Saturday, December 9, 2006
Location approved for new Wylie facilities
Now, design plans for Wylie's Library, City Hall and Recreation Center are underway.
New City Municipal Complex
At a special called meeting on November 28, the Wylie City Council approved a site location for the new Library, City Hall and Recreation Center. Located on the Wells Property, the site is nestled north of a tree line in between FM 544 and Brown and just east of what will be the new alignment of FM 1378 (Country Club), which is scheduled to start construction in fall 2007.
At the same meeting, Council and City staff continued discussion on the design, construction and scope of these new facilities with the architects (Holzman Moss and ArchiTexas) and construction consultant (Thos S. Byrne).
Along with approving the site location, Council provided the following direction:
-instructed architects to move forward with designing all three buildings;
-requested that architects prepare designs to address both initial scope and options for future phasing;
-advised to continue evaluation of shared space alternatives; and
-asked staff to prepare funding options, for Council review, which would provide the opportunity for all three buildings to start construction in early 2008.
Approved by voters as part of the November 2005 bond election, here is a summary of each building project:
Library – This $8.1 million building will feature an adult area, a children’s area, meeting rooms, quiet study rooms and a technology area. At this time, construction is scheduled to begin in January 2008 with completion in early 2009.
City Hall - This $8.6 million building will house various City departments including: the Office of City Manager, Building, City Engineer, City Secretary, Finance, Planning and Zoning, and Support Services. At this time, construction is scheduled to begin in early 2009.
Recreation Center - This $10.2 million facility is projected to include amenities such as two (2) basketball/volleyball courts, cardiovascular/fitness area, indoor walking/running track, arts & crafts classrooms, meeting room, climbing wall, locker rooms and babysitting area. At this time, construction is scheduled to begin in early 2009.
The Wells Property is approximately 253 acres that the City purchased in February 2005. The property is near Wylie High School just north of FM 544, south of Brown, and east and west of FM 1378 (Country Club). Yet to be masterplanned, the Wells Property is to be used primarily as a regional park and nature preserve as well as serve as the location for these new City facilities.
Source: City of Wylie
