Alameda City Council
November 21, 2023

Provide Direction on a Facility
Improvement Plan for the
Veterans’ Memorial Building
City Council
November 21,2023
#2023-3157
Veterans’ Memorial Building Facility Plan
• Facility background
• Recent investments
• Explore Baseline Facility Plan
• Options to add to Baseline Facility Plan
• Financial Considerations
2 Veterans’ Memorial Building Facility Background
3 • 1929 - County constructed
• 1982- City Council designates as
Alameda Historical Monument #17
• 1996-City took ownership of building and
responsibility to provide a meeting place
for the veterans
• 2007- added to the National Register of
Historic Places
2203 Central Ave
4 Veterans’ Memorial Building East Wing
Auxiliary Auditorium Billiards Room
Meeting Room
5 Upstairs Adult Literacy Program
ARPD summer/afterschool programs
Main Auditorium
Recent Investments
Over $800,000 invested in the last 5 years
• Wi-Fi Installation
• Electrical Upgrade
• ADA Ramp Design & Installation
• Front Façade Restoration
• Elevator Modernization and Pit Relining
• Roof Repair & Sealing
6 • Women’s Restroom Renovation
• New Flag Pole Installation
• Pumping Facilities Replaced and
Check Valve Installed
• Stairwell & Cafeteria Lead Abatement
• Tile Floor Cleaning
7 Baseline Facility Plan
• $1.9M to be invested in 8 years
• No additional funding
commitments needed
• Funded through Internal Service
Fund, previously appropriated
General Funds for heater and
ADA improvements, Energy
Conservation Grant Block Funds
• Veterans’ requested projects
2023-25
•Exterior Paint Project
•Parking Lot Repave & Restriping; Paint Exterior Steel Stairs •ADA Improvements
•Heater replacement and hot water installation in bathrooms •Restroom Upgrades, Fixtures and Stalls
•Hardwood Floor Restoration – Auditorium
•Interior Lighting & Switch Upgrade – Facility Wide
•Re-Carpet Veterans Meeting Room
2029-32
•Roofing Project
•Window Repair Project
•Interior Paint
Options to Add to Baseline
• Option 1 - Add staging kitchen -
$100,000
• Option 2 - Add commercial kitchen,
hardwood floor restoration in billiard
room and auxiliary auditorium -
$547,000
• Bar restoration- not recommended;
however, if added - $750,000
8 Existing Kitchen
Financial Consideration
• $3M in remaining General Fund expenditure budget at FY 2022-23 year end rolled forward
• Intended for the purchase of police radios and a fire engine. Funding for the police radios was allocated prior to the end of FY 2022-23 and $434,990 used for two fire engines
• Council may consider providing direction to staff to use remaining carry- over funds to support the Veterans’ Memorial Building Facility Plan, as needed.
9 Staff seeks direction from Council on a Facility
Improvement Plan for the Veterans’ Memorial
Building
10 Veterans’ Memorial Building Facility Plan