State Capital Committee
October 16, 2017
Master Plan Road Map
Purpose: Information & Feedback
The purpose of this agenda item is to inform and seek feedback from the State Capital Committee (SCC) on proposed revisions to the State Capitol Master Plan. Kevin Dragon, Enterprise Services’ Assistant Program Manager with Engineering and Architectural Services, will lead the agenda item.
Status
At theFebruary 16 and June 9 2017 CCDAC meetings, due to the lack of planning funds, DES recommended that existing Master Plan staff and sub-groups revise Master Plan sections that can be informed by recently completed studies. The following revisions are planned:
- Future Development Opportunities Chapter:Completed by December 2018
- GA, Pritchard, Newhouse and ProArt sites
- Remaining West and East Campus sites
- Principle 2 Delivery of Public Service (Governance) Chapter: Completed by September 2018 Authority and decision making
- Planning
- Land use (Highest & Best Use)
- Modern Workplace, etc.
Kevin Dragon, Assistant Program Manager with Engineering and Architectural Services, has been tasked to evaluate a process for improving the Master Plan to incorporate readily available planning data, given limitation imposed by available funds, no capital budget, staffing levels and incremental changes to the structure of the document.
Each year DES along with other agencies collect data, and prepare and furnish information about the existing conditions of the Capital Campus facilities, which includes buildings and grounds related systems, and infrastructure. DES is responsible for developing a 6-YR Capital plan and related biennial budget requests. Annual maintenance logs and deferred maintenance lists also provide insight to the existing condition of campus facilities and needs for improvements.
Incorporating this type of information along with future land use and growth projections into the master planning efforts might render the Capitol Campus Master Plan as a proactive approach for effective and efficient decision-making regarding the management and development of the existing campus and its future development. The plan would be a cumulative summary of past studies and conclusions, and essentially be used as a “road map” by the State Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches and their various committees and subcommittees, elected state and local officials, state and local agencies, and other stakeholders on how to address the current and emerging needs throughout the capitol campus in support of state government.
The desired outcome for this meeting would be to receiveSCCmembers’feedback on what they envision might assist in making the Master Plan more functional and actionable both in the short-term and long-term. Specifically, what information the SCC would find useful and who might be stakeholders in a comprehensive master planning process.
Next Steps
- Master Plan sub-group meetsto further develop the proposed revisions to the Master Plan’s structure and content.