It seems like a little more space is added onto Farmington Hills' City Hall every few years. The original 1950s structure has received 4-5 additions, increasing the space from 6,000 square feet to 34,000 square feet.
"Some of them have been little dinky things," says Nate Geinzer, management assistant for Farmington Hills.
Little things that have created big inefficiencies and bigger headaches for city officials. It's the main reason why city officials plan to renovate the existing structure and add yet more space. It's a project that promises to make the City Hall more efficient and greener.
"We're looking at everything and anything," Geinzer says. "We're still pretty early in the design phase."
One thing city officials agree on is that they want the new City Hall to be as environmentally friendly as possible. City officials are aiming for gold LEED certification with the project. Among the green stripes they are looking at are geothermal heating, solar panels and a green roof.
For now city officials are conducting public meetings to see what city residents and employees want. They have yet to decide on how big the addition will be, let alone what environmentally friendly features they will use.
Plans are to start construction in the spring and finish by end the of year in 2010.
Source: Nate Geinzer, management assistant for Farmington Hills
Writer: Jon Zemke
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