Oak Harbor Clean Water Facility Project

Public Open House – August 12, 2015

•6:00 – 6:15 Welcome!•6:15 – 6:45 Presentation by project staff•6:45 – 7:00 Q & A session•7:00 – 8:00 Feedback stations and discussion

Tonight’s Agenda

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How We Got Here

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Site Selection and Design Process

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Design Open HouseTonight!

Open House

Dec. 2010Discusse

d 11 potential locations

Public MeetingAug. 2011

Reviewed top 3 sites

Council MeetingAug. 2012

Council selected

Windjammer Vicinity

Design Charrett

eNov. 2014

Architectural Theme (part

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Design Charrett

eMay 2015

Architectural Theme (part

2)

Open House

April 2011Reviewed

top 5 sites

Open House

April 2014

Siting factors

Open House

March 2013

Facilities plan

update

Open House July 2014

Site plan and location

update within

Windjammer

Public MeetingApril 2012

Reviewed costs and

top 3 sites

Public MeetingJuly 2012

Narrowed to 2 sites:

• Windjammer Vicinity

• Crescent Harbor

• Support early design work through small group in-depth discussions with design team• Provide diverse community perspectives• Help to develop ideas for the architectural “look and feel”

Purpose of Design Charrette Group

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• Press release, email notification, and website update announced the formation of group• Approximately 15 community members were asked• 3 at-large positions available •Group was selected by City staff to represent the community

Workshop Group Formation

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• 12 members, including 3 at-large positions representing:

Workshop Group Formation

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Arts Commission Economic Development Main Street Association Chamber of Commerce Planning Commission Parks Department Dillard’s Addition

Peoples Bank Oak Harbor School District Condo Association Community members

Whidbey Island Marathon Landscape architect Interest in architecture

Design Charrette 1 – November 13, 2014

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• Learn about the civil engineering associated with the project (which dictates height and size of buildings)• Provide insight into Oak Harbor’s existing architectural character• Help narrow choices for architectural design of the new Clean Water Facility

• Facility should set the stage for a community design aesthetic• A combination of both a campus and a courtyard with higher priority on

campus• Regional design as an architectural aesthetic, incorporate both

contemporary and traditional NW architecture • Open and light, enhance sight lines to water, park, and windmill• Allow for community interaction with facility, include educational

features• Varying heights of roof lines• Provide “camouflaging” – it should not advertise that it’s a sewage

treatment plant• Integrate with surroundings – Windjammer Park, harbor area,

downtown

Design Themes from Charrette 1

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Design Charrette 2 – May 6, 2015

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• Check back on incorporation of group feedback for proposed architectural concept for the new Oak Harbor Clean Water Facility, furthering design team’s work.• Gather additional feedback on design refinements• Narrow options for landscape and hardscape to integrate into the Windjammer Park setting

• Campus concept• Open and light• Enhancing sightlines to the water, park, and windmill is beginning to

take shape• Varying heights of rooflines is progressing• “Camouflaging” the wastewater treatment facility• Potential for community interaction with the facility through

educational or interpretive features• Opportunity to set the stage for a community design aesthetic and

the tone for Oak Harbor's downtown corridor

Charrette 2 – Fulfilling Aspirations

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• Celebrate City Beach corner as a gateway into the facility and park • Generate methods to break the façade into smaller sections • Continue to keep sightlines and views of the water and windmill in

mind • Think about methods to offer respite or cover for pedestrians (e.g.,

awnings)• Consider the architectural styles favored by charrette group:

contemporary and traditional Northwest• Allow for feedback on exterior building materials – stone and wood or

brick• Locate wayfinding and handicap parking locations

Charrette 2 – Things to Work on

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Facility Requirements

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Our Wastewater System

How the Treatment Facility Works

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Site Layout: Compact, Efficient, Accessible

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Lab/Admin/Training Facility

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Operations Buildings

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Headworks Building

Secondary Treatment Building

Solids Building

Where We Are Right Now

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Project Schedule

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Siting a wastewater facility in Windjammer Park is an opportunity for community amenity that showcases design on our waterfront.

• The majority of cost of the treatment facility is driven by its mechanics and function to clean and treat wastewater.• Architectural design and landscaping is roughly 4 – 5.5% of construction cost.• Concept A and Concept B are similar enough in cost to both be evaluated by

the public at this time.

Cost Considerations

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Design Concept Overview

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Design Concept A: Administrative Building (View from SW)

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Design Concept B: Administrative Building (View from SW)

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Design Concept A: Administrative Building (View from S)

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Design Concept B: Administrative Building (View from S)

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Design Concept A: Electrical Building (View from NW)

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Design Concept B: Electrical Building (View from NW)

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Design Concept B: Headworks Building (View from NE)

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Design Concept A: Headworks Building (View from NE)

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Design Concept A: Solids Building (View from SE)

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Design Concept B: Solids Building (View from SE)

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Design Concept A: Exterior Finish Materials

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Vertical/Horizontal Sun Shade

Wood Slat

Painted Metal

Weathered Wood Fence

Spandrel Panel

Brick

Design Concept B: Exterior Finish Materials

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Vertical/Horizontal Sun Shade

Weathered Wood Fence

Spandrel Panel

Brick

Cement Fiber/Wood Panel

Heavy Timber Framing

Comparing Design Concepts A & B

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LandscapeSite Plan

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Landscape Design Concept

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Landscape Design Concept

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Exterior Interpretive Signage

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What’s Happening Tonight

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• Please visit the various stations around the room to learn more about and provide your thought on: • Project as a whole • Design concepts• Views and sightlines• Landscaping and public space• Education and interpretive opportunities

Clarifying Questions?

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What’s Happening Tonight

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• Please visit the various stations around the room to learn more about and provide your thought on: • Project as a whole • Design concepts• Views and sightlines• Landscaping and public space• Education and interpretive opportunities