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PRESERVE THE MURPHY HOTEL!
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READ BELOW THE BILL APPROVED BY THE SENATE THAT SEALS THE MURPHY'S FATE
VOICE YOUR SUPPORT TO PRESERVE THE MURPHY
The Senate Budget Bill, now before the House of Delegates, includes funds to demolish and replace the Murphy Hotel (8th Street Office Building). Please contact Governor Kaine http://www.governor.virginia.gov/Contact.cfm and Mayor Wilder wilderld@ci.richmond.va.us and ask them to prevent this loss so that we may realize Mayor Wilder's goal of renovating and adaptively reusing the Murphy Hotel for an Urban Law Center. Remind them there is adequate space at the corner of 9th & Broad for the parking/office facility the Commonwealth seeks.
Explanation of SB30, Item C-7.10
(This amendment provides $16.8 million GF for architectural and engineering
work through working drawings, and related support costs associated with
replacement of the 8th Street Office Building and renovation of the 9th
Street Office Building.)
Fund Sources: General $16,753,272 .
"C-7.10 New Construction: Renovation of the 9th Street Office Building and
Replacement of the 8th Street Office Building (17091)
1. The Department of General Services shall enter into an interim agreement
under the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002
(§ 56-575.1 et seq. of the Code of Virginia) to provide:
a. Architectural and engineering work up through production of final working
drawings for renovation of the 9th Street Office Building and replacement of
the 8th Street Office Building, as described in paragraph 2 of this Item,
b. Demolition of the 8th Street Office Building. The contract for such
demolition shall be entered into no later than June 30, 2006 and the
demolition work begun no later than August 1, 2006, and
c. Such ancillary services as may be necessary to complete the work
authorized in this Item.
d. The cost of this interim agreement shall not exceed the $16,753,272
provided in this Item.
2. The architectural and engineering work provided for in paragraph 1, of
this Item, shall provide working drawings and detailed cost estimates for:
a. Renovation and expansion of the 9th Street Office Building into an office
building of approximately 193,000 gross square feet for continued use by the
Commonwealth, and
b. Construction of a new office building on Broad Street between 8th Street
and 9th Street, which shall be used primarily as an office building for the
Commonwealth, but may provide for limited commercial and retail space on the
first floor. This structure shall be designed to provide approximately
375,000 gross square feet with approximately 270 on-site parking spaces,
which would utilize approximately 111,000 gross square feet of this total.
c. The total cost for both the renovation of the 9th Street Office Building
and the new office building on Broad Street is estimated at $139,610,605.
3. That portion of the design work provided for in paragraph 2, of this
Item, that is related to the use of the renovated 9th Street Office Building
and the new office building on Broad Street as temporary office space for
the Legislative Branch of government shall be carried out in cooperation
with representatives of each legislative agency.
4. The General Assembly determines that time is of the essence in making
available the facilities described herein, and the Department of General
Services is directed to initiate the project as soon as practical following
the enactment of this Chapter.
5. The Governor shall
a) report periodically to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House
Appropriations Committees on the plans and status of this project for their
review and comment, and b) provide the final, full appropriation for this
project in his budget submission to the 2007 Session of the General
Assembly. The cost of the on-site parking may be borne by the state employee
parking fund only if such parking spaces will be routinely made available to
the general state workforce on a continuing basis after work on the General
Assembly Building is completed.
6. It is anticipated that sufficient general fund appropriations or Virginia
Public Building Authority bond authorization will be provided in future
fiscal years to cover all phases of the project as specified in the final
contract."
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