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Public Safe(y/Ci(y Hall Project Public Safety Building and Budget Options...From a 7.3 Million Dollar Facility Down to a 5.3 Million Dollar Facility As noted in the material from the Finance Director, regardless if the bond issue is 8 million or 6 million dollars, there is about 1 million dollars less available for the actual project when considering capitalized interest, issuance costs, and the requirement for a one year payment reserve. Construction costs of 7.3 million dollars equals a total project (or bonding) cost of about 8.35 million dollars. The construction cost includes FFE and consulting fees. For 7.3 million dollars the city would get a $32,600 sq ft police station, which includes a partial second level and a partial basement level, an EOC in the basement, a geothermal heating/cooling system, and a fire station that includes 3,000 sq ft of office space and 4,500 sq ft of fire truck garage space. Possible cuts from this 7.3 million dollar construction proposal (in priority ranking) are as follows: Delete one-half police garage spaces (8 spaces) Build the 4,500 sq ft second level as a shell for future expansion Delete gun range equipment and build only the shell Delete the 4,500 sq ft second level shell Delete gun range shell Delete energy considerations (extra dollars for geothermal system) Delete apparatus garage from fire department -$100,000 -$225,000 -$215,000 -$450,000 -$160,000 -$200,000 -$70O,000 All of the above building deletions will get the city to a 5.25 million dollar construction project, which equals approximately a 6 million dollar bond proposal. I think that it is somewhat easy to remove the garage spaces and to build the second level as a shell for a savings of approximately $325,000. After these two adjustments, the cuts get more difficult and the most emotional one to consider relates to the gun range. If the gun range equipment was deleted and added to the above cuts, then we are looking at a construction project of 6.76 million dollars and a bond amount of 7.76 million dollars. It seems to make sense to keep the second level - at least as a shell to be finished when needed and funds are available - as this should address the police office space need until 2023. Also, I am in support of the fire truck garage being included in this project for a number of reasons, including the fact that future funding for this expenditure will be difficult to identify and that the need for this facility is sooner rather than later. It doesn't make sense to complete a construction project in 2003 and then commence with an expansion for the truck garage spaces in 2005.