Prairie Village residents will soon be able to provide input on a new $30 million city hall project.
The Prairie Village City Council on Monday got a first look at renderings for the new city hall, a project officials have been working on since 2022.
A plan favored by the city council calls for a new 18,000-square-foot building on the south side of the parking lot of the current municipal complex on Mission Road.
At the same time, a new municipal courtroom would be built where city hall currently sits, next door to the police department which currently adjoins city hall.
No action was taken on Monday and there was little discussion during the council committee of the whole meeting, but the conceptual renderings unveiled at the meeting served as the first public look at what a renovated city hall could look like.
The design follows previous city council direction
In the last year, the city council has directed city staff to move forward with a design that separates city hall from the police department and municipal court.
The council favored that plan over four others, all of which ranged in projected cost from roughly $26 million to upwards of $33 million.
In the plan favored by the city council, a 5,600-square-foot addition to the police department will house the municipal court.
This will require the demolition of the current city hall so that the municipal court space can be built on top of it, next to the current police headquarters.
New building will aim for LEED certification
City Engineer Melissa Prenger said the city is targeting somewhere between 3% to 5% of the $30 million budget to go toward a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.
Prenger said by simply building new facilities, Prairie Village can earn a plain LEED certification for the new courtroom and a “Silver” certification for the new city hall.
The city can earn additional LEED points in several different categories — such as energy and atmosphere — to earn a higher certification, Prenger said.
City staff will report back to the city council with cost estimates for earning additional LEED credits to get higher certifications such as Gold or Platinum, Prenger said
A video of the exterior renderings can be watched in an online video of Monday’s city council meeting, starting at 2:42:22.
A public input session is scheduled for March 26
- The public can attend an open house about the city hall and police department project from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26.
- Prenger said during the open house they plan to have different stations each focused on the site plan, city hall, the municipal court and the police department renovations.
- Two staff members will be at each station to talk to residents, including a staff member who will use the space.
- The open house will be at City Hall inside the council chambers at 7700 Mission Rd.
Next steps:
- At its April 2 meeting, the planning commission will review the final schematics, as well as take into consideration the public’s input from the March 26 open house.
- On April 15, the city council is set to review the same items as well as comments and recommendations from the planning commission.
- The city council will also consider another architectural contract at the April 15 meeting that, if approved, will take the city through the end of the construction phase.
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