUBSTATION CENTRAL LIBRARY GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT W AMLI AMLI BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK 21 22 20 2ND STREET RETAIL DISTRICT SILICON LABS BLOCK 2 AUSTIN CITY HALL BLOCK 3 SILICON LABS BLOCK 4 ALTA VIDA SUBJECT PROPERTY EXISTING INTAKE STRUCTURES UNDER CONSTRUCTION PROPOSED Emerging Urban Neighborhood 404 Rio Grande West Ave Lofts & Monarch 360 Whole Foods Spring Emerging Urban Neighborhood Subject Properties Infrastructure Considerations WHOLE FOODS WORLD HEADQUARTERS ZOM MONARCH FEDERAL COURTHOUSE REPUBLIC SQUARE SPRING CONDOS GABLES WEST AVENUE LOFTS ENERGY CONTROL CENTER 360 CONDOS AUSTIN MUSIC HALL STATE PARKING GARAGE AMOA GABLES PARK PLAZA SEAHOLM BALLET AUSTIN SUBSTATION AMLI BLOCK 22 W BLOCK 21 AMLI BLOCK 20 GWTP GWTP CENTRAL LIBRARY GWTP GWTP SILICON LABS BLOCK 2 AUSTIN CITY HALL BLOCK 3 SILICON LABS BLOCK 4 SUBJECT PROPERTY EXISTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION INTAKE STRUCTURES PROPOSED Infrastructure 2nd & Nueces Great Streets Extensions WHOLE FOODS WORLD HEADQUARTERS ZOM MONARCH FEDERAL COURTHOUSE REPUBLIC SQUARE SPRING CONDOS GABLES WEST AVENUE LOFTS ENERGY CONTROL CENTER 360 CONDOS AUSTIN MUSIC HALL STATE PARKING GARAGE AMOA GABLES PARK PLAZA SEAHOLM BALLET AUSTIN SUBSTATION AMLI BLOCK 22 W BLOCK 21 AMLI BLOCK 20 GWTP GWTP CENTRAL LIBRARY GWTP GWTP SILICON LABS BLOCK 2 AUSTIN CITY HALL BLOCK 3 SILICON LABS BLOCK 4 SUBJECT PROPERTY EXISTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION INTAKE STRUCTURES PROPOSED Infrastructure 2nd Street Bridge & Extension to West Avenue Green Water Treatment Plant Site Restoration Green Water Treatment Plant Site Restoration Green Water Treatment Plant Bank Stabilization Subject Properties Land Use Considerations Green Water Treatment Plant Projected 100 Year Flood Plain Setback Angle Basewall Cesar Chavez or Shoal Creek Waterfront Overlay District Setbacks North Shore Central Subdistrict Cesar Chavez or Shoal Creek Waterfront Overlay District Setbacks City Hall Subdistrict 100’ max Development Entitlements • Rezoning by City to CBD-CURE • Subdivision by City • Development in Public Right-of-Way – Public infrastructure – Private development • Compliance with: – – – – Waterfront Overlay District Capitol View Corridors Downtown Creeks Overlay Downtown (Urban) Design Guidelines Questions and Answers RFP Requirements and Procedures • Rosemary Ledesma – Senior Buyer, Purchasing Office • Byron Johnson – Purchasing Officer • Raymond Young – Small and Minority Business Resources Affordable Housing • Margaret Shaw – Deputy Director, Neighborhood Housing and Community Development