Title
Resolution to Direct the City Administrator to Engage with the Federal Government on the Redevelopment of Federal Plaza at 200 East Liberty Street
Memorandum
This resolution directs the City Administration to engage with the federal government on the redevelopment of the plaza in front of the federal building at 200 East Liberty Street. The General Services Administration (GSA) has been pursuing a redevelopment of the plaza for several years, and recent discussions about the future of the federal building have led to the potential for a new vision for the project. The GSA is engaging a planning and design team this summer, and City leadership and the GSA believe there is an opportunity to build an expanded federal plaza utilizing the 200 block of Liberty Street that affronts the northern edge of the federal building property and incorporating it into the plaza. The current right-of-way would remain City property but would be developed jointly with the federal government. This expanded federal plaza would be pedestrian only and could be used as community gathering space for special events such as concerts, fairs, or civic gatherings, and could also be a space for bordering restaurants and retailers to serve and vend when weather is permitting.
Staff
Prepared by: John Fournier, Deputy City Administrator
Reviewed by: John Fournier, Deputy City Administrator
Approved by: Milton Dohoney Jr., City Administrator
Body
Whereas, The federal building located at 200 East Liberty Street hosts a small but notable plaza that the federal government is intending to redevelop in the coming years;
Whereas, The General Services Administration (GSA) has been meeting with city stakeholders and signaling an intent to reimagine the plaza for the last two years;
Whereas, Through discussions on the future of the federal building site, the City of Ann Arbor and the GSA have realized there is an opportunity to redevelop the federal plaza with a new vision that provides a high...
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