Council approves design renovations for City Council Chambers
The Grand Prairie City Council unanimously approved an amendment Tuesday night to enter into a contract with Komatsu Architecture for design renovations to the City Council Chambers.
In a presentation during the City Council briefing session, Amy Sprinkle, Communications and Marketing Director, said the chambers have only been renovated one time since the construction of City Hall in the ‘70s, that being in 1994. The 1994 renovation was minor consisting of only reupholstering chairs, new carpet, and painting walls.
The new renovation would address the entire chambers and lobby including:
- Reupholster chairs
- New wall treatments
- New carpet
- Streamlined speaker’s podium
- Better monitors for council members
- Expanded seating for staff members
- Redesign of entry including reception desk
- New entry doors
Sprinkle said that the sound system was a separate item and it was already scheduled for an upgrade.
Since the lighting of the chambers was not a part of the design renovation, the City Council adopted an ordinance amending the Capital Improvements Project Budget to include lighting.
