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Description of Project Narrative CU 20-17 V 20-13 The narrative is your opportunity to describe, promote, and sell your proposal to the Planning Commission and/or City Council before the meeting(s). A typewritten narrative explaining your request in detail should include, but not limited to, all the following applicable information:  Detailed description/scope of project.  What is being proposed? The Elk River Public Safety Building was constructed in the early 2000’s and met the needs of the Fire and Police Departments at the time. A renovation/expansion (see attachments) is required now due to the growth of the community, growth of the police department, changes in fire apparatus, and new procedures and standards within the Fire Service Industry as detailed in various updated NFPA Standards. Specifically, the Fire Department seeks to add two Apparatus Bays to the south end of the building and convert two of the existing bays into critical support spaces for the firefighters. The Police Department seeks to add a 28-stall Squad Car Garage, build-out shell space on the second floor into administrative offices, and convert the existing squad garage space to physical training space and storage. The use of the site will not change as a result of this addition and is therefore consistent with the Comprehensive Plan approved by Council on 05-19-2014.  Hours of Operation: Hours of operation will not change – the building will be in-use 24/7/365 as an emergency response facility but will be open to the public from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm on weekdays.  Number of Employees The Fire Department has five full-time staff and up to 30 paid-on-call firefighters assigned to the station. Staff counts are not expected to grow significantly, although additional administrative staff may become necessary and the Department may begin staffing the station to lower response times (as opposed to waiting for a call). The Police Department has 34 sworn officers and 10 civilian staff, as well as 12 volunteers. These numbers will grow as the City grows, but it is important to note that not every officer is on-duty at the same time.  Number of parking stalls, existing and additional The public parking lot between the City Hall building and the Public Safety Building will not change as a result of this project. The secure police parking lot currently has 37 stalls, of which none are marked ADA accessible. It will be replaced with a 48-stall parking lot, of which two will be ADA Accessible. The firefighter parking lot west of the fire administration area currently has 25 stalls, of