Public Safety and Maintenance Facility Design Team Presents Update on Schematic Design

During the February 4th City Council Planning Session, the Public Safety and Maintenance (PSM) Facility project team will provide an update on the progress of the schematic design and seek Council feedback on key design strategies and considerations. You can view the meeting materials here.

This is the first of several City Council discussions scheduled for this year to review and evaluate the PSM design. Additionally, the City plans to gather public input and feedback through a community engagement process later this year.

City staff and the architectural team, Northwest Studio, began the “schematic design” phase for the PSM facility last fall. Schematic design is the first step in taking a concept and turning it into a specific design plan, including architectural drawings and a site plan. Last October, Mayor Nice, Councilmember Weinberg, and the PSM design team toured Police Department facilities in Shoreline, the University of Washington campus, and Kirkland. The team heard about both successes and “lessons learned” from the construction or renovation of these police facilities to help inform work as we plan for our new facility.

In November, the PSM design team also led a site tour of the City Hall and Public Works Building properties for all subconsultants working on the project. This tour allowed the various specialty contractors of the design team – such as civil and structural engineering, landscaping, and architecture – to see the conditions and context of each property and ask questions of staff and design team leads.

Also in November, the PSM design team conducted a follow-up site visit with the City’s Public Works Department operational leads assess how the Public Works teams utilize the facility and yard space for equipment and materials storage. The visit focused on optimizing these areas in the new facility to enhance efficiency, improve service levels, and reduce operational costs.

The design team and Councilmembers Anderl and Jacobson toured the Kitsap County Public Works facility in December of 2024. This tour focused on their office space and training space layout, ingress/egress for large vehicles and equipment, covered storage, lighting, security, and staff amenity spaces.

Additional PSM Facility project updates will be posted on Let’s Talk as the design work continues.