In 2020, the City of SeaTac contracted with an architectural firm to evaluate the condition of City Hall and the Maintenance Facility. The evaluation resulted in a list of upgrades needed to keep the 40+-year-old City Hall safe, secure, and structurally sound as well as serve the growing City workforce and community for another 40 years.  

The architect’s estimate for renovating City Hall was nearly $74 million in 2021. After reviewing the results of that assessment, the City Council directed the City Manager to pursue a “feasibility analysis” for construction of a new City Hall with a civic campus. The City Council allocated funds in the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget for this analysis. 

The SeaTac City Council adopted a Strategic Real Estate Plan in May of 2022 to provide an examination and analysis of the City’s real estate portfolio and policies to leverage real estate in support of policy objectives, especially those contained in the City’s Comprehensive Plan. Staff has analyzed those objectives and concluded that there are several policies and goals that this project should help achieve. Those include: 

• Enhance quality of life with built environment. 
• Location of public facilities: in/near city center and station areas. 
• Consider health/wellbeing: consideration of physical health and well-being into local decision-making for location, design, and operation of public facilities and services - especially community gardens. 
• Public facility design guidance: establish land use pattern that promotes walking, bicycling, transit use, access to goods, services, education, employment, and recreation. 
• Plan for public facilities to adequately serve existing and new development by establishing level of service standards and determining the capital improvements needed to achieve and maintain these standards for existing and future residents and employees. 

A copy of the Comprehensive Plan and plans specific to the light rail station areas around South 154^th Street (Tukwila International Boulevard Station), South 176^th Street (Airport Station), and South 200^th Street (Angle Lake Station) are available on the City’s website here. 

A more comprehensive list of potentially relevant policies and goals, the May 2022 Strategic Real Estate Plan, and the 2021 architect’s assessment are available below.

Long-Term Project Consultant Contract  

The City of SeaTac issued a competitive Request for Qualifications for a long-term project consultant for the civic campus project, and City Council awarded a contract to JLL, Inc. at the March 26 Regular Council Meeting. The contract includes plans to engage with the community to discuss this project.

JLL Contract

Supporting Documents

City Campus Strategic Brief

Project Charter

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