 The project ultimately cost $ ($ in ), possibly more than any other city hall in the country, with the rotunda alone costing $ ($ in ).Due in part to controversies over its construction cost, the building was initially exempted from City Council's 2001 policy of requiring all municipal buildings larger than to receive LEED Silver or higher certification.It eventually received LEED Platinum for Existing Buildings certification in March 2009, becoming the first city hall in the country to receive this certification.