JFK Police Building
Feasibility
Terrance Davis
Assistant City Manager
Bruce Playle, AIA
Indigo I Hammond & Playle
Architects, LLP
Background
• In April 2022, the City Council
considered authorization of City
Manager to submit $30M IBank
loan for renovation of 400 Mare
Island Way for Vallejo Police
Headquarters
• Directed city staff to evaluate
moving the department to the
current John F. Kennedy (JFK)
library at 505 Santa Clara Street
• Indigo Architects engaged to
complete feasibility studies
JFK Building Overview
• Completed in 1970 as a main
library
• 91,000 square foot, 3-story
building adjacent to the City Hall;
combined 9 acre site
• Existing occupants/tenants:
– Solano County Library
– VPD Police Evidence
– Non-Profit: Fighting Back
Partnership
– McCune, Sister Cities
– Multipurpose Community
“Vallejo Room”
JFK Building Overview
• October 2021 Facilities
Condition Assessment:
– identified $5M in deferred
short-term maintenance
• Previous improvements:
– Police evidence and library
tenant improvements
– Non-profit tenant
improvements on upper level
after flooding event in 2019
– New LED site lighting
– Vallejo Room renovation
JFK Building Overview
• Deficiencies include:
– HVAC needs repairs, seismic
restraint, and modernization
– Failed back up power
generation
– The photovoltaic system is
inoperable and needs
replacement
– Acoustical ceilings and floor
finishes need replacement and
or hazard mitigation
– Elevators require upgrades
Police – Site Plan (Sallyport North)
Police – Site Plan (Sallyport West)
Police – Lower Level Plan
(Sallyport West)
Police – Lower Level Plan
(Sallyport North)
Police – Main Level Plan
Police – Upper Level Plan
Library - Site Plan
Library - Base 1st Floor Plan
Library - Full 1st Floor Plan
Library – 2nd Floor Vacant Space
Considerations for Police
Relocation to JFK
• Several options are feasible
– Partial or full renovations
require full seismic
upgrade
– Secure sally port, kennel,
and secure parking
require elimination of
green space
• Estimate:
– $38 million ($890/sf) for
42,000 sf
– $69 million ($690/sf) for
105,000 sf (full site)
Considerations for Library
Relocation to 400 MI
• 59,000 sf two‐story, steel frame
building on 3.9 acre site
– 20,207 sf of first floor could be
repurposed for Library use
– 242 spaces/adequate parking
– Existing tenant remains
– Remaining sf for other uses
• HVAC, structural, mechanical
and plumbing retrofitting
• Estimate: $15.1 million total,
or $750/ SF
Direct Cost Comparisons of
Options
• JFK PD option 1
– Space: 42,600 sf
– Cost: $53.1 million total,
including $15.1 million Library,
$38 million Police
– Duration: 3.75 years
• Prior PD Study (400 Mare Island
Way)
– Space: 42,600 sf
– Cost: $31.7 million
– Duration: 2.75 years
All estimates
assume 2024 bid
Terrance Davis
Assistant City Manager
[email protected]