City Hall Annex Project
Interim City Hall and Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
In 2021, the City purchased the property at 10455 Torre Avenue to provide a customer-serving facility during a City Hall renovation or reconstruction project and to facilitate future programmatic needs. This project will renovate the interior of the 5,730 square foot (SF) building into a flexible space with an open floor layout for use as a facility for customer-facing services currently provided from City Hall. The building was constructed in 1977 and is a single-story wood frame, stucco exterior office facility. Exterior improvements will be limited to those required by the building code and Title 24 energy code requirements, such as providing an accessible path of travel and window assemblies with improved energy performance. Landscaping will be evaluated for appropriate planting and irrigation upgrades. After evaluating a number of sites within the City’s facility portfolio, and considering the costs to renovate those facilities, it became clear that renovating the Torre building to become the EOC was the most economical and strategically located prospect. In October 2022 Council voted to amend the project scope to include programming, design, and construction of the building as the City’s Permit Center and Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The design and engineering efforts proceeded in 2022-2023, reaching the end of the “design development” phase or approximately 60% complete. The project was put on hold in July 2023 when cost estimates showed construction would far exceed the budget, and efforts to reduce costs were unproductive. Proceeding with the renovation project at that scale was not cost-effective while the City Hall renovation/replacement project scope was being re-imagined. On April 2, 2025, Council directed staff to re-initiate this project, acknowledging the significantly increased construction cost. It was agreed that the project would continue in design phase using the currently allocated project funding, and a budget modification for any additional design, project management or construction costs would be pursued after construction bids were received.
Questions regarding the project can be directed to Susan Michael, CIP Manager, at SusanM@cupertino.gov.