Conceptual Master Plan - Emeryville Center of Community Life

that either the PG&E site or the adjacent AC Transit bus yard site could become
available in the future for future expansion of the proposed center.
During this phase of the work, the primary objectives were:
To develop a precise program that defined the spaces required to
accommodate the desired activities to be housed at the new center.
To test potential configurations of these program areas on the proposed
project site to ensure that they could be accommodated and create a
viable conceptual organizational diagram.
To develop a preferred conceptual design for the overall campus, and
document that design in plans, sketches, and an outline specification
defining the proposed scope of work.
To assess parking demand and propose a solution to accommodate
parking for the project at or around the site.
To prepare construction and overall project cost estimates in line with the
level of potential funding deemed possible by the project’s finance
committee.
To prepare presentation materials for use in community meetings and
outreach to sources of potential funding.
To facilitate a series of community workshops to present and discuss the
proposed new campus, and document the input from the participants.
To provide outreach materials including a new project website, fliers, and
door hangers announcing opportunities for public participation in the
process.
The consultant team included architects, landscape architects, structural,
mechanical, electrical, and civil engineers, pool designers, traffic planners, and
construction cost estimators. The work product of each of these firms is included
in the documents contained in this final master plan report.
Our scope of work began with a series of meetings with staff to discuss and
develop a program, working with documents prepared during a previous study
as our starting point. The agreed upon program called for 235,000 sf of new
construction, and served as the basis for our initial design studies. Four
alternative plans were generated, and presented with drawings and models to
the City/Schools Committee and the Partners for Community Life. After these
meetings, a preferred direction was selected, and an initial cost estimate was